Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Magic Johnson, Michael Jackson, and Kentucky Fried Chicken

At the memorial service, Magic Johnson shared a funny story about Michael Jackson.

Johnson went to Jackson's home to discuss being in a video, "Remember the Time."

MAGIC JOHNSON: So I went over to his house to have dinner. The chef came out and said, 'What would you like?'

I said, 'Some grilled chicken.'

So as we begin to talk about the video and what he wanted me to do, the chef brought me out the grilled chicken. But he brought Michael out a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

And I went crazy, like, 'Wait a minute! Michael, you eat Kentucky Fried Chicken?'

That made my day. That was the greatest moment of my life. We had such a good time sitting on the floor, eating that bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

a brillian marketing campaign by KFC. Now people can associate thier emotional feelings for Michael Jackson and Magic Johnson, by going and getting a bucket of grilled chicken from KFC. worth 10's of millions of dollars in marketing to KFC. I wonder how much Magic Johnson got paid to tell that story, 2 million bucks or more?

Mary said...

Although it's unquestionably good press for KFC, I don't think Johnson was paid to tell the story.

Good grief.

He was speaking at a memorial service!

Anonymous said...

"good grief" - so what? If you are stupid enough to think that celebvrities dont appear at a memorial service with that kind of media coverage with some idea to help themselves while they are there, you will be seeing Michael in the frozen food section of your local grocery store in a matter of months

Mary said...

You have a heart of stone.

Anonymous said...

Well...who's lying then? I thought it was common knowledge that Michael Jackson was a strict vegetarian....

Anonymous said...

Magic used to advertise for KFC...

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=52819

Anonymous said...

Magic lied!? I agree, it was well known that MJ was a vegetarian.

Anonymous said...

Forget whether it was a marketing campaign or not!! MICHAEL JACKSON ate Kentucky Fried Chicken!!
Thats awesome.

Anonymous said...

Michael Jackson did eat KFC.

Here's a 2004 blog post of his airflight food was KFC,

http://ronmwangaguhunga.blogspot.com/2004/03/jaco-has-kfc-for-every-lunch-and.html

and here's a late 2008 sighting of Jackson with his entourage at a KFC drive thru.

http://www.mjjboard.com/showthread.php?t=5759