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Lionel Richie Says Pal Michael Jackson Was Nicknamed 'Smelly' for Poor Hygiene: 'He'd Wear Pants Until They Were Unwearable'

I have been on the old gearslutz forums where some of his previous engineers and musical collaborators sometimes posted. They did say he during the busiest periods of recording an album he didn’t have the time to shower or even change clothes. He even asked one of the engineers to go buy underwear for him 😆 Also from another engineer who mentioned that one time MJ was hesistant to meet Brandy who shared the same recording studio at that time because he was in his own words “stinky” 😆. I don’t think these engineers would make up stuff like this. Anyway we have to put this into a proper context. MJ tends to only forego hygiene during his busiest or stressful periods. The rest of the time he is his wonderfully smelling self. :)
 
innuendo141 said:
Lads, calm down will ye.

Lionel has been far more pro-active about speaking of MJ's legacy than most since 2019. He was a friend. This comes across as a friend talking about another friend. Far worse has been said about MJ, and there's far worse going on in the world than to be getting worked up over.
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I appreciate the balance you are trying to bring. And yes, LR has been positive on the whole, and yes there are worse things going on in the world.

But for those who feel that this was in any way an appropriate share of a friend, makes me really question your experience of friendship. This was a degrading and humiliating share with the whole world about a personal detail of a friend, and LR has been in the business too long not to have known better. So the only logical conclusion to reach is that he is exchanging a negative MJ story for headlines for his memoir. I know it's the done thing, but doesn't make it right. And we expect it from the likes of PP, but expected better from the likes of LR.

As an isolated incident, it isn't the worse negative MJ story, but it does add fuel to the fire raging MJs public reputation as an overall gross personality.
 
Samsonite said:
I have been on the old gearslutz forums where some of his previous engineers and musical collaborators sometimes posted. They did say he during the busiest periods of recording an album he didn’t have the time to shower or even change clothes. He even asked one of the engineers to go buy underwear for him 😆 Also from another engineer who mentioned that one time MJ was hesistant to meet Brandy who shared the same recording studio at that time because he was in his own words “stinky” 😆. I don’t think these engineers would make up stuff like this. Anyway we have to put this into a proper context. MJ tends to only forego hygiene during his busiest or stressful periods. The rest of the time he is his wonderfully smelling self. :)
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There is a big difference between what Lionel wrote in his book and being sweaty on some occasions because he was working hard. That is normal and I don't understand why one would have to make such a big story out of it for a book. It's just very... let's say impolite and there is no reason to do that (only if apparently he doesn't have any other interesting stories to tell).
 
someplace_else said:
There is a big difference between what Lionel wrote in his book and being sweaty on some occasions because he was working hard. That is normal and I don't understand why one would have to make such a big story out of it for a book. It's just very... let's say impolite and there is no reason to do that (only if apparently he doesn't have any other interesting stories to tell).
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Maybe its just a very small part in the book but the news article makes it seem big.
 
apple🍎 said:
Sometimes I think Quincy just wanted to mellow the real meaning out... it's pretty straightforward, "Smelly."
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Of course. Now you believe Lionel's version after 30+ years cause well ....he said it in a book (for profit) so it must be true.
 
Spaceship said:
I thought it was because of MJ's supposed knack for hearing (or "smelling") a good melody.

It wouldn't surprise me if it was really because of how much MJ supposedly stank, and Quincy just made the other explanation up, but you'd think Quincy would be the one to say this, not Lionel Richie.

Maybe there are multiple meanings to what "Smelly" meant, I dunno. We'll never know for sure now that both MJ and Quincy have passed on.
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Yeah imagine that..... How convenient for Lionel that both are dead and now he just claim whatever he wants and rake in the doe from the book sales these negative headlines will generate.
 
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kelley said:
Of course. Now you believe Lionel's version after 30+ years cause well ....he said it in a book (for profit) so it must be true.
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No, I actually always thought Smelly was because he was smelly. Wasn't there a Katherine tale about his hippie phase when he didn't shower and decided to become a vegetarian in the early 80s/late 70s? I thought it was funny.
 
Galactus123 said:
Maybe its just a very small part in the book but the news article makes it seem big.
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I thought about that option too for a moment (or - to ne precise - the option that they somehow twisted his words), but he still made something up and it makes Michael look bad.

Why not tell some funny or interesting stories instead? I mean... it's in a book, he surely had time to think about it, it wasn't just some story that slipped out of his mouth and afterwards he was like "hmm, maybe I shouldn't have said that". Weird behaviour.
 
:unsure:Me:
Hey Loonie Lionel, your going to called out bro expect it, and anyone else that does the "LEECHING OF MJ'S SUPERNOVA" cash in route in every desperate attempt to grab the spolight back on them for 6minutes from the loyalist MJ FANS.. I mean he must be broke after all that IDOL money right, he is struggling right, so why not write a book about himself but oh let's talk about Michael's dirty clothes instead as the center piece, yeah that was the first thing I thought about too, and that was a secret he kept in his vast arsenal of all things MJ to say about someone he will never be as fame as for as long as he lives right! I know that is how this book was even accepted by a publisher at all, like what has he done to heal the world or anyone at all, yet again one more last drink of Michael's fame which is apparently still very LUCRATIVE for his PAYDAY!!
Leeches are leeching leechers Loonie!!

Maybe he should have bought the cologne Michael wore, I mean he could SMELL A HIT over and over again!
OOOooooh the jealousy you must have held for this 25yr old PHENOM from GARY just moonwalking right past every sale he ever made sometimes in just 1 song LOONIE how did you swallow that pill!! 🤣 🤣

Hope it tortures his sleep knowing WE know what he really is now!!

p.s: Oh Loonie one more thing there is no FACELIFT surgery that can hide your slipping mask, it is and now off ! Sooo please head directly to the SELL OUT section with your other soul selling friends like Oprah, Priscilla, Ellen they miss you at the big empty trough tables!!

👉Your a ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A TRADER!!👈

BUTT YOU SIR.. YOU STINK .. Byeeeee Loonie!!!

 
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MJ TinkerBell said:
WTF!!! Are you kidding me EGO MANIACAL much loonie Lionel!! OOOOH he has got NEVRE talking **it about Michael are you serious!
I guess I am not surprised though after all his affairs, divorces and desperation to stay relevent on DRY IDOL he needs some attention!!
I will never forget how he took credit for "WE ARE THE WORLD" because he wanted that royalty money off of MICHAEL'S WORK, he did nothing but what Q told him to do and you know damn well he went directly to Q behind Michael's back to make sure he gets his name on the credits, like Michael ever needed HIS help ever, dumb Q no faith, but as always Michael did all the work why wouldn't he take the opportunity thanks Q! And he still has Michael's name in his mouth!!!!! Where is Will Smith now when someone truly needs a SLAP into reality!

He better watch his senile ass mouth, just saying, he may have needed the spolight so badly that he had to use Michael's name to get it!!
🤫🤫🤫SCREW YOU LIONEL YOU TIRED OLD LEECH!! :rolleyes:SHUT UP AND TAKE YOUR MEDS EAT YOUR GREEN JELLO AND DO YOUR CROSSWORDS LIONEL THE RELIC!!!🤫:confused::mad:

I think it is best for me NOT to read this trash and lies and pathetic attempt to get the PRESS to notice his delusional ass! I mean get a life loonie lionel that is what you have to say A LIE to get someone to print whatever BS you say about Michael was this interview about YOU at all?!
I have lost what tiny bit of respect I ever had left for him! I will call him out and I am done with everything he does from this day forward!!!Made me sick to see in the subjectline "a never before told story" the PRESS eats that 8hit for breakfast! Now he will face the WRATH OF MJ FANS 1000%! Well earned wrath indeed!!!!! :mad: :mad::mad:
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Damn.....
 
I liked Lionel Richie, but I guess I was wrong. How DARE he 😡💔. Michael probably didn't have much time to even wash his clothes, and just because you wear the same cloths a lot doesn't mean you have bad hygiene. He can't have bad hygiene if his teeth look like that lol
 
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