LEMON: But Jackson was born to perform, and the show must go on. Do you go out and have fun, do you date? Yes, Michael replied. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. It was an exclusive talk with Michael Jackson who had refused to be interviewed for 14 years. I try not to look in the mirror too much, Im never happy with what I see., The interview was visually powerful; one could almost enjoy watching it on mute. Taking a cue from "Bad's" title, he became a crotch-grabbing tough guy, a far cry from his gentle, offstage personae. He could hardly smile. DR. HAROLD, BURSZTAJN, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL: The fact that he has spent as much time as he has changing his face, changing his appearance, it's reminiscent of patients who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder, which is the condition where when a patient looks at themselves in the mirror, they just hate what they see. I think he was responding to his fans by, at least showing them his face. Jackson would turn to Quincy Jones, then musical director for "The Wiz," now a multi Grammy winning producer, arranger, and composer. I was like, "What do you mean?" According to television analyst Borja Tern, Oprah really knows how to create an atmosphere. It is bigger than Michael Jackson's fans, bigger than me defending the soundtrack to my childhood. JOHN NORRIS, FORMER CORRESPONDENT, MTV NEWS: They are songs that still hold up today. TARABORELLI: Nothing was the same after "Thriller." Just last year, a study by the Census Bureau and Stanford University found that no matter what their parents income level, Black men are less successful than white men on average. And a 14 week trial in 2005 found Jackson not guilty of charges that he had molested another 13-year-old boy, Gavin Arvizo. And Emmanuel Lewis was right there, underlying, like this is not sexual at all. Time said, Part soap opera, part show, the Michael Jackson interview was vivid, reckless and emotionally naked. Life opined that Oprah delivered as promised and accomplished something nearly impossible: bringing Peter Pan down from the clouds.. The live interview, which took place before any abuse allegations were made against him, covered . You look like a monkey. But in this case, there is no separating the artist from the man. There's a flash behind him, and his hair catches on fire. So when I heard about the new two-night HBO documentary Leaving Neverlandand the fact that Oprah was going to be interviewing Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the two men in the film who accuse Jackson of sexually abusing them as childrenI had a similar reaction to the rest of the world: Disbelief. The only way you become immortal is that your work lives on. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's 50 years old. BOTEACH: I said, look on the flip side of that. And is aid to him, take that stupid thing off! Concerned about hunger in Africa, Richie and Jackson wrote the song "We are the World" and assembled a super group of 200 artists to perform it. LEMON: Despite his creativity, record sales dwindled as Jackson's appearance grew stranger with whiter skin and a severely altered nose and chin. And we were so excited. He was very, very controlled. And he said -- and even then he said to me, well, it was more like he says a razzle-dazzle kind of thing. Have you ever had suicidal tendencies? Whats a 36-year-old man doing sleeping with a 12-year-old boy? Have you ever had sexual intercourse with a child? The rest of the story is familiar: Bashirs 2003 interview, in which Jackson again claimed to share his bed with children, prompted an investigation and then a trial for the sexual abuse of a young boy who appeared with him on the show (Jackson was found not guilty). Michael, a fiercely private entertainer, had refused to give an interview for 14 years. BRIAN MONROE, "EBONY MAGAZINE": I was really struck by the razor stubble, all along his face. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he spent a lot of internal time reflecting on who he was, where he'd been. It just didn't seem possible. LEMON: It would take a year before a jury was seated and the trial began. After nearly a decade of being suspected of child molestation, the King of Pop was about to face the music. 'Are you a virgin?': The Oprah Winfrey-Michael Jackson interview 30 The interview was one of those must-watch television events that stop everyone in their tracks; it presaged the massive viral video before the popularization of the internet: if one didnt see the interview, there was nothing to talk about the next day. | Michael Jackson Talks to Oprah THE MAKING OF ENHANCED And my worst fears are here. A lot of people from the Mideast love Michael Jackson. In fact, you know, there were nights where you looked up there and it was like he was timeless, ageless. He announced his farewell tour, This Is it, in a brief press conference on March 5, 2009, in London. He's not the person to do this. One of the last photographs that was taken of Michael Jackson while he was alive. I mean, everybody wants immortality. His mistake is that he took it way too far, so that he stopped being a curiosity, and he started being a freak. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a gentleman here that needs help. I had go-to lines about being able to separate the art from the man; about how Jackson was certainly an oddball with an affinity for children because of his own troubled upbringing, but that didn't make him a criminal; about how there was never any real proof that he had abused children. Never had a celebrity provoked so much fascination or so many utterly bizarre headlines. Michael Jackson Oprah Interview Transcript Pdf A year later, the couple had a baby daughter, Paris Michael Katherine. And I said, Mr. Gordy, you just have to see these kids. JACKSON: My friends and doctors advise me to seek professional guidance in order to eliminate what has become an addiction. LEMON: Family members came to Jackson's defense. This man was a universal pop icon. I would see kids on the monkey bars and I would cry because I couldn't have a childhood. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. RODNEY JERKINS, MUSIC PRODUCER: Michael called me, and he says, "Why can't we create new sounds?" And that was my sentiment walking into Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverlanda conversation with Robson, Safechuck, and Leaving Neverland director Dan Reedwhich was taped in New York City before a live audience of sexual abuse survivors. 1979, "Off the Wall." NORRIS: There's a reason it's called "Neverland Valley." CNN.com - Transcripts He's not breathing? Oprahs 1993 interview closed with one of the last candid images we would see of Michael Jackson: Oprah and he walking toward the Neverland amusement park, as the camera pans up and music plays. JERMAINE JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON'S BROTHER: You know, you have to say to yourself, who hasn't? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Michael Jackson doesn't just come along once in a century or a lifetime. It's mysterious. JACKSON: Yes. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) (MUSIC PLAYING, "I'LL BE THERE") UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I first saw him I was amazed at his talent that just continued on. Watching the two interviews back to back reveals an undeniable and astonishing fact: the biggest pop star the world had ever seen had become a completely different person in the intervening 14 years. All the questioning that we have reviewed to this point occurred in just 30 minutes. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) LEMON: By the early 1990s, Michael Jackson's new music, even fresh R&B hits like "Remember the Time," couldn't come close to the phenomenon he had created with "Thriller." They were tremendous. Mejore su francs con solo 15 minutos al da. He wasn't making new records. No word on where they were taken. Someone created a piano. He is later joined by his sister and guest star, LaToya Jackson (1983/1984): . In 1993, Jackson spoke about both in this interview with Oprah Winfrey. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, and he's not conscious either -- UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, he's not conscious, sir. me with them and I will put them on here. Spawning iconic music videos and a sold-out world tour, "Bad" went on to sell 8 million copies, and Jackson went on to change his image once again. In 1994, Michael married Lisa Marie Presley. Jackson, he said, once asked him for a prescription. SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTERS TODAY AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS. There's a lot of mysterious phases of Michael Jackson's career, but the last three are particularly mysterious. The Moonwalker: Transcripts from Interviews Transcripts Here are transcipts from many of Michaels interviews. Yes. With Brooke Shields? Yes. (Video: HBO) Comment on this story LEMON: It was March 10, 2005, the second day of testimony by Jackson's teenaged accuser. Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, who's believed to have been with the singer when he died, has hired an attorney. LEMON: The soundtrack of a generation. With all of the pieces and details put together chronologically across four hours, Leaving Neverland brings to life a man who groomed his victims psychologically into simultaneously loving him and fearing him so steadfastly that they never accepted that they were abused themselvesmuch less wanted to tell anyone about it. We're finally hearing from the Jackson family. LEMON: The case was eventually settled for nearly $20 million, and the suit was dropped in 1994. He made me rehearse too much. (END VIDEOTAPE) LEMON: Coming up, Michael Jackson, from riches to rags. You can count them on two fingers. It doesnt take a surgeon to know that Michael was lying; he maintained that falsehood in 2003, in his interview with Martin Bashir, when he responded sardonically to the same question: Ive had two operationsthat I can remember., But Oprah pressed the point, Youve had a nose job, thats obvious. Yes, like a lot of people I know, Michael responded But Ive never had my cheeks, eyes or lips done. Do you like the way you look now? Oprah probed further. There would be no other form, honestly. Michael Jackson Talks to Oprah (1993) - YouTube People were talking about his plastic surgery. Who do you date? Right now, Brooke Shields. Oprah nodded and murmured Hmm. She comes to my house, or I go to hers, Michael continued. BRIAN HIATT, "ROLLING STONE": Michael Jackson all but disappeared. And Michael was God to me.". It was not like watching a 50-year-old man returning to the stage. JACKSON: This is it. The interview went on to become the most watched in television history, thanks in part to the Thriller star's unusual openness, which saw him discuss everything from his relationship with his father to his skin condition, vitiligo. .css-ssumvd{display:block;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.0625rem;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-ssumvd:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-ssumvd{letter-spacing:0rem;margin-top:0.9375rem;}}Gayle King Interviews Angela Bassett, Gayle Says March Is a Good Month for TV Lovers, Sheryl Lee Ralphs Definition of True Love, What We Know About The Little Mermaid Remake, Oprah Congratulates Kimmel on 20 Years of His Show, Nikole Hannah-Jones on "The 1619 Project", Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Wakanda Forever Podcast, Oprah Is Acting in Tyler Perrys Next Netflix Film. Britain Braces for Fallout as Meghan and Harry's Interview Airs The cost -- $19 million. And, as unconventional as it is, if you really look at it, it's sort of surrogate motherhood. But one reason that tends to happen in particular is the fact that in this country, Black people are at a disadvantage when it comes to career success. LEMON: Michael Jackson, dead at the age of 50. LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The buzz over Michael Jackson's interview with Oprah Winfrey continued on several fronts Friday and included a statement from the pop star's dermatologist about Jackson's much-discussed skin condition. TOURE: When he dangled the baby, it's just here's Michael again being the class clown who doesn't even realize that he's the class clown. I mean, within six months, every 10-year-old in Dallas could do it. Presley filed for divorce in 1996. "All the times that I testified and the many, many times that I gushed over him publicly in interviewsthat was from a real place. It is much bigger than any one person. She explained: "Here's the reason why I'm here. Highlights From Harry and Meghan's Interview With Oprah . (And who could ever forget that interview Jackson did with Martin Bashir in 2003 where he whispered "I am Peter Pan"? Music would not be what it is without Michael Jackson. He was the seventh of nine children. Jackson fans have also been vicious, as Winfrey also received backlash before the interview. With Michael Jackson, you never know what the truth is. TOOBIN: The criminal charges were not a total surprise, because several years earlier, Jackson had settled a civil claim against him by a boy under very similar circumstances. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work. I guess what none of us could have anticipated was the album they would then produce after "Off the Wall." They don't sound dated. When he answered no, she commented that she wouldnt be either. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The people of the state of California, plaintiff versus Michael Joe Jackson, defendant, not guilty of a lewd act upon a minor child. Uploaded by "Leaving Neverland" debuts Sunday, March 3 at 8 PM EST on HBO. TOURE: So he's doing the moonwalk. Ellen: I can defnitely hang out. Michael Jackson talks to Oprah (1993) by Harpo Productions Publication date 1993 Topics Michael Jackson, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show This is a UK airing of the famous interview of Michael Jackson by Oprah Winfrey in 1993. In 1993, Jackson spoke about both in this interview with Oprah Winfrey. This Controversial Interview Is The Most Watched In TV - TheThings But perhaps its not all that candid, Borja Tern argues. LEMON: Although Jackson denied the abuse allegations, he was arrested and charged with seven counts of child molestation. Michael Jackson's 'embarrassing' virginity interview question left him NORRIS: Michael had begun to exhibit a certain, I think aloofness, and a tendency to kind of withdraw from the world. This time, she wants to speak candidly about the intimate, personal details that made her relationship with Michael as complicated and misunderstood as it was. LEMON: Michael had another money-making trick up his sleeve. When Michael Jackson beatboxed and sang 'Who Is it' acapella - Smooth They talked about James Brown, Jackie Wilson, the Bee Gees and Motown. Oprah's most iconic celeb interviews as Harry and Meghan set - mirror And Michael Jackson was ready to spread his wings. Are you a virgin? Michael sighed, laughed and replied, How could you ask me that question? Ultimately, he sidestepped a direct answer with an odd response. LEMON: Jackson, in his last interview with "Ebony." LEMON: Even though Jackson couldn't replace his earlier success, he never stops innovating. Don't treat me like a criminal, because I am innocent. HARVEY: Those tests we anticipate will take approximately four to six additional weeks. LEMON: The shadow of drug abuse would follow him even into death. Long-awaited, the buzz was big. In a new interview, Oprah discussed and reiterated her support for HBO's documentary series Leaving Neverland, which explores two allegations of child sexual abuse against Michael Jackson.The series saw two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, accusing Jackson of sexually abusing them as children, and immediately sparked intense backlash online from fans of Jackson and from the Jackson estate. LEMON: Rowe gave birth to their son, Prince Michael Jackson, in 1997. I said that Michael is over-medicating and that I did not want to see this kind of a case develop. Winfrey . Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson accusers after 'Leaving The production was very skillful because the images told of all [Jacksons] eccentricities. In the second block of the interview, the tone changed completely. LEMON: Author and self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller was a friend of Jackson's. She was 96-years-old. LEMON: In a BBC interview, Joe Jackson admitted whipping Michael with a switch or a belt, but denied ever beating him. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The record flew out of stores. I put little like music on into a little story time, I read a book. BRAFMAN: He always appeared to either be in pain or walking with pain. He survived it with 14 acquittals. He filled the property with an amusement park, a private zoo, and dubbed the oasis Neverland. Download the Watch OWN app and access OWN anytime, anywhere. GORDY: They were sensations. viewers (millions) Series Air date Network Ref(s) 1: Michael Jackson: Oprah Winfrey: 62.30 "Michael Jackson Talks . The interview would be Jackson's last. TOURE: I don't think anybody, even like the Iowa housewives, were saying, you know they're not sleeping together. JACKSON: It's not sexual. "Anybody who knew Michael Jackson will tell you that when you are up close to himhe had absolutely no pigmentation in his skinyou are looking at his veins when you look at his hand. Simply titled "Bad." Oprah's Controversial Interview With Michael Jackson Was His First In 14-Years And Broke Records The interview took place at the 'Neverland Valley Ranch' back in February of 1993. LEMON: Just a year later, Jackson was catapulted back into the limelight when he was featured in the Martin Bashir documentary "Living with Michael Jackson." She asked the unthinkable in an hour-long television special, which portrayed an eccentric but vulnerable star. Michael Jackson Talks . KING: Yes, but -- JERMAINE JACKSON: His whole thing is, if there's something that you feel that you want to change, and then you do that. Search the history of over 797 billion LEMON: Jackson and his brothers would become preteen idols, appearing in commercials and on magazine covers. DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): From child prodigy to cultural icon. ", In 1993, controversy about Michael's skin color was at an all-time high. And for us to all pay attention to this one being on this planet as much as we did, the light was truly shining bright. But his face was expressionless. LEMON: Jackson's follow-up to "Thriller" hit stores in 1987. But was damage done to his soul, to his spirit, to his gentle, kind way of looking at the world? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Love you, Mike! 90 million people tuned in for the sit-down chat at the King of Pop's Neverland Valley Ranch in Los Olivos, California. Have you ever been in love? Oprah pressed on. How many plastic surgery procedures have you undergone? Very, very few, Michael replied. It could not be stopped. LEMON: But Brockman says the superstar was terrified. ", If there's one dance move for which Michael will forever be remembered, it's unquestionably the moonwalk. "All I did was enhance the dance.". And he's not breathing. The album was a smash with songs like "Don't Stop till You Get Enough" and "Rock with You," reaching number one. Despite the success of "We are the World" in the mid '80s, seemingly soft-spoken Michael was retreating into a world all his own. Our editors handpick the products that we feature. But Jackson's reputation was seriously damaged. The superstar seemed to be fading in front of the world's eyes. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). You want what you create to live, be it a sculpture, a painting, music, a composition, like Michelangelo. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. He's trying to not affect the legal proceedings in any way. Is it true that you sleep in an oxygen chamber to stay eternally young? Did you buy the Elephant Mans remains? Is it true that you wanted a white actor to play Michael Jackson as a child in a Pepsi commercial? Winfrey went through a litany of crazy headlines, all of which Jackson denied. They performed as if they had been performing for years. web pages DE PASSE: I was asked to come to see this group. Meantime, the Reverend Jesse Jackson tells CNN the Jackson family wants answers. LEMON (voice-over): It was June 13, 2005. Cinco sedes disponibles, Licenciatura Ejecutiva en Derecho. Rick: Well, you just want to. JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This was certainly the most bizarre criminal trial I ever saw. When I saw that spectacle, I realized that my concerns about his frailty, about his physical issues, and emotional instability, were even more well-founded. RABBI SCHMULEY BOTEACH: On the one hand, he would always complain. So, how do you write a song called "We are the World"? So off he went to the island nation of Bahrain. . Sometimes he would come to see me, and I would throw up. As an adult too? Yes., Then Oprah started to fire away. TOURE, FORMER CNN POP CULTURE ANALYST: The sound was incredible. Nuevo curso 'online', Maestra en Ciencias Ambientales presencial en Benito Jurez, Licenciatura en Administracin de Empresas presencial en Benito Jurez, Maestra a distancia en Lingstica Aplicada a la Enseanza del Espaol como Lengua Extranjera, Licenciatura Ejecutiva en Psicologa Semipresencial. She offered to have a child for him. Which when he first did it nationally, it was like, wait, is gravity being, like, messed with here? DEEPAK CHOPRA, SPIRITUAL ADVISER: I said, Michael, you don't need these drugs for that. Get updates on your favorite shows, the latest from Oprah's world and more! Why? to Oprah is an American television interview special that was broadcast by ABC on February 10, 1993. Beginning at a place called Motown------ And in particular, in the Anna Nicole case, I said, if that's what's going to happen to Michael, it's all going to break our hearts. I knew it wouldn't look right. His cheeks were sunken in. LEMON: Physician Deepak Chopra, a personal friend, said he knew Jackson was taking narcotic painkillers. In the show, 44-year-old Jackson admitted to letting children sleep with him in his bed at Neverland. LEMON: Three years later, in the fall of 1991, "Dangerous" was released. You know? BERRY GORDY, FOUNDER OF MOTOWN: He was exceptional, artistic, and original. Mere months later, his public image would be tarnished forever MESEREAU: I was on occasion. Michael, a fiercely private entertainer, had refused to give an interview for 14 years. QUINCY JONES, MUSIC PRODUCER: Michael had it all. Obtendr un diploma con estadsticas de nivel, progresin y participacin. ), Still, even as a grown, college educated, opinionated adult, until just two days ago, I was one of those Michael Jackson defenders. Oprahs interview succeeded in reducing Jacksons image from lunatic to simply eccentric, wrote The Washington Post shortly thereafter. 7 of the most memorable Oprah Winfrey interviews ever - The National Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Later, he added: "Michael told me it was love, that God brought us together. It's sort of like the anti- King Midas, like everything he wants to do just gets screwed up. LEMON: One month later, Jackson took home eight Grammys. NORRIS: And of course, it paid off for all of us, because, I mean, the idea of MTV without Michael Jackson's videos from "Thriller" is almost inconceivable. In February, he received the Living Legend Award at the Grammys, an honor bestowed intermittently on the likes of Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin, which Jackson received at the age of 34. Rank Interviewee Interviewer Avg. Similarly, Safechuck recalls meeting Jackson while filming a Pepsi commercial; they developed a similar working relationship that morphed into sleepovers at the ranch. SUZANNE DE PASSE, CEO, DE PASSE ENTERTAINMENT: He had the charisma, the talent, the voice, the -- everything it takes. Ellen: Oh, thank you. In this never-before-heard interview from 2012, Emmy and Tony-award-winning actress, Cicely Tyson explains the surprising story of how she found her calling, shares behind-the-scenes history of her most iconic roles and reveals the biggest life lessons she's learned. This was recorded on VHS in the 90's. Show more Show more The Winfrey-Jackson interview was the 101st highest-rated show in television history. LEMON: Legendary music producer Quincy Jones would produce Jackson's first adult solo album. Tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern, we'll talk to a member of Amnesty International about what is going on in Iran and how bad it has gotten. After, Robsonnow a famed choreographer known for his work with singers like Britney Spears and *NSYNCexplained why he lied to the public for years. Cicely Tyson passed away on January 28, 2021. So when you're selling your furniture to make money, it's like -- yes, it's not exactly a yard sale, but he definitely felt a dire need for cash. These are not men who are fame hungry, or chasing money, or seeking to bring down a dead man. He was horribly burned. WINFREY: He did? During the interview, Oprah got a private lesson in the signature move. LEMON: Brian Monroe sat down with Michael Jackson in September 2007 for "Ebony Magazine." By the end of the documentary, I felt an unexpected emotion: numbness. Tern notes that he believes that Michael thought the interview would clean up his image, but instead it showed the grandiloquence of his fame, of having no childhood, which knocks a person off kilter forever.. DE PASSE: I saw these kids, and they were unbelievable. MJ: Your're always welcome. Throughout the film, we hear from both men (in, yes, graphic, explicit detail) about exactly what they say transpired between each of them and Jacksonand across four hours, we hear why neither of them came forward about what purportedly happened to them until adulthood. I was always crying from loneliness. With that, live in front of 62 million viewers, Jackson established the first great myth that would surround him from that moment on (and which his most diehard fans would use to justify his most outlandish behaviors): the kid whose childhood was stolen from him. Sometimes he would call me at 3:00 in the morning crying, terrified about what would happen to his children. Watch full episodes and live stream OWN whenever and wherever you want. The interview aired on February 10, 1993, and it coincided with a crucial moment in Jacksons life. She arranges the interviews in advance, and they are very prefabricated, but then she has the [gift] of naturalness, of making herself seem like one more member of the audience, even though she is not. He also raised eyebrows with his red carpet companions Brooke Shields and Emmanuel Lewis. on July 25, 2021. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You have a doctor there? He's not breathing and we need -- we're trying to pump him but he's not -- UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, OK. How old is he? HIATT: It's hard looking at the guy being pushed around in a wheelchair, looking so thin and fragile. He looked horrible. LEMON: Thomas Mesereau was Jackson's lead defense attorney, walking Jackson into the courtroom nearly every day. It remains to be seen how the recently announced film about Michael Jacksons life (which will star his nephew Jaafar and will be directed by Antoine Fuqua) will reflect this transformation.
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