Orange News reports that a friend of the late King of Pop revealed that Jackson thought the Nazi leader was a genius.
Jackson’s friend, Rabbit Schmuley Boteach, recorded a number of conversations that the two shared. During an exclusive interview with Dateline TV, Boteach revealed that Jackson had a strange respect for the man who caused World War II. In the tape, Jackson can be heard saying, "Hitler was a genius orator. To make that many people turn and change and hate, he had to be a showman and he was."