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American Idol: Jackson Family Offended By James Durbins Comments
American Idols resident rocker, James Durbin brought the house down on last weeks Elton John performance night as he danced around a stage filled with flames. After his performance he was asked by Ryan Seacrest if he was worried about dancing around the stage with all those flames in which James replied I have a lot of hairspray in my hair to keep it from jumping around so much so, the one thing I was worried about was having a Pepsi moment. The seemingly innocent comment by James was a joke about an on set accident in 1984 when Michael Jackson was badly burned during the shooting of a Pepsi commercial by some pyro effects gone wrong. The burns Michael Jackson suffered from the incident reportedly led to his addiction to pain medications and prescription drugs.
According to TMZ.com, Michael Jacksons family took offense to the comment by stating We were shocked to see this. Its nothing to make light of and everybody should be focusing on who was responsible for Michaels death. They also reported that Joe Jackson was left wondering why the comment was not cut out of the West Coast episode. James Durbin has since apologized via Twitter as he posted For anyone talking I said Pepsi NOT MJ! I have no disrespect for Michael. I grew up singing his art. I guess youll take it how you want it. Talking about MJs passing is too soon. Making a reference to an incident 25 years ago..not too soon. The stab was at Pepsi people.