{"id":637686,"date":"2026-04-30T02:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637686\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:52:10","slug":"corey-feldman-says-misunderstanding-kept-him-from-attending-michael-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637686\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Feldman Says Misunderstanding Kept Him From Attending ‘Michael’ Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Corey Feldman<\/a> says he thought his time at the “Michael” premiere was gonna be a thriller … but a miscommunication prevented him from rocking with other attendees all night.<\/p>\n

Here’s the deal … tons of stars — from Magic Johnson<\/a> to Martin Lawrence<\/a> to Tori Spelling<\/a> and more — stepped out for the Hollywood premiere on April 20. However, Feldman, a longtime friend and defender of MJ, was conspicuously absent from the event.<\/p>\n

A rep for Feldman tells TMZ … the actor did receive an invite to the “Michael” premiere about a month before it went down, but his manager — in the midst of dealing with a personal issue — thought Corey’s attendance was confirmed when they actually had to reach out and get him put on the list.<\/p>\n

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When Feldman’s team circled back just before the event, we’re told organizers said he was never officially confirmed … and it was too late to be added to the list because the premiere was over the maximum capacity. Basically, as Michael<\/a> sings, “beat it” (but in a nice way).<\/p>\n

A source with knowledge tells TMZ … there were attempts to reach Corey for a ticket … but his response was too delayed, and by the time he got back … the premiere was beyond capacity.<\/p>\n

Feldman’s rep says he was naturally a bit curious to see the movie … but adds the star thinks everything happens for a reason … and it was probably for the best.<\/p>\n

Don’t expect to see Feldman walking into a movie theater in L.A. with a ticket either … because we’re told he doesn’t have a strong interest in seeing a fictionalized version of Michael. He lived the story, his rep says … he doesn’t need to see it on the silver screen.<\/p>\n

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Like we said, Corey has a strong connection to the late star … getting to know him in the 1980s during his teenage years, though the two had a falling out later in life. Just recently, Feldman pulled out a few MJ moves while performing a dance to Billy Joel<\/a>‘s \u201cIt\u2019s Still Rock & Roll to Me.”<\/p>\n

We’ve reached out to Lionsgate … so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corey Feldman says he thought his time at the “Michael” premiere was gonna be a thriller … but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-637686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}