Michael Jackson’s son Prince recently chatted with Hotboxin’ Podcast’s Mike Tyson. Prince opened up about why his father actually changed his skin color. Before Prince explained, Tyson shared the time he asked Michael the same question; he said:
“Everybody thought he [Michael Jackson] was changing his skin because he wanted to be white. He wanted to change it because he wanted the glow. He wanted to be the light to shine.”
When Prince heard Tyson’s words about how Michael viewed his skin color transition, he shared how his dad explained his condition to him. He expressed:
“He was definitely on another plane. When I was younger, you know he was always explaining to me about that. He had a skin condition called Vitiligo, I don’t know what the actual medical term is…”
Prince also shared that his father’s skin condition had affected his mental health by adding:
“I think it was even on the autopsy report. I think the cause of it… It’s up for speculation, but it’s either Vitiligo or some form of Lupus that contributed to the Vitiligo. He had a lot of insecurity around looking blotchy in his appearance, so he wanted to see if he could smooth out his appearance to help with his security on I guess his physical appearance.”
Besides Michael’s skin color change, he also had several nose surgeries for various reasons. He had one after breaking his nose during rehearsal, another one to fix his breathing difficulties and the third time after a burning accident during a commercial shoot. The only time Michael had willingly undergone plastic surgery was for his chin dimple, which he shared in his 1988 autobiography, ‘Moonwalk.’
You can watch Prince Jackson’s interview with Hotboxin’ Podcast’s Mike Tyson below.
