it was a thing he did.
also, I heard that they had to re-shoot the kid sans-mask and re-release the video because Jackson threatened to sue. He was sensitive about the tabloids’ coverage of his mask use for some reason, I think they used it to report on health problems that he didn’t actually have (maybe AIDS?) but don’t remember the particulars.
I guess now that he’s gone, they reverted to the original cut of the video.
