Elizabeth Taylor was interviewed at the 2011 Reel Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she was asked to comment on the death of her close friend, singer Michael Jackson. He had died on June 25, 2009 under suspicious circumstances. Taylor herself died on March 23, 2011 of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.

Elizabeth Taylor and singer Michael Jackson are briefly interviewed on the red carpet, with Taylor calling Jackson one of her closest friends. Their friendship was considered one of the oddest in Hollywood and yet it lasted for about three decades. See what else Taylor says about Jackson in this clip.