United Kingdom, Feb. 20 -- Liza Minnelli claims she was "ordered" to use a wheelchair when presenting with Lady Gaga at the 2022 Academy Awards.

The 79-year-old star - who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1972 for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret - alleged that her "co-presenter" refused to go on stage with her unless she was in a wheelchair, leaving Minnelli "heartbroken".

In a new excerpt from her upcoming memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, obtained by PEOPLE, Liza wrote: "I was inexplicably ordered - not even asked - to sit in a wheelchair or not appear at all. I was told it was because of my age, and for safety reasons, because I might slip out of the director's chair, which was b*******. I will not ...