She might not feel she was ever addicted to opioids because it was all prescribed and she was using it as prescribed not in a recreational way. does not take responsibility for any action taken as a result of reading this article. Little known fact: It happened while Brian Willams interviewed her. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane crash. it's a tactic they use to get publicity. She was divorced twice between 1994 and 1998. It was crazy. Since at least 2003, Abdul has been vocal about suffering a slew of traumatic injuries during a 1992 plane crash. One of the most controversial parts of Abdul's life is her claim that she survived a plane crash. 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. Doesnt take Sherlock Holmes to solve this mystery. 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. 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. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/UsersCountIndicator.2ab8dda40f822a31d31c_.css.map*/random gossip. Famous actor Jason Momoa might be the fearless Khal Drogo in "Game of Thrones," but he is not immune to scary plane experiences. Paula Abduls website page for the tour, which mentions the plane crash but does not list the relevant tour dates. According to Paula, around the time her Under My Spell tour concluded in 1992, she was involved in a plane 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? Paula's appearance on RuPaul wouldn't be the last time that the dancer spoke about the accident. The strongest piece of evidence cited by those who believe Paula Abdul is lying is the lack of evidence. The flight in total should have taken some two hours and 15 minutes in total, according to Flight Sphere. Or I sat on my hands and pulled my fingers or pressed down on my hand something to distract me from the pain.". 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. During the opening night of her show at Flamingo Las Vegas on Thursday, the 57-year-old "Straight Up". In July I saw this comment and decided to look up the plane crash story, expecting it to be easily explainable one way or another. 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). 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. Paula also discusses being the Brand Ambassador for InMode. According to Abdul, the crash happened while she was out on her 1991-1992 'Under My Spell' tour and it occurred somewhere between St. Louis, Missouri and Denver, Colorado. She also stated that she underwent 15 spinal surgeries as a result of her injuries both from this and prior incidents. . Paula Abdul is interesting. I find it hard to believe she claims she was never out of it during her time on American Idol. 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. She hit the big time in the late 1980s with the release of the multiplatinum album "Forever Your Girl," as BuzzFeed News reported, and then spent the next few years dominating the charts. I wasn't able to do what I love, my heart place, which is dancing. According to Abdul in 2005, she took one day off and she continued to perform. 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 went through all of that, mostly, privately. But Abdul shakes off such accusations. --Well, one thing nobody has done is CALL HER OUT and make her PROVE she was in a plane crash. All content, including text, and images contained on news.AmoMama.com, or available through news.AmoMama.com is for general information purposes only. 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. The information in this article is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. 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. Paula Abdul reflects surviving a crash landing after an alleged 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. This sets a date of June 19, 1992 for St. Louis. Wouldn't she still be injured? Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! 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. But 2019 was not the first time she told this story. The singer discussed what happened during an appearance on RuPaul in 2019. 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AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. 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. No other passengers have spoken about a crash. Frank 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). One of these theories revolves around the idea that Paula invented the plane crash in 2003, after regaining the limelight as an American Idol judge, to give herself an excuse for falling out of the public eye and to distract from the downturn in her career and personal life during this period. Abduls website lists no shows between the June 10 show in Greenwood Village and the June 23 show in Seattle. 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. 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. None of them seem likely flyovers 30 to 40 minutes into such a trip. In fact, according to her, she has never even been drunk. In the aforementioned KDWB interview, Abdul confused several dates. Likewise, Im sure Princess Diana would be pleased to know that paparazzi didnt exist then. It's all through exercises that are like audio-spatial. 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. 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. Forever Your Girl runs through Jan. 4, 2020. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. Offers may be subject to change without notice. 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! Wow. She got into a plane accident not a plane crash. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. Still, it was a fun experience for her. An hour into the flight, one of the engines blew up, and the right-wing caught fire, leaving everyone in darkness. She resumed her Under My Spell tour, which according to Wikipedia, wrapped in August of that year. 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. 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. So back then neurosurgery, especially with having spinal cord injury and having surgery, there was a 50/50 chance to get better. Theory 1: Paula Abdul was actually in some sort of incident on a plane in 1992, but has embellished what happened and this is why no one has been able to track down records of the event. 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. We have a news anchor and multiple presidential candidates who have either made up or altered aviation stories to make them the hero. 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. 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. A dependency is much easier to recover from than is addiction. If even half of that is true she must be in pain all the time. Could she be lying? It would definitely explain the pain pill addiction other posters have mentioned. 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. From a [pain] scale of one to 10, my normal was hovering at seven. ), 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. Its a horrible horrible disease. If this story is true there will be evidence for it. At the height of her success and fame as a dancer and singer, Abdul took a break from the music industry. Abdul wasnt so specific on RuPaul, but in previous tellings, she has pinpointed the date of the accident as occurring between the St. Louis and Denver stops on the tour. -, Press J to jump to the feed. 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. 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. In 1992 Paula Abdul supposedly survived a devastating plane crash in an emergency crash landing into a cornfield in Iowa. I worked for a dog walking company in 2002, and one of the clients I occasionally walked for was Paula Abdul. Abdul was taking heavy-duty pain killers, though she claims she never shot an Idol episode under the influence. Born in San Fernando, California, in 1962, Abdul's career began as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team when she was 18. Yet she released an album during this "break" period of healing, she even made choreographed videos. 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. I don't, Abdul asserts. Thanks! This plane story was probably concocted partially for doctor shopping for opiate painkillers, even the timing of her "issues" lines up with the explosion of pill mills in the USA and marketing of Oxycontin. In a 2014 Hudson Union Society interview, Abdul said she had just finished onstage when she boarded the flight. 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. 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. In September, singer Diplo took to Instagram to share a picture of his doorless plane, which he said had an accident mid-air but thankfully, no life was lost. Plane Crash. I don't. Imagine Abdul and her crew just ditching that burned-up plane. 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. 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. 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. ), Abduls rep did not respond to my request for clarification on this matter. I think Paula just gets high on pain pills and makes things up. Paula Abdul made a name as one of the most popular dancers and singers in the 1980s. As her new Las Vegas residency took off, Paula Abdul opened up about a crash landing. 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.