JOINS PEPSI!
Deal with the Devil?
Michael Jackson's Estate has just made a huge deal with Pepsi -- the company whose 1984 commercial arguably ruined his life, and some say it's a deal with the devil.
You'll recall, MJ's hair famously caught fire during a pyrotechnic mishap while filming the commercial -- causing severe burns on his scalp that led MJ to become a hardcore prescription drug addict ... and that addiction eventually led him to Dr. Conrad Murray
The MJ Estate feels Pepsi is the right company to join forces with for a couple of reasons. First, Michael himself worked with Pepsi twice after the incident, once in 1988 and again in 1991, so the singer obviously didn't hold a grudge. And a spokesperson for the estate tells us, "We're here to market the re-release of the 'Bad' album and Pepsi is the most effective place to do it."
But lots of people blame the Pepsi shoot for putting MJ on a drug-fueled path of self-destruction -- including one of the singer's former managers Frank Cascio, who said MJ was introduced to Demerol (a heroin-like opioid) following the accident ... to help deal with the pain.
The Jackson/Pepsi promotion will vary country-to-country -- but will include a TV commercial, special edition cans with Jackson's image, and chances to win downloadable remixes of Jackson's songs.
Boy they are going to milk every penny from that poor dead sucker.
ReplyDeleteThe whole family is a bunch of leeches, trading on his name rather than get an honest job.
I sure hope the money, at least a good portion of it, finds it's way into the kids' bank accounts.
The Genie
I agree .
ReplyDeleteMJ can't get rest in death .
I will get out my 'Crystal Ball' take a look .
Better yet ... maybe just cast a spell on the poor devils.
The Witchy One