Criss Angel stuns Paris Jackson with levitation trick
Illusionist Criss Angel levitated for Michael Jackson's daughter as part of his magical new TV special.
The entertainer teamed up with a group of celebrity friends, like actor Gary Oldman and DJ Steve Aoki, for Criss Angel: Trick'd Up, but it was the work he did with Paris Jackson which will amaze fans.
He told Access Hollywood Live, "He and her dad were a big fan of
mine (sic)... and then she came to see me and she said after she
saw me do this that no one would believe that I can actually do
this... and that her dad would have stole (sic) this from me if he
were alive."
Criss dedicated the TV special to Michael, adding, "I was a big fan
of his and I wanted to work with him and I almost had the
opportunity to work with him for his London shows... He wanted me
to create magic for him and we were supposed to meet, but that
never happened. I did have the honor of meeting his daughter and
she loves the show."
The levitation trick Angel showed off to Paris is one he has been
working on for over a decade.
"One of the things that I really really love is the levitation I
did for Paris just because I've worked on it for about 16 years,"
he explained.
Criss Angel has a special bond with Paris Jackson, thanks to her
father, the late Michael Jackson, bringing his only daughter to see
the popular illusionist perform since she was young.
Meanwhile, Criss reveals he also dabbled with 18-year-old Paris'
mind during their time together for his new show - and he was
surprised by what he found.
"We went and took a little journey," he tells Entertainment
Tonight. "I didn't know where it was gonna go and she got
legitimately completely freaked out. I kind of got inside her mind,
and she saw death in me. She completely lost her mind.
"I felt a presence of... like, a misanthrope... very dark. I would
have preferred to have felt a feeling of light, of positivity. I
felt a presence of just darkness... I would have liked it to be
something else for her sake, because when somebody goes there, that
means that that might transcend, or that might be how they are
living to some extent."
Paris' father died in 2009 and she has battled depression
throughout her teens.