June 25, 2010. As millions of fans worldwide light a candle in memory of Michael Jackson even as a small but rather vocal group continues to pan the late pop superstar—including, sadly, media practitioners themselves—there are those that have chosen to forget all the nastiness and focus, instead, on his enduring gift of music and magic.
Among 25 pop stars that participated in the little over six-minute long video tribute posted as early as June 22 on Billboard.com, our very own Asian breakthrough star, Charice Pempengco shared, "When I was 6 years old, like 5 or 6, that was the first time I saw Michael Jackson. To be serious, I mean, when I was, like, that age I thought about just being a dancer because of him.”
Charice is appears in the video tribute alongside American pop artists such as Christina Aguilera, Jason Derulo, Hanson, Jewel, Nelly, Lil Jon, the Jonas Brothers and many others.
But perhaps one of Charice’s most cherished memories of Michael Jackson, which the young star shared on “TV Patrol” in June last year, was not just dancing to his songs as a youngster but, fast forward to sometime recently (before Jackson had died, of course), being approached by Jackson’s lawyer at a Warner Bros. party to ask her to be one of his guests in his concerts.
According to the report, Charice shared that she learned Jackson saw her on “Oprah” but it was her YouTube performance of the moonwalk that had Jackson exclaiming, “I want this kid.” Charice then revealed what would have been a coup for any performer ever—a duet/dance off with the King of Pop on “Billie Jean.”
Source: Manila Bulletin
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