When Michael Jackson Walked in, Everyone Lost Their Minds!
There has never been anyone quite like this guy. Yeah, Michael Jackson. And we’re not talking about the music. We’re not talking about the moonwalk. And we’re talking about what happened when the cameras kept rolling just a little too long because Michael Jackson had a gift that nobody ever really talks about.
The ability to make an entire room completely forget how to function. One second. He’s soft-spoken and sweet. The next second, an interviewer is sitting there wondering how they lost control of their own show. Celebrities are confused. Audiences are uncomfortable. And somehow, in the middle of all of it, it’s absolutely hilarious. >> And today, we have the footage to prove it. And then there’s this.
Michael Jackson acting like a excited kid on Christmas morning because somebody got a new camera, brand new camcorder, top of the line. Michael Jackson takes it himself, walks straight to the mirror, and just starts filming. Zooming in, zooming out. >> See if this thing works. One, two. I’m not a narcissist. Just trying this mirror effect.
Testing the camera, seeing how well it works. Apple. What? One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two. Counting the thing. One. Your thing’s blinking. Something’s weird about this. Something’s weird here. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 199 1 2 3 And then there’s the moment that stopped the entire world.
November 2002, Berlin. Michael Jackson steps onto a hotel balcony, fourth floor, and holds his baby over the railing in front of hundreds of fans and cameras below. another scene. But here’s the other side of that Berlin story. Because the same night, same hotel, same balcony, Michael Jackson did something that had his fans completely losing their minds for a completely different reason.
He grabbed a hotel pillow, signed it, and threw it down to the crowd below. And the reaction, absolute chaos, pure hysteria. People diving, screaming, crying over a pillow. That’s the Michael Jackson effect in its purest form. And this is where Michael Jackson becomes everyone’s favorite person in the room.
The second he realizes the photographers are locked in, cameras ready, lenses pointed, finger on the trigger for every single frame, something switches. He doesn’t look away. He performs full poses. And here’s Michael Jackson, whom no one has ever had the chance to see enough of. Soaked, caught off guard by his cousins. They get into position.
They plot. And before he even realizes it, Michael Jackson dives right into the water fully clothed. But knowing McCully Kulkin, he made sure he schemed on he told me to go up on the diving board and I went up THERE LIKE A NUT. >> NO, I’ll kill you. I’ll kill you. >> Mac, I’m going to annihilate. >> That’s my That’s my cousin Elijah just pushed me in the pool.
>> I’m a nice person. I JUST TOOK A SHOWER AND I WASHED MY HAIR THOROUGHLY. >> See what they do to me? >> NO. I drive off. They push me right back in. I can’t believe that. First shot of me with no shirt on. And this right here is pure gold because behind all the fame, behind everything, there was this side of Michael Jackson that most people never got to see.
John Landis on set. The two of them together. And suddenly it stops being a film production and starts being two guys just messing around like old friends. These two had something real. And in an industry built on image and distance, moments like this remind you that underneath everything, Michael Jackson was just a person who loved to laugh.
black or white short film. We like to say thank you and we love you and we think >> and John and John wonderful job because >> JOHN is what >> I said do put me please. >> Let me know when you need Jackson again. You [ __ ] >> quarter to 9. >> My name is Michael Jackson. >> My name is Michael Jackson. >> My name is Michael Jackson.
>> My name is Michael Jackson. >> Pretty boring here on the stage between >> Thank you. >> It ends It ends with Michael going, >> “THANK YOU. AND then there’s that moment when Michael Jackson learned a very important lesson. Never ask Eddie Murphy for a favor. The details speak for themselves. Thank you very much, Eddie Murphy.
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First, I’d like to thank um Could you lift that up, please? I can’t Eddie ain’t working like >> first. I like to thank um >> He said Eddie pull it up like I was working for him or something. >> Thank you very much, Eddie Murphy. First, I’d like to thank um lift that up, please. I can’t Eddie ain’t >> working like I like to thank um Eddie pull it up like I was working for him or something.
>> And I started to do it too. brother. Yes, MIKE. WAIT, WHAT AM I DOING? >> FIRST, I’d like to thank um God who makes all things possible. >> And when the next opportunity arose, Eddie did him a favor. >> And here in an interview with Barbara Walters, Michael Jackson shared his one simple request for the paparazzi.
Just be kind. Write the right things. That’s all he asked. Barbara looked at him and said, “Michael, is it actually the press’s job to be kind?” And Michael held his ground. Yes, be kind. And that specific moment says a lot about who Michael Jackson really was off stage. He just has an unmatched way with >> heart feelings.
I feel that when you do that to me. >> I don’t want this to sound insulting. I’m just going to be straight with you. But you are somewhat eccentric to say the least. The way you dress, the way you look, it invites attention. the whole appearance. Um, you don’t think that calls the paparazzi to you? >> No. >> No. >> No. >> Maybe I like to live that way.
I like to dress that way. I don’t want paparazzi really. But if they come, be kind. Write the right kind thing to write. >> Michael, is it the journalist’s role or the press’s role to be kind? That wasn’t loud enough. Yeah.
