- by Jason Gregory
- Wednesday, December 31, 2008
- Photo by: WENN / Splash News
BBC 'Drops Paul McCartney's Michael Jackson Impression'
The BBC will no longer show an interview in which Sir Paul McCartney impersonates Michael Jackson’s voice, it’s been reported.
The corporation is said to have feared the former Beatle’s "trans-racial impression" could have proved controversial.
Sir Paul is understood to have replied in the voice when asked to comment on the singer, according to the Telegraph.
"McCartney started to reply in this high-pitched Jacko voice, and apparently it was very funny. But the BBC - deeply nervous, perhaps because of the Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair - has declined to broadcast the interview,” a BBC source told the Daily Mail.
Asked to explained why the interview was deemed to have been potentially offensive, the source replied: "They say it's a 'trans-racial impression' - that's what they say in a memo - and even by Macca that is beyond the pale."
Sir Paul dueted with Jackson on the 1982 single 'The Girl Is Mine', but the pair fell out when Jackson bought the rights to part of the Beatles' music library.
CLICK HERE to see the BBC's response to this story.
As previously reported on Gigwise, Sir Paul dubbed Jackson “awfully good” at a recent press conference in London.
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- more ridiculous censorship from the beeb. this country has gone to the fucking dogs. show the interview!!!
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- Michael Jackson why they just dont leave him in peace, why?????????????????????
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- Yes they should show the interview, so that everybody can see how disrespectful and low this man is, but keep protecting Paul, just kill Michael, he is just you know a weirdo, lets kill him because of this, this is so low.
- Paul get over this you will never be at MJ's level, you were good yes with the Beatles, but John was far better then you. OLD MAN HAVE TAKE YOUR PILLS OF TODAY;
Michael Jackson ok, is easy to take you down now, so the fools faces are going to start to appear now
- Go away Paul, and stop whinning about Michael having the catalogue, you sold it, he bought it, end of story!
The BBC should axe the whole thing, Michael is a human being he is worth 10 of McCartney.
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