Us Weekly is claiming that an incident on the 1984 set of a Pepsi commercial is what created Michael Jackson’s lifelong addiction to painkillers and other prescription drugs. In the video, Jackson is dancing down stairs onto a stage and a pyrotechnics display goes off early, catching his hair on fire. HE THEN CONTINUES TO DANCE. Holy shit. Us adds:

To relieve the second and third-degree burns on his scalp and body (and later to help him tolerate multiple surgeries on the scorched spot on his head), Jackson was prescribed several medications — which kicked off his addiction to painkillers and obsession with plastic surgery, multiple sources tell Us.

OK, I take back every negative thing I’ve ever said or even thought about Michael Jackson. I would never dance with my head on fire. I’d probably just curl up into a fetal position and start sucking my thumb.