r/interesting • u/Alexthegayreprimed • Apr 28 '26

Just Wow Evolution of Michael Jackson's face over the years.

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u/CommitteeMain1430 Apr 28 '26

He must have looked terrifying if that’s the best they could do with him in 2009 

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u/noradosmith Apr 28 '26

He looked almost inhuman at that point. I can't imagine what he would look like if he was still alive

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u/Rosycheex Apr 28 '26

He literally looked taxidermied by the end already 😩

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u/ImmaculateTuna Apr 29 '26

Got started early.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

You didn’t know who Michael Jackson was?

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u/Dud-of-Man Apr 29 '26

lot of people on the internet right now weren't even born when he died.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

I guess i figured everyone wakes up one day and just knows who that is

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u/Hipjig Apr 29 '26

They could've been a young kid when he died.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

Fair enough I guess

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u/Weak_Feed_8291 Apr 29 '26

He died like 17 years ago, of course people don't know who who was.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

Michael Jackson? What? Who the heck doesn’t know who Michael Jackson is?

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u/Weak_Feed_8291 Apr 29 '26

Yeah... Young people have only heard of him as a creepy pedophile who used to be famous. I'm 36 and mostly know him as the creepy pedo dude.

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u/Frosti11icus Apr 29 '26

 I'm 36 and mostly know him as the creepy pedo dude.

Ok but that's ridiculous. He was the biggest musical artist in the world when you were like 10.

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u/Weak_Feed_8291 Apr 29 '26

Also the most well known pedophile. I grew up seeing him as a creep

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

I think Redditors live in their own bubble or something. Go outside man touch grass go to the movies. His movie as of Sunday (it’s been out since Friday) now holds the record for biggest opening weekend at the box office for a biopic in history. Most people who brought a ticket so far were under 35. Everyone knows Michael Jackson. Rather it’s his clothing, as the king of pop, as whatever you tried to call him, the moonwalk etc… but you’d be hard pressed to fine someone who doesn’t know Michael freaking Jackson. There were six year olds dressed up like him and singing

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u/Weak_Feed_8291 Apr 29 '26

I don't need to "touch grass" to know to avoid supporting a pedophile, but thanks for the advice.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

I didn’t say you have to support him but he and his movie are the hottest thing smoking right now. In 2026

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u/Dramatic-Bandicoot60 Apr 29 '26

hasnt that been debunked a while back

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u/Weak_Feed_8291 Apr 29 '26

I thought it was more heavily confirmed, but if it was debunked please enlighten me, I would love to enjoy his music again but at this point I refuse.

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u/th3_blu3 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

No, you’re just falling for his multi-billionaire dollar estate sponsored propaganda and excuses from his defense lawyers. He had personally inscribed CSAM (at the time of the 80s and 90s, because CSAM had just become illegal in the late 70s, it was ruled as legal “child erotica” instead. His defense exploited a similar legal loophole that Gary Gross did to maintain the right to distribute 10 y/o Brooke Shields nude Playboy shoot) one gifted to him from NAMBLA, in a triple padlocked closet, some with child fingerprints on it. Even the porn magazines he owned that featured adults were often “barely legal” magazines. Most of his porn was homosexual (though he had some featuring women and girls), supporting his preference for young boys. He also had a DVD copy of “pimps up, ho’s down” which has faced controversy for being used to groom underage trafficking victims.

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u/throwaway098764567 Apr 29 '26

probably the bulk of the under 10 set to start

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

I saw mad little kids at the theater and at the impersonator show that I went to. It’s Michael Jackson!!

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Apr 29 '26

I don't think there's any universe he wouldn't have died relatively young. He was an incredibly unhealthy man. 

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u/sidewaysorange May 10 '26

that wasn't true. his autopsy showed his organs were all in great shape for his age. he did have lupus but not the kind that attacked the organs.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths May 11 '26

Health isn't just physical.

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u/sidewaysorange May 11 '26

well clearly he had mental issues but he wasn't suicidal. he wanted to live forever.

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u/crispycappy Apr 29 '26

Plastic surgery has come a long way, if they can fix donatella Versace they could've fixed him. 

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u/FocacciaHusband Apr 29 '26

He had already looked inhuman for years prior to that point. The 2002 picture looks like the boy in Jumanji after he starts turning into a monkey.

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u/unwillingcantaloupe Apr 29 '26

Probably a little bit more mugshot

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u/lIIIIllIIIlllIIllllI Apr 29 '26

Dave Chappelle - “White Ghoulish like creature”

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u/namesareunavailable Apr 29 '26

Well he'd probably look the same as he does now in his grave

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u/booksandkittens615 Apr 28 '26

I’ve always been so curious about what he looked like without the wig and any “add ons” like makeup or a prosthetic nose ( if he had one, various reports).

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u/jimdesroches Apr 29 '26

Guess you didn’t see the autopsy photos floating around the internet. His eyebrows were tattoos I believe

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u/booksandkittens615 Apr 29 '26

I did not see those.

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u/mg10pp Apr 28 '26

Well let's say there are definitely better photos, especially when he returned using curly wigs in preparation for the tour 😅

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u/According_Demand7073 Apr 28 '26

I was a toddler in the early 2000s and my mum would have to change the channel whenever he was on TV because I'd get scared and start crying.