So to your young man that I met earlier
in the show, who I think really makes the stage come to life.
Here he is.
I mean, you were oh, well, who else do you think
makes the stage come to life besides me in itself?
So
you certainly have added a fantastic group to the musical scene as a talent scout.
Well, if you're speaking about the Jackson five, I am.
I don't feel that I'veadded them.
I think I just opened the door for them.
And instead of them walking in,
they ran in and trampled me as they were coming through the door,
which I love. And we have one of them in the audience
here with us where we have Michael Jackson somewhere out there.
There he is. That's my child.
Hey,that's Michael.
You know, anybody can get a better seat.
He's been incognito.
You know, I mean, they've made me work hard because I want to be something I am.
Michael has always been
my best friend or brother or something to me, and they've been my mission in life.
So I try very hard to keep up, such as an image for them.
And when I do a show like this,
they usually take Michael and I really didn't know he's going to be here.
I heard about it and I was hoping that he was here because it makes me a little bit
stronger because I'm doing it basically for.
Hi, Diana. My name is Tanya, and I'd like to know,
do you plan to cut an album with Michael Jackson?
So Tanya would like that a lot.
Michael and I have been friends since he was really little kid.
And he's doing such extraordinary things. Right.
And he right now, he's doing an album or writing a song with Paul McCartney,
and he's supposed to be coming in town soon.
And I would like that.
I'm going to try to see if we can work something out because he's famous.
He never met. Of course,
Michael Jackson was very well known in Europe and now it's a fabulous start.
How did you explain the extraordinary
success of Michael Jackson, the runs that were come up with
the Jackson? Well, to me, Michael is brilliant and he's
just as a little boy growing into his talent.
But I can't believe you let us be like almost like the Jackson five you like on
the show, man. I mean, like if he's grown from where it
started to being a big success now, where will he be
in the future?
Your new album had some superstars playing on that.
Michael Jackson, of course.
How did this collaboration come about?
Well, I've been thinking about very good for a long time.
I really like you know, Michael and I were in love and there's no doubt about it.
There's nothing to say.
I know you know that Michael and I are like family.
We've shared many magic moments together,
the early days and television specials, recording and doing the movie The Wiz.
Well, you know, Michael's is an exceptional human being,
talented beyond his years, a dream in motion.
I wish Berry Gordy were here tonight to share in this presentation.
I'm sure you remember Michael's Emmy
nomination performance on Motown 25, dancing and singing to Billie Jean.
I love you, too.
And I'm very, very proud of you.
Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only
Michael Jackson.
All my favorite people in the whole entire world is Diana Ross.
You've been such a special friend to me and has taught me so many incredible,
important things, and I'm just so honored that you came here to dance the.
Hillary Clinton is fixated
on Michael Jackson, a participial
eaten alive.
Michael, did you can rip my shoe, drag me in the dirt.
I will be anything you say.
He did that
on tour, but he sends his love.
And thank you and thank you for all the wonderful support.
And I'm here in this place.
It's a long relationship
with Michael Jackson back when he was a young recording star.
There were rumors that he changed his looks to look like you.
How would you describe Michael Jackson, HyperMED, Diana Ross?
What is that?
Well, you see,
we actually love each other.
It's it's it he's like one of my children.
When he started his career, I introduced them on their very first
television show, which was The Ed Sullivan Show.
And then I had my own television special
at that time and I introduced them the Jackson five on the television special.
And we kind of I took a special interest
in him and we were very close when the boys came from Indiana.
They stayed with me in my house in California and
I was like their house mother or
something, and I kind of took care of them until their parents came.
So we just built a relationship in the early days.
And
then he went on to have his own career, of which he's very, very talented.
And and he became so very,
very successful, just like skyrocketed the whole family, actually.
Are you close now? Not as close now.
I don't get to see him very much.
And that's because, again, my life is just gone in a different direction.
I live in a lot of the time with my husband.
And so it's just that we don't see each
other half as much as I would like to see him.
I did see him maybe a couple of months ago
and introduced him to my sons, my boys and my little one.
Evan loves music and wants to look like Michael Jackson.
Do you think he wants to look like you?
Do you do you buy that, do you think?
No, I don't buy that at all. Just one more movie.
The Wiz. Yes, The Wiz with the great cast.
Nipsey Russell, of course.
Michael Jackson, though.
Michael, you know him since he was
a little boy, since he was about eight or nine.
So many people are now claiming that they discovered the Jacksons, you know.
But what was your relationship? Well, actually, I.
I think Berry Gordy discovered them out of step.
I think I gave them an opportunity
on my television specials to be introduced for the first to the American audience.
And they were really young then.
I lived with YouTube and I had a place in California and they were moving from
their home into California to the state with me for a while.
And Michael's very creative.
And, you know, this is a family in trouble right now as a break your heart.
Yes, all the support.
I saw the family on television the other night, like I said there.
And I I've just felt the pain.
And I know they're trying very hard to pull together.
And it's just it's a family in trouble
and they need our prayers for the right thing to happen.
Really. Have you been in touch with in person?
Yes, I did. I've spoken to them twice.
And he's getting the help you need? I hope so, yeah.
I'm not sure if his see,
I have been away from Michael's life for quite some time,
so I don't know all the people that he has surrounding him to what they're doing.
Well, I heard his mother say something like, I can sleep better at night.
I didn't understand what she meant, then
threw through that into the other.
Michael and I had a close relationship
because we just became really very, very close.
It's been said that Michael Jackson
underwent plastic surgery to make himself look more like you.
I don't think so. Is that true?
No. Well, I don't think he has.
No one's ever. He's never told me that.
I don't think so. But is it unnerving for you to have
a young man that's undergone plastic surgery to make himself look like you?
Well, I don't think he's trying to look like me.
I really don't. I think he wants to look like what he
perceives as makes him feel happy about himself.
You know, I don't think he's trying to look like me.
I do think he's quite beautiful.
But as the superstar rehearses for Super Sunday,
her thoughts are with close friend Michael Jackson, who put on an explosive
show during Super Bowl halftime three years ago.
I don't know anything about what's going on.
Diana hasn't seen Michael since he was hospitalized in New York last month,
but she hopes his split with his wife, Lisa Marie Presley, is not permanent.
I'd like to see them make it together.
I'd like to see them both part of my family.
Yes, we have a lot of the same bone structure
and a lot of does now because he's had it all done.
I do. You take that as a compliment.
I refuse you to insult Michael. He's a friend of mine.
I love him.
And I don't like people making fun of that.
But we should I mean, I get real serious when I talk about
Michael, and I think we should really kind of look at his life with compassion.
He makes incredibly good.
I want to say the bad word.
Good.
You still want to be your friend.
And there's nothing I can do aboutit.
Will you tell me what?
It has made us think pleasure to present this World Music Award
for her lifelong contribution to the music industry, to the one and only Diana Ross.
Thank you so much.
I want you to know that even though I am
not there at the Staples Center, I am there in my heart.
I've decided to pause and be silent.
This feels right for me.
Michael was a personal love of mine,
a treasured part of my world, part of the fabric of my life in a way
that I can't seem to find words to express.
Michael wanted me to be there for his
children and I will be there if they ever need me.
I hope today brings closure for all those who loved him.
Thank you, Katherine, for sharing your son with the world and with me.
I send my love and condolences to the Jackson family, Diana Ross.
But you are not alone.
I am.
Oh,
I
know.
You know,
I agree with you
all your.
You know, you are not.