"The Rhythm Nation pop star, now 59, called on producer Steve Nicolaides to make the sensitive request, according to an excerpt The Hollywood Reporter published from Jeff Pearlman's Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur, out Tuesday. You know, Tupac's reputation is that he's a cat about town, the Grammy winner reportedly said. And I don't want to swap saliva with him until I'm really sure that he's healthy and clean."
"Jackson at the time said she was appealing to Nicolaides after director John Singleton just walked off when I mentioned it. Nicolaides whose credits include When Harry Met Sally, Boyz n the Hood, and A Few Good Men did as requested, to which Shakur allegedly said: Fk her. I ain't doing st for that bh. Tell her to go fk herself."
Janet Jackson asked producer Steve Nicolaides to request an HIV test from Tupac Shakur before filming a kiss for the 1992 film Poetic Justice. Jackson expressed concern about swapping saliva with someone she described as having a reputation, and director John Singleton reportedly walked off when she raised the request. HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva, but worries were heightened by early 1990s AIDS deaths. Nicolaides said he followed Jackson's request; Tupac allegedly refused, responding with profanity. Nicolaides believes Tupac found the request amusing and said he did not blame Jackson given the era. Tensions existed between Jackson and Tupac.
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