Liza Minnelli claims her 2022 Oscars appearance was ‘sabotaged’
nypost.comLiza Minnelli is upset about how her appearance at the 2022 Academy Awards was handled. The Hollywood legend, 78, announced her new memoir on Tuesday in a statement to People magazine, and reiterated claims that she was “sabotaged” at the Oscars two years ago.
Minnelli memorably joined Lady Gaga onstage to hand out the Best Picture award in a wheelchair, and her frail appearance and confused demeanor was a shock to many.The “Cabaret” star told People that she never intended to write a book, but a “series of unfortunate events” — including her Oscars appearance — caused her to change her mind.Those events included “a sabotaged appearance at the Oscars,” “a film with twisted half-truths” and “a recent miniseries that just didn’t get it right … All made by people who didn’t know my family, and don’t really know me,” Minnelli stated.“Finally, I was mad as hell!” she added. “Over dinner one night, I decided, it’s my own damn story … I’m gonna share it with you because of all the love you’ve given me.”This isn’t the first time the word “sabotaged” has been used to describe Minnelli’s appearance at the 94th Academy Awards.
Her close friend Michael Feinstein, who is a collaborator on the memoir, claimed that Minnelli was “forced” to use a wheelchair minutes before hitting the stage at the Oscars, which featured the infamous slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock.“Sabotaged.
That’s a terrible word to use but she only agreed to appear on the Oscars if she was in a director’s chair, because she’s been having back trouble,” Feinstein said on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show.”“She said, ‘I don’t want people to see me limping out there.’ She said, ‘You know, I want to look good.
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