transcript. Stay up to date with the latest trends that matter to you most. So as a community, when we do see our people succeed, we want to cheer them on. Special effects? So Jackson was almost doomed to implode somewhat anyway. Michael Jackson Talks . LEMON: Fans wanted their last good-bye. web pages 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? 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. to Oprah is an American television interview special that was broadcast by ABC on February 10, 1993. He announced his farewell tour, This Is it, in a brief press conference on March 5, 2009, in London. At the beginning, Oprah asked both men if they were prepared to "get it" for speaking out about Jackson's alleged crimes. But she's clearly like, whoa, what are you doing? 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. And Jackson showed up in court in his pajamas. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he spent a lot of internal time reflecting on who he was, where he'd been. Kelly's recent indictment for 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. BOTEACH: He puts on that black thing, that mask. Not all are available yet, though Anyways, I hope you like them. LEMON: It was 1984 when Jackson was making this Pepsi commercial and his hair caught fire. 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." Then two years later, I was like, I was wrong. On February 10, 1993, Oprah sat down with Michael Jackson for what would be the most-watched interview in television history. SMITH: He backed out of the auction. In 1993, Oprah Winfrey made history by conducting the most-watched interview in television history. Our editors handpick the products that we feature. TOURE: It was quite obvious to all of us from the beginning that it was a sham, that it was a publicity stunt. 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! Were you as happy offstage as you were onstage?, Offstage I was very sad. LEMON: On the very next morning, Jackson was found unresponsive in his own bed. He had the discipline at such a young age, originality, willing to try everything, a work ethic, all of it. Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson: Were MJ and Oprah Winfrey friends Meantime, members of Iran's government-linked militia are reportedly raiding homes and beating suspected protesters, who are believed to be taking part in nightly anti-government chants from Tehran roofs. It's a very complicated cultural dynamic with roots in slavery and beyond that would take me an entire separate article to unpack. The Aftermath of Michael Jackson and Oprah: What About His Face? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, he's not breathing, sir. And we were so excited. And I'd see all the children playing, and they'd be rooting and making noise, and I would cry. 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. LEMON: Three years later, in the fall of 1991, "Dangerous" was released. 1979, "Off the Wall." The interview would be Jackson's last. By the end of the documentary, I felt an unexpected emotion: numbness. THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. And he had this towering 270 million dollar debt. Some say the Jackson's turned to music the day their television set broke down, but from the day they started performing, they were destined for stardom. Interviews. I don't know him the way I'd like to know him," he said. 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. With Michael Jackson, you never know what the truth is. He sat there on a daily basis, watching accusations hurled at him, suggesting that he was an insensitive monster. I'm going to miss him. And he's not breathing. The marriage lasted only two years, but when Michael talked with Oprah a year before his nuptials, everyone was wondering ifand whohe dated. LEMON: With each not guilty verdict, the crowd outside cheered. Wonderful., Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get more English-language news coverage from EL PAS USA Edition, Sign up to EL PAS In English Edition bulletin, If you want to follow all the latest news without any limits, subscribe to EL PAS for just 1 the first month. Im going to ask you something and its embarrassing for me, but Im going to ask it anyway. (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." 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. 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. This was recorded on VHS in the 90's. Show more Show more The craze reached a fever pitch in 1984 when a Pepsi commercial gone awry sparked even more frenzy. CASTRO: If you believe the fact that he, you know -- that he has this congenital skin condition, that's why he's so white, then fine. When Michael Jackson beatboxed and sang 'Who Is it' acapella - Smooth The live interview, which took place before any abuse allegations were made against him, covered . And it also broke barriers. A 13-year-old boy filed a lawsuit accusing the singer of sexually molesting him. 7 of the most memorable Oprah Winfrey interviews ever - The National I knew it wasn't appropriate. Michael entered the shot walking downstairs as Thriller played in the background, but no one was applauding. Kim Kardashian Back in 2012, Kim did a tell-all interview with Oprah about her leaked sex tape with former partner Ray J. Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that Jacksons 2005 trial lasted 18 months; the trial lasted 14 weeks. JACKSON: Yes. 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. JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This was certainly the most bizarre criminal trial I ever saw. You're looking at a person who is almost translucent.". No word on where they were taken. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work. LEMON: The shadow of drug abuse would follow him even into death. 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, we have a personal doctor here with him, sir. 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. Michael Jackson Talks . But their victory tour reviews were mixed. SMOKEY ROBINSON, SINGER: Oh, in tribute to him -- how I feel about him, I would probably sing "Never Can Say Good-Bye." The interview aired on February 10, 1993, and it coincided with a crucial moment in Jacksons life. The show received a 39.3 rating, just below the Jan. 22, 1987, episode of "The Cosby Show," which received a 41.3. GORDY: Suzanne de Passe insisted I meet with these kids and audition them. WINFREY: He did? "Leaving Neverland" debuts Sunday, March 3 at 8 PM EST on HBO. Robson told Oprah of his decision to speak out: "If anything that I say is going to help any other survivors, then I should be able to speak the truth.". Attorney Brian Oxman. BROCKMAN: We were alone in a room. WINFREY: And why would he beat you? Winfrey . UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My brother, the legendary king of pop, Michael Jackson, passed away on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. 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. LEMON: Millions in mourning. I tried to enhance the quality of. He wasn't touring. 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. "It was the most exciting interview I had ever done," Oprah says. And no one wanted it more than Michael. And I would record for hours and hours until it was time to go to sleep. After the second half airs on Monday, March 4, Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland" will air simultaneously on HBO and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on at 10:00 PM EST. 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. 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. But first an update on the Michael Jackson death investigation. My "CNN Presents: Man in The Mirror" continues. DE PASSE: I was asked to come to see this group. The interview shattered records with an audience of 90 million. And that's what happened. Oprahs interview succeeded in reducing Jacksons image from lunatic to simply eccentric, wrote The Washington Post shortly thereafter. Or at least that was how it went until February 10, 1993, when, sitting across from Oprah Winfrey in an ABC live special, he responded. You want what you create to live, be it a sculpture, a painting, music, a composition, like Michelangelo. After the sex. No barrier stood before this man that he didn't challenge, that he didn't break down, that he didn't tear down. That's all tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern, right here on CNN, live from Los Angeles. The King of Pop was now a king in debt; a lavish lifestyle, and legal woes led him into near financial ruin. More "CNN Presents: The Man in The Mirror" in just a moment. LEMON: The soundtrack of a generation. In fact, in the documentary, Safechuck reveals that he only finally came to terms with his own abuseand opened up to his wife about itafter seeing an interview Robson did about his experience with Jackson on The Today Show in 2013. Michael Jacksons next two major interviews (with Diane Sawyer in 1995 and with Martin Bashir in 2003) would have even more disturbing questions. NORRIS: Michael had begun to exhibit a certain, I think aloofness, and a tendency to kind of withdraw from the world. In 1993, Ms. Winfrey's prime-time interview of Michael Jackson at his Neverland Ranch, . The Winfrey-Jackson interview was the 101st highest-rated show in television history. An extended version of the special will also be available on Oprahs SuperSoul Conversations podcast starting Sunday, March 10. Oprah : Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine brothers and sisters born in Gary, Indiana to steel mill worker Joseph and mother Katherine. But perhaps its not all that candid, Borja Tern argues. 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.. MESEREAU: I think this trial and this entire case took a terrible toll on him emotionally and physically. It just made me very, very, very sad. 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. Leaving Neverland and Oprah's interview helped me come to terms with the fact that by continuing to defend Michael Jackson in the name of his talent, I was contributing to our society's habit of victim shaming. In 1993, Jackson spoke about both in this interview with Oprah Winfrey. 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. It was not like watching a 50-year-old man returning to the stage. JACKSON: I ask all of you to wait and hear the truth before you label or condemn me. But in January of that year, Michael had just headlined the Super Bowl halftime show (the staging and format of which provided the template for todays artists performing at the years biggest football game) and won three American Music Awards. He made me rehearse too much. 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. MESEREAU: I just looked at him and hugged him and he just said, thank you, thank you. And so Michael and his managers fought them and said Quincy's doing the record. She explained: "Here's the reason why I'm here. 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. Presley filed for divorce in 1996. To understand the enormous buzz that an interview with Michael Jackson (Indiana, 1958-Los Angeles, 2009) generated in February 1993, one needs to understand the context. There are also accusations that Reed created this film and Robson, and Safechuck participated because they're after money and fame. LEMON: From the high school auditorium to the big-time. Yesterday, President Barack Obama called the recent violence in Iran outrageous. Michael told Oprah that he was in a relationship with Brooke Shields. And, worst of all, a potentially terrible father. It was an exclusive talk with Michael Jackson who had refused to be interviewed for 14 years. As Senior Director of Editorial & Strategy, I oversee all of Oprah Daily's digital content, from editorial to video to social media. ", If there's one dance move for which Michael will forever be remembered, it's unquestionably the moonwalk. I'm Don Lemon. HIATT: At the same time he was announcing these shows, he also made sure to say these are the final shows. GORDY: They were sensations. Michael Jackson, in 1993 in a hospital for sick children. LEMON: Legendary music producer Quincy Jones would produce Jackson's first adult solo album. LEMON: Jackson, in his last interview with "Ebony." RODNEY JERKINS, MUSIC PRODUCER: Michael called me, and he says, "Why can't we create new sounds?" I knew it wouldn't look right. As a result, its lead single "Black or White" shot to number one. LEMON: By 1975, the Jackson 5 had made a highly publicized split from Motown. "I had no understanding of it being abuseI loved Michael," he told Oprah. I mean, within six months, every 10-year-old in Dallas could do it. LEMON: That documentary triggered bombshell news that thrust the fated pop star back into the spotlight. So if it gets you, our audience, to see how it happens, then some good would have come of it.". Jacksons album Dangerous, which had been falling down the charts in the two years after its release, became a top-10 bestseller again. So an auction of his most personal items seemed like the answer.
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