One of Jackson's most acclaimed perform- He denied tabloid rumors that he had
ances came during the halftime show at Su- bought the bones of the Elephant Man,
per Bowl XXVII. As the performances be- slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, or
gan, Jackson was catapulted onto the stage bleached his skin, stating for the first
as fireworks went off behind him. As he time that he had vitiligo. The interview
landed on the canvas, he maintained a mo- was watched by an American audience
tionless "clenched fist, standing statue of 90 million, becoming the fourth most-
stance", dressed in a gold and black military viewed non-sport program in U.S. his-
outfit and sunglasses; he remained com- tory. It also increased awareness of
pletely motionless for several minutes vitiligo, a relatively unknown condition.
while the crowd cheered. He then slowly Dangerous re-entered the album chart in
removed his sunglasses, threw them away the top 10, more than a year after its
and began to sing and dance. His routine in- original release.
cluded four songs: "Jam", "Billie Jean", In the summer of 1993, Jackson was ac-
"Black or White" and "Heal the World". It cused of child sexual abuse by a 13-year
was the first Super Bowl where the audi- -old boy named Jordan Chandler and his
ence figures increased during the half-time father, Evan Chandler, a dentist. A year
show, and was viewed by 135 million after Jackson met the boy, under the in-
Americans alone; Jackson's Dangerous al- fluence of sodium amytal, a controver-
bum rose 90 places up the album chart. sial sedative, Jordan told his father that
Jackson was given the "Living Legend Jackson had touched his penis. The fa-
Award" at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards ther was tape-recorded discussing his in-
in Los Angeles. "Black or White" was tention to pursue charges, where he said,
Grammy nominated for best vocal perform- "If I go through with this, I win big-
ance. "Jam" gained two nominations: Best time. There's no way I lose.
R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B I will get everything I want and they
Song. will be destroyed forever ... Michael's
Jackson gave a 90-minute interview to career will be over". He and Jackson en-
Oprah Winfrey in February 1993, his sec- gaged in unsuccessful negotiations to
ond television interview since 1979. He reach a financial settlement; the negotia-
grimaced when speaking of his childhood tions were initiated by Chandler but
abuse at the hands of his father; he believed Jackson did make several counter offers.
he had missed out on much of his childhood Jordan told a psychiatrist and later po-
years, admitting that he often cried from lice that he and Jackson had engaged in
loneliness. acts of kissing,
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