Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael"/ Excerpt @pg151/New Interview Post 3743

MsCassieMollie · Nov 4, 2011

Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Actually interview:

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Closing arguments just ended. The jury expected to get the case and begin deliberations tomorrow. And tonight I`m bringing you a rare glimpse inside the very private world of Michael Jackson, and his family life. An exclusive interview tonight with his former doctor and long-time friend Dr. Barney Van Valin; Dr. Van Valin is also the author of this new book "Conversations in Neverland with Michael Jackson".

So great to have you here, Dr. Van Valin --

DR. WILLIAM B. VAN VALIN, FORMER DOCTOR OF MICHAEL JACKSON: Thank you Jane.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: You have so much to tell us, but I understand you were there the day that Michael Jackson brought little Blanket home. Tell us about that.

VAN VALIN: Yes. Well, Michael invited us to dinner, and he said he had a surprise for us, and as we walked in the house, my wife leaned over to me and said there`s a baby in the house. I said how do you know that? She said she had seen a little pram down the hallway, a little cream and blue tulle pram.

Certainly after dinner -- after dinner we went upstairs. Michael said follow me, and walked over to the crib, and picked up a baby out and brought him over and put him in my wife`s arms. He --

VELEZ-MITCHELL: That was little Blanket.

VAN VALIN: That was little Blanket, yes.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Did you have any explanation about where little blanket came from? Because that`s one of the mysteries of Michael Jackson.

VAN VALIN: Yes, he told me, but I think -- I kept that actually out of the book because I figured it would be something Blanket should know first and then he can tell who he wants, you know? It`s not something I feel comfortable discussing, you know?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Sure. Sure. I totally get it. I know you have the answer, but we`re not going to hear it tonight.

VAN VALIN: No. Sorry about that.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: I understand that. Now, I also understand that you know quite a bit about Michael Jackson and money and everybody said he had a bad relationship with money, and that was perhaps because he was an artist at heart. He was also brilliant because he bought the Beatles catalogue. You have a very quick story about the Beatles catalogue. He was offered a lot of money for what, and turned what down?

VAN VALIN: He was offered a lot of money to -- he kept seven songs out of the catalogue that weren`t publicly available, and he got a call one day --

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Are those Beatles songs? Beatles songs?

VAN VALIN: Yes. They are Beatles songs. Yes. Seven Beatles songs he kept out. He told me after had he taken a call that this Canadian company had wanted to buy -- or use one of the songs in a commercial, and they offered him $8 million. He said to use it for the national commercial and he turned them down. I asked him why. He said I`m not ready to use them yet.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wow. And also, I think that Michael probably didn`t want to use Beatles songs for commercials. He wanted to preserve the integrity of those songs.

More on the other side -- I think it`s absolutely fascinating that you have this glimpse inside the private world of Michael Jackson. More in a moment.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Michael Jackson`s former doctor talking about Michael Jackson, money and Michael Jackson`s children. What`s your story, doctor?

VAN VALIN: Well, I had written a book about all the conversation we had over the course of about five years, and it just gives you an idea what Michael was like on a personal basis. I just never thought in the --

VELEZ-MITCHELL: What about the $4 million money he was offered for photographs of his children?

VAN VALIN: Yes. He told me -- he always kept their faces hidden because, you know, he said people will take the pictures and sell them. And he was offered $4 million for a photo session of the kids, and he turned that down, and he just was not interested.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: So an excellent father?

VAN VALIN: Oh, my goodness. Yes. Very good. Never said -- said he had never spanked his kids, was always very good to them. You know, he just reprimanded in a kind way.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Thank you, doctor. You can tell they loved him.

Good night.

END

moodyblue97 · Nov 4, 2011

It´s fascinating how everything seem to end with that they have to prove Michael wasn´t gay. Those who believe he was will still do, no matter who tells them he wasn´t. He was married and still they don´t believe he was straight. What difference does it make that Frank will tell about secret dates he put up for Michael? All fans knows this and they are the ones reading the book. People still think Tom Cruise is gay.

I hope this book will reach at least a few doubters out there.
And there are a lot of fans or whatever they are that only wants to know how many women Michael had and how he slept with everything in a skirt sort of. For them he was one of the biggest playboys ever. Even when Michael himself said anything about it they claim he lied. I know what he said about it and all I hear is "like he would tell you". He did talk about it actually, maybe he lied to me, I don´t know. He must have lied to a lot of people then.

And who can you believe in all this? Karen? Frank? DiLeo? Gest? Liza? Klein? Bush? Weisner? Some things they say are the same, still fans call one a liar and praise the other.

And Blanket already knows how he came in to this world.

Edit:This is what Karen said about MSG back in 2009..

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on a his game face once he was on stage. (which is the majority of the movie footage). Remember the anniversary show in Madison Square Garden? He was over medicated for that performance. I went to his room to get him ready, and a doctor met me at his door and told me, Michael needed to sleep for 8 hours. I said "WHAT!!!! He has to be on stage in
2 hours". I pushed the doctor out of the way, and found Michael knocked out. I forced gatorade and bagels down him, as I worked and he kept nodding out. When it got closer to having to leave, I started
walking him around. I was praying he would come too by the time he had to go on stage...because it would be a complete disaster for thousands of people if he didn't make it. Look at his photos when he was sitting
in the audience....but when he got on stage!!!!! he pulled it together. Just like the rehearsal footage.

ginvid · Nov 4, 2011

Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

ivy said:
Context is not something you'll see at the documentary. Because there are extra's and for example in some part Katherine speaks for 5 minutes but in the documentary you see 2 sentences from that 5 minutes. who know what context that Frank was telling the story. Like I said the demeanor seems like it was aimed to be a funny anecdote.

I strongly recommend you read the book about Steve Jobs and see how he's portrayed as an asshole, how he felt he was special and how he steals ideas etc. So I guess you can either sugarcoat a person or be real about them.

That has nothing to do with what I said. If Steve Jobs was portrayed a certain way, it really doesn't matteR when we are appying this to Michael. steve Jobs no matter how he is potrayed in a book will still be thought of kindly overall for all that he has contributed to technology. People will say, "Oh, he had to be tough to get things done". He'll be excused. Now Cascio, who knows MJ has been a media whipping boy for decades & knows the media has a decades long habit & desire to twist everything someone says about MJ towards bad, and perceive every open ended story as something bad as well.

Now you said Cascio said no one will think of MJ as a pedophile after this book. That tells me Cascio is trying to target this book to an audience that may not think favorably of MJ since it is quite obvious that most fans of MJ do not think he is a pedophile. My point before was not to sugarcoat MJ, but that a writer has to be careful of what he says and how he says it so that there is no room for misinterpretation. When you tell stories that don't give any insight further to the individual you write about but instead causes some to question that perception they had of them and their relationships, negatively, then you need to reexamine if that is your goal. If that is Frank's goal, then fine. But I suspect it is not. Therefore he fails.

maral · Nov 4, 2011

Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

i was going to cancel my order but i will not. i want to read what he has to say. if this book will shed a positive light on Michael in the eyes of public i'll welcome it.

thank you Ivy for keeping us informed

love is magical · Nov 4, 2011

moodyblue97;3528163 said:
It´s fascinating how everything seem to end with that they have to prove Michael wasn´t gay. Those who believe he was will still do, no matter who tells them he wasn´t. He was married and still they don´t believe he was straight. What difference does it make that Frank will tell about secret dates he put up for Michael? All fans knows this and they are the ones reading the book. People still think Tom Cruise is gay.

I hope this book will reach at least a few doubters out there.
And there are a lot of fans or whatever they are that only wants to know how many women Michael had and how he slept with everything in a skirt sort of. For them he was one of the biggest playboys ever. Even when Michael himself said anything about it they claim he lied. I know what he said about it and all I hear is "like he would tell you". He did talk about it actually, maybe he lied to me, I don´t know. He must have lied to a lot of people then.

And who can you believe in all this? Karen? Frank? DiLeo? Gest? Liza? Klein? Bush? Weisner? Some things they say are the same, still fans call one a liar and praise the other.

ginvid;3528168 said:
That has nothing to do with what I said. If Steve Jobs was portrayed a certain way, it really doesn't matte when we are appying this to Michael. teve Jobs no matter how he is potrayed in a book will still be thought of kindly overall for all that he has contributed to technology. People will say, "Oh. he had to be tough to get things done". He'll be excused. Now Cascio, who knows MJ has been a media whipping boy for decades & knows the media has a decades long habit & desire to twist everything someone says about MJ towards bad, and perceive every open ended story as something bad as well.

Now you said Cascio said no one will think of MJ as a pedophile after this book. That tells me Cascio is trying to target this book to an audience that may not think favorably of MJ since it is quite obvious that most fans of MJ do not think he is a pedophile. My point before was not to sugarcoat MJ, but that a writer has to be careful of what he says and how he says it so that there is no room for misinterpretation. When you tell stories that don't give any insight further to the individual you write about but instead causes some to question that perception they had of them and their relationships, negatively, then you need to reexamine if that is your goal. If that is Frank's goal, then fine. But I suspect it is not. Therefore he fails.

If Frank thinks NO ONE will think of Michael as a pedophile after reading his book, then I believe he might have overestimated his own power. Fans know Michael was never ever a pedophile, so we don't need his book to tell us so. Skeptical non-fans, however, need way more than a book to change their perceptions. We know that once an individual forms an opinion, it takes gigantic effort to change that opinion. We have luminaries, such as Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Stevie Wonder, Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke highly about Michael (the person, not just the artist.) Go by common sense, an individual would at least ask the question whether such prominent people would endorse a pedophile. If Nelson Mandela and Maya Angelou think Michael was a pedophile, would they send a letter and a poem to Michael's family in his memorial service? Unfortunately, once people made up their minds, people don't want to have their beliefs challenged and refused to reason.

As Michael was attacked by the media for decades, the challege to change the negative opinion on Michael is immense. It takes more than a book written by a friend who is relatively anonymous to the public and a documentary produced by an unreliable charactor to change. In my opinion, it may take generations. The young generation today will grow up in a different media climate. They will not hear the term "wacko *****" being used as tagline. Their minds are free of bias and they will come to see the truth themselves. And, I hope the young generation don't need to read any book to correct any misconception, at least I hope they will never get to that point.

With the above said, if some non-fans who happen to read the book and have a change of minds. Then, I say this book is worthwhile.

EDIT: I am bothered by the Elizabeth Taylor quote, not because I want to pematurely judge Frank Cascio, but because I know how many people are totally ignorant about the nature of Michael's friendship with Liz.

Personal experience: I told my mom Liz was a great friend and supporter of Michael. My mom said as-a-matter-of-factly "of couse she wanted to be his friend, Michael bought her so many jewels." The comment made by Frank (despite his casual demeanor and context) will reinforce that belief. Like Ginvid said, Frank needs to be ultra careful will what he wrote, for his words will be misinterpreted and twisted easily. We can't expect all people who read the books are driven with common sense and have basic knowledge of Michael.

ivy · Nov 4, 2011

Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

It's obvious that such books are not aimed for the 20+ years fans but it's aimed to the general public and new fans.

Example : I read almost all books about Michael and I watched the recent David Gest documentary. The Motown story for example we all know it by heart. I can even recite it to you. I'm sure all of you are the same way. In the Gest documentary I was even bored in that first half - well simply because I knew it.

For the Jermaine's book - which I thought to be okay - from my 25 year fan perspective it wasn't ground breaking. I already knew 95% of the stuff that he wrote.

So with that reality I do not think that there are many book that can be aimed to the long time fans. All the similar taglines used at Jermaine's book or Gest documentary of "like you have never seen before" didn't really apply to the fans.

It's the general public these target. And like bluetopez said look to Jermaine's book, Gest's documentary and now Frank's book all say that their goal is to correct the public misconceptions.

If you watched the Gest documentary the extra's at the very end there's a piece by J. Randy Taraborelli. He says that with the death of Michael the public suddenly remembered him as entertainer he is and not the media portrayal. He says that Michael became humanized. And we discussed this on this board before. So perhaps this might be the time to change the misconceptions about Michael once and for all.

Lucilla · Nov 4, 2011

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ivy said:
There it goes.

He actually said it was about how MJ was portrayed and his desire to correct those misconceptions. That was his promise to Michael . He told me that after people read his book for example there would not be a single person on earth that believe that Michael was a pedophile and that he would have cleared it up for good.

Wow, now that's optimistic

love is magical · Nov 4, 2011

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ivy said:
It's obvious that such books are not aimed for the 20+ years fans but it's aimed to the general public and new fans.

Example : I read almost all books about Michael and I watched the recent David Gest documentary. The Motown story for example we all know it by heart. I can even recite it to you. I'm sure all of you are the same way. In the Gest documentary I was even bored in that first half - well simply because I knew it.

For the Jermaine's book - which I thought to be okay - from my 25 year fan perspective it wasn't ground breaking. I already knew 95% of the stuff that he wrote.

So with that reality I do not think that there are many book that can be aimed to the long time fans. All the similar taglines used at Jermaine's book or Gest documentary of "like you have never seen before" didn't really apply to the fans.

It's the general public these target. And like bluetopez said look to Jermaine's book, Gest's documentary and now Frank's book all say that their goal is to correct the public misconceptions.

When you talked to Frank, did you talk about the promotional strategy of the book? The book is targeted to general public. What are they going to do to increase awareness? Frank Cascio is a name recognized by hard core fans only. I'm just wondering whether the general public would be interested enough to pick up a memoir written by a friend who's relatively unknown and is not a professional biographer.

ivy said:
If you watched the Gest documentary the extra's at the very end there's a piece by J. Randy Taraborelli. He says that with the death of Michael the public suddenly remembered him as entertainer he is and not the media portrayal. He says that Michael became humanized. And we discussed this on this board before. So perhaps this might be the time to change the misconceptions about Michael once and for all.

I hope it's that easy "to change the misconceptions about Michael ONCE AND FOR ALL." As I mentioned a millions time before, I have faith and know history will do Michael justice. I think we all need to be patient and realize the huge challenge to change the misconceptions formed by people who have been misled by the media for decades. I agree with Lucilla, that's quite unrealistically optimistic.

BUMPER SNIPPET · Nov 4, 2011

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lucilla said:
Wow, now that's optimistic

:lmao: :rofl:

The thing is, we tend to forget that there is still an on-going controversy about the Cascio tracks. I don't want by any mean to bring in the Cascio controversy into this thread, but it's almost impossible to dissociate Frank with the controversy that the Cascio tracks triggered.

Now the aim of this post --I am repeating is not to bring in the Cascio controversy, so let's please do not go that way, there's another thread for that-- is to emphasize on the fact that due to the existing Cascio controversy, how credible Frank will be perceived by the fans in general?

Saying that his book will change the belief of every single person on this Earth who believes that MJ was a paedophile is indeed exaggerately optimistic knowing that his credibility is already being questioned regarding this other topic.

BUMPER SNIPPET · Nov 4, 2011

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On another level, I don't think that books written by MJ's relatives or friends can help to change people's opinions because of the positive bias. In order to change people's opinions, the so called victims themselves should write books in which they will admit that Michael never touched them, or by Tom Sneddon in which he'd admit that there never was a solid case from the start.

Bonnie Blue · Nov 4, 2011

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Sorry but my attention was caught by Dr van valin's new book which had the story of how mj was offered $4m for a photoshoot of his kids which he declined. I can imagine the jacksons choking on their morning coffee when they read that, and all the regrets and recriminations as they realise how they've just sold out the childrens' appearances to the media to plug their projects for mere baubles.

HIStory · Nov 4, 2011

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BUMPER SNIPPET said:
On another level, I don't think that books written by MJ's relatives or friends can help to change people's opinions because of the positive bias. In order to change people's opinions, the so called victims themselves should write books in which they will admit that Michael never touched them, or by Tom Sneddon in which he'd admit that there never was a solid case from the start.

Unfortunately this is true. I wish it would be so easy to change the misconceptions of people. I have to say as sad as it is, but I agree with you that the misconceptions of the general public only have a chance to change overwhelmingly if Jordan Chandler/Gavin Arvizo come out and tell the world Michael never molested them and that was all a lie. I think it would be enough for Jordan to come out, then the Arvizos would automatically lose every credibility given to them. But I'm not holding my breath this will ever happen. Unfortunately. It breaks my heart to think that this shadow may forever hang over Michael's name, just because of a couple of greedy, evil liars. This world is so fricking unfair.

And I don't know who is Frank's intended target group with this book, but to be honest I don't think many non-fans will buy it and especially not those who think Michael was a pedo. This book will be bought mainly by fans.

MsCassieMollie · Nov 4, 2011

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Ugh @ Deiter in the background but Michael & Frank looks good:

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HIStory · Nov 4, 2011

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love is magical said:
In my opinion, it may take generations. The young generation today will grow up in a different media climate. They will not hear the term "wacko *****" being used as tagline. Their minds are free of bias and they will come to see the truth themselves. And, I hope the young generation don't need to read any book to correct any misconception, at least I hope they will never get to that point.

True, it may take generations.

I hope you are right about the new generations. Thing is kids usually like Michael because their minds are not yet infected by the bias and the tabloid trash.

I think the current generation of journalists need to retire before there will be any kind of major change. The journalists who still control public discourse about Michael are the very same ones who trashed him during the trial, before and after. They won't turn around and admit they were wrong and they were leading the biggest witch hunt of the 21st century, lynching an innocent man and that they were no better than any other lynch mob in history. So to view critically what this generation of the media did to Michael there should be a generation change first in the media.

MJJuniorSinceMW · Nov 4, 2011

One should differ between Eddie & Frank.
Each is a grown up person in his own right.

If one will make the point that only the hardcore fans know Frank & therefore only few others will read the book & change their opinion, i want to say this:
Only a few of the hardcore fans think the cascios betrayed MJ.
The last time i checked the general public didn't even know about a controversy & is even farer from giving a damn about it.
So how should they have misconceptions against a book by Frank?

Sneddon, Bashit, Chandler, Arvizo writing a book is a wonderful idea, but here I'm pessimistic, that will neverB happen.

I also agree with LoveIsMagical, if people like Mandela & Clinton can't change an opinion, then who?

But who else should step up, other than friends & supporters & family?

It's good that SOMETHING is being done!

LadyinHisLife80 · Nov 4, 2011

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respect77 said:
I'm glad Mez put an end to that kind of nonsense. I remember he said some people had ideas that MJ should walk into the courtroom with a pretty blond chick on his side every day. But Mez didn't allow that and said it was nonsensical. I agree it was whoever came up with such ideas.

LOL it would make people suspect more. Exaggeration.

BUMPER SNIPPET · Nov 4, 2011

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MJJuniorSinceMW said:
One should differ between Eddie & Frank.
Each is a grown up person in his own right.

If one will make the point that only the hardcore fans know Frank & therefore only few others will read the book & change their opinion, i want to say this:
Only a few of the hardcore fans think the cascios betrayed MJ.
The last time i checked the general public didn't even know about a controversy & is even farer from giving a damn about it.
So how should they have misconceptions against a book by Frank?

Sneddon, Bashit, Chandler, Arvizo writing a book is a wonderful idea, but here I'm pessimistic, that will neverB happen.

I also agree with LoveIsMagical, if people like Mandela & Clinton can't change an opinion, then who?

But who else should step up, other than friends & supporters & family?

It's good that SOMETHING is being done!

Totally agree. The only problem is that Frank is not a writer but a music producer (who happens to back his brother and not contradict him), look at his short biography:

Frank Cascio, an entrepreneur and music producer who knew Michael Jackson for more than twenty-five years, including serving as his personal manager for nearly a decade from the '90s into the '00s. During that time, Cascio developed and co-produced The Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Celebration, Madison Square Garden, was co-producer and creative director of The Michael Jackson Interview: Footage You Were Never Meant to See, executive producer and creative director in collaboration with Brett Ratner on Michael Jackson Private Home Movies, which aired on Fox in 2003. He splits his time between New York, Los Angeles, and Germany.

So indeed, the non-fans don't give a damn, but then they probably wouldn' bother buying yet another book about MJ either. As far as fans are concerned, well they do know that MJ wasn't a paedophile.

By the way, didn't the jury after hearing the case pronounced him not guilty on all acounts? What else is needed to prove anything? A book by a Frank? Indeed Frank who?

p.s. Bashir already made it crystal clear that he never ever witnessed anything wrong on the ranch.

BUMPER SNIPPET · Nov 4, 2011

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bluetopez · Nov 4, 2011

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Everyone is making good points!

But, I do think the fans will be more aware of this book and will have to be the major buyers for it to even get attention or sell. Because for the public the Cascio's were like who? Until MJ's death and their appearance all of a sudden on Oprah.

I'm interested in the allegations part of the book so looking forward to what people say about that part. Because I'm for anything that further proves his innocence and the idea that maybe someone that wasn't sure get their minds changed. But, it's the more private stuff on MJ life that I'm worried about. I just hope it don't go too far to prove a point or that the book has any info that would be useless like I stated before that wouldn't add to anything but gossip?

So we shall see cause it's coming and we can't do anything about it....lol Like many MJ related projects! O_O

Ashtanga · Nov 4, 2011

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ivy said:
There it goes.

He actually said it was about how MJ was portrayed and his desire to correct those misconceptions. That was his promise to Michael . He told me that after people read his book for example there would not be a single person on earth that believe that Michael was a pedophile and that he would have cleared it up for good.

:fear:

marebear · Nov 4, 2011

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Some close friends of Michael's have acted differently. Some choose not to say anything unless they are asked about Michael. Maybe they feel that Michael was treated so badly and they want him to have peace. Then some friends might just be sick and tired of the way Michael was treated and want to do something to help him. Most of fans never met Michael but I know over the years I have been extremely frustrated and angry about how Michael was treated. I just wanted him to be left alone. Maybe writing a book is not the answer, maybe it is who knows? We have to wait and see what he says in the book.

Ashtanga · Nov 4, 2011

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marebear said:
I just wanted him to be left alone.

Me too.

StellaJackson · Nov 4, 2011

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ivy said:
This is so funny..

Yesterday Frank told me that after Michael's death a lot of people started to come out of woodwork with books and claims and he goes "who are those people?". He said that many did not even know. He told me that it was one of the reasons that he wrote the book and the other was a promise to Michael.

edited to add: No I did not mean that "he promised to write a book".

He actually said it was about how MJ was portrayed and his desire to correct those misconceptions. That was his promise to Michael . He told me that after people read his book for example there would not be a single person on earth that believe that Michael was a pedophile and that he would have cleared it up for good.

He's writing the book to try and turn around the negative feeling towards him and his family. He has proven that he can not be trusted.

Snow White luvs Peter Pan · Nov 4, 2011

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Our adored Dame Elizabeth Taylor was the ONLY ONE who didn't put herself at that level betraying his dear friend!

Kapital77 · Nov 4, 2011

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I won't be reading anything from certain "friends" that maliciously damaged Michael's musical legacy after his passing. Using David Gest's documentary to tarnish his legacy even further by saying he was over-medicated, or that his true friend Elizabeth Taylor was a greedy woman.

Disgusting.

qbee · Nov 4, 2011

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I dont care who writes a book or if they recieve compensation for it as long as it is positive and shows Michael
as a wonderful human being. We have to many negative and we need more positive for HIStory sake..

maral · Nov 5, 2011

qbee said:
I dont care who writes a book or if they recieve compensation for it as long as it is positive and shows Michael
as a wonderful human being. We have to many negative and we need more positive for HIStory sake..

Agree

WhoIsIt89 · Nov 5, 2011

Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Some of you seemingly fail to understand that Frank and Eddie Cascio are two seperate individuals who make their own decisions. To say that Frank had a hand in the current track controversy, other than him producing the initial Porte songs, is pure speculation.

And while Bashir finally admitted, after Michael's death might I add, lets not act as if he's more morally correct than any Cascio. We all know he created, chopped and edited that film with the malicious intent of getting Michael caught up in scandal.

love is magical · Nov 5, 2011

Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

^^If you followed Bumper's chain of posts, you may be able to see he's in no way suggesting Bashir has higher morality than Cascio. We know it's very challenging to change people's perception. Not even Mandela or Clinton can sway people's negative opinion. Bashir, the backstabber who caused the painful trial in 2003, admitted he didn't see any inappropriate conduct in Neverland on air. So? Some people still believe what they want to believe.

bluetopez · Nov 5, 2011

Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Actually Bashit always said he never saw MJ do anything even before MJ died and after the LWMJ aired. But, what he did do is create the idea of "what if" and "who knows" because of past allegations. That was his game and many in the public & media went along or/and fell for it without actual evidence.

Frank supports his brother Eddie with those tracks that's not speculating! Or did u forget the whole Cascio Fam on Oprah together which involved the tracks. They weren't just their to talk about their friendship with Michael but, there to back up Eddie with those tracks. So let's not pretend!

Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael"/ Excerpt @pg151/New Interview Post 3743

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