US EditionJanet Jackson Refused ‘Poetic Justice’ Kiss Until Tupac Got HIV Test
Janet Jackson requested Tupac Shakur take an AIDS test before filming a kiss due to concerns about his health amid his controversial reputation during the early 1990s.
- On Monday, an excerpt reported Janet Jackson asked that Tupac Shakur take an AIDS test before filming a kissing scene in Poetic Justice, as detailed in Jeff Pearlman's upcoming biography.
- In the early 1990s, when AIDS was widely feared, Jackson explained her concern to producer Nicolaides by saying Tupac had a reputation as `a cat about town` and asked him to handle the request.
- Three days before the kiss, Nicolaides was summoned to Jackson's trailer with René Elizondo Jr. and asked to handle it; he confronted Tupac, who said `I ain’t doing shit for that bitch` and never took the test.
- During the roughly three-month shoot from April 14, 1992, until July 4, 1992, Pearlman describes Poetic Justice as rocky and says `S*** hit the fan` when the kissing scene loomed.
- Beyond the kiss, the episode highlights a pay gap with Jackson earning seven figures while Tupac made less than a hundred thousand, and the book says HIV spreads through fluids but not saliva.
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Janet Jackson Wanted Tupac to Take AIDS Test Before Movie Kiss, Book Claims
Janet Jackson wanted Tupac Shakur to take an AIDS test before a kissing scene in their 1993 movie Poetic Justice, a new book claims. In his biography, Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur, biographer Jeff Pearlman recounts on-set hostilities between Jackson, 59, and the late rapper, including an incident that took place before the two stars were due to film an intimate scene. “S*** hit the fan late in the process, when it was ti…
The Sun (Lowell)
Janet Jackson refused ‘Poetic Justice’ kiss until Tupac got HIV test
Janet Jackson wanted the late Tupac Shakur to get tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, ahead of the kiss she and the “cat about town” filmed for “Poetic Justice” in 1992. The “Rhythm Nation” pop star, now 59, called on producer Steve Nicolaides to make the sensitive request, according to an excerpt The Hollywood Reporter published from Jeff Pearlman’s “Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur,” out Tuesday. “You know, Tupac’s…
TMZ
Entertainment MagazineJanet Jackson Wanted Tupac to Take AIDS Test on 'Poetic Justice' Set, New Book Claims
Tupac Shakur had a promiscuous reputation in the early 1990s ... and a much-anticipated new book claims it drove Janet Jackson to ask the studio to have him tested for AIDS before a kissing scene. Jeff Pearlman -- a noted biographer -- has written…
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