Others had scary experiences and shared them with their fans. I limited my interaction with her as much as possible because it wasnt my job and it was a little intimidating, honestly (obviously she was an important client and I didnt want any complaints). I wasn't able to do what I love, my heart place, which is dancing. In the same year, Paula released her second album, "Spellbound." It sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. In 1991, Abdul earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Paula Abdul went on record saying she had never said those things, Link to confirmation of Sandstone Amphitheater concert, 2003 NBC interview, earliest mention of the accident, 2005 People interview, discusses details including plane route. Paul Abdul claimed to have been involved in a plane crash. I'm guessing she has a new album out or is promoting something. But last Thanksgiving, determined to overcome her habit, she checked into the La Costa Resort and Spa, in Carlsbad, California, to wean herself off her medications in one fell swoop. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. Speaking on why she refused to open up about it, Abdul explained she did not want to be associated with pity or counted out. Paula Abdul has been a feature of popular music, and pop culture more generally, for the better part of four decades now. Paula Abdul had a concert in nearby Greenwood Village on the same day, but the description of the plane and accident do not match her story at all. Especially when there is so much circumstantial evidence, such as her strange behavior that the tabloids latched onto. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://jezebel.com/paula-abdul-keeps-talking-about-surviving-a-plane-crash-1835445212?rev=1560437388395&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=jezebel_twitter&utm_campaign=socialfow_jezebel_twitter, Gloria Estefan was in a horrible bus accident. 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. The Equalizer' Queen Latifah Once Publicly Called Her Long-time Speculated Partner Eboni Nichols My Love, Patsy Cline Talked about Her Time to Go Right before the Fatal Crash That Left Her Two Kids without a Mom, Annette Funicello Was Unable to Eat, Drink & Talk during Her Last Years Her Husband Never Gave up Hope, Why Did Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello Break Up? Discussion in 'Aviation Mishaps' started by Possum, Mar 15, 2020. why would everything go black with an engine fire in a twin engined plane? That wasn't happening.". 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. Further speaking about that time in her life, Abdul said during her Forever Your Girl Vegas show, I lost myself, I lost my passion and that little girl inside me who was once fearless. Theres a lot of overlap between this theory and the others, and how much overlap exists between theories depends on who you ask. ", "I was so afraid of being counted out and looked at as damaged goods," she continued. 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. Watch Paula Abduls full Yahoo Entertainment interview below, in which she discusses MC Skat, her friendship with Gene Kelly, working with Keanu Reeves, her lost 1978 musical movie Junior High, new music, and the possibility of her working again with original American Idol judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. In the early '90s, Paula Abdul was in a plane crash that required cervical surgeries. They looked through all recorded plane incidences and couldn't find anything. 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. If this story is true there will be evidence for it. 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. Picture of American singer, Paula Abdul during an interview with RuPaul. The Wikipedia page for the tour uses the same dates as Abduls website. Its stranger the more you read about it, and there dont seem to be concrete answers. 2 Rich Juzwiak at Jezebel dug up records that give us a possible date for the alleged crash. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. I don't. My personal theory (which is based as much on gut feelings as it is on actual information, since the info is so spotty) is that she was on a plane during the Under My Spell tour, wasnt wearing a seatbelt, and was injured when the plane experienced turbulence mid-flight. 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. I did not want said Abdul. It was not fun. 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. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. This goes far more in depth than that post and was heavily requested so hopefully it does not get removed this time. ", "From a [pain] scale of one to 10, my 'normal' was hovering at seven. I 100% agree with your point about no one coming forward--she has said things along the lines of "ask anyone who was on the plane with me, they'll say the exact same thing happened", but we haven't heard from anyone on the plane with her even though it was people like her makeup artist who I'd think it would be easy to track down. 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. "It was time to set the record straight. 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview, discusses going to rehab for painkiller addiction. 3 This specific link has a disclaimer that records have only been natively uploaded since 1996. None of the descriptions in their accident reports remotely match Abduls story. 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. As her new Las Vegas residency took off, Paula Abdul opened up about a crash landing. I was a big fan of hers when I was young, I vaguely remember the story about the plane crash and I definitely remember hearing about her injuring her back and struggling w/ an eating disorder. The singer has said in a 2018 interview with Music News that the crash was kept under wraps because she didn't want publicity for it at the time, or for people to think that her career was over. 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! I think Paula just gets high on pain pills and makes things up. In 2005, she told PEOPLE the engine caught fire 40 minutes into the trip and landed in a cornfield in Iowa. You can especially see how high she used to be when she was a judge on American Idol. 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. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The singer has spoken out multiple times about a serious plane crash accident, but there are some who don't buy her story. At any rate several of them must still be alive and some may have been injured just like she was. 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). "I woke up in the. 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. The award-winning dancer noted that she found herself in the hospital with serious injuries on her body. Do any of you guys remember hearing about the incident back in 1992 or even later on? This doesnt fit with her claim that the flight was from St. Louis to Denver. Paula Abdul made a name as one of the most popular dancers and singers in the 1980s. -, Press J to jump to the feed. But I live a fully normal life. and how it resulted in her needing multiple back surgeries. In an episode of her show, the "Straight Up" singer opened up on the horrifying event, which she said took years to recover from. Wow. She could have mistaken Kansas City for St. Louis or misremembered, but her stated flight path doesn't seem to have happened. Which makes it all the weirder that she keeps talking about a plane crash that really doesn't seem like it happened. SUBSCRIBE for regular episodes and bonusesGet free Secrets to ending pain guide: http://www.zeropainnow.comGet daily Zero Pain Now updates on Facebook:https:. She was a mess the times I saw her, and while I do not recall her ever using a cane or anything (I interacted with her maybe half a dozen times? In an interview with Yahoo! In the aforementioned KDWB interview, Abdul confused several dates. is for general information purposes only. The story honestly reeks of a drug problem/mental health issues. He was a VFR pilot when he bought the airplane, I dont know if he ever got his IR. Has she stated she was alone on the plane besides the pilot? Wouldnt she have some sort of Entourage with her? 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. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. Abdul spoke about the crash with PEOPLE in 2005, saying the plane, flying from St. Louis to Denver, landed in a cornfield. news.AmoMama.com does not take responsibility for any action taken as a result of reading this article. 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. I ended up having to take almost seven years off to have all these different neurosurgeons operating on me.". More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://. That says something. 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. So, I really don't care what people have to say. 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. Well, it did get some attention, but I didnt want to make aI worked it out publicity wise. 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. I took care of that. 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. Is Paula Abdul actually sober like she claims, and is her strange behavior actually just her being Paula Abdul rather than drugs or alcohol? Between her Spellbound era and about 1996, Abdul seemed to stay out of the spotlight. I cannot find any news about what Abdul wouldve been doing in Nebraska in September 1991, so I dont believe this is the accident. Pop singer and dancer Paula Abdul is "opening up" about her 1992 plane crash: The only date possible for this "crash" is around June 8-10, 1992, which resulted in various tour dates of hers being cancelled with no explanation. We may earn a commission from links on this page. They became a huge success, grabbing the world's attention and placing her in demand for many stars. The singer discussed what happened during an appearance on RuPaul in 2019. 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. His plane made an emergency landing in Iceland after encountering problems with the brakes and tires. Abdul claimed the plane crash happened between the St. Louis and Denver stops on her tour. 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. Famous actor Jason Momoa might be the fearless Khal Drogo in "Game of Thrones," but he is not immune to scary plane experiences. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. There is also a record of an accident in Englewood, Colorado on June 10, 1992. 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. 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. So I figured Id try to piece it together myself. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off," she said of the event, via Distractify. I havent heard of anyone else having it so far but my own mother. "And the other stuff isn't my business.". Definitely a blog talking about this. There is simply too much social incentive in doing so and anyone who tried to say that you are lying will be demonized as an insensitive prick. All content, including text, and images contained on. But, she also said that she wasn't alone on the aircraft, and that there are others out there who can corroborate her story. The LHJ interview had direct quotes from her talking about her struggle with drug addiction. I want to bring to everyone's attention a scene from her reality show where is fucked up out of her mind while sampling perfume. Before undertaking any course of treatment please consult with your healthcare provider. EDIT: Link to confirmation of Sandstone Amphitheater concert, so there is now proof of this and I have edited the post accordingly. "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. I'm not ready for the facelift and cutting I wanted any alternative to doing that and I don't have downtime. Afterward, she signed her record deal. This compounded her existing spinal injuries and her condition deteriorated for several years until around 1994 her health problems prevented her from working. I want America to know that I have never been addicted to anything, no chemical dependency, nothing for recreational purposes.". A detailed account of the accident itself, told in 2019. We have a news anchor and multiple presidential candidates who have either made up or altered aviation stories to make them the hero. Was she covering for being out of the spotlight? 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? Very little treatment available. During their 2006 interview, Larry King told her hed never heard of the plane crash, reasoning (perhaps insincerely) that it didnt get a lot of attention. Was Paula Abdul in a plane crash? Wouldn't she still be injured? Imagine Abdul and her crew just ditching that burned-up plane.