Madonna credits her “normal childhood” for not falling victim to superstardom like Michael Jackson – insisting having such a credible career so young was “unearthly”.
The Material Girl superstar told the world of her grief after hearing of the Thriller hitmaker’s death last week, confessing to fans she couldn’t stop crying in the hours following his passing.
The tragic demise of her most famous contemporary came as an extra shock as she was putting plans in motion to make a special appearance at Jackson’s London comeback gigs.
But the star will never have the chance to perform with Jackson – admitting it is a devastating blow as she has always looked up to him.
She tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper, “I am so terribly sad about Michael Jackson’s death. I don’t know what artist wasn’t inspired by him.”
“To be able to do what he did at such an early age was unearthly, everybody grew up in awe of him.”
Madonna looks back on her short-lived friendship with Jackson in the early 90s with fondness – insisting she loved to “pick his brains” about his musical talents.
She explains, “To work with him and become friends and hang out with him, was exciting for me. I used to love picking his brains about musical stuff.”
And Madonna recognises she became a completely different person to Jackson despite similarities in their phenomenal success – blaming his tireless entertaining schedule when he was just a child.
She adds, “Obviously we have very different personalities – he was a lot more shy than I am. That’s because I was allowed to have a normal childhood and he wasn’t, so there was a vulnerable side to him that made you want to take care of him and protect him.”
However, Madonna insists she will always remember both sides of Jackson – admitting the star completely changed when he stepped off stage.
She says, “He was a real paradox, one of the world’s greatest performers and obviously very confident on stage, but in real life he was shy and you really felt for him. ”
Madonna will pay tribute to Jackson with by involving a Jackson lookalike in her Sticky & Sweet tour when it returns to London’s O2 Arena on Saturday.
source: pr-inside
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i am already a great fan of Michael Jackson ever since i was just a little kid. i would really miss the King of Pop -
| Michael Jackson is truly the King of Pop. i am a die hard fan of him and we are going to miss him now that he is gone.
This is just one of the mediafuck… since hes been dead we receive hundreds of rubbish news..and sun is a mega liar indeed…
Way to mine the world’s grief to bring attention to your tired tour!
or maybe she’s genuinely interested in paying tribute to the one pop performer in history that actually influenced her work (her early work, anyway). madonna has won her right to pay tribute to michael jackson in this way. she knew him and even defended his honor in later years when all anyone did was talk shit about him. the queen of pop salutes the king.
i’ve heard her say some of these things before. it seems like they just edited old quotes from her about him and made a new article out of it.
i dont believe in this interview.the sun is the biggest liar on uk.i dont believe madonna gave an intervbiew for them.i think its all bullshit.no matter what but madonna would never said she will carry his bags!!!never
well said madonna!i love u!