{"id":2421425,"date":"2026-05-18T07:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2421425"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:37:48","slug":"singer-holly-denton-opens-up-in-detail-about-her-familys-connection-to-michael-jackson-after-1996-perth-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/singer-holly-denton-opens-up-in-detail-about-her-familys-connection-to-michael-jackson-after-1996-perth-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Holly Denton opens up in detail about her family\u2019s connection to Michael Jackson after 1996 Perth gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ArticleContent\">\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A Perth singer has detailed her family\u2019s special connection to Michael Jackson, recalling her mother\u2019s year-long friendship with the King of Pop after a chance meeting almost three decades ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Social media personality Holly Denton has finally decided to open up about the \u201cincredible\u201d friendship that begun when Jackson visited Perth on his 1996 History world tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Denton\u2019s mum, Val, and dad, Dean \u2014 frontman of former Perth pub rockers the Frames \u2014 briefly told The West Australian about the encounter in 2013, but now Ms Denton wants to \u201cshare it with the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In a TikTok video \u2014 which has now been viewed more than 230,000 times \u2014 Ms Denton revealed her family\u2019s relationship with Jackson began after her mum and brother discovered the music icon hiding out in a Video Ezy before his concert at the Burswood Dome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She said a security guard saw them outside the video store and invited them inside to meet Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">When they walked inside, Jackson was on a phone call and \u201cbuying DVDs\u201d so he just waved to Ms Denton\u2019s gobsmacked mother and confused eight-year-old brother Ash, who wondered what all the fuss was about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Denton said her mum wanted to show Ash exactly how famous Jackson was and decided to take him to a signing event outside the Rendezvous hotel in Scarborough later that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">At the event, Ms Denton\u2019s mum pushed Ash to the front of the 2000-strong crowd in the hopes he would get a glimpse of the Thriller star, but what happened next sparked a chain of events they never could have imagined in their wildest dreams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Jackson immediately recognised Ash from earlier in the day at Video Ezy and asked about his mum who was behind him among the other screaming fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Denton said Jackson \u201cparted the sea of people\u201d for her mum and asked them to join him in his Scarborough hotel room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Denton, who was only four-years-old at the time and at home with her dad, revealed that once in the hotel room, her mum was lucky enough to try on Jackson\u2019s clothes, exchange phone numbers and hang out with him until midnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She said Jackson was so generous he even offered the family free VIP tickets to his show the next day and asked them to join his entourage before and after the concert.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e1vl0htn0 embed css-1ywlnid-StyledEmbed-PNEmbed e1kmsqkc4\">\n<section class=\"css-1jr5w2z-StyledConsentFallback epu9cz41\">\n<p>If you\u2019d like to view this content, please adjust your<!-- --> <button type=\"button\" class=\"css-rmo6w3-StyledLinkButton ezwyjwt0\">Cookie Settings<\/button>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our<!-- --> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/cookies-guide\">Cookie Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The family accepted the offer and while they were on the bus on the way to the venue, Ms Denton said WA Police closed off the freeway, claiming that \u201cdoesn\u2019t happen unless it\u2019s the Queen or the Pope\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">At the concert, Jackson organised Ash to join several other kids on stage for his hit song Heal the World.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She revealed her normally \u201cshy\u201d brother managed to ask Jackson for his hat, which the singer gave to him.<\/p>\n<p 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It\u2019s pretty special it\u2019s not one of those hats he just throws out to the audience it is his actual hat to the point they said on the news, \u2018Michael Jackson has left the building but he is without his hat\u2019 and my brother was sitting in our lounge room wearing Michael\u2019s hat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Denton revealed the concert experience was not the last of their interactions with Jackson, claiming he would call her mum from all over the world after performing at gigs just to have a chat which lasted for about a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThat emphasises, if you\u2019ve seen the movie, what you know, how lonely that man was, so I\u2019ll defend Michael till the end because my family was part of it and I know for sure that was absolutely not even in his realm of thinking,\u201d she said referring to child sex abuse allegations Jackson faced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e1vl0htn0 embed css-1ywlnid-StyledEmbed-PNEmbed e1kmsqkc4\">\n<section class=\"css-1jr5w2z-StyledConsentFallback epu9cz41\">\n<p>If you\u2019d like to view this content, please adjust your<!-- --> <button type=\"button\" class=\"css-rmo6w3-StyledLinkButton ezwyjwt0\">Cookie Settings<\/button>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our<!-- --> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/cookies-guide\">Cookie Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHe was a very quirky, unique, socially awkward person (but) that malice, that evil was non-existent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cAnd that\u2019s just a little part of my life and my family\u2019s life that is just so lucky and so incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In a separate video, Ms Denton said her family wanted to celebrate their friendship with Jackson privately and haven\u2019t previously spoken about it at length due to the controversy surrounding the late singer who died on June 25, 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Three years before his visit to Perth, Jackson was accused of molesting 13-year-old Jordan Chandler. The criminal investigation found no physical evidence and no indictments, though Jackson ultimately reached a $23 million out-of-court civil settlement with the family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Denton also made sure to mention that Jackson got permission from her dad to hang out with his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMichael said if you have a problem with me hanging out with your family, I completely understand, however I assure you it\u2019s all lies, it\u2019s not true and my dad\u2019s like \u2018we never thought it was anyway but thank you\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In another video, Ms Denton tried to get her mum to tell her more than 250,000 TikTok followers about her friendship with Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">However, her mum was hesitant to spill all her secrets but did reveal he \u201csmelt beautiful\u201d, had \u201cmaybe a dozen phone calls\u201d and would speak \u201cfor 30 to 45 minutes\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.perthnow.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Perth singer has detailed her family\u2019s special connection to Michael Jackson, recalling her mother\u2019s year-long friendship with the King of Pop after a chance meeting almost three decades ago. 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