Liza Minnelli in high spirits singing and smoking in car on way to the Oscars ... before 'sabotage'
dailymail.co.ukLiza Minnelli was seen in a newly-released clip looking joyous as she was headed to the 2022 Academy Awards, where a confidante said she was 'sabotaged' into using a wheelchair before emerging onstage.The 76-year-old show business legend was seen in a clip posted to Instagram Tuesday by her close friend Michael Feinstein, 65, puffing on a cigarette while singing the show tune (It’s Gonna Be A) Great Day penned by Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose.'Just found this on my phone,' Feinstein said in the caption. 'Liza on her way to the Oscars, happy and excited.' The latest:Liza Minnelli, 76, was seen in a newly-released clip looking joyous as she was headed to the 2022 Academy Awards, where a confidante said she was 'sabotaged' into using a wheelchair before emerging onstageFeinstein earlier this month told The Jess Cagle Show on SiriusXM that the EGOT-winning entertainer's appearance at the March 27 ceremony - where she presented the Best Picture category alongside Lady Gaga - had been 'sabotaged' after a stage manager insisted that she sit in a wheelchair before emerging onstage.Feinstein told the show that the Los Angeles native had conditionally appeared at the Oscars if she could sit in a director’s chair due to ongoing back issues.
The Arthur actress had hoped to 'look good' on the broadcast without giving people a reason to 'worry about her,' Feinstein said, adding that she initially told him she would refuse to come out in a wheelchair.Feinstein said that while Minnelli eventually relented to coming out in a wheelchair, she was 'so shaken that she was discombobulated.
Minnelli had been 'sabotaged' after a stage manager insisted that she sat in a wheelchair before emerging onstage, where she presented the.
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