one singles. including father figure. i will be your father figure put your tiny hand in mine reporter: one more try. you reporter: and monkey. why can t you set your monkey free reporter: by the 90s, michael became a more serious artist, celebrating his independence from the pop machine. freedom, freedom reporter: refusing to appear in the video freedom 90 which featured cameos from top models lip-synching his lyrics. but the late 90s were rough for the pop icon, he was arrested by an undercover police officer and charged with engaging in a lewd act in a park in beverly hills. sp leading him to reveal in a cnn interview that he was gay in 1988. i don t feel any shame and neither do i think i should. reporter: in later years