Liza Minelli was forced into a wheelchair at the 2022 Oscars
A friend of the artist revealed the kind of ambush the singer suffered
before going on stage.
The 94th Academy Awards ceremony
will surely be remembered as the most disastrous. Event that had its peak of
scandal due to Will Smith's slap and insult to Chris Rock. But apparently,
this was not all since Liza Minelli also experienced what would be an
unfortunate moment minutes before going on stage and that determined her
appearance before the public.
The singer Michael Feinstein, a friend of Minnelli, in a
radio program, told behind the scenes of the moment that all the chronicles
of that night highlighted as one of the most positive sequences of a night
to be forgotten, according to La Nación.
The image of Lady Gaga accompanying Minelli with
care and tenderness moved many to the same extent that the artist's apparent
state of disorientation worried them. According to Feinstein, Liza was
"forced" by the production to appear sitting in a wheelchair, despite the
fact that she had made it a condition to present the most anticipated
category of the night to be able to appear on stage sitting in a director's
chair.
“I know talking about sabotage seems a bit strong, but Liza
only agreed to go to the Oscars if she could show up sitting in that chair,
because she's having some back problems. She told them: 'I don't want you to
see me limping. I want to look good and I wouldn't want them to worry about
me,'" the singer explained.
Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli at the 94th Academy Awards (AP)
However, "literally five minutes before going on stage,
with her already sitting in the chair, perhaps because of all the commotion
of the ceremony, the assistant director said that she had to go out in a
wheelchair," Feinstein detailed, referring to to the Smith incident and how,
according to him, it affected all the plans of the Oscar gala.
Although, says her friend, Minnelli initially rejected the
change, there was no time to get the production to change its mind. The
disagreement, logically, caused a lot of nerves and discomfort in the
artist, who won an Oscar for her role in the film Cabaret.
She “she was surprised and disoriented by all the changes and
that's why she gave the impression that something bad was happening to her
but it wasn't. Liza is very well, ”Feinstein remarked, who like her former
press agent, Scott Gorenstein, made reference to some of the artist's
physical ailments.
What happened to Liza Minneli with her health?
Liza Minnelli's former agent, Scott Gorenstein, told the New
York Post that in recent years the singer had four hip replacement
surgeries, three knee surgeries and one spinal operation, and that "she is
enjoying life no need to appear on camera.
“Since she was born, she was pressured to act and that is
why in recent years she had the opportunity to relax and have a good time,
without pressure,” explained the representative, who encouraged her to
accept the invitation from the Academy, made at the express request of Lady
Gaga.
Liza Minnelli had an accident and is in a wheelchair
"Liza is a legend and deserves to be at the Academy
Awards," his friend had sentenced, who, like the rest of the world, had no
way of anticipating that this appearance would be marked by the most
disastrous Oscar ceremony. that has ever been seen.
