Lionel Richie says Michael Jackson stunk so much, Quincy Jones nicknamed him 'Smelly'

[Kidd Dibiase]

"Quincy used to tease [Jackson] with the nickname 'Smelly,'" Richie recalled. "Michael would laugh too, realizing that he was oblivious to the fact that he hadn't changed or washed his clothes for a couple of days. Or so. We all have our quirks. Michael didn't buy clothes like you or me. He couldn’t just go to department stores or Beverly Hills boutiques. He was on tour performing in the elaborate costumes made for him by his stylists, or he was in his pajama bottoms and slippers in the studio, or he was in his going-out attire. Or he was at home in something loose and comfortable so he could practice his dance moves."

"Some of his thrown-together looks — white socks and black loafers, say — became global fashion statements. Those loafers were fantastic for moonwalking or going up on pointe," Richie recalled, but remembered that "whenever Michael came to visit me, he was wearing whatever — jeans and a T-shirt. And the jeans were either falling off him or too short to even be jeans and, well, smelly."

Lionel Richie says Michael Jackson stunk so much, Quincy Jones nicknamed him 'Smelly'

Lionel Richie says that while working on the charity single 'We Are the World' in the mid-'80s, Quincy Jones gave Michael Jackson the nickname 'Smelly' because of his hygiene habits.

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[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Stinker
Stink it
Stinkie Jeans

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Damn Lionel….. I wish he ain’t put that out there….

But to a degree I can see that…. MJ in his prime couldnt just get a bodyguard and go to a mall.

Any sight of him would shut a city down…. It would be a mob and it probably would be crazy expensive to do some shyt like shut down a mall for a day or have them open up all the stores after hours just to accommodate him.

And back then, was like the social media era where he can just buy something online or have someone go to a story and face time shyt.

yes there were options just just inconvenient

No is as famous at MJ or ever will

 

[Rev]

Is it actually true that Lionel Richie caught his break in the industry simply because Rick James was a coked out head case who pissed off the execs later in his career?

 

[rabbid]

That’s not hard to believe I mean, he looked stinky. That moon walk wind must have been ferocious. This man loved rats. Sitting under that bed covered in mildew that’s why how him and Ben even met. Yall thought he wrote that out of thin air? lol. He clearly never grew out of that living habit. Lil man basically was living like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory for years. It is what it is, he gave us Thriller so they just treated him like a smelly bad chick.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Is it actually true that Lionel Richie caught his break in the industry simply because Rick James was a coked out head case who pissed off the execs later in his career?

we born in the 1900s dont talk about young man

lets respect our legends

 

[SNG]

That’s not hard to believe I mean, he looked stinky. That moon walk wind must have been ferocious. This man loved rats. Sitting under that bed covered in mildew that’s why how him and Ben even met. Yall thought he wrote that out of thin air? lol. He clearly never grew out of that living habit. Lil man basically was living like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory for years. It is what it is, he gave us Thriller so they just treated him like a smelly bad chick.

 

[blockburna420]

Is it actually true that Lionel Richie caught his break in the industry simply because Rick James was a coked out head case who pissed off the execs later in his career?

That's part of his story but he was in the commodores before he went solo.

 

[Rev]

That's part of his story but he was in the commodores before he went solo.

No doubt. That’s what I meant though, should’ve clarified his break as a solo artist.

 

[Pure Water]

 

[blockburna420]

No doubt. That’s what I meant though, should’ve clarified his break as a solo artist.

I wanna say Quincy told the story in his last interview.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

He's the goat.. he dont have to smell good . .. listen to me hit these notes tho bjtch Nikka

 

[010101]

on some other shyte*

 

[LezJepzin]

Lionel Richie known more for being a snake than his hits .

 

[Awesome Wells]

Q has called Mike "Smelly" in damn near every one of his documentaries and interviews. That's not new.

Secondly, Lionel Richie is a bum.