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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Caitlin Hornik

Liza Minnelli claims she was ‘inexplicably ordered’ to be in a wheelchair for 2022 Oscars appearance with Lady Gaga

Liza Minnelli is shedding light on her 2022 Oscars appearance alongside Lady Gaga, insisting that she was forced into using a wheelchair as a co-presenter, in her new memoir.

Years after the appearance — and following similar claims about the event from her friend, pianist Michael Feinstein — Minnelli, 79, claimed that she was originally supposed to sit in a director’s chair to present the award, but the plan changed without much explanation.

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