1 use of glitter was probably boat paint, after talking to someone in the boat-making industry who buys a lot of glitter. In 2019, the podcast Endless Thread attempted to solve the glitter mystery and concluded that the secret No. Theories ranged from the US military to Crest toothpaste. The exchange led to fervent internet debate about who was buying bulk glitter and why they didn't want anyone to know it. She guided me to the automotive grade pigments. I told her I couldn’t die without knowing. I asked if she would tell me off the record after this piece was published. I asked if she would tell me off the record. “If I looked at it, I wouldn’t know it was glitter?” “Because they don’t want anyone to know that it’s glitter.” Let’s just leave it at that.” I asked if she could tell me why she couldn’t tell me. Dyer if she could tell me which industry served as Glitterex’s biggest market, her answer was instant: “No, I absolutely know that I can’t.” The company eventually relented, and Maggio and a Glitterex manager had the following exchange: Glitterex, which, according to its website, has over 50 years in the biz, was wary of Maggio visiting the company's factory and laying eyes on its advanced glitter-making technology. The first refused to be interviewed, telling Maggio it was "a very private company," while the second, Glitterex, left readers with more questions than answers.
But a New York Times piece on the glitter industry revealed there was so much more about glitter we didn't know, and could never know.įor the article, journalist Chris Maggio reached out to the two main US glitter companies, both in New Jersey. It was a shiny, celebratory substance used on preschool craft projects and music festival attendee faces. I don't. It's like, you learn and grow through wisdom and experience of being in this business, especially with the internet.Īs of 2021, no one has stepped forward to corroborate Abdul's story, and the mystery remains.īefore 2018, no one gave a lot of thought to aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate, AKA glitter. So, I really don't care what people have to say. It's like, there are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me. According to Jezebel, she finished the tour and released an underperforming album in 1995, then took a seven-year break.ĭespite the doubts, Abdul has never wavered about the plane incident, saying she kept it hidden initially because she feared people would view her as "damaged goods." Addressing her skeptics, Abdul told Yahoo Entertainment: But even the account of her break due to "excruciating pain" and multiple spinal injuries doesn't fit the timeline of her career.
Louis to Denver, and that the flame-engulfed plane landed in an Iowa cornfield. A Jezebel investigation revealed that Iowa would be a deviation of about 200 miles north from the flight path, and a search of aircraft accidents in the National Transportation Safety Board database found zero reports that fit Abdul's story during the alleged timeframe and area.Ī spokesperson from the Federal Aviation Administration said it was possible a crash wouldn't be investigated if it resulted in minor damages or harm to the passengers, and would be labeled an "incident" rather than an "accident." That led to the theory Abdul was exaggerating the event or mistaken about some details. While the details have changed somewhat in her retellings, Abdul has often said the incident occurred on her way from St. But further investigation has led some fans to question her story. She's also discussed some version of the incident with Dateline (in 2003), People (2005), Larry King Live (2006), VH1 (2008), Dave Ryan in the Morning (2009), the Hudson Union Society (2014), Music News (2018), and Yahoo Entertainment (2020), as well as during concerts. I withstood 15 cervical spinal surgeries and I had to take seven years off. I didn't have my seat belt on and I hit my head on the top of the plane. when I was traveling from one city to the next, in a small seven-seater plane, one of the engines blew up and the right wing caught on fire, and we crash-landed. On the RuPaul talk show in 2019, she recalled:ĭuring the end of my world tour. Abdul has spoken repeatedly about the 1992 plane crash that led her to take a break from the spotlight. Paula Abdul was a pop sensation in the 1980s and early '90s before she took a career hiatus, then reemerged as one of the OG judges of American Idol in 2002.
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