Conrad Murray wasn't so focused on his involuntary manslaughter trial that he was too busy to film a documentary about his experience as Michael Jackson's doctor and sit down for a chat with NBC News reporter Savannah Guthrie.
And the results will air Thursday and Friday, first as a two-part interview with Guthrie on "Today", then as a two-hour special, "Michael Jackson and the Doctor," which premieres on MSNBC on Friday night.
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In the Guthrie interview, Murray addresses everything from propofol to the night Jackson died, saying, "Something happened when I was not in that room," and later telling Guthrie, "Nothing that I gave Michael should have ended his life."
He also says he didn't tell the paramedics who arrived to try to revive Jackson on June 25, 2009 that the singer had taken propofol because, "it had no effect. It was not an issue."
When Guthrie pushes him on the topic, he still refuses to accept any responsibility. An excerpt provided by NBC:
Guthrie: Let's say he did take this propofol himself.
Murray: Mm-hmm.
Guthrie: Don't you bear some responsibility? The propofol is in that room because you prescribed it to him.
Murray: This is the situation. It's difficult to think that I met Michael with a situation where he was absolutely having use of that substance long before I got there.
Guthrie: But own your portion of it.
Murray: Mm-hmm.
Guthrie: In terms of your own actions, setting aside whether what he did was right or wrong, whether or not he was an addict, judge your actions alone. Were you right to leave him in a situation where he had the opportunity to inject himself?
Murray: Well, I'm gonna say, that was not a foreseeable situation. If Mr. Jackson-
Guthrie: It wasn't?
Murray: No. Had I known what I know today in retrospect, that Mr. Jackson was an addict, and he had shared that information with me, addicts may behave in a way that is unreasonable and you may consider it.
Guthrie: But you yourself just said he was a desperate man.
Murray: Desperate for sleep.
Guthrie: And you left him alone with propofol.
Murray: He was, he was asleep.
During the interview, which was previewed this morning on "Today," Murray also talks about Jackson's personal quarters in his home, which were so dirty and full of mildew he says he had to talk Jackson into letting a maid come in to clean.
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Meanwhile, in "Michael Jackson and the Doctor," the documentary the network is calling the "untold inside story of the Dr. Conrad Murray trial," Murray and his defense team are seen preparing for the trial — in which he was found guilty on Monday — but Murray also goes into great personal detail about Jackson's physical state.
In a video preview posted at TMZ.com, Murray describes the poor condition of the late pop star's feet, which were allegedly covered in calluses because of his years as a dancer. Murray says Jackson had never had so much as a pedicure, and that after he called in specialists to remove the calluses, Jackson was "very pleased."
"He was dancing without pain for the very first time," Murray says. "That was amazing."
In the TMZ clip, Murray is also seen, in his car, idling outside Jackson's home, where the singer died under Murray's care on June 25, 2009. Murray talks about how Jackson was a prisoner on his property, and liked to try to sneak out into the world.
"He could not really enjoy his property, I mean, paparazzi were here, fans were here, everyone was looking into the property," Murray says. "We escaped many a time, actually in this said vehicle. He would climb into the back seat and lay low and he would tell security 'Don't follow us.' My heart pounded a little bit. He liked those risks."
Check out a video clip preview of the NBC News interview with Murray below:
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Conrad Murray's interview with NBC News airs Thursday and Friday on "Today" at 7/6c a.m., while "Michael Jackson and the Doctor" premieres Friday night on MSNBC at 10/9c.
