And that changed my life.. But I was willing to try, because the quality of my life was starting to really suck, and it hurt. Her album "Head Over Heels" had several hit songs that became club anthems. But I live a fully normal life. 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. Dependency and addiction are also not the same thing. Im forever grateful and I certainly did miss you.. 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. Of course, Abdul's life is very real but many people wonder if the plane crash she claims to have been in was pure fantasy. --Well, one thing nobody has done is CALL HER OUT and make her PROVE she was in a plane crash. ), she didnt walk normally. 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 reliable backup dancers. Walt Disney Luckily, a team of imaginary rescue workers was on hand to save the day. 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. 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. 2003 NBC interview, earliest mention of the accident. Her album also set a record for the most number-one singles from a debut album. "I wasn't able to do what I love, my heart place, which is dancing. Not sure how she is counting people. In 1992 Paula Abdul supposedly survived a devastating plane crash in an emergency crash landing into a cornfield in Iowa. But Abdul shrugs off such accusations. She has gone on record many times in the last few years, detailing a plane crash that she was a victim to in the early 90's. No injury was reported. While. She got into a plane accident not a plane crash. 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. At any rate several of them must still be alive and some may have been injured just like she was. It's like, you learn and grow through wisdom and experience of being in this business, especially with the internet. Her account of banging her head against the planes ceiling has been consistent. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. Advertisement Paula Abdul made a name as one of the most popular dancers and singers in the 1980s. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. 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. I believe her. 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. I dont mean this disrespectfully, just objectively: Some of that shit messes with your mind. I gritted my teeth. The 2005 account mostly matched her earliest mention of the accident in 2003. Though there are naysayers about Paul's alleged plane crash, the singer has not wavered from discussing it to the press. Following her recovery, Abdul spends more time caring for her skin, doing what she loves best, and living her life to the fullest. It was not fun," she continued. Not only that, Paula has also mixed up her timeline of the incident as well. Also, some regional newspaper would for sure write about the crash landing itself no matter if they knew a star was on it or not. Wouldnt she have some sort of Entourage with her? One of the most controversial parts of Abdul's life is her claim that she survived a plane crash. 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. Such daredevil feats are especially stunning considering the 57-year-old pop stars extensive past injuries. The idea that this happened but was just kept secret through lack of internet is ludicrous. Why did it take eleven years after the alleged accident for there to be a single documented mention of it? Abdul started undergoing intense biofeedback. The most common theory in this camp is that the plane experienced some turbulence, she wasnt wearing her seatbelt, and she experienced an injury. 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. Paula Abdul at Build Studios in 2019, in New York City | Photo: Getty Images. 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. 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, Colorado. Im very curious what everyone else thinks about this case. Its a horrible horrible disease. 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. 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. In 1991, Abdul earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I'm not ready for the facelift and cutting I wanted any alternative to doing that and I don't have downtime. 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. RSD and any severe chronic pain can sometimes also cause people to seem spacey or loopy, which could also explain why so many people thought she was acting strange during the time she was on American Idol. I don't, Abdul asserts. The information in this article is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. When we plummeted, I hit my head on the ceiling of the plane. In the same interview, Paula also further elaborated on her injuries from the crash. Has she stated she was alone on the plane besides the pilot? Afterward, she signed her record deal. "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. She released another album in 1995, Head Over Heels, which she promoted, sometimes with the kind of energetically choreographed performances that were her trademark. 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. I mean, I had a spinal cord injury and nerve damage, she recalls. Jezebel also reported that public records also don't appear to corroborate a small plane crash occurring during the dates in question. I. Thats the story I got from a mutual friend, he was a very heavy smoker and even in a pressurized airplane like his 414A, you can get a 8-12,000 foot cabin altitude if you go high enough, of the system isnt fully pressurizing. -, Press J to jump to the feed. 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). ._3wvjcIArtO7kKPJabZfZ9S{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-right:24px;opacity:0;transition:opacity .1s ease-in-out}._3wvjcIArtO7kKPJabZfZ9S._1c98ixuh4QUWO9ERiFID3p{opacity:1}.RtAsN7UrR7u51W5kaOXvp{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-left:4px;margin-right:0}._1JRtpiobR4jYtbw-xx1tPO{border:1px solid var(--newRedditTheme-body);margin-left:-7px;transform:scaleX(-1)}._1JRtpiobR4jYtbw-xx1tPO:nth-child(2){margin-top:4px} I worked for a dog walking company in 2002, and one of the clients I occasionally walked for was Paula Abdul. All Rights Reserved. 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. She seems like a bit of an odd duck. In a 2019 interview with RuPaul, she claimed that one of the "engines blew up" an hour into the flight. 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. Wow. Abdul was taking heavy-duty pain killers, though she claims she never shot an Idol episode under the influence. This has been denounced by Abdul herself. In the early '90s, Paula Abdul was in a plane crash that required cervical surgeries. 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. I doubt not a single person told their story to some newspaper unless they were told not to. "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. The flight in total should have taken some two hours and 15 minutes in total, according to Flight Sphere. If anyone is able to find it Id be happy to edit it in, but Im not including information I cant verify. It's all through exercises that are like audio-spatial. I didnt want people to feel sorry for me or to count me out., Back then, we didnt have tabloids like we do now, she reportedly told journalist Allison Kugel in 2018. 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. 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. 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview, discusses going to rehab for painkiller addiction. 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. Everyone was saying prayers. After becoming the head choreographer for the "Laker Girls," she was discovered by the popular family group "The Jacksons.". 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. You can especially see how high she used to be when she was a judge on American Idol. 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". The album won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. "[I] 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 told the outlet. Or I chewed the side of my mouth. "So back then neurosurgery, especially with having spinal cord injury and having surgery, there was a 50/50 chance to get better. 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?" 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. So, I really don't care what people have to say. Plane crash inspires Ohio train derailment conspiracy theories. Was Paula Abdul in a plane crash? Her comment about not having tabloids in the 90s is laughable. According to Abdul, her mid-'90s career disappearance was prompted by a 1992 plane crash. 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. Picture of American singer, Paula Abdul during an interview with RuPaul. A dependency is much easier to recover from than is addiction. 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. An in depth Jezebel investigation from 2019, 2020 Yahoo interview where Abdul discusses people doubting her and why she did not speak about the crash earlier, Paula Abduls website page for the tour, which mentions the plane crash but does not list the relevant tour dates. It also doesnt care if you are using it for fun, to cope with life or to cope with pain. Entertainment, Abdul explained that she didn't want to talk about the plane crash much because it took her years to build her career. Little known fact: It happened while Brian Willams interviewed her. This doesnt fit with her claim that the flight was from St. Louis to Denver. Today we will take a look at what might be the real situation. Gloria Estefan was in a horrible bus accident, maybe shes mixing that into her own life in a chemically altered, desperate way. It was on my birthday, too." (As previously. Entertainment). Is Paula Abdul actually sober like she claims, and is her strange behavior actually just her being Paula Abdul rather than drugs or alcohol? Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan luckily survived a huge scare during a trip to Saudi Arabia for the Crown Jewel wrestling event. https://www.iheart.com/content/201992-plane-crash-during-vegas-residency-opener/, "Paula Abdul Keeps Talking About Surviving a Plane Crash for Which No Record Exists", https://jezebel.com/paula-abdul-keeps-talking-about-surviving-a-plane-crash-1835445212, https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employmeev_id=20001212X21252&ntsbno=LAX00FA213&akey=1, https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/RtID=20001212X21252&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA, https://www.yahoo.com/entertainmentwant-to-talk-too-much-about-it-182841961.html, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. Maybe like Gawker or Jezebel? So although there are pre-1996 records available on this site, there is no guarantee that these records are complete. Follow Lyndsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify. ', Adele Personally Apologizes to Fans Over FaceTime for Rescheduling Las Vegas Residency, Carrie Underwood and Her Stylist Share All the Details Behind Her Las Vegas Residency Wardrobe, Victims of Deadly Multi-Vehicle Las Vegas Crash Included Family of 7: 'There Are No Words', Adele Says Her Las Vegas Residency 'Has to Happen This Year' as She Wants 'More Children', Blake Shelton Joins Gwen Stefani to Perform 'Happy Anywhere' Duet as Her Las Vegas Residency Wraps. I mean, I had a spinal cord injury and nerve damage. Here's What Happened to Randy Jackson and the Other OG 'American Idol' Judges. "When we plummeted, I hit my head on the ceiling of the plane. None of the descriptions in their accident reports remotely match Abduls story. No news stories from the time of the supposed crash report, and no National Transportation Safety Board records exist of any plane crash in that area within that time frame. Paul Abdul claimed to have been involved in a plane crash. A lot of women here in this industry, they don't talk about this until now. I ended up having to take almost seven years off to have all these different neurosurgeons operating on me.". Plus, she toured with New Kids on the Block and headlined her own Las Vegas residency until early 2020. 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. Abdul spoke about the crash with PEOPLE in 2005, saying the plane, flying from St. Louis to Denver, landed in a cornfield. Theory 3: Paula Abdul is telling the truth about being in a crash and her story was brought into doubt due to some unfortunate gaps in information, such as the NTSB records being incomplete/the accident not being reported at all, her own choice to keep quiet for an extended period of time, and miscommunications about whether or not she was using pain medication. In 1992 Paula Abdul supposedly survived a devastating plane crash in an emergency crash landing into a cornfield in Iowa. ), 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. Her disclosure. "During the end of my world 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. 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.

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