LEMON: The transformation was complete. He wasn't touring. Be in the know on current and upcoming trends. Interview of young Michael Jackson at his parents' home in Encino, California. Several items were taken away. I think he was responding to his fans by, at least showing them his face. They are mourning in Gary, Indiana, too, Michael's hometown. They think Dr. Murray can answer lingering questions about Michael Jackson's death. I don't know him the way I'd like to know him," he said. LEMON: That documentary triggered bombshell news that thrust the fated pop star back into the spotlight. ", If there's one dance move for which Michael will forever be remembered, it's unquestionably the moonwalk. An extended version of the special will also be available on Oprahs SuperSoul Conversations podcast starting Sunday, March 10. LEMON: In 1986, a photograph of Michael asleep in an anti-aging chamber rocked the tabloids. And I know that it tore him to pieces. The interview with Jackson took place at his huge Neverland Ranch, complete with its own amusement park and zoo. In fact, you know, there were nights where you looked up there and it was like he was timeless, ageless. Media mogul Suzanne de Passe was there at the beginning. Pop icon Michael Jackson sat down for an intimate chat with. And, worst of all, a potentially terrible father. We're going to sleep. Sometimes I do get angry. 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. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) LEMON (voice-over): January 16, 2004; it seemed like another classic Michael Jackson performance, surrounded by screaming fans. Stay up to date with the latest trends that matter to you most. TOURE: It was quite obvious to all of us from the beginning that it was a sham, that it was a publicity stunt. 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, we have a personal doctor here with him, sir. 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.. Less than a year later, Jackson made headlines again when he married Lisa Marie Presley, the 26-year-old daughter of Elvis. And interestingly, he'd say to me every time, no, I wouldn't do that. JACKSON: This one, this one -- CASTRO: Almost pathological in his spending ways. HARVEY: Those tests we anticipate will take approximately four to six additional weeks. Who wants mortality? At the heart of this film are the stories of Robson and Safechuck, whowith appearances from their mothers, wives and siblingsdiscuss how they were discovered and mentored by Jackson from the ages of 6 and 9, respectively. The interview shattered records with an audience of 90 million. Kim Kardashian Back in 2012, Kim did a tell-all interview with Oprah about her leaked sex tape with former partner Ray J. USHER: He is everything to music. LEMON: One month later, Jackson took home eight Grammys. The most incredible part of that whole thing was that on his being wheeled to the hospital, you know, he's waving to his fans with the glittered glove, you know, to the end a showman. A lot of people sort of paint him with that brush, but realize he was found not guilty. It was just sad. 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. The hurt was so ingrained in each of these men, in fact, that neither of them were willingor ableto accept what had happened to them until they had sons of their own. Of course, we're following developments out of Iran tonight. LEMON: Author and self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller was a friend of Jackson's. Im a gentleman. Who satisfies your desire? asked Oprah (in a nod to a line from the then newly released single Give in to Me). QUINCY JONES, MUSIC PRODUCER: I said, you know what? I mean, you couldn't stop them. No word on where they were taken. Nobody ever talks about that, but it takes you aback at first. He was the seventh of nine children. JACKSON: Let's face it. You are seeing through to the blue veins, and they're very, very apparent. They come up with these dances," Michael said. Highlights From Harry and Meghan's Interview With Oprah . You look like you're insane. 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. I'm ashamed to admit it in writing, but, here goes: I was one of those critics. Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson's accusers from "Leaving Neverland." By Meredith Blake Staff Writer March 1, 2019 6 AM PT Reporting from New York Oprah Winfrey is arguably the. In 25 years of the Oprah Show, I taped 217 episodes on sexual abuse. He's not breathing? Rank Interviewee Interviewer Avg. LEMON: But Jackson was born to perform, and the show must go on. 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. DE PASSE: I was asked to come to see this group. WINFREY: And that was difficult to take, getting beaten and going on stage and performing? Michael Jacksons next two major interviews (with Diane Sawyer in 1995 and with Martin Bashir in 2003) would have even more disturbing questions. Oprahs assumed naivet achieves complicity with both Michael and the viewer, and on television complicity allows for everything. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the greatest moment that disco has in its entire history. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, but he's not responding to anything. 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. And yet the money kept rolling in. Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that Jacksons 2005 trial lasted 18 months; the trial lasted 14 weeks. The live interview, which took place before any abuse allegations were made against him, covered . And, as unconventional as it is, if you really look at it, it's sort of surrogate motherhood. But a lot of people think that he has bleached his skin. Im going to ask you something and its embarrassing for me, but Im going to ask it anyway. And to be completely honest, I also had a little bit of that "let's not bring the Black man down" in my own mentality. But first an update on the Michael Jackson death investigation. (And who could ever forget that interview Jackson did with Martin Bashir in 2003 where he whispered "I am Peter Pan"? OPRAH IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF HARPO, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2023 HARPO PRODUCTIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Leaving Neverland is about the childrenand adultswho are silenced by people like me who are quick to defend accusers simply because of their statusor the people who choose to live in silence because they are afraid of exactly that happening. In 2005, Michael Jackson would go to trial and face perhaps the toughest six months of his life. 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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. LEMON: In a BBC interview, Joe Jackson admitted whipping Michael with a switch or a belt, but denied ever beating him. I know the creator will go, but his work survives. (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." Yes. With Brooke Shields? Yes. I mean, within six months, every 10-year-old in Dallas could do it. Six months and 14 days later, in the summer of 1993, the first accusations of sexual abuse were made public, and his image was tarnished forever. 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. No barrier stood before this man that he didn't challenge, that he didn't break down, that he didn't tear down. MESEREAU: I think this trial and this entire case took a terrible toll on him emotionally and physically. But she's clearly like, whoa, what are you doing? My father made me into a performance machine. His appearance had changed so much since he was a child star that there was much speculation about the work he'd had done. LEMON: All silent at age 50. GORDY: They were sensations. LEMON: Jackson would become more reclusive, retreating into his Neverland Ranch. Oprah's interview with Michael Jackson in February 1993 is the most-watched television interview in television history, with a staggering 90 million viewers. Jackson told Oprah he suffered from a rare skin disease. And it was just kind of disgusting and silly. Mere months later, his public image would be tarnished forever Disfrute de nuestras lecciones personalizadas, breves y divertidas. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This man was the greatest recording artist of our time. He had the discipline at such a young age, originality, willing to try everything, a work ethic, all of it. On verdict day, he looked like death warmed over. Long-awaited, the buzz was big. to Oprah" February 10, 1993: ABC: 2 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex: Oprah Winfrey 49 . UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, and he's not conscious either -- UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, he's not conscious, sir. Interviews. But perhaps its not all that candid, Borja Tern argues. And Michael just stared at me. Ellen: I can defnitely hang out. It was the last time the public viewed the artist not mired in disturbing allegations. It was his greatest blessing, but, I think, also his biggest curse. Here the Jackson 5 won the talent contest and wowed the crowd. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nobody like it anywhere in the world. 1979, "Off the Wall." But was damage done to his soul, to his spirit, to his gentle, kind way of looking at the world? And another girl. The next question that followed was the most striking of the entire encounter, because it was asked of a 35-year-old man who had just claimed that he dated and had been in love. One of the last photographs that was taken of Michael Jackson while he was alive. GORDY: Suzanne de Passe insisted I meet with these kids and audition them. This is a moment in time that allows us to see this societal corruption that's like a scourge on humanity. Fun fact: I got my start in journalism as an intern at _O, The Oprah Magazine, so my role overseeing Oprah Daily's website is a major full-circle moment! The Winfrey-Jackson interview was the 101st highest-rated show in television history. They were tremendous. This is a guy 40 years old who has literally done everything that you can think of, but still hungry enough to say, I want to create an instrument. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, he's not breathing, sir. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) LEMON: Hello, I'm Don Lemon, live from Los Angeles. None of those episodes, she goes on to say, illustrated that fact the way Reed's film did. According to television analyst Borja Tern, Oprah really knows how to create an atmosphere. The album was a smash with songs like "Don't Stop till You Get Enough" and "Rock with You," reaching number one. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The record flew out of stores. Its a magnetic, phantasmagoric ending. HIATT: It's hard looking at the guy being pushed around in a wheelchair, looking so thin and fragile. "Leaving Neverland" debuts Sunday, March 3 at 8 PM EST on HBO. So you worked really hard perfecting your dance moves, and you became a big superstar. BROCKMAN: We were alone in a room. By Callum Crumlish 12:25, Sun, Feb 19, 2023 | UPDATED: 09:47, Mon, Feb 20, 2023 LEMON: Physician Deepak Chopra, a personal friend, said he knew Jackson was taking narcotic painkillers. Premiered in Feburary 10th 1993. On the day after his death, Presley wrote on her blog that Jackson always thought he'd die early like her father. me with them and I will put them on here. ), I shared the same mindset of many of the folks Oprah was talking about. Toward the end of her interview with Michael, Oprah talked with him about his life's purpose. "All I did was enhance the dance.". BERRY GORDY, FOUNDER OF MOTOWN: He was exceptional, artistic, and original. It physically pains me to think about forever parting ways with "The Way You Make Me Feel," the one song that can cheer me up on even my worst days, or the fact that I will never again get to witness the way an MJ classic brings everyone together at a family party. LEMON: Legendary music producer Quincy Jones would produce Jackson's first adult solo album. (Video: HBO) Comment on this story 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There will be charges filed against Mr. Jackson, multiple counts. Before Oprah's interview with Robson, 36, and Safechuck, 40, HBO screened all four hours of Leaving Neverland. 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 looks soo mad wen the alarm goes offits soo cute. LEMON: Despite his creativity, record sales dwindled as Jackson's appearance grew stranger with whiter skin and a severely altered nose and chin. It was just incredible. He could hardly smile. In 1987, his interest in the elephant man's bones, Bubbles the chimp, Liz Taylor, and an array of strange disguises set tongues wagging. Oprah Live: Directed by Roger Goodman. He survived it with 14 acquittals. Just nine months after the show aired, the 13-year-old cancer patient featured in the documentary accused Jackson of sexual abuse. And it's happening right now. 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. BRIAN OXMAN, ATTORNEY: I've talked to this family about it. I can't even begin to summarize here everything that happens in those four hours, but if there is one message I can share: It is a must-watchespecially if you are a Michael Jackson fan. LEMON: It was a triumph for Jackson as a musician and as a humanitarian. I warned them. A 13-year-old boy filed a lawsuit accusing the singer of sexually molesting him. (END VIDEOTAPE) LEMON: Coming up, Michael Jackson, from riches to rags. JACKSON: It's not sexual. LEMON (voice-over): It was June 13, 2005. You're looking at a person who is almost translucent.". UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Love you, Mike! She asked the unthinkable in an hour-long television special, which portrayed an eccentric but vulnerable star. 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.. THOMAS MESEREAU, LAWYER FOR MICHAEL JACKSON: It took a terrible toll. They talked about James Brown, Jackie Wilson, the Bee Gees and Motown. 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.". And the record company said, no, Quincy's too jazzy. These are victims whose lives were forever ruined by a troubled, sick person who had the access and power to manipulate them for decades, even after his deathbecause he was larger than life. USHER: If it wasn't music, it was obviously dance that influenced us. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. 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. In an exclusive interview, Murray's attorney tells CNN his client is upset over Jackson's death and that he plans to cooperate fully. LEMON: It worked. MESEREAU: I was on occasion. "I love my father, but I don't know him. CRAIG HARVEY, CORONER'S SPOKESMAN: We know he was taking some prescription medications. It's about the fact that every 11 minutes in this country, child protective services substantiates or finds evidence for a claim of child sex abuseand that's just the ones we know about. BEN BROCKMAN, ATTORNEY FOR MICHAEL JACKSON: I was trying my best to get him down. LEMON: The Los Angeles Coroner's Office said they would need toxicology tests before determining the cause of death. LEMON: Motown gave the group a record deal. And we started going, we started to get going. His next saying on the I won't grow up, I'm a lost boy, I'm Peter Pan. And then there are all the gatherings, from weddings to birthdays, where the only songs that would get everyone in my mixed, multicultural family on the dance floor to attempt their best moonwalks were "Billie Jean" and "Thriller.". "All the times that I testified and the many, many times that I gushed over him publicly in interviewsthat was from a real place. 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. On February 10, 1993, Oprah sat down with Michael Jackson for what would be the most-watched interview in television history. He was horribly burned. And is aid to him, take that stupid thing off! this is SOOO funny. And that is something that is happening every single day in this country at the hands of far less powerful people. My father didn't love me enough. LEMON: Although Jackson denied the abuse allegations, he was arrested and charged with seven counts of child molestation. There were dozens of lawyers and bodyguards and assistants. SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTERS TODAY AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS. Every day, Michael Jackson showed up in one of his Captain Crunch outfits. When Michael spoke with Oprah, he was extremely open about the sensitive subject, saying his father called him ugly, beat him and frightened him. Jackson vehemently denied the accusation on national TV. GORDY: When she told me about another kids' group I said, wait a minute, I got all these other stars. I tried and tried and tried to get the message across to people that sexual abuse is not just abuseit is also sexual seduction." LEMON: Family members came to Jackson's defense. Where there is smoke, there is fire. He is later joined by his sister and guest star, LaToya Jackson (1983/1984): . JOANN SAMS, SECRETARY, ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL: Oh, it was just unbelievable, because they were so young, but yet they were so talented. And he said -- and even then he said to me, well, it was more like he says a razzle-dazzle kind of thing. It is bigger than Michael Jackson's fans, bigger than me defending the soundtrack to my childhood. This was recorded on VHS in the 90's. Show more Show more He sat there on a daily basis, watching accusations hurled at him, suggesting that he was an insensitive monster. ORTEGA: It was awesome to watch him. Have expert advice and tips delivered directly to you. LEMON: When we return, Michael on-stage the night before he died. There's a flash behind him, and his hair catches on fire. So off he went to the island nation of Bahrain. To no -- he's not responding to CPR or anything. Music would not be what it is without Michael Jackson. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fifty, OK. The Oprah Winfrey-Michael Jackson interview 30 years later In February 1993, the talk show host landed the first live, televised talk with the singer in 14 years. That's a lot of dates. An Objective View of Michael Jackson Interview Transcripts Michael Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley interview with Diane Sawyer Transcript 22nd January 1995 Diane Sawyer: And with me of course, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. At the age of 10 he was told to say that he was eight. Michael Jackson, Oprah, Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Rowe and many other people watching MJ talking to Oprah on TV in a bedroom: Link: The Mexico Deposition in 1993 and "Dangerous . (SINGING) (END VIDEOTAPE). These are not men who are fame hungry, or chasing money, or seeking to bring down a dead man. JOHN NORRIS, FORMER CORRESPONDENT, MTV NEWS: They are songs that still hold up today. The marriage lasted only two years, but when Michael talked with Oprah a year before his nuptials, everyone was wondering ifand whohe dated. Search the history of over 797 billion on the Internet. LEMON: Jackson needed to put distance between him and the taint of Neverland. This content is imported from poll. But their victory tour reviews were mixed. Jackson fans have also been vicious, as Winfrey also received backlash before the interview. When we continue, chimps, oxygen chambers, the elephant man's bones -- Michael Jackson's bizarre behavior. Not all are available yet, though Anyways, I hope you like them. LEMON: -- so is his death. Michael Jackson, left, will be played in the film by his nephew Jaafar Jackson, right. michael-jackson-oprah-interview-transcript-pdf 1/28 Downloaded from thesource2.metro.net on March 4, 2023 by guest Michael Jackson Oprah Interview Transcript Pdf Getting the books michael jackson oprah interview transcript pdf now is not type of inspiring means. Simpson, and Bill Cosby) crimes. NORRIS: What a moment that was in pop culture history when he moon-walked across the stage there. According to Winfrey, the conversation was unscripted and uncensored. Then in 1996, Jackson sent shock waves around the world when it was announced he had married Debbie Rowe, his dermatologist nurse. OPRAH WINFREY, TALK SHOW HOST: So he would tease you, make fun of you? I guess what none of us could have anticipated was the album they would then produce after "Off the Wall." How many plastic surgery procedures have you undergone? Very, very few, Michael replied.

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