Michael Jackson Used Diddy So He Could Dance With Beyonce

@Z und Vielpunkt's chick
A watered down version of Diana Ross/Tina Turner, to be sure.

@ ChillbearLatrigue
Prince? Nope. For one, MJ was a big influence on Beyonce. I remember in an interview she said she wanted to marry him
when she was younger, and how attractive [he was] during the 'Number Ones' music videos special. She also presented two awards to Michael (search 'Michael Jackson Beyonce' in YouTube) at the World Music Awards last year.

HymanDictys

@ambitious: I remember seeing that, and it was indeed hilarious. Wasn't it on a VH1 special or something?

Funny thing is, I also vaguely recall an interview where George Harrison ended up doing an MJ impersonation. I think it was on an audio clip on the Beatles' official Web site when they released the 1 CD a few years back. They had some interviews with the band, and I think the context was that George was talking about how Michael called him wanting to cover one of the songs George had written. (His songs aren't part of the Lennon/McCartney catalog that Michael bought.) Pretty sure George said no.

FYI, "didey" is a slang word for diaper.

deltasierra

Um, Diddy ain't no Michael Jackson!

MelitaPolyhymnia

@Steverino Begins: Well, I remember one of MJ's friends saying in an interview a while ago that MJ was a fan of Beyonce (among other artists). So I can buy it. XD

@BxgrlJeri: agreed, I thought that he was pretty funny. I know this sounds crazy, but I like him more after seeing his ultra positive Twitter feed, even though he can be a bit much. It's just not how I imagined him to be. I think he's gonna be a funny comic actor.

@pattycakes: Not gay. A damaged pedophile.

Queen of the Passive Aggressives

@Paul.B.Dodd: One of the best stories to this affect (and one that cracks me up every time) was told by Paul McCartney. He said while they were recording together and hanging out he was telling MJ that buying/owning the rights to music was the way to go. And (please imagine Paul rising into falsetto because that was the good part) MJ pointed at him and said "I'm going to buy YOURS! (tee hee)"

And then he did.

ambitious

The best part of the show wasn't even Diddy, it was Dave's "creepy orphan" barbs in the next interview, and his reference that he'd be apologizing again for that (and then kept it up).

And Vera or whatever her name was, knew she had lipstick on her teeth and kept trying to get it off, talk without a big smile. She finally took a drink of water after asking if Diddy had diddled in it or something...That was a way better interview.

@VoxPopuli: By the same token when I listened to it earlier, I was barely awake, but I could'a sworn he said "dick." Which is probably not right, given this damp Northeastern morning ear-clog air! Anyway, yeah, "dip" is more likely.

Spirit Fingers

@Spirit Fingers: I'm pretty sure he said "dip." As in French Onion goodness.

I'm not sure if you're joking and I haven't had enough coffee to figure it out.

How strange. Just like most MJ stories, it's hard to tell who was fronting--MJ to Diddy, Diddy to Letterman, or both.

that couldn't have been a white party because neither of them is wearing white.

zahava

It's probably because Beyonce reminds him of Diana Ross.

Z und Vielpunkt's chick

@WackoJacko: Well, MJ could have simply been seeking Beyonce for ask if she wanted to go shopping..

I liked the Diddy-deadpan when Letterman made the dick joke. Which I thought was a little much.

Spirit Fingers

Obviously it's hard to confirm this story but I think one of interesting things that's coming to light after MJ's death is that he was not the frail, sensitive, musical genius/man-child the media has been portraying him for years. Like anyone with influence, he was just as manipulative and egotistical as the next guy.

Paul.B.Dodd

@BxgrlJeri: He's not stupid. He's seen what happened to McCain and Palin when they crossed Dave.

Paul.B.Dodd

@mattchew03: And, would Jay-Z really care if MJ wanted to dance with Beyonce? I doubt Jay-Z would be threatened by a pop legend who I think we can all agree at this point was gay. Silly Diddy....anything to try and get some publicity.

pattycakes

Other than the bizarre MJ story, which I felt was bizarre and not really the truth, I thought that Diddy (whom I don't really like) was pretty personable in the interview. I was surprised.

Is it me, or did MJ look like a 1950s home maker in that photo? I believe his lashes were made from Himalayan snow leopard tho.

I'm thinking that Combs may have MJ confused with Prince. This seems to fit the latter's M.O.

In Sean Combs' suggesting that MJ was trying to "holla" at Beyonce, is it just me or does this smell kind of like the Mormon baptism of the dead ritual, except one could maybe call it the posthumous straightening out of the gay? I find that the tiniest bit hilarious/inappropriate.

I thought that was Terry Hatcher and Redd Foxx.

Queen of the Passive Aggressives

What does this mouth breather do again?

NigelAstydameia

Assuming that Diddy was correct in saying that the picture was taken six years ago, Beyonce actually would have been with Jay-Z at the time (they started dating in 2002).

Yes. OK. But where was Kanye in all of this? Because we just need him in addition to Diddy and HOVA to make one world-ending trifecta of autofellatio.

Terrafractal