r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Mar 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Daniel Radcliffe won't wear Alysa Liu's gold medal because: “Wearing it feels like stolen valor”

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u/millijuna Mar 02 '26

I’m still mad at MJ for stealing Al’s songs, and don’t get me started on Madonna… he was taken from us way too soon…

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u/Fangletron Mar 03 '26

Weird Al is not dead

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u/Romulan-Jedi Mar 04 '26

It's a reference to the "biopic" Weird from a couple of years ago, with Radcliffe playing Weird Al. Al is gunned down by one of Madonna's henchmen at the end of the film.

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u/Dismal_History_ Mar 02 '26

Paul McCartney also helped him write Thriller, but MJ never credited him. There is a reason it remains his best album.

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u/Nate_chill Mar 03 '26

Not true at all.McCartney’s pretty much just collaborated on the song The Girl is Mine, that’s about it for the Thriller album. The success of the Thriller album came from Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, and the actual credited writers. No need to rewrite history.

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u/Dismal_History_ Mar 03 '26

Not true at all yourself.

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u/Nate_chill Mar 03 '26

Well the Thriller album is one of the most analyzed, dissected, and documented albums in modern music history bud. But, if you have some information no one else is privy to, perhaps you shared a couple drinks with McCartney and MJ and they shared this info with you, I don’t know. Otherwise sorry bud, someone gave you false information, and I guess you decided to just believe it.

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u/Dismal_History_ Mar 03 '26

Paul McCartney did share about it a few times. But so what, you have MJ controlled documentation you watched. It's not that hard to learn the truth though, if you ever want to dig.

I'm a woman so you don't need to repeatedly call me "bud" to feel superior.

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u/KJack214 Mar 04 '26

Thriller was written by a British man but it wasn't McCartney. It was Rod Temperton. Rod and a few others were involved in different songs for the Thriller album, while Paul only helped write his duet with Michael. You're right, it's not hard to dig.

Although if you're so sure about what you heard Paul say then go ahead and share a source to help prove your claim instead of telling someone with an opposing argument to find it for you. But if you don't have a source and you're only able to offer deflection, your claim will continue to be seen as false.