Liza book promotion chat — Page 8

She was quick with a sarcastic, “oh this is great!” when a video clip was delayed, LOL. God, love this woman. Glad I went as well. Nothing but sweetness and love coming from her. She seemed to have a good time and the audience had all the love to give. They had professional cameras setup, but also dozens of people recording the entire thing on their phones. 

Michael isn’t a good moderator for this…which is weird, all things considering. It almost felt like he hadn’t figured out what questions to ask or how, despite mentioning that they went over these topics backstage.

The night started about thirty minutes late. The less mentioned about the finale the better. Some really touching moments - but I’m biased as this was my first time ever seeing her in person. From my view it seemed like 90% full? Whether actually “sold” out or not, I don’t think it really matters.

Updated On: 3/18/26 at 01:33 AM

Happy to hear these reports, I was worried that she was being wheeled out and kinda used and abused. 

Sorry to double post, but I almost forgot - she said “I got my balls from my mother” and that will stay with me forever. 

Jay Lerner-Z said: "How do they get away with labelling it as the real thing? False advertising."

One of the unexpected benefits of going to one of the few book events she's doing is it's the only way to be absolutely certain you're not listening to AI. 

nmartin said: "I just got back, and I'm very glad that I went.

Yes, Liza is frail, but it's still LIZA!

She sang "Our Love Is Here to Stay," which thrilled me!"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/liza-minnelli-book-event-michael-feinstein-los-angeles-1236537467/

I agree that the write up is cruel, but I also feel like a lot of what the people around her right now are doing to her is cruel. Making her do these live events are especially cruel when you're surrounding her in clips of her in her prime, and an audiobook you created with AI because she doesn't have the ability do any of that anymore. They and the book publisher should be ashamed.

Individuals with a disability or in decline do not need to be hidden, unless that is their wish. If Liza wants to be out and about then god bless her. She has love to give and so do her fans. 

After this appearance thought it is abundantly clear she did not record the audiobook and she did not sign thousands of books so perfectly. The signed option should not have been offered since they are most likely autopen. 

Bettyboy72 said: "Individuals with a disability or in decline do not need to be hidden, unless that is their wish. If Liza wants to be out and about then god bless her. She has love to give and so do her fans."

 

This. She's 80 years old and has had a lot of health issues over the years. Of course she doesn't seem like the Liza from 1972.

I like to think these events will spark some joy for her, let her know she is still valued, and perhaps make her feel like she’s in her prime again. If only for a moment.

I do have a ticket for next Monday though, so it suits me to not feel complicit. I really hope Feinstein does care enough about Liza to not put her in harm’s way. ☹️

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "She likely knows she didn’t do the audiobook herself, but she’s happy with the end result. Doing it todaywithher vocal state, would probably require more work than anyone involved desires. Is it possible that she herself iscontent with ElevenLabs doing the audiobook? That she’s pleased with thisversion of her voice and has authorized itsusage? Just because we don’t agree with certaindecisions doesn’t mean they weren’tauthorized by her."

And I don't mind if she is and chose do it, but putting out a statement 6 weeks prior stating "What I will not allow this great company to do? Create, clone or copy my voice!” is inherently dishonest. Someone's lying. 

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "I think wecan unknowinglymake Liza a tragedy in the same way Judy was made to be at times.

I guess it all goes into the deeper territory of ‘are they of sound mind to make these decisions with all factors involved’ - I’m just saying that it could very well be that Liza wanted one more celebratory run with her fans and do as much as possible. She seemed really truly, touched at the reception at the end of the evening. Not everything has to be a conspiracy theory.
 

This sounds right to me. Where is the evidence she doesn't know what's happening or doesn't approve? Just because more able people around her are present at these events or are handling affairs doesnt mean she doesn't approve. 

She's doing the interviews, sitting in hair and makeup, and promoting the book. She's at the event where they're playing clips of the audiobook. If she didn't know it had happened and didn't approve, wouldn't she say something? Where is the evidence she is being abused and has no idea what's going on, even as she's at event promoting the things people are claiming she doesn't approve of.

I guess the official story is this book was written from tapes of chats she had with Michael over the course of 12 years, so he could write a book. That sounds like a lot of consent over the course of years.

Updated On: 3/18/26 at 06:09 PM