I think Paula just gets high on pain pills and makes things up. 21. I disappeared for seven years, endured 15 cervical spine surgeries with the top doctors from around the world with the hopes that theyd put me back together again.. As far as those who don't believe her, Abdul simply stated that she doesn't care what other people have to say (via Yahoo! There are several remarkable things about this oft-repeated account that generally go unremarked. Like you, I had no reason to doubt Paula Abdul's claim that she had been in a plane crash. The tour she mentions ran from 1991 to 1992, and most articles state 1992. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. 1 Some articles list 1993 as the date of the crash, including some quotes from Abdul herself, but in the grand scheme of things this did not seem particularly significant. However, Ive tried searching and cant find this article. She began choreographing sequences for several movie productions, like "Reefer Madness" and "American Beauty.". Following her recovery, Abdul spends more time caring for her skin, doing what she loves best, and living her life to the fullest. Following her successful stint with "The Jacksons," Abdul released her dance workout CDs. And then I re-appeared on American Idol.". LOS ANGELES, April 22 (UPI) -- "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul has revealed she suffers from a rare and painful physical disorder called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Advertisement Paula Abdul made a name as one of the most popular dancers and singers in the 1980s. I would see if the pain is easier or worse if I'm going ascending from the top of the screen, to descending, ascending from he bottom of the screen to the top, back and forth. One is that this went entirely unreported at the timea search of Nexis archives yields no news stories from the 90s about Abdul, who was at one point a bonafide superstar, surviving a plane crash (or even being in a plane that required an emergency landing). The veteran singer remarked that she is glad there were no social media platforms during her crash, or else she would have been considered a damaged star. if you notice, actors, musicians, etc always seem to get arrested or end up in the news right around the same time they are promoting something new. For years, Abdul has claimed that she was compelled to take a few years off in order to recover from trauma and injuries she supposedly suffered in a plane crash. His plane made an emergency landing in Iceland after encountering problems with the brakes and tires. She seems like a bit of an odd duck. Paula Abdul reflects surviving a crash landing . "I could have killed myself. Withdrawal -- it's the worst thing," she says. In a 2019 interview with RuPaul, she claimed that one of the "engines blew up" an hour into the flight. Wait until I tell you all about the time I had to land a fully loaded 777, when the pilots passed out drunk, both engines were on fire, and the stewardess decided that was the time to give me a lap danceits a great story, just wait for me to tell it. Others had scary experiences and shared them with their fans. Her account of banging her head against the planes ceiling has been consistent. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. I find it hard to believe she claims she was never out of it during her time on American Idol. does not take responsibility for any action taken as a result of reading this article. 5 min read. While Abdul when asked about her time away from the limelight did discuss the emergency crash landing in a few early/mid-2000s interviews, until recently she didn't want to talk too much about it, because it took me a long time to build the career that I had, and I didn't want to be counted out or fearful of people not understanding and thinking that, Well, maybe she's really not doing well, she explains to Yahoo Entertainment. There are only a handful of aircraft accidents, in fact, in the general vicinity during the timeframe between June 19, 1992, and June 22, 1992in Meade, Kansas, in Rocky Ford, Colorado, in Brighton, Colorado, in Falcon . Paula Abdul has wowed onlookers with her recent . It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. Her career and personal life seemed to have gone downhill after her Under Your Spell tour, and its debated whether this was because of her plane crash, or whether the plane crash was invented to sweep this under the rug. Honestly, I can't believe that I am even asking a question about Paula Abdul in 2020, but my question is, is there any chance that this incident ever happened? ), she didnt walk normally. On Tuesdays episode of RuPauls new talk show, RuPaul (which kicked off a three-week trial run Monday on selected Fox affiliates), consummate survivor and savior of this years Billboard Music Awards show, Paula Abdul, took to Rus pink couch to promote her upcoming Las Vegas residency. While I know someone else who has it that's in a wheel chair, I have it and it mostly just means I get these random spasms from time to time and some other weird shit. Offers may be subject to change without notice. "I woke up in the. I was shocked that I had never heard of this story before, so after work, I did a google search, and in my findings, I found that she has talked the incident in several interviews over the years. ", "I was so afraid of being counted out and looked at as damaged goods," she continued. We have a news anchor and multiple presidential candidates who have either made up or altered aviation stories to make them the hero. Abdul claims keeping her woes from the press saved her career. It was crazy. I am convinced that celebrities make up personal tragedies way more than we think, or at least will stretch the truth about a personal tragedy to the point that it is basically a full out lie. She probably repeated it so much and refined it in her mind she forgot there are records of such things, or it actually started feeling real to her. Afterward, she signed her record deal. While there is a rehab center in Carlsbad called La Costa, the article refers to La Costa Resort and Spa, which is an actual resort and spa. "Data-reactid =" 20 "> Last year, when she talked more openly about her injuries and recovery, both in interviews and on stage, there were some gossip sites like Jezebel and DListed, have claimed that Abdul completely invented their mysterious plane crash story. When she has specified it, as she did to VH1 in 2008 and in a 2009 interview with Twin Cities radio station KDWBs show Dave Ryan in the Morning (now The Dave Ryan Show), shes said that the plane landed in a cornfield in Iowa. She explained that she and some of the crew from the tour were constantly traveling between cities in a seven-seater plane, and that the engine caught fire about 40 minutes into the flight after a performance in St. Louis. I love you from the bottom my heart. Abdul started undergoing intense biofeedback. The LHJ interview had direct quotes from her talking about her struggle with drug addiction. She said: During the end of my world tour, the Spellbound tour, when I was traveling from one city to the next, in a small seven-seater plane, one of the engines blew up and the right wing caught on fire, and we crash-landed. An hour into the flight, one of the engines blew up, and the right-wing caught fire, leaving everyone in darkness. In an interview with Yahoo! According to Abdul in 2005, she took one day off and she continued to perform. Speaking on why she refused to open up about it, Abdul explained she did not want to be associated with pity or counted out. As Jezebel notes, Paula Abdul has been claiming since at least 2003 that she survived an early 1990s plane crash, and that she took some time off afterward to recover from her injuries. Abdul has denounced those who doubt her claims and while I cant speak definitively, I would think she or her publicist would have pointed to an NTSB report if there was one. "I went through all of that, mostly, privately," she said, adding that because the tabloids and the internet were different back then, she was able to contain some information, per Music News. If this is the case I will certainly apologize for fueling speculation otherwisebut I would consider this the least likely option. The same Jezebel article also cites an Entertainment Weekly article from September 25, 1992, which refers to Abdul performing a show at the Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre in a suburb of Denver on June 22. Follow Lyndsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify. An in depth Jezebel investigation from 2019. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. To me, the most shocking part is that she said that she had to take a break from her music career during that the time frame of the incident in 1992 all the way to her stint as a judge on American Idol, ten years later. It's all through exercises that are like audio-spatial. From a [pain] scale of one to 10, my normal was hovering at seven. Abduls 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview describes her spending Thanksgiving 2008 weaning herself off of a painkiller addiction: The rumors that her sometimes-bizarre behavior was fueled by drugs just may have been true. Then, over a cornfield in Iowa, Abdul in 2019 said the following took place: It all happened when I boarded a seven-seater plane and an hour into the flight one of the engines blew up and the right wing caught fire and everything went blackI woke up in the hospital only to find that I had crushed my cervical spine, leaving me partially paralyzed.. Sure, rx is cleaned and safer than street dope but the body doesnt care. Then, at the height of her fame, she took a few years off, before hitting the ground running again later with the release of more successful albums and singles. In a 2014 Hudson Union Society interview, Abdul said she had just finished onstage when she boarded the flight. The injuries from the crash affected her more mentally than physically. In fact, according to her, she has never even been drunk. Did you ever see her when she was on America's Got Talent? ). There is an NTSB report for an eight seater (not seven) plane crashing into a field in Nebraska (not Iowa), a full month before the Under My Spell tour began. This is the closest thing to a contradictory date I have seen but it also is not a quote from Paula Abdul herself. The whole plane was in flames, is how she described it to the Hudson Union Society. The most common theory in this camp is that the plane experienced some turbulence, she wasnt wearing her seatbelt, and she experienced an injury. Paula Abdul launched her "Forever Your Girl" Vegas show on Thursday (October 24), and though an exciting night the 57-year-old took some time to recall a particularly traumatic time in her life: when she was involved in a plane crash in 1992. The Truth About The Plane Crash Paula Abdul Claims She Was In. "When we plummeted, I hit my head on the ceiling of the plane. She explained that she and some of the crew from the tour were constantly traveling between cities in a seven-seater plane, and that the engine caught fire about 40 minutes into the flight after a performance in St. Louis. Despite her claims of the crash, some internet users believe the singer fabricated the story. While Paula has said that the plane crash served as a turning point in her career, there are people who aren't convinced that the plane accident occurred at all. It's like, you learn and grow through wisdom and experience of being in this business, especially with the internet," she told the outlet. While she's maintained a more private life in the years since she stopped working on American Idol, she's appeared on shows like The X Factor and So You Think You Can Dance. Here's What Happened to Randy Jackson and the Other OG 'American Idol' Judges. In 1991, Abdul earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. During the opening night of her show at Flamingo Las Vegas on Thursday, the 57-year-old "Straight Up". "I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain, it was excruciating. Why did it take eleven years after the alleged accident for there to be a single documented mention of it? Dave Ryan in the Morning provided the audio from that interview for Jezebel to post: (Credit where its due: It was KDWBs in-house conspiracy-theorizing after the interview that inspired me to write this post. The story changes in bits every time, and there is no documented mention of it at all before Abduls 2003 NBC interview. How she managed to go down in a flaming aircraft and get treated in a hospital without a single word leaking to the press is another mystery, albeit one Abdul has accounted for mysteriously. According to Abdul, her mid-'90s career disappearance was prompted by a 1992 plane crash. Abdul spoke about the crash with PEOPLE in 2005, saying the plane, flying from St. Louis to Denver, landed in a cornfield. There is enough room for the basic story to be true. I hadn't heard about the Bratz thing but I will have to look into that, it would add credence to the drug theories. The singer has spoken out multiple times about a serious plane crash accident, but there are some who don't buy her story. On the Paula Abdul post a couple weeks ago, I commented that I had a write-up that was almost ready to go. Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan luckily survived a huge scare during a trip to Saudi Arabia for the Crown Jewel wrestling event. But at its closest point, Iowa is about 200 miles away from St. Louis and well north of the straight shot from that city to Denver. Today we will take a look at what might be the real situation.Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/barelysociableMerch: https://teespring.com/stores/barely-sociableTwitter: https://twitter.com/SociableBarelyPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/BarelySociableReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/barelysociable/ -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/barelysociableBackground music Myuuji - blackout But at my very core, I did not like existing the way I had been.. 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But thats not quite true, either. So I just recently heard from a co-worker that singer/dancer Paula Abdul was once in a plane crash many years ago. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. I can understand that rationale to a point but its also how we got into this opioid crisis to begin with. Abdul arrived in the entertainment industry as one of the most promising talents of her time. Her fame earned her many accolades, working alongside stars like Janet Jackson and other popular artists. And she credits the cutting-edge laser treatments Evoke (for the face) and Evolve (for the body) by a company called InMode, for which she is an ambassador, for helping her look and feel her best as a woman and trying to age gracefully.. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Fans and tabloids during Abduls run as an American Idol judge often commented on her strange behavior, although she was quick to explain it away. Then, in 2019, she described waking up in the hospital, partially paralyzed. She got into a plane accident not a plane crash. Another remarkable thing is that none of the plane crashes in the National Transportation Safety Boards database remotely fits Abduls description, given the possible dates when such a crash allegedly took place. Discussion in 'Aviation Mishaps' started by Possum, Mar 15, 2020. why would everything go black with an engine fire in a twin engined plane? Theory 2: Paula Abdul was not in any aviation accidents in 1992 and she is using this story to cover up painkiller use and/or her extended absence from the limelight before her American Idol job. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. Medical people thinking somehow what they are prescribing is better than heroin from the street. Now, Abdul is focused on self-esteem and self-care. 2 According to an edit in the Jezebel story, there was a Kansas City Star article claiming Abdul had performed in Kansas City on June 20, 1992, which would basically rule out a St. Louis to Denver flight. I havent heard of anyone else having it so far but my own mother. The fairy godmother of aspiring pop singers revealed she survived a plane crash while on her "Spellbound" tour in 1992, leaving her with many injuries requiring several surgeries. You know what? The album won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. She also said that she was 27 at the time (she would have been 31 at the end of 1993) and that she broke through her seatbelt during the crash. I'd stare at a screen and look at red squares, yellow dots. What they did is they rewired my neurotransmitters to block pain. Abdul says shes been happily pain-medication-free for almost nine years now, as a result of biofeedback treatment. Not only that, Paula has also mixed up her timeline of the incident as well. Use it long enough you are gonna have problems. news.AmoMama.com does not take responsibility for any action taken as a result of reading this article. Her story of using alternative medicine in response to her injuries from the crash partially convinced me that the strange behavior people point to as proof of her being on drugs is actually just her being herself. Abdul told King there were no fatalities. Regardless of whatever the actual story is regarding the plane crash, its pretty clear that Paula Abdul struggles with chronic pain and I do not intend to make light of this at all or to shame her if she has struggled with addiction. Not a crew member or friend flying with her? And I wasn't getting significantly better., After she traveled around the world unsuccessfully in search of a miracle cure (I felt like I could become an honorary neurosurgeon, because I knew so much about what was happening to my body, she quips), Abdul finally tried neuroscience. I think Paula just gets high on pain pills and makes things up. Did Paula Abdul get injured on a plane in 1992? I started losing all feeling on my right side, and I was starting to really live in excruciating pain," she said. The Wikipedia page for the tour uses the same dates as Abduls website. And the other stuff isn't my business., Now Abdul is once again opening up about her traumatic accident that she says happened during her Spellbound tour. Thirty-five minutes into the air leaving St. Louis, going to Denver, an engine blew up, right wing caught on fire at the other end, and crash landed in flames in a cornfield, she said on the May 19, 2006, episode of Larry King Live, according to a transcript. I assume pilots are included in the number? He was a VFR pilot when he bought the airplane, I dont know if he ever got his IR. The earliest mention of Abdul surviving a plane crash that I could find was the May 20, 2003, episode of Dateline. What Does Paula Abdul Claim About Being In A Plane Crash?. Woah CRPS? Plane crash inspires Ohio train derailment conspiracy theories. And then I reappeared on American Idol.. Abdul has also cited car accidents and her long history as a dancer (including her famous stint as a Laker Girl) as contributing to her pain. But Abdul shrugs off such accusations. -, Press J to jump to the feed. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. What has always made me question her story is no one else has ever come forward and said they were in a plane crash with her. This means that there is a gap that these other two shows fit into, although it is odd they arent listed as part of the tour despite being part of the tour. But I was willing to try, because the quality of my life was starting to really suck, and it hurt. It was not fun," she continued. 9 1 2 2 Sep 9, 2020 #20 LemonLimeSoda Dollar General Brand Joined Aug 15, 2013 Messages 10,174 Reactions 55,318 4,123 684 Alleybux 26,840 ForumsStaySpilling said: It also doesnt care if you are using it for fun, to cope with life or to cope with pain. Anyone able to verify that better? Such daredevil feats are especially stunning considering the 57-year-old pop stars extensive past injuries. Each of her struggles seems to serve as an inspiration to keep her going. This, in conjunction with her (also consistent) story about a cheerleading accident in high school followed by several smaller car accidents over the years, means that Paula Abdul already has a pretty good reason to be using painkillers. This show would have taken place between Abduls June 19, 1992, show in St. Louis, and her June 22, 1992, show outside of Denver, and further convolutes Abduls narrative. Abdul, who was in her early 30's at the time, revealed she boarded a seven-seater plane after a show and was going from St. Louis to Denver. It was on my birthday, too. (As previously mentioned, the Under My Spell tour wrapped in 1992, and Abduls birthday is June 19.) ), Abduls rep did not respond to my request for clarification on this matter. Or I sat on my hands and pulled my fingers or pressed down on my hand something to distract me from the pain.". Im very curious what everyone else thinks about this case. Abdul is one of the many celebrities lucky to escape a plane crash and tell the story. I was a perfect pain-management patient at Cedars-Sinai. Abdul said she lost all feeling on her right side, and there was a possibility that she would not be recovering, but she attributes her healing to the wonders of neuroscience. EDIT: As referenced in footnote 2, the Jezebel article had an edit claiming that a reader had found a Kansas City Star article listing a June 20, 1992 date at the Sandstone Ampitheater in Bonner Springs, outside of Kansas City. Ill admit to not being knowledgeable about aviation records, but it also seems telling that no one else has been able to find these records either. Her tour ran from October 1991 to August 1992 and despite having searched accident records 3 for that timespan I have been unable to find any record of this crash. PAULA ABDUL has been talking a lot lately about that plane crash she was in back in the early '90s . Paula Abduls website page for the tour, which mentions the plane crash but does not list the relevant tour dates. Perhaps this supposed plane crash will remain mysterious, but like Abdul told the Hudson Union Society: It doesnt matter what you go through, its how you come out.. They were pop artists at around the same time, and the accident was around the same time as shes claiming, within two years or so. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. As for how all of this managed to escape the notice of the press and the feds, Abdul has claimed that she was able to use her celebrity status to keep the story under wraps. Abduls next era following Spellbound, Head Over Heels, was her worst selling release. While. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. His plane was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Palm Springs, California, and he took to his Instagram to share the news with his fans. Odder still is that the National Transportation Safety Boards accidents database lists no record of a plane crash in Iowa at any time between Abduls St. Louis and Denver-area shows in 1992. I woke up in the hospital only to find that I had crushed my cervical spine, leaving me partially paralyzed.. And that changed my life.. Wouldn't she still be injured? When asked about whether or not it upsets her that people doubt her story, Paula explained that it doesn't. Her own website does not list a St. Louis tour date (although there is a date for Greenwood Village, near Denver, on June 10, 1992). Admittedly, the story has changed so much that at least some versions will be lies even if one version was the truth. During the opening night of her show at Flamingo Las Vegas on Thursday, the 57-year-old Straight Up singer referenced an alleged 1992 plane crash she previously spoke to PEOPLE about in 2005. Without widespread internet it was probably far more popular than it is today, but you still see plenty of it in the grocery store checkout lines. It's like, you learn and grow through wisdom and experience of being in this business, especially with the internet. As her new Las Vegas residency took off, Paula Abdul opened up about a crash landing. Im forever grateful and I certainly did miss you.. "It was time to set the record straight. Picture of American singer, Paula Abdul during an interview with RuPaul. The 59-year-old has also worked as a songwriter, actor, and television personality, appearing on popular shows like "So, You Think You Can Dance?" Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! I wasn't able to do what I love, my heart place, which is dancing. Pop singer and dancer Paula Abdul is "opening up" about her 1992 plane crash: "It all happened when I boarded a seven-seater plane and an hour into the flight one of the engines blew up and the right wing caught fire and everything went black," she told the crowd (via PEOPLE). Part of this was due to her seeking treatment for her bulimia in 1994, which came with rumors that she was being treated for opioid addiction at the same time. The singer discussed what happened during an appearance on RuPaul in 2019. Did you know that Paula Abdul allegedly suffered a serious plane crash in the early 1990s and that this plane crash supposedly led to years of dependence on . This means that there was a date between the St. Louis and Denver shows that have been found, and to me this rules out there being a St. Louis to Denver flight at all. 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The dates, circumstances, and other specifics have changed over the years, but the general outline she gives claims that she was flying from St. Louis to Denver when the plane caught fire and was forced to land in an Iowa field. Thats something I quietly made go awayno paparazzi or tabloid stuff, she told VH1 in 2008. As her new Las Vegas residency took off, Paula Abdul opened up about a crash landing. In the process, she told a story shes previously told several times about surviving a plane crash during her Under My Spell Tour, which ran from 1991-92. I gritted my teeth. Plane Crash. So I needed something that was so minimal, I literally was out walking and enjoying my life the next day. I don't. Famous actor Jason Momoa might be the fearless Khal Drogo in "Game of Thrones," but he is not immune to scary plane experiences. I had a picture of our planes side by side, but I cant find it. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. . AFP. Ditto that on a search of Google Books. If anyone is able to find it Id be happy to edit it in, but Im not including information I cant verify. Paula Abdul has wowed onlookers with her recent death- and gravity-defying live performances, during which she has swan-dived from "Cold-Hearted"-style scaffolding into the waiting arms of her.
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