Michael Jackson Story Unmasked, The Page #2

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moonwalk for the first time.

It sent the crowd wild

and received phenomenal worldwide media coverage.

The popular music channel,

MTV who in the past had been reluctant

to give airtime to black artists

were now broadcasting Michael's

videos on heavy rotation.

By 1983 Michael jackson was

the most celebrated

and influential pop star on the planet.

He is one of the few artists

who have been inducted

into the Rock 'n Roll hall of fame twice.

His awards include eight Guinness world records.

including one for thriller as the

worlds best selling album,

and the sale of over 750

million albums world wide.

Michael received further accolade

when he was presented

with the greatest artist of the decade award

by President Bush at the Whitehouse.

On January 27, 1984,

Michael jackson and his four brothers

were performing Billy Jean

for a pepsi cola commercial

when a bizarre firework accident during filming

resulted in Michael suffering

second-degree burns to the head.

Plastic surgery was required

to restore his appearance.

By 1988 Michael was taking a hiatus

between albums and living at

his legendary vast estate,

a 2,600 acre ranch in Santa Barbra California.

He called it Neverland,

after the magical kingdom featured

in the JM Barry Novel, Peter pan.

Neverland continued a private amusement park,

plus a small zoo stocked with exotic animals

such as elephants, snakes, giraffes and lions.

Michael's favourite pet was the famous Bubbles.

his chimpanzee who travelled everywhere with him.

The ranch was maintained by 54 full time staff.

Michael was never short of visitors

to his fairytale theme park.

Children, especially sick

children would be invited

to there.

In 1987 the album,

Bad was released and along with it

came a significantly different

looking Michael jackson.

The 1988, Bad tour was attended by Prince charles

and Princess Diana.

Prior to taking the stage,

Michael presented

the prince and the princess with

a 300,000 cheque from the

proceeds of his Wembley concert

for the princes Trust,

a charity that supports disadvantaged children.

Michael presented princess Diana

with two custom

made Bad World tour jackets,

one each for her young sons,

Prince william and Prince Harry.

During the 1980s at the peak of his career,

Michael Jackson was the most

famous man on the planet,

a sex symbol known for wearing fetish outfits

and grabbing his crotch on stage

and By the End of the 80s, Michael was found,

artist of the decade.

Post Millennium,

he became the object of ridicule and scorn.

Hounded by the press and the courts

he became the victim of as many

as 50 new lawsuits every year.

The bizarre tabloid rumours became

rampant as Michaels fame grew.

It was alleged that

he had paid a vast sum

for the bones of John Merrick, the elephant man,

that to maintain his high-pitched voice,

he was taking hormone treatment.

Increasingly outlandish headlines claimed

that to keep his youthful appearance,

he slept in a hyperbolic chamber.

When it was reported that

Michael bleached his skin

to make him appear whiter,

some felt that he was denying his ancestral past.

Michael later revealed that he

suffered from a skin disorder,

Vitiligo which affects the skins pigmentation,

resulting in the appearance of large,

white blotches.

With the release of the album. Dangerous in 1991

and its estimated global

sales of 30 million copies,

rumours became rife that Sony were

dissatisfied with record sales,

and Michael was not living up to the

record company's high expectations.

By 1995, Michael had finished

his latest album, History,

Which controversially contained new material

mixed with old and featured

a duet with his sister, Janet

(Voice of Janet Jackson)

It was real fun working with his in the studio

when we wrote this song.

It was very interesting to see his work, at work,

because i hadn't seen him in a very long time.

I think the last time i saw him at work

was the Thriller album, really.

Just being there in the studio

with him and just watching,

most definitely i did it for

that little sister thing.

It'll always be that way,

because that's what i am

and he's my big brother.

Although singles from History

received great acclaim,

the album was never really

welcomed with enthusiasm.

Michael was criticised for being unable

to come up with any thing new.

Though completely denied by either of therm.

the media suggested that Michael was

romantically involved with childhood friend,

Brooke shields.

(Voice of Brooke Shields)

I think because we both grew up in the,

in the same business and

we had similar upbringings

in the sense that we were...

We had to being in this business

at a very young age,

we learned a sense of...

we had defence mechanisms

that we'd built up

and i think once we met each other,

we realised that we didn't really

have to be weary of one another.

And that just,

that enabled us to build a friendship

on a very different level.

I think we both had a crush

and still do have a crush on each other.

I mean i think part of having a crush

on someone is admiring them,

almost, I mean we have a lot of fun together

and it's almost unfortunate,

because we know each other so well.

Um, well actually i think right now,

let me Just say that i believe that we're

closer now than we ever were.

I think we love each other more now than

we even knew we did when we were younger.

I feel closer to him than,

some of the boyfriends that i've had.

I mean i feel more relaxed around him,

I'm more comfortable with him.

So it's sort of,

I mean i've never really had a brother

so it's sort of, that is part of that,

but its like a love on a very different level

and it's hard to really explain and

whenever i've tried to explain it

to people it's been misinterpreted

and its a shame, because it hurts him too

when he feels that people misinterpret the way

we feel about each other.

And he did, he gave me the most

incredibly beautiful ring

that you can ever imagine

and of course then people built

that out of proportion

and they said he, we were engaged and it really,

it wasn't about that,

it was a friendship ring and

when he gave it to me

it was the most adorable thing, he...

We hadn't really ever exchanged gifts before.

Rumours about Micheal Jackson

and his unusual relationships

with children began to surface

and the world held its breath

as the king of pop denied

accusations of child abuse

at his Neverland ranch in Santa Barbara.

Micheal went public with his denial

of inappropriate relationships

with any child and settled out

of court with the family

for a reputed $20 Million.

This was a start of a chain of events

that would ultimately damage Michael's

career in a profound way.

It was during this time that

a highly scrutinised marriage

took place to Lisa Marie Presley,

whose father was one of the few men

who could rival Michael's worldwide fame.

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