Chris Tucker was able to establish a friendship with Michael Jackson before he passed away, and Chris Tucker talks about how he made the King of Pop laugh. In addition to giving some insight into what it was like to hang with Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker talks about his first standup comedy movie in this exclusive interview. Listen!
You need to go to the website and listen. I couldn't add it here. He first sings (lol) "Another part of me" and then talks about Michael starting in 2:30
http://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/786793/chris-tucker-michael-jackson-comedy-interview/
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a rush transcript (parts omitted and not exact wording) - still listen to him.
Q - what was it like to be a friend of Michael?
Chris - It was incredible man. He was like a modern day King and he was the nicest guy ever. He was my friend of mine and of course I was a fan of his. I grew up being his fan. My biggest moment with Michael was when I made him laugh and I didn't even know.... He would just be laughing.
Q - What kind of stuff he'd be laughing?
Chris - He would just laugh to the way I talk cause I guess he thought I was country. And he would say my name like "chri" (Try to do jokes Michael?)
Q - (says something like if he would play jokes on Michael)
Chris - oh no no I was scared he would thrown me out of Neverland. I wanted to stay at Neverland. I was like uh no.
Chris - He changed my name , he started to call me Christmas. I didn't know who he was talking about. He said "Hey Christmas", I said "who are you talking about?" what is wrong with him? He said " I'm talking about you. Your name sounds like Christmas. It's beautiful. You should keep it." Mike was a genius man.
Q - So when you hang around would there a bunch of people around or would it be you and Mike time?
Chris - Most of the time it would be me and Michael cause most of the time I would catch up with him. It would be me and him and security guys.
Q - Did Michael smoke?
Chris - no no
Chris - One time we were at Vegas and this is crazy Michael went shopping. We went to this place at the Venetian. That's when I realized I was with Michael Jackson. I mean these people swarm him like Jesus. I couldn't believe it. They pushed me out of the way. They thought I was his security guard. They were like "Man Michael Jackson's security guy looks like Chris Tucker". I was like "Damn get off of me. Michael gotta go"
He said "Chrismas stay up keep up. You are a great security guard. You are great Chris. You got me out of that mall."
Q- What did he say?
Chris - He said "You got me right out of that mall. You should be a security guard. You are great, you are funny too." I love that I made him laugh. That was the thing.
You need to go to the website and listen. I couldn't add it here. He first sings (lol) "Another part of me" and then talks about Michael starting in 2:30
http://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/786793/chris-tucker-michael-jackson-comedy-interview/
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a rush transcript (parts omitted and not exact wording) - still listen to him.
Q - what was it like to be a friend of Michael?
Chris - It was incredible man. He was like a modern day King and he was the nicest guy ever. He was my friend of mine and of course I was a fan of his. I grew up being his fan. My biggest moment with Michael was when I made him laugh and I didn't even know.... He would just be laughing.
Q - What kind of stuff he'd be laughing?
Chris - He would just laugh to the way I talk cause I guess he thought I was country. And he would say my name like "chri" (Try to do jokes Michael?)
Q - (says something like if he would play jokes on Michael)
Chris - oh no no I was scared he would thrown me out of Neverland. I wanted to stay at Neverland. I was like uh no.
Chris - He changed my name , he started to call me Christmas. I didn't know who he was talking about. He said "Hey Christmas", I said "who are you talking about?" what is wrong with him? He said " I'm talking about you. Your name sounds like Christmas. It's beautiful. You should keep it." Mike was a genius man.
Q - So when you hang around would there a bunch of people around or would it be you and Mike time?
Chris - Most of the time it would be me and Michael cause most of the time I would catch up with him. It would be me and him and security guys.
Q - Did Michael smoke?
Chris - no no
Chris - One time we were at Vegas and this is crazy Michael went shopping. We went to this place at the Venetian. That's when I realized I was with Michael Jackson. I mean these people swarm him like Jesus. I couldn't believe it. They pushed me out of the way. They thought I was his security guard. They were like "Man Michael Jackson's security guy looks like Chris Tucker". I was like "Damn get off of me. Michael gotta go"
He said "Chrismas stay up keep up. You are a great security guard. You are great Chris. You got me out of that mall."
Q- What did he say?
Chris - He said "You got me right out of that mall. You should be a security guard. You are great, you are funny too." I love that I made him laugh. That was the thing.
