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In preparation for his increased holiday schedule including two shows every night, three on Saturday and four on Thanksgiving David Copperfield did a rare phone interview with Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

He answers seven questions, and gives the story behind reports that he and Michael Jackson had a falling out over money before the singer died.

3. Did Michael Jackson really ask him to work on the London concerts?

“We never even spoke about it,” Copperfield says, adding reports that the two fell out over money to the list of wrongs done by the media. When the magician did help Jackson with illusions on a past tour, “No money changed hands. I did it as a friend.”

DC also addresses a thinly veiled question about Criss Angel Believe, the Masked Magician, how he dealt with negative press after his legal troubles and if he is in a creative “holding pattern.”

Great get for Weatherford.

  • timothydrake
    MJ's side was made up. Its called PR for the planned upcoming tour. Copperfields people came right out and said it was NOT true only days after it started to hit the news back then. MJ had his chance to dispute it then but didn't. After all... it was keeping his tour in the news.

    BTW... you never did hear MJ say it. You just read a press report that never quoted him either. Thats they way you release BS press reports. Never tie yourself directly to it so you can deny it later. LOL
  • Justin_Sane
    This is too weird. Well we have DC's side of the story. I wish I could hear MJ's side. Did DC really ask for a staggering 1 million per show as MJ's people maintained? If you google this you get a bunch of similiar reports. There was a report they met at DC's place and were making plans. Did DC get his buddy Weatherford to help him do damage control? Why would MJ's people just make that up? Maybe one of MJ's brothers could shed some light on this for MJ's sake (R.I.P).
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