Video: How Michael Jackson's Pill Addiction Began

Celebrity News August 31, 2009 AT 12:03PM

The harrowing, never-before-seen footage of the singer's 1984 Pepsi commercial accident.

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  • November 08, 2011 - 11:35am Enegue Segdirb

    I am not sure what to think about all of this and if Dr. Murray is really guilty. Michael was a drug addict and he was his own worse enemy. Those addicted always try to place blame on others besides themselves. It is sad that Michael is gone - but I am not sure that Dr. Murray is to blame.

  • November 07, 2011 - 9:47pm Jamaila Baker

    we can assume all we want, WE DIDN'T KNOW MJ, NOR HIS FAMILY, TO PASS ANY TYPE OF JUDGMENT SOCIETY IS SO EASILY CORRUPTED BY THE MEDIA ITS SAD.

  • November 07, 2011 - 9:45pm Jamaila Baker

    omg the reason of the video is because its how he first was introduced to pain meds, he suffered severe 2nd and third degree burns to his head, causing to have to take pain meds!

  • October 12, 2011 - 12:46am Marie Paul

    Now you can see the evidence from the coroner, that there weren't any drugs found in Michaels system apart from those administered by Conrad Murray, and no he couldn't have given himself the fatal dose...when are you going to start printing the facts and start supporting Michael instead of the Doctor who didn't do his duty of care to his patient

  • October 11, 2011 - 3:34am Marie Jackson

    Always calling someone an addict just because they use prescription medicines is cruel, my daughter has nerve damage from diabetes and will probably be on medication for the rest of her life, we don't go around calling her a drug addict, we have sympathy for the fact that she didn't choose for this to happen, we wouldn't dream of making her pain any worse by labeling her....why is it ok to do it to Michael Jackson ?

  • October 11, 2011 - 12:06am Theresa Biggerstaff

    This is really old news....from 1984 to be precise. What a sick film crew to keep filming someone on fire like that. Burns are incredible painful and Michael Jackson suffered through years of burn treatment for this accident. He did seek treatment in 1993 for pain killer addiction. However, as many have pointed out, both his autopsy report and toxicology show no drugs other than the anti-anxiety drugs and the propofol Dr. Murray gave him which resulted in his death. Conrad Murray is now on trial for the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson. Why won't the media report the truth abou the autopsy and toxicology reports? If you know that answer, then you know why they stalked him and lied about him for half of his life.

  • October 10, 2011 - 9:41pm Kimberly Owens-Jackson

    WHAT in the WORLD does the 1984 Pepsi Commercial (and the burn injuries that MJJ suffered) have to do with the trial of Conrad Murray?! The press has gone above and beyond in overstepping (and might I say OVERLOOKING) the facts presented by the prosecution. You perpetuate the stereotype of not being unbiased in reporting what is the truth. Let the trial play out where it's supposed to ... in the Los Angeles County Courthouse (9th floor) and leave the speculation, rumors and inuendos that plagued Michael during his life in the trash where it belongs.

  • October 10, 2011 - 8:14pm Tammy Terrell Wiley

    Why are you going back to this? Stop reporting false information of which you know nothing about, instead you should be searching and finding the truth, this is what True Journalism is not printing untruths based on the purposes of making money which you are clearly doing instead as I stated before, search for the truth!.

  • October 10, 2011 - 6:41pm Helen H. David

    Got two words for you: NOT DETECTED. Just like I've had two words for you since 2005: NOT GUILTY.

  • October 10, 2011 - 5:22pm Elizabeth Davis

    please this is very old news from way back. this trial is based on fact. pls dont detract from the facts-mj was possibly murdered.

  • October 10, 2011 - 4:54pm Sue Adams

    With a lot of you judgemental people here - you know you have a problem similar to Conrad Murray's - you try and play God and are the losers because ultimately because of you and the 'kind help' of the press over the years you and your judgements helped kill him and you still won't quit !

  • October 10, 2011 - 4:45pm Sue Adams

    The autopsy report stated "There were no illegal, legal are alcohol found in his system other than what the Doctor gave him" You are regenerating decades old news in the hope that it will take away from the CRUX of this trial - that Conrad Murray failed miserably and at every level to care for his patient that day; no 911 call was made; he didn't even perform CPR correctly. EPIC FAILURE, MURRAY! and EPIC FAILURE US Weekly because, like most tabloid online sites/papers, you will do ANYTHING FOR FAST MONEY including continuously sidelining and sidetracking from the actual issue in point!

  • October 10, 2011 - 4:14pm jmichaelflanagan

    There is just one problem with this--no addictive substances were found in Michael Jackson' blood at his time of death. Therefore, I fail to see how he was an addict at that time. He admitted to using them in 1993, but he went to rehab for it, and you can see from his blood test that he was clean. Therefore, this report is old news (as in, over 10 years old) and/or absolute rubbish.

  • October 10, 2011 - 3:49pm Anna Bennevendo Wirt

    Perhaps I should've written the quote a bit differently. Michae's lyrics stated that people will lie for money, spy for money, die for money, etc. He wasn't saying instructing anyone to lie for money.

  • October 10, 2011 - 3:47pm Anna Bennevendo Wirt

    Michael said it best..."MONEY....lie for it." That's what the media does because the truth doesn't sell. People are so hungry for melodrams they will tune in to anything! Lives are so empty in this day and time because we are so caught up in the make a buck mentality we've forgotten the true essence of life--family values. Loving people, being with people, helping people. Now we're too busy with greedy and selfish pastimes, so when we DO have some time to spare, the easiest thing to do is turn on the tube and watch CSI, 1000 ways to die or HLN--they're not much different-- dramatic and entertaining but with no real substance. Michael had more substance than most, and yes he relied on chemical substances at one time in his life, but he changed that and when he became a father decided to live a very health life-style. Don't buy into speculation and conjecture--do some research, folks. It will make a difference in your life.

  • October 10, 2011 - 2:32pm Lisha McDuff

    "never-before-seen footage"? I saw this incident on film years ago. hmmmm. Now onto the trickier stuff. The media has fallen under the hypnotic spell of their own narrative, a story they have told to themselves so often, they can no longer perceive actual fact. The narrative is this: the homicide victim in this case was in ill health and in a hopeless active abuse phase of drug addiction. WRONG. This is scientifically incorrect. The doctors who had access to the victim's body for examination, the ones who do have the medical expertise to determine the health of the victim, have written a 51 page report and testified under oath in court proceedings that this victim in this case was in excellent health and toxicology reports are all negative FOR DEMEROL AND ALL PAINKILLERS. The only substances found in the body were the sedatives and propofol his own physician admitted administering to him. Furthermore, there is no physical evidence of long term drug abuse. This is substantiated by the police reports in the home and medical evidence collected there. (no! it is not true the rx's in the home corroborate drug addiction! If you bother read the report and to count the pills in the bottles and research the known medical issues of the victim, you will find these medicines entirely appropriate and UNDERUTILIZED by the descendant in this case!) WHY AREN'T THE ACTUAL FACTS BY THE POLICE AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BEING REPORTED??? There are very few exceptions. Furthermore, it is also a FACT that the coroner found the manner of death to be HOMICIDE, and despite the FACT that someone is now on trial for the homicide of Michael Jackson, the false narrative of ill health and self administered drug addiction persists. This proves that narrative will cause people to lose their senses AND BE BLINDED TO THE FACTS! The main defense mechanism of this false narrative is that anyone who disbelieves this inaccurate story must be a.....CRAZY JACKSON FAN! Yes! That's it! Must be those crazy people who actually bother to read the court docs and find out the truth of what the police found. Those are the same CRAZY PEOPLE who knew the evidence in 2005 and knew Jackson had never committed any crime long before the news media figured that out. A few still even cling to that false narrative! Is it because false narratives mean ratings and revenues? and truth does not sell???

  • October 10, 2011 - 1:58pm Lily Jack

    The autopsy report stated "There were no illegal, legal are alcohol found in his system other than what the Doctor gave him" . Do you understand? Nothing that showed a chronical problem, MJ died because of Murray's negligence. I'm so tired of those unprofessionnal, crappy staff in the tabloids. .

  • October 10, 2011 - 1:23pm Nancy Jensen

    If you paid attention to both the autopsy report and the blood work, you would find that the only foreign substances found in Mr. Jackson's body were those given to him by Dr. Conrad Murray. The autopsy report did not show the body and organs of a man who had a chronic prescription drug abuse problems. Try using facts in your article instead of rumor, tabloid-trash garbage and innuendo, and you will be a much better writer!

  • October 09, 2011 - 7:05pm Deborah Fowler- Kyle

    I cannot get the video to play!

  • October 09, 2011 - 3:04pm Viala Sheva Alberta

    This is a very bad thing,the production crew and team are very unprofessional. Upon seeing the fire,they still watched him walk more steps with it,God made him a legend not man.He will remain in our hearts till eternity .Getting burning pains is not like getting menstrual pain,without pain killers one can die of burnt pains. NO MORE PEPSI FOR ME OR MY KIDS.

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