Mark Ronson has opened up about his experience as a young teen attending an after-party with Michael Jackson and how allegations against the singer since have made him re-examine the moment
DJ Mark Ronson has candidly confessed he had to re-examine his past friendship with Michael Jackson following the allegations made against the late star. Ronson, now 50, was introduced to the King of Pop as a young teen.
Ronson admitted he spent an evening with the Beat It singer in a hotel room at the age of 13. And now the music producer has said he has had to reflect on their time together after a number of claims by others.
A number of allegations have been made against Jackson over the years. These include claims made by Wade Robson and James Safechuck in the documentary Leaving Neverland 2.
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The two men allege they were sexually abused as children by pop star, with the pair bringing lawsuits against MJJ Ventures, which is owned by the Jackson estate, and MJJ Productions, accusing the company of failing to protect them from Jackson. They even went as far as saying they made sure the singer could get them alone.
Prior to his death in 2009, Jackson strongly denied any claims of misconduct that were made against him.
Now, Ronson has opened up on his previous meetings with the singer, to whom he was introduced to by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s son Sean. Ronson later attended an afterparty with around 50 others in Jackson’s hotel room.
In Ronson’s new book, he insists nothing untoward ever took place between the pair. However, he did say the moments sound strange.
Excerpts in The Sun reveal Ronson speaking about the after-party experience. He said: “I think Michael hung out at Sean’s house and then the next night we went to see the Bad Tour. And then Michael had a big after-party in his hotel room.
“He was just obsessed with throwing these soggies out the window – like taking big mounds of toilet paper and making them damp and then throwing them at parked cars. It’s so crazy to say it out loud.”
Ronson admitted that even at that age, his passion was to be in the music studio. “I wanted to get a cool hook from Michael Jackson to take back.
“Like, ‘You guys go play and run around like kids, I am going to use this Michael Jackson meeting to like get something, get a song out of it’,” he said.
Sadly, the melody never came and Mark has added that since the other allegations have been made public, he has re-examined that moment a number of times.
“Of course I put it back through that lens a hundred times,” he said. “I was like, for whatever reason, there was nothing weird or untoward on that night.”
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