Bill Bellamy on interviewing Michael Jackson
by Zimmermann 054: Michael Jackson
Bill Bellamy telling Fat Joe and Jadakiss about the 1995 MTV interview he did with Michael Jackson is a ride. The nerves hit him before it even started, and Michael Jackson had picked him for it himself. About 20 questions went in, and his team cut almost all of them down. Then there's the security: guards, publicists, record label people, all of it. Bellamy said that scale is what showed him how huge Michael's fame really was worldwide. The part that gets me is Michael needing the restroom, and security telling the guy already in there to break it off, fam, you're done. Man had to wrap it up and go lol.
Transcript (en)
When I interviewed Michael Jackson, I got to spend some time with Michael Jackson. I was so nervous, bro. Michael Jackson's security was heavy, bro. And here's the thing. So I got like 20 questions that I think every fan would want to ask Michael Jackson. They looked at that list. They was like, he gonna answer this, this, this. They killed my whole list. I was sitting there like, womp, womp, womp. Of all your videos, when you think back, what is Michael Jackson's favorite video? Like you see how they see it's a bunch of people in here Just imagine this times two for Michael Jackson. Security, publicists, his team, the record label team. Mike was rolling heavy. I will never forget this. This is how I realized Michael Jackson's big star in the world, right? Mike had to go to the bathroom. It was... Yo, they went in the bathroom. It was a dude on the toilet. My man was like, break it off, fam. He said, I'm not done. He said, you done. Boom. The door, my man had to wipe his ass. Get out.
