Michael is such a great interviewer. He gets so much information out of his guests.

I never knew about the plane crash, but I knew she had severe back issues. I suffer a chronic pain condition, so I can fully empathize.

I remember hearing about Gloria Stefan, tour bus crash. That was horrific.

Watch any performance from the Head Over Heels ('95-'96) era and get back to me.

"I help win Academy Awards for directors..."

It’s so scary and such a trauma 😱🥺 great interview !!👍💙💙💘💘

Like she said it ‘wasn’t her time to go’ but she must be in constant pain with all those back surgeries, wishing her a pain free life 😊

So, 15 surgeries on her cervical spine from this fire-consumed plane that crashed in Iowa and forced her to take 7 years off of her career. But she still managed to get to Denver somehow, play that show either the same day or a day later, and then did 19 more shows within 2 months (that involved her dancing and flying in a harness).

Yeah she is a chronic liar… the NTSB doesn’t just not investigate plane crashes because the passenger is famous. There would be extensive public records about this crash that would be EASY to find.

I remember this crash because I was working on my biology homework when the news came on and announced that her plan had crashed. Video of the plane wreckage was shown and it was reported that she had been rushed to the hospital. Now why this wasn't bigger story is beyond me because she was definitely in a crash. I can also recall right after this incident that her whole personality had changed and she always appeared to be in pain. Now because I knew she had been in a plane crash I understood why she had stopped performing, looked like she was in pain, and sounded like she was on drugs. I'm happy she made it through the plane crash and is in a better place physically and mentally. I Still play "Cold hearted Snake" and "Opposites Attract" when I'm cleaning.

I had my L5/S1 fused with screws and I'm blessed to be active and can do whatever I want now but it was HELL!!!

I believe her, I saw her pain; she looks better now; there are footage from the past you couldn't understand her speaking;

I remember this being on the news when it happened.

I love her!!!

Doesn't matter if it was a private jet or not. The NTSB takes any aviation mishap, let alone a full blown "engine/wing on fire crashed into a field" crash very seriously and there should be a report on it. "It wasn't documented" is nonsense. If there was a plane crash in the US, the authorities are not going to shrug and go "oh well it was a private flight, noone got killed, just clean that wreck outta here and go on about your business, we dont need no reports". I don't know whether she crashed or not, but I do "it wasn't documented" is not credible. If it happened, there should be a report on it, and any supposed NDAs she was able to convince others to sign could be released at her pleasure, if she so wanted.

Poor Paula

uh I just watched an interview where she said she WAS sitting down.....wtf

Gloria Estefan's critical injury happened at least 2 years before Paula's and within 1 year Gloria was on stage again! So why Paula saying there was no one to talk to???

She had a drug overdose, and probably died, but was brought back. She uses this "plane crash" story as a replacement for what actually happened cause figuratively she crashed and burned. She went to the hospital and detoxed. She probably felt so much shame to her ego she came up with the crash story. Those NDAs were probably to the people who treated her and not record her OD episode.

Woah 8k views and 50 comments....Paula Abdul on the heavy hitter circuit

The NTSB doesn’t do NDAs when it comes to aviation accident reports. If there’s no record with the NTSB, it didn’t happen.

She needs some serious help

IF true. The date PROBABLY would have been July 10 1992. From St. Louis (??? more to come on this date) going to Denver. She was on her way to Colorado on July 10. July 10 1992 she had a tour date in Pueblo, Colorado at Colorado State Fair Events Center. BUT GET THIS. This show was cancelled, YET she performed at a show somewhere in Chicago, Illinois, Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater on July 10 1992. So one show was cancelled, but she did another show in another place on July 10 1992. In another interview she says she had done a show in St. Louis Missouri, and was then on her way to Denver. She states she had just finished onstage, then was off to Denver. Her St Louis, Missouri show was May 19 1992, and her next stop was Nashville for her show on May 21 1992. Her upcoming Denver show that was eventually cancelled was scheduled as I mentioned previously, July 10 1992. And in the other interview she says that she broke through her seatbelt and hit her head on the top of the plane. Whereas here she says she was coming back from the bathroom and climbing over luggage, and she never got to her seat, when the alleged chaos happened.

And no explanation for why she would charter a jet from St. Louis between dates in Phoenix (6/8/1992) and Denver (6/10/1992). It was a private plane or jet, so those don't typically have long layovers many states out of the way of what could have been a much shorter direct flight.

ok here she says she wasnt even to her seat vut this video at the 5:50 mark she says she was seated and broke through her seatbelt??? WHICH IS IT PAULA!?!?!?kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLWahdVouJ61g58.html

F**k me, she's still peddling this story??? Why not just tell people what really happened? People would be interested in that.

So Merv Griffin's crew heard that a plane went down and that it was Paula Abdul's. And they raced to the scene and rescued them from a corn field? Yeah, makes perfect sense. LOL Why would an emergency rescue team be bothered to go to a plane crash site when Merv's crack crew were on the job? Then she got everyone to sign NDAs? Even the doctors and nurses at the hospital? Wow She needs help

Well, doesn’t sound like a “plane crash”, it sounds like ONE of the engines blew and they lost elevation. Am i wrong? Still scary as hell. Why in god’s name would you keep this a secret?! Completely not your fault. You had terrible advisors.

Her Janet and Gloria were the spicy alternative for us dudes that didnt buy into the aryan Madonna. Fun times

Girl stop lying

I’ve always liked Paula, but the fact that she’s blatantly lying is so sad. I really don’t know what to think. Is she a pathological liar or something?

you sound like trump

She's still telling this story? So it's a plane crash, involving a world famous musician, that doesn't have an NTSB report or ANY news report about it (even local stations, who would jump on the "Paula Abdul crashed near here" story). Riiiiight. I wouldn't even doubt the injuries happening from something else, but a place crash didn't happen.