A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. Back then, we didn't have tabloids like we do now," she said. I mean, I had a spinal cord injury and nerve damage, she recalls. Wouldnt she have some sort of Entourage with her? Paula Abdul has been a feature of popular music, and pop culture more generally, for the better part of four decades now. Not only that, Paula has also mixed up her timeline of the incident as well. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. Theres certainly no clear-cut evidence proving she was ever an addict, but its also nearly impossible to disprove something. "We didn't have the extent of paparazzi so you were able to contain some information. That wasn't happening.". Paula Abdul Says She Survived A 1992 Plane Crash But There's No It's like, you learn and grow through wisdom and experience of being in this business, especially with the internet," she told the outlet. 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. What Exactly Is Happening for the Rest of This Season of American Idol? Imagine Abdul and her crew just ditching that burned-up plane. Not impossible, but certainly implausible at least from a laymans understanding of air travel. And then Paula Abdul went on record saying she had never said those things. Walt Disney Luckily, a team of imaginary rescue workers was on hand to save the day. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. 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. 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. You know what? The 41-year-old singer starred on the show's third season in 2004, and Paula explained that she didn't . I was really injured. 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?" 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. 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. This has been used by some theorists as proof that the whole story is fabricated, since it gives the appearance that there wouldnt have been a St. Louis to Denver flight at all. 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. Paula Abdul Net Worth | Boyfriend (JT Torregiani) 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. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. 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. 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. Abdul later choreographed music videos for Janet Jackson and enjoyed more success. According to Abdul, her mid-'90s career disappearance was prompted by a 1992 plane crash. 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. None of them seem likely flyovers 30 to 40 minutes into such a trip. 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. It makes sense and would account for some of her injuries that she allegedly has suffered over the years. "No one on the show knew I was in pain. 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. To her credit, she lived up to the expectation, making herself one of the most popular choreographers in the industry. That album flopped, and then she disappeared for about seven years. "I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain, it was excruciating. 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? He was very nice on the phone, we had matching airplanes and he joked about me not flying west Of the Mississippi, so we wouldnt be on the same ramp! I tried taking the different medications the doctors prescribed, but it was the same old story," she told the magazine. Definitely a blog talking about this. But thats not quite true, either. 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. Dependency and addiction are also not the same thing. Paula Abdul plane crash?????? | Pilots of America 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. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/UsersCountIndicator.2ab8dda40f822a31d31c_.css.map*/random gossip. Now, Abdul is focused on self-esteem and self-care. I woke up in the hospital only to find that I had crushed my cervical spine, leaving me partially paralyzed.. In a 2005 cover story spread with People, Paula said she dealt with chronic pain from the accident for years, and that it was a big issue during her first season of American Idol. I worked for a dog walking company in 2002, and one of the clients I occasionally walked for was Paula Abdul. 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. I assume pilots are included in the number? "[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. Follow Lyndsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify. Has she stated she was alone on the plane besides the pilot? But by the sound of the story someone wanted to keep it secret back then. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. "I did the whole first season in pain. In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment in March of 2020, the singer explained that people may doubt if the accident actually happened because she refrained from talking about it until decades later. A revisitation of one of my most Iconic Conspiracies, as I debate my dear friend Stokes regarding his belief that Paula Abdul's infamous fake plane crash actually did happen. 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. Her debut album "Forever Your Girl" in 1988 took the industry by surprise, becoming one of the most successful debut albums, with about 7 million copies sold in the U.S. Abdul has had to endure a series of professional and personal challenges to build the career she now has. We didnt have the extent of paparazzi or the (internet), so you were able to contain some information.. Where the plane landed is another odd matter. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. 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 . I wasn't able to do what I love, my heart place, which is dancing. She also stated that she underwent 15 spinal surgeries as a result of her injuries both from this and prior incidents. Everyone was saying prayers. There seems to be no record of this crash ever having happened. On the Paula Abdul post a couple weeks ago, I commented that I had a write-up that was almost ready to go. Im unsure on whether or not she had an addiction to painkillers but I lean towards no. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 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. A detailed account of the accident itself, told in 2019. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. She explained that during turbulence she hit her head and suffered a head/neck injury. However, no record of any such plane crash exists, and her telling of the events surrounding the supposed event has changed over the years. All content, including text, and images contained on. 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. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. We have a news anchor and multiple presidential candidates who have either made up or altered aviation stories to make them the hero. Paula Abdul talks about plane crash - Archyde Afterward, she signed her record deal. She began choreographing sequences for several movie productions, like "Reefer Madness" and "American Beauty.". 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. Paula Abdul is interesting. 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. 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. 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. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. She suffered years of chronic pain, a battle she dealt with privately. None of the descriptions in their accident reports remotely match Abduls story. 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. There is also a record of an accident in Englewood, Colorado on June 10, 1992. Page 2 of same interview. 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. 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. If even half of that is true she must be in pain all the time. The 2005 account mostly matched her earliest mention of the accident in 2003. 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. But I was willing to try, because the quality of my life was starting to really suck, and it hurt. 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. However, Ive tried searching and cant find this article. Use it long enough you are gonna have problems. However, the supposed landing site would have been out of the way north for the purported flight path between those two cities. 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. American Idol'S Paula Abdul Lying About Plane Crash? This possibly compounded with previous injuries (such as the cheerleading accident she often mentions in conjunction with the plane crash story) and caused severe harm, but the plane did not crash. 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. Maybe like Gawker or Jezebel? But I live a fully normal life. During the opening night of her show at Flamingo Las Vegas on Thursday, the 57-year-old "Straight Up". She also loved to whine about how far her career had fallen and how she was going to make a comeback if she ever got better (?). Additionally, Abdul has been quoted several times as saying the plane landed in a cornfield in Iowa. Because Paula was in the height of her career at the time when the alleged plane crash occurred, many outlets, including Jezebel, KDWB, and DListed, have been skeptical about whether or not it actually happened, since it wasn't reported on or spoken about at the time. In the aforementioned KDWB interview, Abdul confused several dates. 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. 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. Iconic Conspiracies on Apple Podcasts Make of this what you will. 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 Paula also discusses being the Brand Ambassador for InMode. She seems like a bit of an odd duck. 3 This specific link has a disclaimer that records have only been natively uploaded since 1996. But 2019 was not the first time she told this story. Has There Ever Been Any Proof Of Paula Abdul's Plane Crash Story? It's like, you learn and grow through wisdom and experience of being in this business, especially with the internet. I think Paula just gets high on pain pills and makes things up. The strongest piece of evidence cited by those who believe Paula Abdul is lying is the lack of evidence. "It was time to set the record straight. Abduls website lists no shows between the June 10 show in Greenwood Village and the June 23 show in Seattle. The idea that this happened but was just kept secret through lack of internet is ludicrous. 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. You can especially see how high she used to be when she was a judge on American Idol. 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. 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. In 1991, Abdul earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Why did it take eleven years after the alleged accident for there to be a single documented mention of it? In fact, according to her, she has never even been drunk. Not sure how she is counting people. 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. Was she covering for being out of the spotlight? More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. Then I disappeared for close to seven years.. oh i found it 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. When asked about whether or not it upsets her that people doubt her story, Paula explained that it doesn't. 2009 Ladies Home Journal interview, discusses going to rehab for painkiller addiction. Abdul was taking heavy-duty pain killers, though she claims she never shot an Idol episode under the influence. An Investigation of Paula Abdul's Supposed 1992 Plane Crash - Jezebel Thats something I quietly made go awayno paparazzi or tabloid stuff, she told VH1 in 2008. 21. But, she also said that she wasn't alone on the aircraft, and that there are others out there who can corroborate her story. Her album "Head Over Heels" had several hit songs that became club anthems. I havent heard of anyone else having it so far but my own mother. Was she covering for a painkiller addiction, and was that part of why she went to rehab in 1994? According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. Id bet even people who have no experience with drugs can at least sense theres something off about her during that show. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. It's USA not Congo. 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. Abdul claimed the plane crash happened between the St. Louis and Denver stops on her tour. I dont have proof of anything, but a personal anecdote. ", "If there's something that you know you can actually work on that can improve who you are as a performer or as a professional or as a human being, I resonate with that," she concluded. Paula Abdul explains her secret illness - UPI.com Picture of American singer, Paula Abdul during an interview with RuPaul. However, no record of any such plane crash exists, and her telling of the events surrounding the supposed event has changed over the years. 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