Ram Gopal Varma Calls Michael Jackson A ‘Backstabber’ In Viral Post

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has suddenly grabbed attention online, after he shared this emotional and kind of dramatic note about the legendary pop icon Michael Jackson. The director’s post basically took off fast, went viral, because he described the late singer as a “backstabber” and then admitted that he now “hates” him, after watching a recent biopic that is loosely based on Jackson’s life.

Ram Gopal Varma On Michael Jackson 

On social media, Ram Gopal Varma wrote that Michael Jackson had “betrayed” the fantasy he says he had built around him over the years. He said on his X (formerly twitter), ”I HATE MICHAEL. After watching MICHAEL film , my memory went back to that horrible day June 25 th , 2009 when I slept late with the television still murmuring like a ghost in the darkness of my room , and as I groggily woke up in the morning and my eyes went to the screen to see those terrible white letters against black: ‘Michael Jackson is Dead.’ For several long seconds,this must be a nightmare, I thought. Why the hell would I even dream something so horrible? But the banner on the tv stayed and the news ticker kept crawling.”

Michael Jackson, of course, still remains one of the most influential music artists ever, but his legacy also came with controversies, and public opinion has stayed divided for years. Ram Gopal Varma’s reaction seems to echo that exact confusion many fans go through when they revisit the personal side of iconic celebrities they once admired deeply, like too deeply.