David Gest banned his estranged wife Liza Minnelli from talking to her own sister for two years, it was claimed today.

Liza Minnelli has been turned into “a freak show” by David Gest, the husband she is divorcing, according to her sister, Lorna Luft, who has little sympathy for them.

Liza Minnelli is reportedly planning to write a "warts and all" autobiography.