Billy Ray Cyrus has revealed he once planned to "reach out" to Michael Jackson but the King of Pop died before he was given the opportunity.
The country singer met Jackson at a Grammy Awards ceremony and admits he was intrigued by the musical icon.
He tells GQ magazine, "He sat in front of me, in the front row, and a dime rolled out from under and hit my boot and I reached down and picked up this dime, and looked. He was going through his pockets, and I said "Are you looking for this?" he said "Thank you".
"He took that dime and put it back in his pocket. I looked at my manager, I just said, "Why did Michael Jackson have a dime"?
Cyrus hoped to invite Jackson and his three young children, Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 12, and eight-year-old Blanket, to a recording of his hit Disney show Hannah Montana, but failed to arrange the meeting before Jackson's shock death in 2009.
He adds, "I was trying to reach out to Michael Jackson. I knew he had kids, and I was going to invite his kids down to a taping of Hannah - I just felt it would be good for Michael. I don't know why".