Celebrities Didn’t Know How To Act Around Michael Jackson
If you didn’t know, Michael Jackson is commonly known as your favorite celebrity’s favorite celebrity. And in this video, you’re going to see exactly why people say that. Not only was he known for making people faint at the sight of him during his concerts and pop-up appearances, he was also known to have a similar effect on some of the most famous and talented people in show business.
Like when he made Zac Efron freak out and cry over the phone after having a simple conversation with him for only a couple of minutes. Oh, this is Zac from High School Musical? Uh yeah. And he was like, “Oh, I’m I I love what you do. I’m a huge fan.” And I lost it. I just lost it. I lost my balance. I think I fell over into the wall.
I started I was like, “Do you know who I am?” Thanks for showing me how to dance, how to be how to shine, you know? And um that made him cry. Welcome to Comedy Space. If you didn’t know, I’ve been creating celebrity content on here for the past 7 years. If this is the kind of thing you like, then stick around. You will surely be entertained.
Michael Jackson had a similar effect on singer Angela Bofill at the 1984 Grammy Awards, where Michael won eight Grammys, by the way. The only difference was that it was in person and caught live on camera. Angelina can be seen literally hyperventilating and crying at the same time after Michael gave her a kiss on the cheek.
; And the winner is Thriller, Michael Jackson. ; [cheering] [cheering] ; Get your mics up. We got your mics up. Hey, you do me a favor. You do me with Mike first. Right here. Just right there. You just met Michael Jackson. You just met Michael Jackson. ; [laughter] ; Can you believe it? I got to get this. Exactly.
I got I got to get this. He’s He’s like freaking out. Freaking out. I shook his hand. He’s standing right here in front of me. Here you go. Go go go. Go go go, Clark. I shook his hand, yep. You shook Michael’s hand? Gloveless, too. It was amazing. It was pretty cool. ; ; I mean, it was Michael Jackson. Like standing right there in front of you.
How often How many people can say that? That was ; ; crazy. Oh, and in case you’re wondering, Michael Jackson also had this kind of effect on royalty, as well. In 1998, Princess Diana attended one of Michael’s shows during the Bad tour in London. And although she wasn’t crying and hyperventilating, you can see that she was incredibly excited to talk to Michael.
And she also whispered and asked whether Michael would be performing his song Dirty Diana, as it was her favorite song. Excuse me, sir. Michael Jackson and comedian Chris Tucker went on to become really close friends after Michael saw Chris in his classic Rush Hour movies. But when Chris first went to Michael’s Neverland Ranch, calling him overwhelmed would be an understatement.
We went up to Neverland. Michael had it cold. Michael had it cold. But Neverland was really like Neverland. You go there Michael had big golden gates. You go through the gates, the music come on. Everybody la la la like god damn. It’d be fly, too. Michael had us riding on a little train to the house.
This is some right here. Michael got a train in his house. We get to the house man, Michael be sitting there cold blooded like Michael Corleone. He’d be sitting there talking. All of a sudden something magical would happen. Like two giraffes just walk by the window like, “What I go, “Was that two giraffes just walk by the window?” It was three.
It was three giraffes, Clark. He still remains the biggest selling recording artist in the history of music. [cheering] The king of pop. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome artist and humanitarian, Michael Jackson. ; [cheering] ; Hi. Hi, Beyoncé. How you doing? Oh, good. I really appreciate you doing this because we’re giving back.
I’m very honored. I can’t believe I’m doing this. Yes, sweet. Thank you. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. You’d imagine Mike Tyson to be one of the most stone-cold, fierce guys in show business. But it turns out even he couldn’t help himself when he saw Michael Jackson backstage at an event.
Cuz no one can picture having a conversation with Michael Jackson. ; First time I met him when he had first time probably ’89. First time I met him I think Cleveland had the concert. I’m with Don King. Don King let’s go see the concert. Him in the car. So we go to the concert. Last song is over with. Um his drummer he had the drummer.
The drummer give me the drum set. And we’re by the door. Michael at the door. He’s waiting for a car. And there’s really nobody there but just me and him. And he’s just waiting for the car. And um and he’s looking. And people are coming over and they’re from the band from backstage talking. And then I I try to get closer cuz I want to say something.
And then he turned around and said, “Where do I know you from?” I’m at the height of my career. Bad panel. That is impossible. Like [laughter] that. “Do I know you from somewhere?” I said, “No, sir. No. I just came to show I really admire you, sir.” He said, “Okay.” And he turned around and got in the car. Oh, I I got to try that on somebody.
[laughter] Even Will Smith at the height of his fame was completely starstruck while being in the same room with Michael Jackson. And I hear “Hey.” “Michael, shh.” And I turn around and Michael Jackson is behind me in the closet. I was like, “Oh, Mike.” He’s like, “Hey. How you doing?” “Oh, shh.” “What Hey, what’s up, man?” So I got Michael Jackson like captive audience all to myself.
I’m like, “All the questions I could have asked. Everything I could have said. What’s the glove made out of? Uh what’s Tito like? Uh can you moonwalk forward? All that stuff.” Blew it. Mike looks and he turns and he makes eye contact with me. He says, “Bye, Will. See you around.” And he goes off. And that was the only time I ever met Michael Jackson.
; [cheering] [cheering and music] ; Another celebrity that isn’t shy about her adoration for Michael Jackson is Lady Gaga. Since she burst onto the scene back in the 2000s, she never stopped talking about Michael and what an inspiration he is. In fact, she’s even gone out of her way to spend millions of dollars on his memorabilia.
And he was an influence for you, too. Oh, enormous influence. And I never didn’t love him. Through all of the media drama and the the nonsense, I never didn’t love Michael. I always always loved Michael. ; ; Let me ask you this. So you have put your money because you have a lot of money in you you bought Michael Jackson’s memorabilia and clothing, right? ; ; I did buy a Like what did you buy? And I thought, “Well, if I just buy them all, then I can put them somewhere nice.
” ; So you bought all of his tour clothes? ; I bought Yeah, like most of them. ; did you buy? ; So I I really wanted to preserve that for him.
