while he was looking through the magazine one day and asked his people to find her.
2. Ola Ray said MJ flirted with her a lot and that she was in love with him but never told him and here’s why…
3. Ola Ray said she wakes up to Michael everyday:
“I have a huge poster of Michael, just of himself and then I have the 25th Anniversary album,” she said in the ABC News interview. “Then, I have a picture of us walking together in the video … I see Michael every morning when I wake up.”
4. Michael Jackson gave one of his Thrillr Award to Ola Ray. She said after he’d asked her to go to Germany and accept the award on his behalf, this is what happened next:
“He wanted to send someone else to come pick it up [from me], but I told him, ‘No. If you don’t come pick it up yourself, then you’re not going to get it,'” said Ray, who went on to land small roles in Beverly Hills Cop II, Gimme A Break! and Cheers. “He didn’t come get it, so he called and told me it was mine. I could keep it.”
5. Word on the Old School curb is that Ola Ray is now a stay-at-home mom with a beautiful 20 year old daughter.
I beg to differ. She was no video model. She acted in this video. She put in some work. Please don’t judge her by today’s video models. They don’t even compare. She deserves the money and Michael thought so too!
Thanks for your feedback Beaushan. This article was not an attempt to judge or downplay Ola Ray’s contributions to the biggest video in the history of music, that’s why we gave her props and stated that she was the perfect person for the job. She is a model who has also had a few acting roles throughout her career, so yes that does make her an actress also, but she spent the bulk of her career as a model. In fact it was a modeling spread that landed her the role as the premiere video model for the “Thriller” video. You’re right, she also acted in the video, just as other models have done. It’s just that Ola Ray’s acting time was more extended in this because the “Thriller” video was just about as long as a short mini movie. By the way, this article wasn’t comparing her to video models of just one particular era, because we can compare her to video models of the 80’s era who were in videos like Lionel Richie’s “Hello” video where the video model was acting as if she was a blind ballet dancer and art student, but she is also clearly an actress as well. Ola Ray has many talents and being a model and an actress are included. So you see Beaushan, this was in no way intended to take away from the dynamic performance Ola Ray gave in the “Thriller” video, we were just stating the facts: that most women/actresses/models, etc. do not typically get paid royalties for appearing in a video and for that reason, I think Ola Ray played the game really smart. I don’t think they could have cast a better woman for the part. Thanks for joining the convo.’
I beg to differ. She was no video model. She acted in this video. She put in some work. Please don’t judge her by today’s video models. They don’t even compare. She deserves the money and Michael thought so too!
Thanks for your feedback Beaushan. This article was not an attempt to judge or downplay Ola Ray’s contributions to the biggest video in the history of music, that’s why we gave her props and stated that she was the perfect person for the job. She is a model who has also had a few acting roles throughout her career, so yes that does make her an actress also, but she spent the bulk of her career as a model. In fact it was a modeling spread that landed her the role as the premiere video model for the “Thriller” video. You’re right, she also acted in the video, just as other models have done. It’s just that Ola Ray’s acting time was more extended in this because the “Thriller” video was just about as long as a short mini movie. By the way, this article wasn’t comparing her to video models of just one particular era, because we can compare her to video models of the 80’s era who were in videos like Lionel Richie’s “Hello” video where the video model was acting as if she was a blind ballet dancer and art student, but she is also clearly an actress as well. Ola Ray has many talents and being a model and an actress are included. So you see Beaushan, this was in no way intended to take away from the dynamic performance Ola Ray gave in the “Thriller” video, we were just stating the facts: that most women/actresses/models, etc. do not typically get paid royalties for appearing in a video and for that reason, I think Ola Ray played the game really smart. I don’t think they could have cast a better woman for the part. Thanks for joining the convo.’