Liza Minnelli: They’re Still Making Money Off Michael Jackson

Liza Minnelli, the acclaimed Oscar-winning actress, was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 9. On the show, Ellen said she is a fan of the King of Pop and how she regrets that she never had the chance to meet him. She said that, as a fan, it is very difficult to endure his murder trial. She then asked Liza whether she follows the trial. Liza: "I follow it to some extent. But when the media gets fish out of this water and turns it into entertainment and business, I think to myself that everyone is still making money off him. He was never able to live comfortably without someone saying, ‘Come on, let’s make money off Michael.’" When Liza first saw Michael, he was still a child. She says that Michael was: "Very funny, and everything in this world was interesting to him." "He was interested in my father (Vincent Minnelli, the director) and would visit him. He would have dinner with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck. He learned from all these people like a sponge and took part in incredible conversations with them." Liza said their last meeting was in 2000, at the celebration of Michael Jackson’s 30th anniversary of his solo career at Madison Square Garden in New York. Ellen said it seems that the This Is It concerts would have been another extraordinary show, and Liza Minnelli noted: "Yes! Nobody worked as hard as he did." Source: eMJey.com / Examiner