Michael Alig is out of prison and back in the “Limelight.” The former “King of the Club Kids,” turned killer hasn’t let prison humble him one bit. Alig has big plans to return to his former pre-prison party life by entering into the movie and reality TV game. He also opened up about the infamous murder of Angel Melendez and how Macaulay Culkin’s movie Party Monster got it wrong.
After being released from prison, Michael Alig has been living life like a celebrity. Alig has been wearing himself on the interview circuit, tweeting:
“midnight, so tired can't keep eyes open! been awake since 6am, have to be up at 7 for more interviews!”
During one of those interviews, Alig told Rolling Stone all about the murder and how it was portrayed in the film:
“No, there is no reason. Not only is there no reason, there’s no justification. The actual killing was not done on purpose. I just saw Party Monster last week, watching it with James St. James [his friend, played by Seth Green in the movie]. I understand it’s a movie, and it’s not intended to be completely factual, but there are some things that never happened, especially involving the crime: they have Freeze hitting Angel over the head with the metal part of the hammer, with blood spurting all over. And that isn’t how it happened. He grabbed the claw and hit him with the wooden handle.
“I think the difference is major because it shows intent. He did not intend to cause that much bodily harm to Angel. In fact, in the autopsy there was not even a cut on Angel’s head because he didn’t him that hard. The movie makes it look like Freeze went to town on him with a hammer--really upsetting to watch.”
Where exactly continually hitting him with the hammer and injecting/feeding him drano fit into intent is still a mystery.
Alig went on to talk about the reaction that he has got since being released:
“I actually don’t think people are paying attention to me because I killed somebody, but it can give that impression. I know that the attention is because of what I did before, but it’s very strange. “
No, we are pretty sure it is because MaCaulay Culkin made a movie about him killing someone.
He went on to talk about his future plans, adding:
“I want to devote the rest of my life to something a lot less self-indulgent. In the beginning, with the Club Kids thing, we were presenting this notion that there was a place in the world where you would not only be accepted, but celebrated for your differences. I'm really good at spreading that message--I've got movie ideas, I've got TV ideas. I think that's my calling in life. I'll never be able to make up for what I've done, but I'll be able to go in that direction.”
He told Vice Media about one of his “less self-indulgent,” ideas for a reality show:
“You have 15 minutes and anything in a deli to create a fabulous outfit.”
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