Weird Al Yankovic Recalls Meeting Michael Jackson as 'Like Meeting an Alien'
Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/weird-al-said-meeting-this-cultural-icon-was-like-meeting-an-alien/
Executive Briefing
- Describes Jackson as 'so iconic' and 'bigger than life' that meeting him felt surreal, not human
- Reveals a legal document exists co-crediting Jackson and himself as co-writers of 'Eat It'
- Notes 'Eat It' transformed him overnight from unknown to a 'very well-known jerk from L.A.'
- Discloses Jackson invited him to Neverland Ranch but declined, saying 'it wouldn't have been cool to go'
- Confirms 'Eat It' peaked at No. 12 in the U.S. and No. 1 in Australia, his top chart position until 2006
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