Washington,
(ANI):
In
her
recent
tribute
to
Michael
Jackson,
Madonna
held
herself
and
others
responsible
for
'abandoning'
the
late
star.
The
Queen
of
Pop,
while
speaking
at
the
MTV
Video
Music
Awards
in
New
York
City,
recalled
her
time
spent
with
the
King
of
Pop
in
1991,
when
the
two
went
out
to
dinner.
Madonna
revisited
the
memories
when
she
joked
about
trying
to
get
the
singer
to
eat
French
fries,
drink
and
say
"bad
words",
reports
Us
magazine.
The
two
later
went
to
her
house
to
watch
a
film
and
"his
hand
snuck
over
and
held
mine," and
"in
that
moment,
he
felt
like
a
human
being,"
she
added.
The
'Material
Girl'
confessed
that
over
the
years
she
lost
touch
with
Jackson,
who
died
of
acute
propofol
intoxication
on
June
25.
When
he
passed
away,
"all
I
could
think
about
him
in
that
one
moment
was,
'I
had
abandoned
him,'
that
we
had
abandoned
him,"
she
said.
She
went
on:
"That
we
had
allowed
this
magnificent
creature
that
once
set
the
world
on
fire
somehow
slip
through
the
cracks.
"When
he
was
trying
to
build
a
family
and
rebuild
his
career,
we
were
all
busy
passing
judgment.
Most
of
us
had
turned
our
backs
on
him...
Sometimes,
we
have
to
lose
things
before
we
can
truly
appreciate
them..."