MJ's Explosive Pepsi Shoot Video -- 25 Years Later

Video from the 1984 Pepsi shoot where Michael Jackson's hair caught fire ... finally released.



The video, obtained by US Magazine, shows exactly what went down when a pyrotechnic mishap ended in Michael's scalp being scorched.

After the accident, Jackson became addicted to painkillers.


Tags: burns, commercial, explosion, fire, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, painkillers, pepsi

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31. I always knew Jacko was FLAMING HOMO. This proves it.

Posted at 2:41PM on Jul 15th 2009 by John Galt for President 2012

32. OMG, this breaks my heart!

Posted at 6:18PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Susie

33. Too much Afro- Sheen

Posted at 2:15PM on Jul 15th 2009 by rocket scientist

34. this is to much!!!! i can believe TMZ is putting this on internet. Nothing can stay private even not after his dead.
R.I.P. Michael , you had to go trough that, but most of all you became the King of Pop anyway. No wonder you had to go on the painkillers.. it must had been hard for you. xxx from Holland

Posted at 1:52PM on Jul 15th 2009 by joann

35. Poor Michael! I truly believe his life would've been so different if it never happened! He probably wouldn't have started to take pain pills!

Posted at 1:52PM on Jul 15th 2009 by BabyGirl

36.
OMG-- THAT POOR MAN!!!

Posted at 1:52PM on Jul 15th 2009 by JANE DOE

37. I'd always heard he did that spin to try and put out the fire. He must have felt it! In a wierd way this was the start of his downfall :-(

Posted at 4:18PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Emma

38. This is just horrific and I think MJ would have been mortified to have the world see how badly his scalp was burned. There are some things that are better off not exposed to the media and the world. That being said, I watched it, so I guess I'm as guilty as anyone else. Poor MJ.

Posted at 1:53PM on Jul 15th 2009 by SMS

39. I thought it was worst than that. My bro burnt his leg from gasoline and matches as a kid. it's much worst.

Posted at 3:09PM on Jul 15th 2009 by samo

40. ooh my god.... i could see the flesh on Michael's head...... he must've been in extreme pain! god when you let that happen to Michael!!!?? he had a thick afro and he was so concentrated on dancing, didn't even feel it until the fire got to his skin!!! OMG OMG OMG.... it makes me sick to the stomach seeing Michael in pain ;-(

Posted at 1:54PM on Jul 15th 2009 by This Is It

41. so sad for him the pain must have been unbearable.

Posted at 2:01PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Faith

42.
RIP MJ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:53PM on Jul 15th 2009 by JANE DOE

43. His scalp is blacker than his face. Hmm.

Also, it couldn't have been that painful, he didn't even know he was burning and kept dancing until people tackled him.

Posted at 1:54PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Hank

44. "If it were a person less sympathetic to the drive-by media...let's say a Rush Limbaugh...then I'm sure he'd be the receiver of jokes and put-downs."Posted at 1:45PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Karen

Huh??? Are you suggesting that Michael Jackson was never the receiver of jokes and put downs?? Karen, have you been on the same planet as the rest of us for the past twenty years?! Michael Jackson's name and reputation were dragged through the mud constantly by the media and his life put under a microscope and constantly mocked.

Wow...

Posted at 1:54PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Secret

45.
#34 "HANK"
YOU ARE SOME HEARTLESS RACIST HATER!
PROUD OF YOURSELF??

Posted at 1:55PM on Jul 15th 2009 by JANE DOE

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