Because Mike already had capital built up...We knew he could sing his ass off live even beyond all the lipsynching he started doing especially during parts of the Bad tour and beyond...

With Milli Vanilli there was NO good will or a track record of singing live...In fact, that wasn't even them on their own records...lol...

Yet we know that's ALL MJ on Off The Wall, ect....

Which is why MJ got a major pass....And it's why he continued to get a pass even as the lipsynching became more frequent in the '90s and 00's....

Others who engaged in lipsynching didn't have the otherworldly talent of MJ...


And yet, I never gave MJ a pass for lipsynching ON TOUR....I understand the music specials...but in a concert setting? Nah...I always thought Mike was too good to go that Britney Spears route...