Liza Minnelli is releasing her memoir “Children, Wait Until You Hear This” in March and an excerpt from the guide shares her facet of the story from the 2022 Oscars.
The legendary performer appeared as a presenter alongside Woman Gaga on the Oscars 4 years in the past to current the award for Greatest Image to CODA. She was there to rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of her Oscar-winning film Cabaret.
Within the guide, Liza claims that she initially thought she can be sitting in a director’s chair on stage, however was advised on the last-minute that she needed to sit in a wheelchair. She additionally calls out Gagaclaiming it was her selection.
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“I used to be inexplicably ordered — not even requested — to sit down in a wheelchair or not seem in any respect. I used to be advised it was due to my age, and for security causes, as a result of I would slip out of the director’s chair, which was bullshit. I cannot be handled this manner, I mentioned. My co-presenter insisted she wouldn’t go on stage with me until I used to be in a wheelchair,” Liza wrote within the guide (through Folks).
“I used to be heartbroken,” she continued. “I used to be a lot decrease down than I might have been within the director’s chair. Now I couldn’t simply learn the teleprompter above me. How would you’re feeling for those who have been wheeled out, in opposition to your will, to carry out in entrance of a stay viewers, and unable to see clearly? So once I stumbled over a couple of phrases, Gagawho was at my facet, didn’t miss a beat to play the kindhearted hero for all of the world to see. ‘I bought you,’ she mentioned, leaning down over me.”
Liza wrote that Gaga got here to her dressing room after the on-stage second to ask if she was “okay” after studying she was in misery.
“I checked out her and mentioned merely, ‘I’m a giant fan.’ I realized this lesson years in the past from Mama and Papa. At a second of excessive stress, you keep gracious,” Liza mentioned. “The winner for greatest image that 12 months was CODA. I beloved the irony of the title for me Writing my memoir can be my coda, my fact. There’s all the time a rainbow — if you recognize the place to search for it.”
Again in 2022, Liza‘s greatest good friend, who was backstage together with her on the Oscars, spoke out and claimed that she was “sabotaged” that evening.
Liza simply launched her first new tune in 13 years and she or he’s defending her use of AI to finish the monitor.