Bill Bellamy on Interviewing Michael Jackson (Part 5)

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In a discussion, comedian Bill Bellamy shared his extraordinary experience interviewing the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Bellamy described it as a surreal moment in both hip hop and pop culture, noting the immense privilege and influence that shaped this encounter. Bellamy believes his opportunity to interview Jackson was a direct result of his engaging interview with Janet Jackson during her Velvet Rope album promotion. This interaction caught Michael's attention, leading to a special request for Bellamy to conduct the interview. Bellamy's astonishment was palpable as he recounted the star-studded experience; the sheer magnitude of Jackson's fame brought in an entourage of security, publicists, and executives that resembled a well-oiled machine. Jackson’s presence was electrifying, Bellamy said, likening it to being around a living embodiment of talent and charisma. Despite the overwhelming setup, Bellamy found immense pride in making Jackson laugh and feel at ease. This personal connection humanized the iconic figure, revealing a side of Jackson that was relaxed and engaged-an interview Bellamy cherishes to this day.

[@frankmitchell5128]

Im 44, and for the younger people, U had to b there. U can name the biggest star on Earth right now, and they still dont match the popularity of Michael Jackson, and remember, there was no internet.

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

Micheal Jackson was Universal

[@EmEs1018]

Yeah, Mike was on another stratosphere, and rightfully so.

[@megmichelle5832]

That's a good point about the internet that's ,incredible

[@natejones1167]

Kanye said it you can't be a bigger star than Michael Jackson the closest person u got just as popular as him dead or alive is a president or Prince

[@natejones1167]

Babyface also said every time a child watches his videos he gains new fans my kids are under 10 and they know who he is so what he says is true

[@AM_9924]

Michael Jackson was another level. He was a special guy.

[@pike8840]

Wow Really

[@caidema]

Absolutely

[@ThomasBrima-pu3yf]

Tupac bigger

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

Michael Jackson was clearly a very special being. If you just step back and look how he is still relevant today....how new generations all over the world today still learn about his life and music and how everyone still speaks about him and their interactions. Whatever it was he definitely made an impact on WORLDWIDE culture/humanity.

[@CorGP]

Vlad asks you a question then cuts you off to give his response😂

[@Nikkyeshiva83]

And he got it wrong 😂 so confident with "that's the way love goes". Very much not on the Velvet Rope.

[@goattime8947]

Stg bro like damn let a mf talk🤦🏾‍♂️‼️

[@jaywholoveseveryone1721]

@@goattime8947 I hate when he do that ish😡

[@rminor500]

I have a boy just like that and it annoys me so much!!

[@williewest2998]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cancer710]

Don’t forget RIP John Singleton who directed “ Remember the time”

[@nicholasgreen339]

Yes John directed Boys in the hood I think Bill Cosby and MJ Put up the money to fund The film Boys in the hood

[@thesaintst1851]

MJ was a gift from GOD .. if you haven’t figured that out yet let me help you… gift from the LORD… where that energy came from

[@tirellv4938]

Bill bellamy showed that even celebs can get star struck. It had to be on of those surreal moments to have someone who is a icon who you were listening to as a child in front of you.

[@MRHINTON1]

My uncle was a cop in Detroit and Mike used to personally request him to be his bodyguard when he would come here

[@Blackjesus3]

Did he say if Mike was nice?

[@MRHINTON1]

@Blackjesus3 lol I never asked but he never said anything bad about him

[@nicholasgreen339]

I would of asked what Mike was like hehe

[@wilmmerwest3876]

@@MRHINTON1Which year was that😮

[@MRHINTON1]

@wilmmerwest3876 like late 90s early 2000's he was here helping Don Barden try to get a casino

[@user-kl4zc9ow5d]

He was the greatest Entertainer of all the time and The King of Pop music

[@essj3334]

I love this story, people also forget how famous and unique Michael Jackson was easily the most famous person to ever live.

[@unmutetv9270]

Jesus is the most famous, then Michael.

[@Wordsareprayers]

Bill is a genuinely kind man. Got to give him his props!🙏🏾

[@lowkeyloki8832]

The album that had That's The Way Love Goes was Janet. not Velvet Rope. I remember that interview with Bill Bellamy though, recorded it on VHS. CLASSIC.

[@TheGamingHarbinger]

All of us music heads were ready to make this correction. Beat me to it. 🫡

[@cookies749]

Another time where Vlad doesn't know what he is talking about.

[@joojoobaw]

@@cookies749 interesting how you only focus on Vlad when Bellamy said it was that one too 😂

[@cookies749]

@@joojoobaw Bellamy was incorrect too, but when you contextualize this incident, Vlad ALWAYS does this bullshit. He ALWAYS thinks he knows more than the person who is interviewing about their life!

[@TraxxJamez2088]

@@TheGamingHarbingerbeat me too

[@lptinvestor1781]

As a Black Man who is 55 years old I can only tell you youngins that Michael Jackson & MTV made each other. The thing to understand is that MTV wouldn’t air Black artists’ videos when it first launched in 1981. So Black artists, particularly Rick James started raising Public h*ll about that. Then the MTV VJ Mark Goodman did that interview with David Bowie who unexpectedly pounced on him about the issue and made him look like an absolute moron. So after the Bowie interview debacle the MTV Braintrust met and asked themselves “Who’s a Black artist whose videos we can air that won’t offend President Ronald Reagan’s conservative America??” Rick James wanted them to air his Superfreak video. Wasn’t happening........wayyyyyyyyyy too raunchy. Prince?? Musically gifted but definitely still too risqué. Ah…….I’ve got it!!……Michael Jackson!!……Softspoken, nonthreatening, to everybody’s knowledge he was still possibly even a virgin, a tad bit effeminate too!!…….I know it sounds like I’m being unflattering but watch Eddie Murphy Raw when he talks about the muted reaction Michael got when he took Brooke Shields to the Grammys vs the reaction Eddie would have gotten if HE had shown up at the Grammys with Brooke. So Michael fit perfectly into the mission of making Middle Class White America feel comfortable with a Black superstar. There was a view out there that “Now there’s a Black guy who could take my Daughter to the Prom……As long as he has her back home by 10”. 😜😜😜 So MTV needed MJ and MJ needed them. Black stars could stop complaining about the need to break MTV’s color barrier, and Michael was launched into Worldwide Superstardom which was what he always wanted. And Michael siezed every part of the moment…….every single solitary part of the moment. When they agreed to air his Billie Jean & Beat it videos word is Michael was putting 16-17 hours a day into making both of them absolutely perfect videos. He was obsessive about it. And when they aired?? Good Heaven!! You cannot fathom how those videos turned him into a cultural icon!! Billie Jean was everybody’s favorite of the 2 and MTV would air that video every hour on the hour and the Nielsen Ratings were constantly setting new records…….Beat it was smashing records too but Billie Jean was the one that had people going crazy. As teenagers we were rushing home after school 5 days a week to watch whichever they were showing. And to be able to watch them on demand we were all recording them on our VCRs. It was absolutely unbelievable!! When they say he became the biggest pop culture phenomenon since The Beatles?? They’re not lying. By the time it came time to shoot his Thriller video?? What a lot of people don't know is that MTV wanted the exclusive to show that video so bad that THEY PAID FOR IT!! Very few people know that MTV worked out a secret deal with Michael to pay for the Thriller video so long as he gave them the exclusive rights to air it. Don't think for a second that they did that with anyone else. And on the Night that they aired it?? It was like the Superbowl!! Everybody across the Country tuned in on the night the Thriller video debuted. If I'm not mistaken MTV aired it on a Tuesday Night at 8:00pm so it didn't have to compete with the Cosby Show which came on NBC every Thursday Night at 8:00pm. So every other sitcom or tv drama completely took a backseat on that Tuesday Night for that 14 minute video. All eyes in America were tuning in to MTV to watch that Thriller video and Man did it deliver. The whole Country was mesmerized.

[@Metal_Face_Doom]

You nailed this! 💯

[@BravoShow]

Nah. MTV didn't make Mike. It helped him, but he was already a 🌟 long b4 MTV. But it DID help him to push it to bee levels and to set the bar of how good a music video can be.

[@lptinvestor1781]

Well I'll just say this.............I don't think either would have ascended to the level they did without the other. MTV makes it to the level of a Worldwide brand without Michael?? Or Michael makes it to the level of a Worldwide brand without MTV?? I just don't see that one as possible. To me? That's like Muhammad Ali without Howard Cosell.

[@lptinvestor1781]

It probably would be a little more accurate to say that MTV would never have made it to the level of a Worldwide brand without 2 people..........Michael Jackson & Madonna........Always have to give credit to MTV's Marilyn Monroe as the frenzy surrounding her was insane as well.

[@cee-alleff713]

It's the Janet (1993) album not Velvet Rope (1997).

[@BravoShow]

I said the same thing. How these niggas IN the industry but get simple things like this wrong, is beyond me. He's PROBABLY thinkin of "Got til it's gone."

[@kjata77]

MJ was one of the first celeb types to warn us about The Industry, he was USED & ABUSED from the beginning. He had all of the fame thrusted upon him but that is because he was treated as a commodity, not a human being. Kudos to Bellamy! He needs to know also that he is well-loved, was a big celebrity in his own right. I graduated HS in '96, Bill Bellamy was a cool cat to us and he was GREAT at his job, very professional, funny, and not one to ask 'cookie cutter' questions.

[@kathyclaudiochandler]

I graduated in ‘96 too and Bill Bellamy was That Guy…still is to me.

[@kjata77]

@@kathyclaudiochandler You also "get it". BB should know that he had a positive impact on many pf a generation. He was clean cut, well-spoken, cool, respectful, a 'man's man' but still a gentleman, a consummate professional, just a cool cat (yeah, that isn't a term now but we're talking about the 90's, so I;; say the BB was Dope). "Ladies love me, girls adore me, even the ones who never saw me, right? [obviously stealing from Rob Bass and DJ EZ Rock].

[@RIPJAY23]

Bill Bellamy: “I interviewed Michael Jackson” Vlad to another guest: “everyone is talking about Bill Bellamy’s Michael Jackson interview made $30 million dollars Im telling you now I did the numbers there’s no way that’s possible”

[@johnnybraxton5539]

You was interviewing the king i expect nothing less than 50 plus in the room

[@JoseysSportsNation]

Vlad, let the guest talk please? I'm begging you

[@jamalsoward8404]

That's The Way Love Goes was on the Janet album.

[@MissB2483]

THANK YOU! That just lets you know that Vlad needs to shut up sometimes and let the guest speak smh

[@KeizeShow]

Bill Bellamy interviewed Tupac & Dr Dre at the same time when Tupac was on Death Row. Hope he asked him about that experience too.

[@chasehadley5230]

Tupac is not even on the level of MJ not even close. I hope he doesn't ask him about Tupac. It's become a meme to ask that question. I bet he will.

[@GangstaLion]

​@@chasehadley5230 They both are pretty known around the world. They both even on the list as most famous people of all time. But the most famous person of all time is Jesus Christ

[@MrLionelg33]

I remember bill bellamy on MTV cable channel back in the days in 1994.

[@vladtv]

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[@djlune]

I remember I told my father I love MJ's music videos, and he told me he doesn't make music videos. He makes mini movies. At 1st I was like "mini movies?" Until I look back and saw some of his "mini movies" again like: Remember the time, thriller, smooth criminal etc etc and I was like "WoW, my father was right" and now bill Bellamy is saying the same thing.

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

And also don't forget about his Im Bad Mini Video with Wesley Snipes and You Rock my World with Chris Tucker.

[@djlune]

@@sarahsimpkins1311 exactly

[@lovelyvarrie]

I love MJ!! ❤💎🧤

[@michaelb3927]

It’s really not debatable 👌🏼 Michael Jackson was the biggest star ever!! If Elvis would have gotten to tour Europe , Asia, Australia, and South America? He’d have an argument! Not to say Elvis wasn’t in the ballpark 👌🏼 he’s in the nosebleeds tho & Mike was pitching/batting/& playing the field 😆 that’s definitely the top 2 biggest musicians popularity wise! There were 4 Beatles & they really weren’t even together that long ! As a group they’re in the conversation too

[@AmandaMack-ok1uv]

Michael Jackson was influenced by James Brown Jackie Wilson, never forget, without James Brown, black music wouldn't be where it is today.

[@terrykirk6951]

He's had the same haircut since 1992... seriously!

[@pollyanna147]

Mike was a real dude from conversations i've had with people who were around him. It was a weird time and I don't fault him for having his guard up. We didn't have instagram, magazines plastered his face that you bought in the check out line.

[@jaye5926]

MICHEAL JACKSON = THE GREATEST 2 EVER DO THIS MUSIC S**T PERIOD!!🐐👑

[@blah21blah22blah23]

Michael Jackson was and still is the bar for all musicians/artist and no artist has reached that level yet. Not his album sales, sold out stadiums, performances and we not even gonna speak about the many ambulances that had to carry fainting fans out of his concerts 😩

[@jaye5926]

@@blah21blah22blah23 true...

[@teddytheraccoon2128]

Nahhh Prince was way more talented

[@jaye5926]

@@teddytheraccoon2128 prince is a legend no doubt but he is NOT MICHEAL JACKSON 🐐👑

[@joojoobaw]

@@teddytheraccoon2128 I’m not into comparing, but it’s an argument for that. Prince didn’t need a Quincy Jones or any other producers…..

[@AmandaBaker-qy7cr]

thanks for sharing, you inspired me to try something new

[@themacabrecerberus]

MJ was literally large than life.

[@tristan_the_blerd]

MJ was interviewing Bill for the funny friend role that Chris Tucker eventually got

[@CodenameRawTV]

We were robbed hard. I wish we just got ONE night of the This is It tour....the level of production put into that on 2009 was wild. Artists are just now catching up to the production of that tour.

[@bencromwell707]

Bill Bellamy In a word funny/Underrated

[@the_dukester]

that's 2 words.

[@bencromwell707]

@@the_dukester lol 😂 😂 lol I konw I just lost my train of thought I wanted to sound cool 😎 lol you know what I meant bill he is Comical

[@TheBobbyw2]

Bill Bellamy was also in movies as well. legend

[@michaelb3927]

Bill is one of the most underrated comedians on the planet ! He’s a gem!! Was solid in How to be a player & in Any given Sunday too!

[@bighitz2400]

I was telling young people during my development that Michael Jackson was a different person on a whole separate level of fame. Something that will never be touched again.

[@tkmonte1908]

Vlad need to shut TF up and let ppl talk. He dont cut off ANYBODY else that has these accomplishment outside of the culture. I.E. Neil Degrasse Tyson, Robert Kiyosaki, the ex Aryan Brotherhood leader, the ex agent that hit the Hells Angel's, etc

[@vanalbright9868]

VLAD LET PEOPLE TALK AND DON'T TALK OVER YOUR GUESTS

[@pike8840]

Bill Bellamy got on the I Did Way Too Many Drugs Shirt😂

[@TheGamersGuide819]

He mixed the Janet albums . He interviewed her during the Janet album

[@courtneysmith1352]

MJ had godlike aura in his prime. There will never be another thing like it

[@Sneakerveli]

I remember when Bill was dancing with Janet and her dancers in the interview and I was like I wish that was me.

[@universallove7741]

Love Bill ! Growing up watching mtv he was my favorite !! Funny, good looking, and just very authentic and positive vibes always from him . Watching the comedy special How Not To Be a Player i would laugh my ass off every time watching it !

[@AMWTSCAM82]

Shut up Vlad you keep interrupting

[@collinsk85]

Legendary MJ, Always and Forever The Greatest ❤️👑🏆🙏🏾🕊

[@estebanquinones8420]

That shirt is sick, anybody know the brand?

[@vLunkz1]

rip mj we love you

[@ivanrodriguez92]

Mike is the legend, the king ..no one like him ..

[@TheBrokenheartedOne]

It’s the Janet lp not Velvet Rope that features Thats The Way Love Goes

[@datboir3d663]

Give my boy a job id love to see him interview on your platform

[@ruthbutah7484]

MJ King of Pop. They can NEVER take that title away from him.

[@omgbreezy4707]

If MJ was still alive I feel Vlad would be worthy of an interview. Vlad not perfect and he beyond petty with ppl he don’t like lol but his content is top tier no lie

[@stankormy5717]

We all miss MJ!

[@louisianacookingwithkay]

7 million dollar videos!! 🤯 The kids of this era will NEVER 🙅🏾‍♀️ fathom, or understand that. I remember the first time I saw thriller, best it, bad, Billie Jean, smooth criminal, black or white, you rock my world, etc... They're shooting music videos in bandos, in the trap, on the block, in the hood, etc... Whoever thought we would be here today?

[@louisianacookingwithkay]

Bill is that dude, which is why I'm about to sit at this computer, chart, and watch "How to be A Player"

[@truthseekerone747]

LLMJ❤

[@jasondurham3867]

Vlad let a man who has actually interviewed Michael Jackson get his shit off!!! Damn!!! How can you kill the climax in the beginning of This man's story as he was explaining??? Such a Buzz Kill!!!

[@Kabeyavictoria]

TEAM MICHAEL JACKSON FOREVER TIL THE DAY I DIIIIIE

[@marar3042]

That's the way love goes was from the album Janet not from the album velvet rope

[@Larenztatewife]

Mj 🥺💜

[@tonybchannel3]

Shout out to Bob Jones for making the MJ/Bellamy interview happen.

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

What is this man health routine. He was grown when I was an adolescent and damn near still look the same. Also Bill got an all time classic stand up special. The while bit about playing games w/ his sister as a kid 😂 can never see a game of Trouble and not remember that bit.

[@BlackNAVYAmericanVET]

Question * why would Biggie Fan Boy MICHAEL in 95 , when he already recorded with him and been to Neverland Ranch with his Mom ?

[@Loveabounds.]

There will never and has never been a celebrity like MJ that dude was out of this world as far as his fame everybody on the planet knew his name and music he’s been dead more then a decade no one has replaced him

[@willstaywinning]

Thats the way love goes was before the velvet rope i think

[@jonsmith7504]

I didn't know he Interviewed all those people

[@Wonderouz]

Not the velvet rope. The janet album (93) mj interview (95)

[@BourneSupremacy1906]

I used to look up to this guy. If he did what that bodyguard claimed he a goofy.

[@Kabeyavictoria]

Plus, Michael was tall in height

[@GangstaLion]

He was like 5'9 he wasn't that tall. Steve Harvey looks way taller than him in pics they took together

[@kaymac227]

Michael Jackson was and will always be the G.O.A.T, PERIODT!

[@albertoperezgarcia701]

Bill looks like John Jones UFC

[@kungfu4003]

Great interviewer

[@timothyossei-berkoh9775]

Interview Dwayne Johnson!

[@rainman1985]

1:29 glad he cut vlad off to finish his story because vlad gets a lil too excited n always wants to throw in his lil 2 cents

[@Ronedymoore]

Vlad, let the man get his thoughts out before interrupting. Smh

[@christiandidonato]

MJ THE GOAT

[@charliehustle817]

Ain’t nobody fucjing with MIKE

[@newjerseynomad]

Bill is funnier now than before

[@kendricjonrs8581]

Bro, All of us who are that age.... REMEMBER that JANET interview! Jealous asf!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pike8840]

Mike is the Best And Greatest Music Artist and Entertainer Ever Sammy Davis Jr is The Most Talented Entertainer Ever

[@EuriLighting]

I want Bill to finally embrace his age. All that Just for men is not believable.

[@williewest2998]

Nobody Bigger Than Michael Jackson

[@BravoShow]

Nigga.... "That's the way love goes" is NOT on the Velvet Rope album. It was the leading single on the Janet album. The 1st single off Velvet Rope was "Got til it's gone," with Q-Tip... which she was accessed of stealing the melody from Desiree'. Which if u listen to the song in question, she definitely did, as much as it pains me to say. But how ya'll IN the industry but don't know this but I do?

[@arlandoamb6754]

I am a person who is just not impressed by peoples status. I have met some of the most famous people in the world never once. Did I ever feel nervous or anything. I just look at them as a normal person treated that won’t respect you like I would any person. I always find it funny that people are so starstruck by people. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@ashleyelizabeth8335]

He’s just giving his respect retrospectively.

[@quairan2099]

Wesley Snipes was already acting before Bad came out

[@ahmedsmith6106]

Wildcats. I think they mean most recognized from.

[@DetroitSki]

Can we talk about this haircut?

[@jaye5926]

nope 🙄

[@ryandavis8658]

Looks clean.

[@GReid-ol5gk]

Worried bout the wrong shit.

[@yogaqueen1527]

Vlad let him talk

[@samsmith1875]

Vlad can you let the man finish

[@TraxxJamez2088]

That’s the way goes isn’t on the velvet rope album 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@lamontwilliams4172]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AllOfKee]

Mj top tier

[@airjordanian1989]

Who cut bill Bellamys hair? smh

[@jamesbakerjr.618]

Why do all of these people put up with this guy?

[@mbf334]

MJ wouldn’t even do a Vlad interview

[@FaboChapo]

..

[@GG-bl9xt]

nj

[@domarq]

I HATE when people like Vladimir are pulling celebrity interviews....yet, can't do proper research on a timeline/fact/sequence of events. Just laziness 🙄 No one checked Bill on mixing the wrong Janet eras & songs?? THIS is one of many reasons I don't trust humans to give me definitive information about "God"/religion/history. Y'all can't even accurately recall a trivial event, from 30 years ago!!! So, I'm supposed to trust stories from humans....THOUSANDS of years ago!!?🤨🤨😒

[@willgee7777]

Is this why they killed him

[@gjd424]

Elvis Presley had 18 number ones ,MJ had 13, Elvis sold 500mil-1billion records, MJ sold 350-400mil records.

[@oemisc2880]

Elvis didn’t write or compose his songs, whereas most of MJ’s hits were written by MJ. Personally, I don’t know any fans of Elvis, but know many MJ fans, both young & old

[@gjd424]

@@oemisc2880 MJ stole Billie Jean from Donna Summers according to Quincy

[@oemisc2880]

@@gjd424 If that’s true, QC was a conspirator then because he was co-producer. He said lots of sh*t because he wanted more $$$$ from MJ’s estate

[@MikeCerrooq1zt]

Vlad is horrible

[@streetj3sus]

Bill belmey was always a low budget CB4 actor