michael jackson oprah interview transcript

LEMON: Michael had another money-making trick up his sleeve. "Thriller" broke records, with seven top ten singles. Michael had turned down interviews for 14 years, until allowing Oprah access to Neverland. And his brothers were on stage with him. At first that's a starling thing. BRIAN MONROE, "EBONY MAGAZINE": I was really struck by the razor stubble, all along his face. LEMON: Author and self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller was a friend of Jackson's. MICHAEL JACKSON: I would do my schooling for three hours with the tutor, and right after that I'd go to the. Preliminary Ratings: 17.1 Million Viewers For Oprah's Interview With That's a lot of dates. In the most awkward part of the interview, Oprah took up the topic of the singers love life and asked him a strange, nave question that seemed more suited for a child than a 34-year-old man. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) (CROSS TALK) LEMON: The very public trials of Michael Jackson eventually took their toll. But perhaps its not all that candid, Borja Tern argues. Michael entered the shot walking downstairs as Thriller played in the background, but no one was applauding. 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. Media mogul Suzanne de Passe was there at the beginning. GORDY: They were sensations. And there's kinda buttery smell and a fragrance. LEMON: By 1975, the Jackson 5 had made a highly publicized split from Motown. LEMON: For pop music superstar Usher, it's the loss of a pioneer. The unprecedented live event drew a worldwide audience of 90 million people. NORRIS: There's a reason it's called "Neverland Valley." BOTEACH: He repudiated the adult world. 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. So off he went to the island nation of Bahrain. LEMON: But in 1993, disturbing allegations surfaced concerning Jackson's association with children. Jackson Interview High in Ratings - The New York Times USHER: Being the first black artist to ever have a video played on MTV was pivotal for all of us. He defended himself somewhat crazily, but it did make some sense: What about the millions of people who put themselves in the sun to make their skin darker, to become someone else? TOURE: It was quite obvious to all of us from the beginning that it was a sham, that it was a publicity stunt. On verdict day, he looked like death warmed over. An extended version of the special will also be available on Oprahs SuperSoul Conversations podcast starting Sunday, March 10. Click on the flashing balls to access the interviews Interviews TV Guide Interview (1999) Prime (END VIDEOTAPE) LEMON: Coming up, Michael Jackson, from riches to rags. I was previously the Digital Director of OprahMag.com, and before that, Senior Features Writer at Refinery29, where I also served as a video host and on-camera entertainment expert. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a gentleman here that needs help. Oprah : Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine brothers and sisters born in Gary, Indiana to steel mill worker Joseph and mother Katherine. So Jackson was almost doomed to implode somewhat anyway. Of course, we're following developments out of Iran tonight. 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. It could not be stopped. USHER: He is everything to music. It was an exclusive talk with Michael Jackson who had refused to be interviewed for 14 years. LEMON: Michael Jackson, dead at the age of 50. Even from the beginning, when they're nervously holding hands at MTV and he says, "Nobody thought this would last," and then he goes to kiss her. And I would record for hours and hours until it was time to go to sleep. Never had a celebrity provoked so much fascination or so many utterly bizarre headlines. DE PASSE: I was asked to come to see this group. 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? Like what are we doing? ", In 1993, controversy about Michael's skin color was at an all-time high. 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. HARVEY: Those tests we anticipate will take approximately four to six additional weeks. In 1993, Ms. Winfrey's prime-time interview of Michael Jackson at his Neverland Ranch, . LEMON: Millions in mourning. No barrier stood before this man that he didn't challenge, that he didn't break down, that he didn't tear down. It's happening in familieswe know it's happening in churches, and in schools, and sports teams everywhere. TARABORELLI: The thing about Michael is that he does want what he wants, and he will find a way to get it. I'm going to miss him so much. to Oprah" interview. The author claims that Oprah promised not to ask him if he was gay. She kept her promise. Get updates on your favorite shows, the latest from Oprah's world and more! Oprah also mentioned the criticisms she had been receiving on social media, with commenters asking why she would do this interview when Jackson can't defend himselfand also accusing her of "trying to bring the Black man down.". He's a 12-year-old superstar with thousands of people shrieking and screaming. They think Dr. Murray can answer lingering questions about Michael Jackson's death. There would be no other form, honestly. #MichaelJackson #OprahWinfrey #MichaelJacksonInterviewThis is the Making of "Michael Jackson Talks . It is strange to see Michael in the absence of screaming and crowds; he seemed removed from his own celebrity. And he said -- and even then he said to me, well, it was more like he says a razzle-dazzle kind of thing. They just have that natural talent for dancing any of the new, hot dances. How many plastic surgery procedures have you undergone? Very, very few, Michael replied. Beginning at a place called Motown------ This content is imported from poll. WINFREY: And why would he beat you? And, worst of all, a potentially terrible father. LEMON: It was 1984 when Jackson was making this Pepsi commercial and his hair caught fire. 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). LEMON: A life and legend cut short. For instance, Leave Me Alone, from his 1987 album Bad, was the first song in what became something of a subgenre in his musical oeuvre: Michael lamenting media harassment and responding to it with music. Its a magnetic, phantasmagoric ending. A child's understanding of "abuse". Rank Interviewee Interviewer Avg. SMOKEY ROBINSON, SINGER: Oh, in tribute to him -- how I feel about him, I would probably sing "Never Can Say Good-Bye." And I'd see all the children playing, and they'd be rooting and making noise, and I would cry. Premiered in Feburary 10th 1993. The Jackson 5 exploded on the charts. MONROE: The trial hurt him to the core. Kelly's recent indictment for 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. And it would catch fire when Jackson unveiled an out of this world dance move on a television special for Motown's 25th anniversary. Then in 1996, Jackson sent shock waves around the world when it was announced he had married Debbie Rowe, his dermatologist nurse. Naturally, an arena for 62 million viewers when Oprah Winfrey in 1993 interviewed Michael Jackson in today's multi-fractured media landscape simply no longer exists. You're looking at a person who is almost translucent.". And that is something that is happening every single day in this country at the hands of far less powerful people. Watch full episodes and live stream OWN whenever and wherever you want. Oprah Interviews Michael Jackson Accusers, Leaving Neverland Documentary Finally Convinced Me to Let Go of Michael Jackson, 30 Happy Songs to Play When You Want to Feel Good, Racial Bias in Healthcare Is a National Epidemic. 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. JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This was certainly the most bizarre criminal trial I ever saw. In 2005, Michael Jackson would go to trial and face perhaps the toughest six months of his life. WINFREY: Would he -- did he ever beat you? Jackson told Oprah he suffered from a rare skin disease. He hadn't shaved that morning. LEMON: The marriage collapsed less than two years after the wedding. And I was -- and I kept saying, I just hope he gets a physical trainer, someone to really work him out, to make sure he's healthy and prepared. HIATT: I was looking in an old "Rolling Stone" article from a few years ago and someone said, you'll really know that Michael Jackson is broke when he announces a big European tour. Cicely Tyson passed away on January 28, 2021. xD Thus, the most uncomfortable question was forgiven. And Oprah posed a lot of difficult questions. transcript. There are no reviews yet. Michael went from reacting to Oprahs questions with some trepidation to carrying most of the conversation. 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. In 1993, Oprah helmed what would become the most-watched TV interview of all time a title which the show still proudly holds. CNN has unearthed a 1993 Oprah Winfrey interview with Michael Jackson in which he addresses Pepsi's then plan to cast a white actor to play him as a child in his ill-fated advertisement for the . LIONEL RICHIE, MUSICIAN: Now, one great thing that happened that we both had to realize, I can't read or write music, and Michael cannot read or write music. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fifty, OK. Almost all of the most watched TV interviews are from the United States, except one from BBC One. Not that the trial was going to end badly, but that something would happen to Michael. LEMON: On the very next morning, Jackson was found unresponsive in his own bed. Michael, a fiercely private entertainer, had refused to give an interview for 14 years. He also raised eyebrows with his red carpet companions Brooke Shields and Emmanuel Lewis. And he just didn't look like anyone else you'd ever met. SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTERS TODAY AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS. It is bigger than Michael Jackson's fans, bigger than me defending the soundtrack to my childhood. From the "Oprah: After Neverland" filming in New York. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's 50 years old. I'd like to take a shot at producing your record. 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. USHER, SINGER: Michael had an unseen magic to influence people, the music and the culture. That's all tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern, right here on CNN, live from Los Angeles. Oprahs assumed naivet achieves complicity with both Michael and the viewer, and on television complicity allows for everything. Yes. With Brooke Shields? Yes. "The moonwalk came from these beautiful black kids who live in the ghettos in the inner cities, who are brilliant. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Love you, Mike! Inside Oprah's Interview with Michael Jackson's Mother and Children LEMON: Physician Deepak Chopra, a personal friend, said he knew Jackson was taking narcotic painkillers. (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. He felt almost abandoned, even though he was acquitted of the charges. MESEREAU: I was on occasion. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). (In 1993, after 13-year-old Jordan Chandler and his father accused Jackson of child sexual abuse, a police investigation was inconclusive, and Jackson settled with the family out of court. There are many people in the past who have done many things to themselves and they're not talked about like my brother is. That was a very odd appearance, that he felt it necessary to say, this is good-bye. 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. On February 10, 1993, Oprah sat down with Michael Jackson for what would be the most-watched interview in television history. This is the first time I really had an opportunity to be completely alone with him. Rick: Well, you just want to. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work. I don't know him the way I'd like to know him," he said. So as a community, when we do see our people succeed, we want to cheer them on. Nobody ever talks about that, but it takes you aback at first. It was the last time the public viewed the artist not mired in disturbing allegations. BROCKMAN: We were alone in a room. Oprah Talks 'Leaving Neverland' Backlash, Affirms Support For Michael It was just very difficult to imagine this is a guy who's ready to come back and do an amazing series of 50 concerts, and then more across the world, which was the plan. LEMON: That documentary triggered bombshell news that thrust the fated pop star back into the spotlight. QUINCY JONES, MUSIC PRODUCER: I said, you know what? It is much bigger than any one person. LEMON: Jackson would become more reclusive, retreating into his Neverland Ranch. 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. 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. Michael Jackson History-Past Present and Future-MJ INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS 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. LEMON: And with Neverland came the children. While never forgetting any of the sexual details that happened between us, but having no understanding that it was abusehaving no concept in my mind that anything about Michael could ever badeverything that Michael did was right to me for so many years." He's trying to not affect the legal proceedings in any way. 1993 Michael Jackson interview (Oprah) - YouTube And, generally, he expressed to me that he was made to feel that he was ugly, that he was not pretty. Every time a shot opens, we see behind him a huge, lonely room filled with expensive works of art. JOHN NORRIS, FORMER CORRESPONDENT, MTV NEWS: They are songs that still hold up today. Yesterday, President Barack Obama called the recent violence in Iran outrageous. After more than two months of testimony, 135 witnesses, and seven days of deliberations, the jury reached a verdict. Despite the success of "We are the World" in the mid '80s, seemingly soft-spoken Michael was retreating into a world all his own. In 1994, Michael married Lisa Marie Presley. (Video: HBO) Comment on this story I was never able to enjoy the simplest things that a child takes for granted in his life. LEMON: Even though Jackson couldn't replace his earlier success, he never stops innovating. JACKSON: Yes. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran's response to U.S. criticism of its presidential election will be crushing and remorseful. Information from IMDB:Oprah interviews Michael Jackson, broadcast live around the world from his home at the Neverland Ranch. on July 25, 2021. These are not men who are fame hungry, or chasing money, or seeking to bring down a dead man. 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. JACKSON: Yes. And we were so excited. Of course, the idea that Michael Jackson may have been not just an abuser, but a pedophile, was not new to me or the rest of the world before news broke about the upcoming Leaving Neverland, which documentary filmmaker Reed began production on last year. LEMON: All silent at age 50. And so Michael and his managers fought them and said Quincy's doing the record. LEMON: As his life was controversial -- UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He raised the bar for image makeovers to a point where no one else wants to even come close to it. JOANN SAMS, SECRETARY, ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL: Oh, it was just unbelievable, because they were so young, but yet they were so talented. Kim Kardashian Back in 2012, Kim did a tell-all interview with Oprah about her leaked sex tape with former partner Ray J. I have loved Michael Jackson the artist for several decades. Music would not be what it is without Michael Jackson. It was his greatest blessing, but, I think, also his biggest curse. Where there is smoke, there is fire. So we started listening to tracks, like De, de, de, de, de, de. This man was a universal pop icon. Disfruta con nuestros Crucigramas para expertos! My father was too strict, he was too much of a disciplinarian. Not all are available yet, though Anyways, I hope you like them. In an exclusive interview, Murray's attorney tells CNN his client is upset over Jackson's death and that he plans to cooperate fully. to Oprah" February 10, 1993: ABC: 2 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex: Oprah Winfrey 49 . Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, who's believed to have been with the singer when he died, has hired an attorney. TARABORELLI: Nothing was the same after "Thriller." 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. Later, he added: "Michael told me it was love, that God brought us together. And I remember going to the recording studio, and there was park across the street. Oprah, who referenced her own experiences with sexual abuse as a child during the interview, added that when you're as young as Robson and Safechuck were when they allege that Jackson abused them7 and 10you "don't have the language to explain what is happening to you." Tern claims the visual aspect very subtly [drew] Michael Jacksons personality, that outdated mogul thing. But a lot of people think that he has bleached his skin. How Michael Jackson Fans Almost Got Oprah Winfrey Canceled - TheThings Then two years later, I was like, I was wrong. You look like you're insane. CASTRO: He just wanted to give the world the impression he was like this mysterious, kind of enigmatic figure. There are also accusations that Reed created this film and Robson, and Safechuck participated because they're after money and fame. 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. It just made me very, very, very sad. Toward the end of her interview with Michael, Oprah talked with him about his life's purpose. Of course, in all other meetings there were a whole entourage present. In the Michael Jackson interview, this is quite noticeable: she describes the artists disturbing environment with a naivet that makes Michael himself not feel attacked. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: While we're on our way, did anybody see him? THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. LEMON: Thomas Mesereau was Jackson's lead defense attorney, walking Jackson into the courtroom nearly every day. The only way you become immortal is that your work lives on. She was referencing the naysayers on social media who were alreadybefore even watching the two-part documentarydiscrediting Robson and Safechuck, calling them liars because neither of them had spoken up when they were younger about what they say happened to them. In fact, you know, there were nights where you looked up there and it was like he was timeless, ageless. on the Internet. I know the creator will go, but his work survives. This Controversial Interview Is The Most Watched In TV - TheThings Semipresencial en Madrid, Espaa, Maestra en 'Data Management' e Innovacin Tecnolgica 100% en lnea. In 1987, his interest in the elephant man's bones, Bubbles the chimp, Liz Taylor, and an array of strange disguises set tongues wagging. One of the first venues, the auditorium of Roosevelt High. So, how do you write a song called "We are the World"? Disfrute de nuestras lecciones personalizadas, breves y divertidas. Michael Jackson Talks . I mean, you couldn't stop them. CRAIG HARVEY, CORONER'S SPOKESMAN: We know he was taking some prescription medications. When I think about my childhood, some of my earliest memories are lying on my living room floor watching Michael Jackson's .css-9cezh6{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#E61957;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-9cezh6:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Moonwalker film over and over, and Sundays on the way to my grandparents' house, bellowing the lyrics to "Remember the Time" from the backseat of my Dad's cherry red Jeep. It just didn't seem possible. None of those episodes, she goes on to say, illustrated that fact the way Reed's film did.

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