Sheryl Crow speaks out on being sexually harassed while touring with Michael Jackson
Billie Jean is not your lover and as it turns out, Sheryl Crow isn’t either. Looking back on the experience, Crow says it's “really interesting" to revisit this history, and see how much things have changed (or not) since then. “To be able to play that stuff about the long bout of sexual harassment I endured during the Michael Jackson tour and to talk about it in the midst of the #MeToo movement... it feels like we’ve come a long way, but it doesn’t feel like we’re quite there yet," the singer mused.
After the tour, Crow sunk into a depression, but ultimately fought her way into the industry as a solo artist, and her debut album Tuesday Night Music Club went on to sell eight million copies across the globe. But even at that level of success, Crow experienced sexism as disputes were raised over who had written her hit songs. Some alleged that Crow was a front for talented men, a charge she now calls “beyond insulting.” But the attacks only drove her to work harder, and Crow channeled that into her next album.
Discussing the harassment she's experienced was "really uncomfortable," but Crow found it "so much more empowering to be able to talk about it and then play the music that was inspired by it," she said. "Isn’t that what music is really for? To help us work through whatever our experiences are, and hopefully for the collective to find their own situations in your music too?”
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 16, 2021 2:10 AM
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I knew Sheryl Crow when we both attended the University of Missouri. She was a class act even then.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 13, 2021 11:28 PM
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I believe her story about being harrassed by Jackson's manager as well as being used (without consent) as a PR beard for Jackson.
Crowe has also dated Kid Rock and was even engaged to Lance "PED" Armstrong. Has a straight woman ever had worse taste in men?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 13, 2021 11:29 PM
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Sheryl, your music is terrible and so is your taste in men. Go away!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 13, 2021 11:33 PM
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Some time ago there was a thread about Crow and how she exploited the attentions and talents of certain individuals close to her, including a boyfriend whose name escapes me. His story was quite convincing and I’m not at all sure she was ever a “class act,” as R1 thinks.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 13, 2021 11:33 PM
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There are a lot of stories, R4.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 13, 2021 11:56 PM
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What could be worse than having put Kid Rock AND Lance Armstrong's nuts in your mouth?! Talk about poor taste. And that's not even mentioning her consistently mediocre, irritating songs.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 14, 2021 12:12 AM
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Cough, stolen, cough songs, remember that Tuesday Night Music Club?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 14, 2021 1:12 AM
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Did Michael put the moves on her during the tour?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 14, 2021 1:37 AM
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When it comes to men, I eat Crow.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 14, 2021 1:56 AM
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[quote] Did Michael put the moves on her during the tour?
No....but he did put the moves on her 5 year old nephew.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 14, 2021 1:59 AM
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She had a Confederate flag in one of her music videos I believe.
That made me look at her sideways.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 14, 2021 2:00 AM
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Yikes, R12.
Probably during her Kid Rock period. But still.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 14, 2021 2:03 AM
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Jackson was terrible to her. He asked her to take photos of herself without makeup to show his 10 year old boytoy who ugly she was withou makeup. He was jealous the 10 year old had a crush on her.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 14, 2021 2:04 AM
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And she knew about MJ’s “boy toy”?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 14, 2021 2:10 AM
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R14 I don't believe that, and if so, Michael was probably just kidding.
Stop being so hard on MJ.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 14, 2021 2:10 AM
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Michael Jackson made her, she should be grateful for the opportunities he gave her.
There's very little gratitude in showbiz.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 14, 2021 2:11 AM
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R15, she knew Jackson had a 10 year old traveling and sleeping in his suites which she thought was unusual and troubling.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 14, 2021 2:11 AM
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It's showbiz, that kinda thing is normal, no biggie.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 14, 2021 2:12 AM
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I believe her, but I dont think Michael Jackson knew about the strife she had at that time. Michael Jackson was at the absolute apex of his career when this happened. He was totally consumed with touring and I seriously doubt he had time to even know about this. This also predates any of the scandals in his personal life being discussed in the media, which is hard to imagine now because the last 20 years of his life was consumed by it. It was the early 90s by the time he truly started unravelling.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 14, 2021 2:32 AM
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R20, Jackson’s was busy buttfucking Jimmy Safechuck on that tour. He wouldn’t have cared if he hadn’t known anyways. He would have taken his managersn his managers side.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 14, 2021 2:40 AM
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[quote] Stop being so hard on MJ.
Yeah guys, he just slept with pre-pubescent children, not a big deal at all....
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 14, 2021 2:42 AM
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They’re always so “harassed”, aren’t they? Always victims of men. Even after winning fane a millions of dollars, poor thing STILL. “ sunk into a deep depression”. And yet, they love going on about how “empowered” they are etc etc etc
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 14, 2021 2:42 AM
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Whatever was going on, I'm sure MJ was probably oblivious.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 14, 2021 1:55 PM
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I’ve always liked Sheryl Crow!
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 16, 2021 12:25 AM
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If It Makes You Happy is a great, great song and I'll fight anyone who disagrees.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 16, 2021 12:36 AM
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Didn't this cunt steal the melody for ALL I WANNA DO from STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU?
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 16, 2021 2:10 AM
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