The 59-year-old from Nassawadox became more of a laughing stock when he brazenly admitted to dressing up as the late singer

While taking questions, a reporter asked Virginia Governor Ralph Northam: 'Are you still able to moonwalk?'

Northam appeared to look around to see if he had enough space to do the dance move

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's Saturday press conference reached bizarre heights when the politician almost showed off the moonwalk he perfected when donning blackface for a Michael Jackson costume in the 80s.

The 59-year-old from Nassawadox became more of a laughing stock when he brazenly admitted to dressing up as the late singer wearing similar footwear, a glove and shoe polish to look like an African-American person.

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During the excruciating appearance in the Executive Mansion, he said he later learned from a friend Seth that doing so for a dance competition was indeed inappropriate and he apologized to his friend at the time.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam

Michael Jackson pictured in 1992

While taking questions, a reporter asked Virginia Governor Ralph Northam: 'Are you still able to moonwalk?'

But while taking questions, a reporter asked the governor: 'Are you still able to moonwalk?'

And in the brief moments after the question, Northam appeared to look around to see if he had enough space to do the dance move.

But just as he looks to start the jig, his wife asserted: 'Inappropriate circumstances.'

'My wife says inappropriate circumstances,' the controversial politician reiterated.

Northam appeared to look around to see if he had enough space to do the dance move

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People on Twitter were shocked by the moment

Northam was 25 when he deemed it okay to cover his face in shiny black wax at least two decades after the Civil Rights movement decried it.

Northam appeared to try to soften the offensive occasion by revealing he won the contest he did it for.

Northam walking but not moonwalking

The moonwalk has gone through several iterations since it first hit the dance scene in the 1930s, but Michael Jackson immortalized the dance with his own rendition

Making his revelation worse, he told attendees the reason why he only wore a 'little bit' of shoe polish was because it's difficult to remove.

'I don't know if anybody's tried this...' he said to the shocked room. But it didn't explain why he was wearing blackface to show off his dance talent during the skit.

Northam told the audience during question time: 'I have discussed this with a person of color. I apologized to him.'

Despite his revelation about donning blackface to do the Moonwalk, Northam said he felt sick after seeing the image of people wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and blackface and would remember if he had done so.

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The moonwalk has gone through several iterations since it first hit the dance scene in the 1930s, but Michael Jackson immortalized the dance with his own rendition.