Michael Jackson Pepsi Commercial Hair On Fire Accident Video + Living With Michael Jackson Documentary Take 2 The Footage You Weren’t Supposed To See

In 2003 Martin Bashir filmed a documentary with Michael Jackson entitled Living with Michael Jackson. Following the broadcast of the documentary Michael was unhappy with the way Bashir had portrayed and so had a rebuttal film made out of footage not shown called “Living with Michael Jackson Take Two”.  In the documentary hosted by Maury Povich outtakes from Martin Bashir’s documentary are shown portraying the journalist as someone who does not always tell the truth. Michael Jackson talks about how devastating the Pepsi incident was and how it affected his career. On the day of Michael Jackson’s death Martin Bashir said referring to Michael Jackson that the Greatest Entertainer had died and confessed that he never witnessed any wrongdoing at the Neverland Ranch despite the fact that his controversial documentary caused prosecuters to draw conclusions.  Watch Living with Michael Jackson Take Two to see the footage that was never meant to be seen.  Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 1 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 2 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 3 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 4 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 5 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 6 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 7 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 8 Living with Michael Jackson, Take Two part 9

In an incident that’s often been discussed but never witnessed, Jackson suffered second and third degree burns to his face and scalp while shooting a Pepsi advertisement in front of thousands of fans at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. For the first time ever, Us Weekly exclusively reveals video from the accident, which occurred when the pyrotechnics were set off too early on the shoot’s sixth take. (Warning: the above video is graphic.) As the video shows, the premature pyrotechnics exploded on a nearby Jackson when his back was turned to the camera, with sparks igniting the singer’s hair. Jackson, unaware that he’s on fire, continues to perform until he is rushed by dozens of stagehands who quickly help douse the flames. After the fire extinguishers are emptied and the chaos has died down, Jackson emerges with obvious burns on his scalp, with patches of barren flesh where there was hair seconds before. Jackson was rushed to the hospital, but not before reassuring the audience of 3,000 that he was okay. A tragic postscript to the incident, according to reports, is that Jackson’s recovery from the burns was what led to the singer’s eventual use of painkillers and prescription medications, an addiction that — pending the results of the toxicology report — might have caused Jackson to suffer the sudden cardiac arrest that ended his life on June 25th. [source]

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• Never Seen Video of Jackson’s Hair on Fire (abcnews.go.com)
• Unreleased Footage of Michael Jackson Catching on Fire While Shooting 1984 Pepsi Commercial (laughingsquid.com)
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• Fiery Michael Jackson Pepsi video surfaces (cnn.com)