Overview
- Liza Minnelli’s account appears in a People-published excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, out March 10.
- She writes she was told to use a wheelchair or not appear, having expected a director’s chair for the Best Picture segment with Lady Gaga.
- Minnelli says the lower seating made the teleprompter hard to read, contributing to her onstage stumble during the live broadcast.
- She alleges her co-presenter insisted on the wheelchair, while also noting Gaga later visited her dressing room to check on her.
- The Hollywood Reporter cites an unnamed Oscars source who frames the wheelchair as a safety measure, and the Academy has not issued a detailed public response.