“I expected to sit on stage in my usual director’s chair. It’s easiest on my back,” she wrote. “Minutes before airtime I was ordered, not even asked, to sit in a wheelchair or not appear at all. I was stunned. I was told it was because of my age, which was insulting, and for safety reasons, which was bulls–t.”
Indeed, Liza has primarily used a director’s chair since she had back surgery in 2014. However, she noted this last minute switch felt like “a knockout punch,” as the wheelchair was too low for her to properly “read the teleprompter.”
“I was jittery instead of my usual collected self,” she continued. “As I rode home, I thought more seriously about writing a memoir. I’m sure there are plenty of people out there eager to cash in on the life of Liza Minnelli. Sadly, my parents never got the chance to set the record straight for themselves. But now I do.”
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