Comments on: Madonna & Janet Jackson Pay Tribute To Michael Jackson At The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

By: vanessa

vanessa — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:34:53 +0000

I really like Madonna as an artist- but we could do without hearing all the similarities between them. Just say your piece and leave the stage (like everyone else). The speech DID seem like it went on forever watching it on t.v and that’s because she spent half of it making reference to herself.

LOL at the person who said she looked like the clown from Saw. Laughing my ass off.

By: obama1fan

obama1fan — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:55:17 +0000

the danser in da tribute killed da whole show. So stupid; how could he? How could he live with himself I hope other people noticied. Kanye-dissapointed

By: Sandman

Sandman — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:47:46 +0000

Agree with most people here… Only Madonna could make a tribute to someone else be all about herself. It was tacky and rude.

By: gemma

gemma — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:44:56 +0000

Wow, great speach from madonna. It was really special

By: mimi

mimi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:50:37 +0000

RIP MICHAEL JACKSON! <3
the tribute was very fitting and touching.
btw did anyone notice how one of the dancers in the front messed up that legendary "fall" move during the smooth criminal number. but what can we expect. nobody could ever do it as good as mj did<3
the scream tribute with janet was incredible and very touching!
LONG LIVE THE KING!

By: Marelle

Marelle — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:35:00 +0000

I couldn’t listen to her. I kept flipping channels. And, yes, she went on and on….but the musical tribute was pretty amazing and I am not one to get caught up in any of the hoop-lah. But, it really seemed like he was there. And, Janet was really great too.

By: shirlena

shirlena — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:18:33 +0000

what a self-absorbed bitch.

By: rockcandy

rockcandy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:10:55 +0000

Madonna forgot to compare her plastic surgery with MJ’s. She is starting to look freaky. Enough with the filler and botox Madge.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:46:20 +0000

I thought Madonna’s speech was great….and I thought the comparisons made it more personal since she actually DID know him. Anyone remember that they went to the Oscars together. Madonna haters….give it a rest.
Let’s hope Kanye used up the last of his popularity and just goes away, he has proven time and again that he has no class….just like when he was seated next to the Vice Pres of PETA at a fashion show and complained that there wasn’t enough fur in the show. IDIOT!

By: Lydia

Lydia — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:45:48 +0000

I’m not really a Madonna fan (although I love Bedtime Stories) and I usually think she appears to be arrogant. But I think her speech was heartfelt and gave us the opportunity to look at both her and Michael as people. I feel that not only was it a tribute to him, but also an attempt to get the public to realize that these people that we idolize and look up to are people as well and we should take into consideration and not be so quick to cause harm. I applaud her and her speech.
Janet was AMAZING. Of course, she usually tears down the house, but to see her do it for probably the most personal reason she ever has/will, gave me chills. She rocks!

By: PixiesBassline

PixiesBassline — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:33:54 +0000

I don’t think Madonna talked too much of herself. I think she said everything perfectly. Kanye is a bitch.

By: Devon

Devon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:01:07 +0000

Did anyone else notice that some of the dancers were some of Christina Aguilera’s regular tour dancers or am I obsessed to know that?

By: Kendra

Kendra — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:37:54 +0000

I thought Madonna looked like the clown from the Saw movies..

By: LOVE

LOVE — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:32:53 +0000

Chase- way to be petty and critical

By: CHASE

CHASE — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:34:48 +0000

Madonna’s speech was good despite her talking about herself. A lot of the time I felt like Madonna wanted to say, “He’s the greatest artist of all time, besides me, of course.” I don’t know. It was good but she shouldn’t have talked about herself so much at the same time. And jeez, her face was scary! Botox much? She reminded me of Paris Hilton and her little “wonk” eye(s). Is there bad blood between Janet and Madonna? Oh, and Janet’s performance gave me chills… I thought her dancing was going to be a bit better, to by honest. But she killed it. Absolutely.

By: karen

karen — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:34:24 +0000

I thought Madonna’s speech was excellent and did not go on too long.

She spoke more honestly than anyone else I’ve heard since he died. She did not ignore the negatives or pretend that she had been continuously supportive of him, which is something I feel everyone else has done — none of the celebrities who have spoken about him seem to acknowledge that they, too, turned their back on him.

I thought it was a beautiful speech and that the parts about her were right on target — they humanized the experience we all had of his death. And having someone who is equally (or almost equally) iconic to Michael humanize herself actually helped to humanize him, which is part of what she was trying to do. If she has a human story, and human reactions (didn’t we ALL go on the internet to watch old clips of him?), then so did he.

I am glad she did not do the typical speech about how he influence her as a performer; she easily could have gone that route, as most others have. Her speech brought something unique and a more honest, helpful dimension. I am truly impressed by it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:40:05 +0000

I liked Madonna’s speech. Yes, there was a lot about her, but that’s kind of how everyone reacted to his death, isn’t it? We all thought about who Michael Jackson was to us. That’s what we do as people, we relate to one another; it makes us human.

I’ll be honest, we were confused by Janet’s performance. Was Janet singing, or was she lip syncing to Michael’s vocal track?

By: Juniper

Juniper — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:27:51 +0000

I thought Madonna did a great job presenting her own feelings about Michael and how no one really knew him. He was lost, lonely and insecure. The man who seemingly had it all in fact didn’t have the one thing that meant the most to him. I agree that we all did abandon him at one point or another, something that even though I didn’t know him personally, I have felt quilty about since his death. I was always a huge MJ fan, but over the years all of the negativity got in the way and I stopped being excited about him. I always thought it was a witch hunt and that he really was misunderstood, but how much can one person take? Addiction can affect anyone, rich or poor, famous or average, it doesn’t matter. If only someone could have gotten through to him sooner. But his life and legacy will live on, there will never be another one like him, that’s for damn sure!

By: eightiesaddict

eightiesaddict — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:51:44 +0000

Chris Judd has a lot more class than J-Lo.

She needed to disappear for a least 5 years before returning, it feels like she never left.

By: Janelle

Janelle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:50:19 +0000

I’ve never seen ‘Scream’ performed. It’s one of the best songs by Michael and Janet, and I wish they could have at some point performed this together. (If they did, PLEASE let me know.) She did a spectacular job.
Janet rocks.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:45:45 +0000

I thought the tribute was incredible, but does anyone know what was up with one of the dancers in the front when they were doing the lean from Smooth Criminal? It looked like there was an issue that prevented them from doing it properly

By: Lana

Lana — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:41:25 +0000

The performance was beautiful. I love Janet so much. I’ve seen her live before and she put some amazing energy into that performance, it was epic.
Madonna’s speech was beautiful as well.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:27:11 +0000

@erika me too, And Chris Judd is an amazing dancer/choreographer

By: Jadedkitten

Jadedkitten — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:21:19 +0000

Not gonna lie all I was thinking was why is she trying to make it about herself…………

By: ERIKA

ERIKA — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:15:47 +0000

THE TRIBUTE WAS GREAT

I FIND IT FUNNY THAT J-LO WAS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH HER HUSBAND MARC ANTHONY AND HER EX-HUSBAND CRISS JUDD IS DANCING ON STAGE….I DON’T KNOW I JUST FOUND THAT TOO BE HIGHLARIOUS