If they did this at all, it was just an inside joke based on the fact that so many people assume he's the same guy, which he is not:
Q: Who is Randy Jackson on ''American Idol''? Is he the same Randy Jackson of The Jackson 5?Go plug "randy jackson" into Google. There's a million of them out there.
T.L.S., DallasA: ''American Idol'' judge Randy Jackson has been in the music business for 20 years, but he's not a member of the Michael Jackson family.
Jackson is a Grammy Award-winning producer and a former vice president of A&R at both Columbia and MCA Records. He has recorded, toured and performed with the Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Madonna, Elton John, Destiny's Child and other music stars.
Michael Jackson's younger brother Steven ''Randy'' Jackson joined The Jacksons in 1976, replacing brother Jermaine.
It's not the same Randy. Randy Jackson is a highly-respected studio musician (he plays bass guitar), and briefly joined Journey just before Steve Perry left the group.
The other Randy Jackson should be so talented. In fact, the Randy from the Jacksons is probably happy to be mistaken for the AI judge rather than having to constantly answer the question, "What the heck's up with your freak brother?"
It's like Richard Hatch. Before Survivor, THE Richard Hatch was the TV actor who replaced Michael Douglas in The Streets of San Francisco cop show. Now, THE Richard Hatch is the fat, gay, nude guy who won the first Survivor.
He was imitating, gag alert. I grew up with the five from day one and I can guarantee you Randy is not the same Randy of the family, here are current pictures of The Jackson Randy, home photos:
Randy is the baby boy and second on the left
Randy is in the middle, does he look anything like AI's Randy to you?
These pictures are two years ago!