Specifically the 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview says she was in a car accident in 1992 that caused a neck injury, and places the plane crash in 1993. Veteran pop star Paula Abdul is relieved there was no social media when a 1992 plane crash-landing almost derailed her career, because she feared she'd be considered "damaged goods". We didnt have the extent of paparazzi or the (internet), so you were able to contain some information.. 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. To her credit, she lived up to the expectation, making herself one of the most popular choreographers in the industry. Paula Abdul is interesting. Then it would be classified as an incident, as opposed to an accident., (A search of other NTSB reports in Kansas around the time of the supposed Abdul crash pulled up a seemingly minor-sounding one from April 1993, in which a pilot lost control of the plane during a landing roll, resulting in the collapse of landing gear and the right wing tip digging into the ground. As her new Las Vegas residency took off, Paula Abdul opened up about a crash landing. She took a break from the limelight to recover, came back for American Idol, and decided to embellish her story to garner sympathy and distract from the other issues (the relative commercial failure of Head Over Heels, her divorces) that contributed to her break. I mean, I had a spinal cord injury and nerve damage. "You can't take things personally, and the things that resonate with you that can help you become better, the best version of yourself, you hold onto and you work through that. The strongest piece of evidence cited by those who believe Paula Abdul is lying is the lack of evidence. It was not fun. In 1992 Paula Abdul supposedly survived a devastating plane crash in an emergency crash landing into a cornfield in Iowa. Id bet even people who have no experience with drugs can at least sense theres something off about her during that show. This has been denounced by Abdul herself. I dont have proof of anything, but a personal anecdote. I worked for a dog walking company in 2002, and one of the clients I occasionally walked for was Paula Abdul. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. Yes, the local glider pilots call that area, which is just east of their field, Patrick Swayze International Airport. In 1992 Paula Abdul supposedly survived a devastating plane crash in an emergency crash landing into a cornfield in Iowa. The other link provided does not contain the same disclaimer and has far more complete records, but I have no way to verify that they are 100% complete. "You know what? In the same interview, Paula also further elaborated on her injuries from the crash. Discussion in 'Aviation Mishaps' started by Possum, Mar 15, 2020. why would everything go black with an engine fire in a twin engined plane? There are a few aspects of Abduls story that are pointed to as proof that she is lying. You did a kick ass job! All content, including text, and images contained on. An hour into the flight, one of the engines blew up, and the right-wing caught fire, leaving everyone in darkness. Later in her career, she transitioned to television, becoming a fixture on the early iterations of the "American Idol" franchise beginning in 2002, according to Britannica, while continuing to be a dominant force in the music industry as well. Or I sat on my hands and pulled my fingers or pressed down on my hand something to distract me from the pain.". 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. "I went through all of that, mostly, privately. "We didn't have the extent of paparazzi so you were able to contain some information. His plane made an emergency landing in Iceland after encountering problems with the brakes and tires. Famous American singer and dancer Paula Abdul once revealed she survived a traumatizing plane crash in the early '90s, but years after telling the story, some think it's a sham, and here's why. I met her several times - this would be 10 years AFTER the alleged plane crash, etc. The idea that this happened but was just kept secret through lack of internet is ludicrous. The other, more popular theory, is that she used the plane crash as an excuse to either explain away her loopy behavior during her American Idol years as non-drug related (if you believe 2005 USA Today I have never been addicted to anything Paula Abdul) or to excuse it as being caused by medication prescribed to her for her injuries. 5 min read. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. At the height of her success and fame as a dancer and singer, Abdul took a break from the music industry. Plus, she toured with New Kids on the Block and headlined her own Las Vegas residency until early 2020. I don't. She could have mistaken Kansas City for St. Louis or misremembered, but her stated flight path doesn't seem to have happened. And I was knocked out again, only to wake up in a hospital where a microsurgeon had told me that I had crushed my entire cervical spine, which led to [inaudible] paralysis on my right side. Patrick Swayze was in real, honest to goodness accident: I remember hearing a rumor years back that he got drunk and crashed a plane. Paula Abdul at Build Studios in 2019, in New York City | Photo: Getty Images. 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. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. According to Abdul, her mid-'90s career disappearance was prompted by a 1992 plane crash. We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. Though there are naysayers about Paul's alleged plane crash, the singer has not wavered from discussing it to the press. Following her successful stint with "The Jacksons," Abdul released her dance workout CDs. 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. Abduls website lists no shows between the June 10 show in Greenwood Village and the June 23 show in Seattle. Thats something I quietly made go awayno paparazzi or tabloid stuff, she told VH1 in 2008. In an interview with Yahoo! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Especially when there is so much circumstantial evidence, such as her strange behavior that the tabloids latched onto. SUBSCRIBE for regular episodes and bonusesGet free Secrets to ending pain guide: http://www.zeropainnow.comGet daily Zero Pain Now updates on Facebook:https:. But that trust-fall hasnt been the most shocking segment of Abduls Forever Your Girl Vegas residency, headlining performance at last years L.A. In the same year, Paula released her second album, "Spellbound." It sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. I had a picture of our planes side by side, but I cant find it. However, while Abduls own website lacks any mention of these dates, there is some evidence she may have flown from St. Louis to Denver between June 19 and June 22, 1992. I've heard about this before too. Yet she released an album during this "break" period of healing, she even made choreographed videos. Abdul arrived in the entertainment industry as one of the most promising talents of her time. "The problem was that, at the time, I was. 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). A St. Louis Post-Dispatch story that ran June 21, 1992, placed the date of her St. Louis performance at June 19, 1992, Abduls 30th birthday. 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. "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. So I just recently heard from a co-worker that singer/dancer Paula Abdul was once in a plane crash many years ago. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Abdul started undergoing intense biofeedback. 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. The singer discussed what happened during an appearance on RuPaul in 2019. 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.. 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. In 2005, she told PEOPLE the engine caught fire 40 minutes into the trip and landed in a cornfield in Iowa. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. Was Paula Abdul in a plane crash? It was crazy. A spokesperson in the press office of the Federal Aviation Administration wrote to me that its possible that such a crash would have not been investigated if it resulted in minor damage to the aircraft and minor injuries to those on board. Abduls next era following Spellbound, Head Over Heels, was her worst selling release. 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). 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. "No one on the show knew I was in pain. The flight in total should have taken some two hours and 15 minutes in total, according to Flight Sphere. The whole plane was in flames, is how she described it to the Hudson Union Society. The 2005 account mostly matched her earliest mention of the accident in 2003. The information in this article is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. "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. I woke up in the hospital only to find that I had crushed my cervical spine, leaving me partially paralyzed.. Why did it take eleven years after the alleged accident for there to be a single documented mention of it? does not take responsibility for any action taken as a result of reading this article. However, Ive tried searching and cant find this article. Thanks! None of the descriptions in their accident reports remotely match Abduls story. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. None of them seem likely flyovers 30 to 40 minutes into such a trip. Before undertaking any course of treatment please consult with your healthcare provider. She released another album in 1995, Head Over Heels, which she promoted, sometimes with the kind of energetically choreographed performances that were her trademark. news.AmoMama.com does not take responsibility for any action taken as a result of reading this article. "So back then neurosurgery, especially with having spinal cord injury and having surgery, there was a 50/50 chance to get better. The flight she claims to have taken is pretty much straight west, and crashing in Iowa would require a significant detour north. A spokesperson in the NTSBs media relations department told me that a scenario in which such a crash occurred but was not documented by the NTSB would seem unlikely, though it could be possible if it was never reported and if wreckage was never found. The award-winning dancer noted that she found herself in the hospital with serious injuries on her body. Was she covering for a painkiller addiction, and was that part of why she went to rehab in 1994? So I needed something that was so minimal, I literally was out walking and enjoying my life the next day. 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: 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. After becoming a top pop singer in the '80s, Paula took a break from Hollywood for several years in the '90s before she reemerged to be a judge on American Idol in 2002. She suffered years of chronic pain, a battle she dealt with privately. The Truth About The Plane Crash Paula Abdul Claims She Was In. 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview, discusses going to rehab for painkiller addiction. In an interview with Music News, she said, "I was so afraid of being counted out and looked at as damaged goods," pointing out that she actually was because she had to take so many years off. 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. The former Idol judge told Jennifer Hudson that she knew she would still win "big time" despite being eliminated from the reality show. 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. The information in this article is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/UsersCountIndicator.2ab8dda40f822a31d31c_.css.map*/random gossip. You can't take things personally, and the things that resonate with you that can help you become better, the best version of yourself, you hold onto and you work through that. Paula Abdul reflects surviving a crash landing . 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. ), I was knocked out unconscious, she recalled during the Staten Island stop on her (utterly incredible) 2018 Straight Up Paula Tour, which incorporated the plane-crash story in its narrative of Abduls perseverance. Before undertaking any course of treatment please consult with your healthcare provider. 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. Today we will take a look at what might be the real situation. To be fair, in 92 it would be very very easy for a small private or charter company that caters to the rich and famous to hide a crash or accident to avoid negative image. You know what? EDIT: Link to confirmation of Sandstone Amphitheater concert, so there is now proof of this and I have edited the post accordingly. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. 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. There is enough room for the basic story to be true. And when I came to, all seven of us were holding hands. So, I really don't care what people have to say. This is the closest thing to a contradictory date I have seen but it also is not a quote from Paula Abdul herself. Over the years, Abdul has been more vocal about her past struggles, including addiction problems, but she claims her biggest nightmare happened in the early '90s, changing her life forever. Paula Abduls website page for the tour, which mentions the plane crash but does not list the relevant tour dates. Picture of American singer, Paula Abdul during an interview with RuPaul. 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. 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. 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. "I did the whole first season in pain. Abdul claims keeping her woes from the press saved her career. 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. She was shown nodding out, slurring speech, pupils dilated- all symptoms of opiate addiction. Anyone able to verify that better? Speaking on why she refused to open up about it, Abdul explained she did not want to be associated with pity or counted out. Such daredevil feats are especially stunning considering the 57-year-old pop stars extensive past injuries. The strange part is that as I dug deeper in my internet research, I found that there is actually no record or report of any plane crash that she was ever involved in. Before a rapt crowd, she recalled the time everything came crashing down., 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 said. 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. 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! Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! 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. This compounded her existing spinal injuries and her condition deteriorated for several years until around 1994 her health problems prevented her from working. Abdul claimed the injuries caused her to be inactive in the industry for over seven years as she endured 15 cervical spine surgeries with top doctors around the world, hoping to get back to one piece. That wasn't happening.". That wasn't happening., Despite losing all feeling on her right side and developing reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD), a disorder that fires so intensely that sometimes your skin can break out in lesions like shingles, Abdul says she was doing anything and everything I could to stay in the game.

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