Michael Jackson Duped at MTV Awards
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Jackson has received so many awards during his career, he apparently mistook a birthday gift from MTV as another accolade.
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Britney Spears presented Jackson with a birthday cake at Thursday night's Video Music Awards. Before introducing him, the 20-year-old Spears gushed that she considered Jackson to be the "artist of the millennium."
When Jackson came out, he was presented with a cake and a statuette in the shape of a treble clef. He then said he never dreamed he'd be getting an "Artist of the Millennium" award, and went on to thank several people, including his mother.
There is NO "Artist of the Millennium" award. There never has been and never will be said MTV. WOW!!! How emabarrasing!
Former President Bill Clinton works the crowd during a visit to the New York State Fair in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 30, 2002.