Michael Jackson's Weight and Diet | What Did He Eat?

david guest said that he had enjoyed fried chicken since childhood quote i remember he’d sit in his car take off the skin and say david now i’ve made it organic i can eat it however david guest mentioned how jackson became increasingly preoccupied with his weight and image as he developed into adulthood encouraging guests to slim down saying quote you’ve always got to improve to make yourself look better in the early 1980s michael jackson sought to lose weight due to his desire for a dancer’s body believing his

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movements would appear cleaner and more precise when performed by a more angular body by the time thriller was released michael had become a vegetarian and adopted a strict healthy lifestyle it was widely reported that michael jackson did not drink alcohol smoke or abuse illegal substances due to his entrenched religious beliefs adding to michael jackson’s goody two-shoes public image which was at odds with jackson’s mutt publicized endorsement of sugary soda brand pepsi cola that he reportedly never actually

drank during this period michael was open about fasting at least one day a week for religious as well as health reasons but instead of laying low that day to conserve his energy michael would dance non-stop on his portable dance floor in his bedroom um just something i decided to do for my body and i dance every sunday and i feel better doing it you just fast and dance i don’t eat anything but michael jackson’s restrictive diet didn’t stop there although a vegetarian he didn’t actually like vegetables very

much and wasn’t a fan of pasta dishes neither he soon became notorious for being a very picky eater catherine jackson mentioned that michael at one point employed a full-time chef but she didn’t know why he bothered because when she took him his food he’d eat two tablespoons then leave the rest during 1983 michael jackson’s dieting became more apparent as his weight dropped to a reported 120 pounds while filming the thriller music video those around him became increasingly concerned about michael jackson’s inconsistent eating habits as they were

preparing to embark on the jackson’s victory tour witnesses reported that he was often dizzy and speculated he was suffering from anorexia nervosa his mother recounted that he told her that quote i didn’t eat to live i’d never eat sometimes michael didn’t want to eat at all at least not a decent meal he once had a handful of m m’s and he was just popping those in his mouth one at a time saying that’s all he wanted and had not eaten anything else all day there were times when he would eat in his room and a salad was made for him he would

sometimes just eat half or just or just take a couple of bites and leave it catherine jackson also stated quote michael jackson enjoyed having the last word in our arguments about his diet you’re always worrying about me being too skinny he’d say but you know what my doctor told me i was in number one shape so stop worrying about me but ultimately 1984’s victory tour got the better of michael as he suffered from exhaustion and dehydration due to lack of rest after his physical exertion on stage as well as stress caused by family and

business dramas while on the road brazilian chef remy villarreal who was once employed by quincy jones and impressed jackson with her all-natural healthy vegetarian cooking remembers when she was in her apartment and received a phone call quote the person on the phone asked me to look outside he said see the limousine get in it now i told them i could not because i had to change my clothes because i was all dirty from cleaning they didn’t care i was taken to a big building in beverly hills and up to the very top penthouse

it was very luxurious the man on the other side of the desk handed me a ticket and said you are going to the airport right now here’s your ticket i asked him why he explained to me that michael jackson was having stomach aches and specifically requested me to be his nutritionist on the victory tour he was feeling sick to his stomach and refused to go on stage until they sent me to be his private cook they were all very nervous they said they were losing millions of dollars in cancelled shows and i had to go right

then years later when michael jackson chose to embark on his subsequent solo tours his doctor insisted that he go on a strict high protein diet including fish said he’d be able to keep his stamina up which michael reluctantly agreed to in later conversations jackson stated quote what turns me off is that i don’t like eating anything that used to be alive and now it’s dead on my plate i want to be a strict vegetarian but my doctors keep trying to throw in chicken and fish however the additional nourishment was

needed for jackson to perform in the manner he was used to and what his fans came to expect it was reported that jackson’s high energy performances were so physically grueling he lost weight every time he performed after each show it was said that he lost between 8 to 10 pounds his dresser michael bush even had pants with different waist sizes that jackson would change into during those shows corey rooney and chris apostle former sony executives spoke about the discussions they had with michael jackson about a tour that could support

his 2001 album invincible quote corey i can’t tour anymore it will kill me okay remember when i was preparing for my concert and i passed out at the sony studio well it’s because when i get ready for a tour i get dehydrated i don’t eat i don’t drink i don’t sleep i put so much of myself into preparing for it jackson reportedly said he wanted to continue to put out albums till he couldn’t do it anymore but he just couldn’t tour again however despite a lack of touring weight fluctuations would become a recurring

problem as the years went on a few months after the allegations became news in 1993 he had stopped eating all together and lost approximately 10 pounds in weight in a matter of weeks according to jackson he had a tendency to stop eating when quote really upset or hurt and longtime friend elizabeth taylor had to make him eat during this ordeal quote she took the spoon and would put it into my mouth he said that he eventually became unconscious and had to be fed intravenously it was around this time that jackson

developed a drug addiction that became unmanageable the stress from this case put enormous pressure on the fragile health of michael jackson although the charges were dropped and the boy refused to testify any further against this quote best friend the damage was already done years later during his 2005 child molestation trial michael jackson resorted to medicating himself in order to numb the mental and physical pain he was suffering with as a result of the stress he endured during the high profile proceedings as a result his

health diminished nutritionist dick gregory reported that during the trial michael jackson’s weight had fallen significantly as he was barely able to stay above 100 pounds the entertainer didn’t eat and drink enough because michael’s family were so concerned they turned to gregory for help gregory also admitted that his client often collapsed when he returned to his neverland valley ranch after days in court quote he was stronger at the trial than he was when he got home in the evening that’s when he was able to

collapse and deal with the pain and feel the hurt of his body he was a zombie he just didn’t have an appetite and he wasn’t eating there was nothing he could do to get his appetite back after being found not guilty michael jackson resorted to his self-imposed isolation and fell into deeper drug dependency staff around him noticed that he didn’t like to eat much after taking medications and even though jackson didn’t eat all that much he still made time to sit down with his kids for a meal together quote even though he’d say

a lot of times i’m not hungry this is what he wanted to do he was a prime example of a very good father said director and friend spike lee in 2009 lou ferrigno who personally helped jackson train for his upcoming this is it london performances suggested that his eating regimen was far from ideal quote he only ate once a day and it was always a running joke with us that i need to put meat on his bones but i just told him the proper supplements to take he might have been a little thin because he was under a lot of stress and

training for the tour verigno said but when i put him through the routine and everything it was just fine i mean very energetic michael jackson would often skip meals and at one point a person was employed solely to remind him to eat the tour director would help by cutting up jackson’s chicken fork karen fay his makeup artist and friend said in an interview that she could actually see his heartbeat through his skin chest she immediately told his manager frank deleo who answered so get him a bucket of chicken mike la baruch michael’s former security

said quote he was always then but he was also in the middle of a very stressful time getting ready for the tour he noted that he last saw jackson at a beverly hills restaurant quote i even said to him michael this is the skinniest i’ve ever seen you he said well i’ve been rehearsing on june 26 2009 the morning after michael jackson’s sudden death from cardiac arrest jackson weighed 136 pounds and measured 5.

75 feet tall according to details taken during his autopsy jackson’s stomach was absolutely empty of any food except for partially dissolved drugs which took a few hours before his final moments watch part two where we asked the question did michael jackson suffer from an eating disorder and did his low weight contribute to his untimely death also if you enjoyed watching make sure to hit thumbs up and subscribe for more michael jackson videos like this one we’ll see you next time