Conrad Murray Tells His Story, Part One: Meeting Michael Jackson [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson‘s former physician, recently released his book This Is It, which tells his side of the story regarding Jackson’s tragic death. Now, Murray is telling his full story in an exclusive four-part video interview with uInterview.com.

Conrad Murray On Michael Jackson

Back in 2011, two years after Jackson’s death, Murray was tried for involuntary manslaughter. It was alleged that Murray bore some of the blame for Jackson’s overdose on propofol, a general anesthetic the pop singer had used to help him sleep. Murray was found guilty and was sentenced to four years behind bars, but was released in 2013 after serving just two years. A few years removed from his imprisonment, Murray has gone public with his story – including his intense friendship with Jackson – in This Is It, and in a recent interview with uInterview.

“I met Michael Jackson as a referral. One of my patients was a security guard for his detail and stated that there was a celebrity in the nearby area that had three children who were not doing very well, they were ill,” Murray told uInterview. At the time, Jackson was, “very undernourished, gaunt, feeble, generally weak person, and he also had a viral illness that accompanied that of the children.”

A few years down the road, when Jackson was preparing for his London tour, he propositioned Murray with the option to become his personal physician, meaning that Murray would have to abandon his medical practices. In the end, Murray agreed.

“Michael was telling me then that he had been looking at me for a long time. Actually, that’s the time when he says, ‘Conrad I have looked at you for a very long time you know? You are the best. I love you, my children love you. Whenever they’re sick you’re the first person that comes to mind, ‘Daddy, daddy get Dr. Conrad. He’s the one,'” Murray said, adding, “I think by that time when he was going to England he had sized down what appeared to be his family, and mentioned there were only four members in his family — his three children and myself and Michael.”

Back in 2005, before Murray became intimately involved in Jackson’s life, the “Man in the Mirror” singer had faced myriad allegations of child molestation. Murray insists that those allegations were of concern to him and that the safety of his children was his top concern, despite his deep friendship with Jackson.

“Michael and I had been around each other for a long time, and I didn’t allow friendship to cloud my vision. It was important to me, let that be clearly defined,” Murray said. “This was a man who was asking me to be a member of his last encapsulated family, he wanted my children and his children to live in adjacent residences, we would break bread together, drink wine together, play together and be friends. It would be important for me to make sure that Michael Jackson was not a danger to any child, including my son, who was a newborn.”

As Jackson’s personal physician, Murray interacted with Jackson every day. “He was always pleasant, always polite,” said Murray, who revealed that Jackson would have dinner prepared for him by his chef every night. Murray also revealed that Jackson, known for his dynamic dance moves, had a deep antipathy towards exercise. “Michael would not exercise, no weights, five pounds or anything would have him running to the other side of the room.”

Murray’s best memories from living side-by-side with Jackson involved hearing the legend sing. “He would sing for me, and I think I took it for granted at the time,” Murray admitted to uInterview. “Michael Jackson is singing a song every morning or he’s practicing his moves for me and I’m just there as a big listener. The memories are embedded in my mind. I can’t forget. He clearly has the voice of a sparrow, voice of an angel. He is absolutely magical when he sings.”

Get Dr. Murray’s book from Booktoptia here.