Kathy Griffin: Reveals fact about Jackson's Pepsi commercial

Kathy Griffin: Reveals fact about Jackson's Pepsi commercial

Kathy Griffin reveals a sensational fact. She said that she was an extra on Michael Jackson's ill-fated 1984 Pepsi commercial.

The comic explained to a famous news magazine, "I was happy to be an extra. I was just part of the crowd scene,"  "I will just never forget seeing Michael Jackson from a distance and just thinking, 'Oh my God, that's Michael Jackson.' You kind of can't believe it."

Griffin said that she remembered the scene that was shot in L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium in front of 3,000 fans.

She said, "Jon [Lovitz] was there. They were taping it. We really didn't notice [his hair on fire at first]," "When it actually happened...he was literally spinning, and then there was smoke and a bunch of people kind of jumped on him.

Kathy Griffin commented, "They didn't tell any extras what was going on. Then rumors kind of rippled through the audience,"  "By the time I got home that night, it was the biggest news story on the news. It's fascinating somebody had that tape.

She said,  "And we never knew how serious the injury was," "I could only imagine that [it] was very painful."