Celebrities Share Their Stories of Meeting Michael Jackson

In todays video we're gonna take a look at  Michael Jackson's friendships that he had with others celebrities. Before we start you  should consider subscribing and click on the notification bell, if you wouldn't like to  miss out any new content. Let's get into it! 1. Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Culkin The former child actor  starred in Jackson’s music video for “Black or White,” and became close friends  with him. Despite their 22-year age gap, Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin was  once good friend

s with the pop icon. The 38-year-old explained he knew Jackson as a  friend, and they related to each other. While the pop icon related to him finding  such success and fame at a young age, he also appreciated Culkin’s ability  to treat him like a normal person. Culkin also said that he and Jackson used to  prank call people. Jackson’s peerless control over his voice meant that he could easily  adopt accents and tones fit for pranks. The last time Mackaulay saw him was  in the men’s room at the

Santa Barbara County Superior Courthouse in 2005. Mack  was twenty-four. Michael was forty-six. 2. Elizabeth Taylor This friendship started when Taylor walked out of one  of Jackson’s concerts in the ’80s, which he later called her in tears over. After she explained  to him that she only left because she couldn’t hear or see the performance, a bond was formed. Despite being 27 years apart in age, they were friends through many media spectacles,  and including extravagant weddings. Namely, they b

oth came from show business  families and began careers at very young ages. Jackson was only five years old  when he fronted the Jackson Five, and the spotlight found Taylor at age 12  with her role in the film, National Velvet. On top of it all, they shared a love  for animals and an inherent shyness. So, Taylor said she felt they could talk to  each other on “so many different levels.” He often attended her AIDS charity  events, and they hit red carpets together. They even lived nearby in  Bel

Air and Beverly Hills. As previously stated, the friendship between  Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor, as close as it was, had its moments of  drama. One of the bigger rifts to occur between them came when Jackson married  Lisa Marie Presley in August of 1994. Despite the many ups and downs that Michael  Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor experienced in their friendship, they nevertheless had a deep love  for one another that few could really understand. 3. Chris Tucker Actor and comedian Chris T

ucker was another of Jackson's famous friends. It was after seeing Chris Tucker performed  in Rush Hour 2, that Michael Jackson reached out to Chris to ask him to be apart of  his music video, and then after that the two entertainers met for the  first timeon the set of the music video to the hit single You Rock My World. Thanks to Tucker's sense of humour and ability to keep Jackson laughing, the two became fast friends and Tucker became a frequent sight at Neverland and even took the stage wit

h Jackson at the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration concert. Michael who is notorious for giving  unique nickname's to the people he love as he becomes close to them; gave  Chris the name Christmas. Because Michael said Christmas is such a beautiful thing, with  the trees, lights, fire place, presents etc. Michael compared Christ to Christmas the way he  make people happy. Michael always enjoyed Chris company, phone calls, friendship and sense  of humor. Chris was one of the few peopl

e who could literally get Michael to fall to the  floor laughing, until tears fall from his eyes. They had a very strong connection and they  were seen at multiple events together. 4. Princess Diana One of Michael's most famous  friendship was with Princess Diana. Princess Diana was a big fan of  Michael's and she enjoyed listening to his biggest hits such as bad and thriller. They have met for the first time when Michael was performing at the Wembley stadium in London. On that same day, while b

ackstage, Jackson gave Princess Diana and Prince Charles a US$177,000  cheque for the Prince’s Trust organisation, the money for which came from his Wembley concerts. Michael deliberately removed the song Dirty Diana from his 1988 “Bad” concert set  list out of respect for the princess. He added that they felt a special bond  because of their shared experience of fame Both of them at the time were  wildly popular with their fans but also experienced great scrutiny by  the press with every move t

hey made. The pair shared a mutual distrust of the growing  media presence in their lives, especially the paparazzi who relentlessly chronicled their  every public moment. Before, during and after her marriage to Prince Charles, Diana was  the most photographed person in the world. Though they would only meet in  person once during their lifetimes, their friendship endured until Diana’s death  on August 31, 1997, according to Jackson. 5. Prince Prince and Michael Jackson were pretty  different m

usically — nevertheless, the two icons were constantly compared. Their  larger-than-life personas dominated the 1980s, from Jackson's famous sequined  glove and flawless moonwalk, to Prince's signature falsetto, impeccable  guitar skills, and killer high heels. The two of them didn't have the same  relatioship as the others listed here. There were rivalry between the two of them  and they were often compared to each other. In 1986, then, Prince and Michael Jackson  were at the top of their respe

ctive games, the musical equivalents of Magic and Bird. Both  were coming off massive, record-breaking albums in Thriller and Purple Rain. Both had built up  legendary mystiques by rarely granting interviews and cultivating eccentric, constantly shifting  images. Both kept their audiences guessing. No other ’80s stars evoked the same level of  fascination from the public as the two of them. 6. Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson  made very different music, but both of them were respe

cted artists in the industry. According to the book MJ: The Genius of Michael  Jackson, Tom Bahler wrote a ballad song called “She’s Out of My Life.” Bahler based the song’s  lyrics on a relationship he had after his divorce. Bahler was initially going to give the song to  Sinatra — one of the most acclaimed balladeers of all time. Subsequently, Quincy Jones  persuaded Bahler to give the song to Jackson for his first masterpiece album, Off the Wall. Frank Sinatra said this about Michael quote: “

The only male singer who I've seen besides myself and  who's better than me – that is Michael Jackson.” They were suppose to make a demo song  together, but later on this plan was cancelled. 7. Mike Tyson At the height of his career, Tyson was one of the most famous and controversial  sports people on the planet. The boxer's friendship with global superstar  Michael Jackson got off to a rocky start, with Tyson admitting he "hated his  guts" in a grudge that last for years. He said in an intervie

w he harbored animosity  towards Jackson for the longest time after that meeting, but all that changed when one of the  singer's friends approached him and told him that he wanted to hang out with the boxer. The two of them met several times, and became respectful friends to each other. Michael even invited him to Neverland a few times. 8. Britney Spears Britney Spears, who is a very well-known singer in the music industry, started  her career at a very young age. One of the first encounters tha

t he had with  Michael was when the two performed The Way You Make Me Feel at Madison Square Garden  for Michael's 30th Anniversary celebration. Then in 2002, Spears introduced Jackson  onstage at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. Spears was asked numerous times about her feelings  for Jackson in public interviews. However, the only interview fans have about Jackson’s feelings  are from choreographer Wade Robson. The dancer choreographed many of Spears and NSYNC’s songs. He  spent time with both

Spears and Justin Timberlake. Britney after hearing Michael's death was  devastated. She said in an interview that she was going to fly to London during his  This Is It shows to see him perform live. The two pop stars had similar childhoods, both growing up in the spotlight. Sadly,  their friendship had to end too soon. That would be it for today guys! If you don't want to miss out  any of our next contents then hit the notification bell and consider subscribing  to out channel. See you guys in

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