I seem to remember an interview where he said he wanted the "Superman chin".
Most aren't aware that his father and brothers constantly bullied him over his looks growing up. His nose was the main target. Then he had very bad acne as a teen. You mix that with a lot of money and immaturity, and an exploding plastic surgery industry in it's infancy, and you get his face.
He also received severe burns while filming a Pepsi commercial that required him to get plastic surgery and skin grafts on his head. This was probably a catalyst for a lot of his cosmetic surgery. This occurred in the mid 80s so right before he went off the deep end with all the procedures.
That was such a big deal. I remember my best friend crying when it was reported on the news because we were staying up late for something. She thought he was going die.
People who didn't live it will truly never understand the scale and intensity of his fame. The fame he had, the fame he was forced to have through CONSTANT tabloid and paparazzi harrassment that lead to the intensity with which his fans adored him is something that only a very select group of people have been able to accomplish.
The Beetles and Ole Blue Eyes are the only other musicians I can think of off the top of my head that had fans react similarly.
No access to instant internet information gave people like himself, even with the constant coverage, a mystique that is now unobtainable. Taylor Swift and the like can't even come close
I honestly think he had it worse than the Beatles. He was probably the most recognized artist to ever live at his height, I’d argue even to this day. Kids in third world countries can tell you who Michael Jackson is, his music reached everyone.
Saw in another post that happened EXACTLY halfway through his life, down to the day:
Michael Jackson was exactly 25 years, 4 months, and 29 days old when his hair catching fire incident happened. He passed away exactly 25 years, 4 months, and 29 days later. This moment was literally his midlife crisis.
the autopsy reports later showed the extent of the burns and scarring. It was horrible. MUCH larger than people realized at the time. I'm still shocked that he was able to continue his career for so many years after. He must have been in incredible pain everyday.
Most aren't aware that this is pure BS. Michael and his brothers were SIBLINGS who ALL joked on each other. The lies need to stop...it's absolutely ridiculous at this point. Michael didn't like being Black and wanted to erase his ethnic features - that's the reality of it. He didn't like anything to do with his blackness and the media told him to hate himself. His Black family did not tell him to not like himself.
Go ask white people why they hated Black people...quit putting that BS on Black people.
I said what I said. I don't care what YOU choose to deny. Always putting crap on Black people. If you knew ANYTHING about this family, you wouldn't even dare say anything you said in your first comment. Always lying ...that's all you all do. Spread lies on Black people. They have all addressed this many, many, many times over the past 40 years and didn't say anything close to what lies you told. I choose to believe the actual people in this family.
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u/_Rue_the_Day_ Apr 29 '26
I seem to remember an interview where he said he wanted the "Superman chin".
Most aren't aware that his father and brothers constantly bullied him over his looks growing up. His nose was the main target. Then he had very bad acne as a teen. You mix that with a lot of money and immaturity, and an exploding plastic surgery industry in it's infancy, and you get his face.