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

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

Korgnex said:
I've always expected most fans cannot stand reality and accuse those that share some real insight on the personality known as Michael Jackson as liars and backstabbers. Even though Michael himself wrote and sung a song about his addiction of painkillers (=legal "drugs"). And that song is from the early '90ies, in his later years he went on to regularly abuse medicine for his various issues stage efforts and diseases caused by longstanding overworking.

Face it, don't deny Michael's tragic and sad downside, it IS also a part of who he was! He had his flaws like any other human being!
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Oh yes I will strongly deny that.
Remember what Michael said all that drama it's call acting.That was the artist in him.

Sad and tragic, not my Michael.:no:Some of us like to see him like that though and they get all the help from his family and friends.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Finally people start to realize Cascios' motives after MJ's death.

I am telling you, expect a recipe/cook book of MJ's favorite dishes by the mother Cascio...
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Korgnex said:
I've always expected most fans cannot stand reality and accuse those that share some real insight on the personality known as Michael Jackson as liars and backstabbers. Even though Michael himself wrote and sung a song about his addiction of painkillers (=legal "drugs"). And that song is from the early '90ies, in his later years he went on to regularly abuse medicine for his various issues stage efforts and diseases caused by longstanding overworking.

Face it, don't deny Michael's tragic and sad downside, it IS also a part of who he was! He had his flaws like any other human being! ;)
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for me it's not about him saying MJ was addicted. Michaels problems with MEDICATION is understandable to me. it makes me love him more. people forget that Michael being dependent on medication have nothing to do with what murray did. to him. but the timing of these interviews is dead wrong.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

maral said:
for me it's not about him saying MJ was addicted. Michaels problems with MEDICATION is understandable to me. it makes me love him more. people forget that Michael being dependent on medication have nothing to do with what murray did. to him. but the timing of these interviews is dead wrong.
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Except for a $$$ promotion...
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

BUMPER SNIPPET said:
Finally people start to realize Cascios' motives after MJ's death.

I am telling you, expect a recipe/cook book of MJ's favorite dishes by the mother Cascio...
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:clapping:looking forward for this one
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Yeah frank doesnt seem to care about the chances of jury tainting.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

maral said:
to play the devils advocate this is highly editedd
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agree. a 2 minute interview is not enough to put it in context

maral said:
for me it's not about him saying MJ was addicted. Michaels problems with MEDICATION is understandable to me. it makes me love him more. people forget that Michael being dependent on medication have nothing to do with what murray did. to him. but the timing of these interviews is dead wrong.
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in the trial Prosecutor Walgren said no one is denying that Michael wanted Propofol. In addition to Murray you had Lee and Metzger saying he talked about it / asked about it. If the judge had allowed we would have Adams and Ratner talking as well. As Walgren said no one can deny Propofol.

Similarly Demerol has been in Michael's life starting in the 90s which made the way into his songs. Even today no one is questioning that Michael got demerol from Klein. The question remains is was the dose normal or too high.

Although I wholeheartedly disagree with the "addict" word, the situational part makes sense the Pepsi burn, 1993 allegations emotional toll, 1999 bridge fall - and associated back pain and 2005 allegations / trial emotional toll shows you the situations.

Again although "addict" word seems so unneeded, there's nothing wrong in a person needing and depending on medications through such events. For example there have been times in life I experienced depression and insomnia and totally needed medicine to be able to function. That didn't make me an addict. It was explainable medical condition.

Although I'm not happy with the addict word , I'll still wait for the book to see it in full context.


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Yeah frank doesnt seem to care about the chances of jury tainting.
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jurors aren't supposed to watch those programs due to admonishments. If we are to assume that they break the rules and watch it almost everyone will be guilty of jury tainting including Jacksons, Oxman, Gest, Vegas Bodyguards, Klein, Faye and many media people.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

I am confused. Did he and his family not say on Oprah that they never saw a drug problem with Michael? I am pretty sure they said that. What is this now? People say he wasn't then they say he was. How we are suppose to know the truth? I am confused.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

marebear said:
I am confused. Did he and his family not say on Oprah that they never saw a drug problem with Michael? I am pretty sure they said that. What is this now? People say he wasn't then they say he was. How we are suppose to know the truth? I am confused.
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Simple, don't trust anyone.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

marebear said:
I am confused. Did he and his family not say on Oprah that they never saw a drug problem with Michael? I am pretty sure they said that. What is this now? People say he wasn't then they say he was. How we are suppose to know the truth? I am confused.
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I'm quite curious about to understand this better myself. In Gest interview he denied the addict word but used dependency - in a medical sense. Here you have the addict word (again which I don't like) but it's combined with situational.

so what does it mean?
that he slept at their house when he had no stress (as their mother said on Oprah) but there had been times due to stress he needed Propofol.
that he had back pain issues and took demerol (as he said on Gest Interview) but it never was addiction or continuous.

so it's not clear at least to me as of now. We'll see it in 10 days I guess - good or bad.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

In my opinion, adding the adjective "situational" doesn't make it sound better. Do you think people who are ignorant of Michael's medical issues and chronic pain can reason? I keep saying he needs to be ultra careful if he wants to clear misconception when he speaks to the media. Instead of using the word "addict", explain the situation more clearly.

I watch 20/20 last night. As always, the editors cut and pasted Frank's drug talks with Deepak Chopak's doctor shopping talk and the Jacksons' intervention talk. So, they painted Michael a spoiled addict in denial.

Frank hasn't been in public until when he has a book to promote. And, he fed the media with drug talks. We have people like Tom Meseresu, Michael Prince and LaVelle Smith being interviewed recently. They have only good things to say about Michael. Oh yeah... That's right. They have no book to sell.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

thank you Ivy. i'm really trying to understand this as i know this family could have sold him out a long time ago when the allegations broke, yet they didn't.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

maral said:
thank you Ivy. i'm really trying to understand this as i know this family could have sold him out a long time ago when the allegations broke, yet they didn't.
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They aren't selling him right now either. They just took the opportunity to make some money off of his name once he died.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

maral said:
and that's not selling?
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Well it depends on what you mean by "selling".

I understood it more on the business level rather than on betraying MJ's private life level.

But in this case we have both, indeed.
 
maral said:
thank you Ivy. i'm really trying to understand this as i know this family could have sold him out a long time ago when the allegations broke, yet they didn't.
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We can try to understand. The question is will the general public who watched 20/20 care enough to understand?
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

love is magical said:
We can try to understand. The question is will the general public who watched 20/20 care enough to understand?
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Damn it, why do we have to try to understand Frank when he says such things and not other people who bashed MJ? Let's open our eyes for once. He wants money, that's why he promotes his book, and the timing is perfectly well chosen for such a promotion. Period.


p.s. Nobody tried to understand Aaron! On the contrary we all got together to write an angry letter. And here, Monsieur Frank receives the privilege of a Saint.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Yeah the jurrors arent supp to watch anything but they may see an advert in the tv guide or t.v.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Correct me if I am wrong. Did Frank said in 20/20 that MJ's family tried to help but.......(the rest got cut off). I don't know whether it's the edit of the whole thing but it also sounds like he is backing up the Jacksons in denial stories. On the other hand, just like people point out before, in Oprah, the Cascios said they never saw those things. They don't understand all of these insomnia things (Can't remember the correct quote). In David Gest's documentary he stated no MJ is not addict. Now, he said : he is situational addict. huh? what does this suppose to mean? One day MJ is not an addict, the next day he is situational addict?

We all know MJ had lots of health issue physically and mentally and he fought so hard to survive. He tried so hard to deal with all the pains physically and mentally. He is a strong person to deal with all these for decades. The media just wants to paint him as an tragic people who recklessly ruin his own life. Frank has been with MJ for so long. He knew how the media works and how they treated MJ. He should be ultra careful especially at this particular time point of Murray trial. He should know how these comments will turn into. I don't think he is so naive not knowing how his words can be turned to.

If People searched my post before, I am not against his book at all from the beginning. I think I am kind of in the supporting side and I actually pre-ordered the book. However, as the time went by, I really started to doubt the whole thing. One day, you'll here that he want to set the record straight and show the worlds who MJ really was etc. The other day, you'll hear him called MJ a situational addict?! (what's this mean?)

Ivy, will you have any chance to talk to him again?
Why he said all those things? Why this time point?
It's hard for people to believe it's not about gaining publicity and selling the books.

It's interesting that suddenly the bodyguards and Frank all both jump out to say something at this sensitive time point.
 
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BUMPER SNIPPET said:
Damn it, why do we have to try to understand Frank when he says such things and not other people who bashed MJ? Let's open our eyes for once. He wants money, that's why he promotes his book, and the timing is perfectly well chosen for such a promotion. Period.p.s. Nobody tried to understand Aaron! On the contrary we all got together to write an angry letter. And here, Monsieur Franks receives the privilege of a Saint.
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True. When the Jacksons talk about interventions and when Chopa talked about doctor shopping, no one say let's try to understand. As I said, if Frank really wants to clear misconception, he has to be very sensitive about his words being used out of context. So, I don't see how j can cut him some slacks. I'm glad that I cancel my pre-order. I won't support anyone who uses drug talk to sell books.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

So when was the last time chopra was friends with mj? in the 90's!
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

BUMPER SNIPPET said:
Damn it, why do we have to try to understand Frank when he says such things and not other people who bashed MJ? Let's open our eyes for once. He wants money, that's why he promotes his book, and the timing is perfectly well chosen for such a promotion. Period.
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and you are the objective person to say so, right ? :)


p.s. Nobody tried to understand Aaron! On the contrary we all got together to write an angry letter. And here, Monsieur Frank receives the privilege of a Saint.
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totally incorrect. the news of Aaron's statements started making the rounds 2 weeks before it got published - as being mentioned on the upcoming issue. Many people - some that I personally know - reached out to Aaron asking if it was true. (no one initially believed it as he had been supportive of Michael). He through DM's threatened people with filling harassment lawsuits against them so people dropped the subject. After the story got published people emailed Daphne and her assistant was adamant that the Aaron said those things and he even said worse and they will release the audios - which they did. So people tried to understand Aaron, he turned to attack the people that reached out to him and the angry letter didn't come until 2.5 weeks later and Daphne's assistant published the audios. Aaron was given the benefit of the doubt.

In this instance I'm not seeing anyone asking Frank to explain himself. Do you?
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

ivy said:
and you are the objective person to say so, right ? :)
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I fully admit I am at this point subjective. Last year I had no prejudice about the Cascios at all. I was indifferent and objective. But as times goes by, more and more I have been disappointed by what they have done in one year. My opinion on them is based on this year actions. And as a matter of fact an opinion is subjective, yours not?




ivy said:
totally incorrect. the news of Aaron's statements started making the rounds 2 weeks before it got published - as being mentioned on the upcoming issue. Many people - some that I personally know - reached out to Aaron asking if it was true. (no one initially believed it as he had been supportive of Michael). He through DM's threatened people with filling harassment lawsuits against them so people dropped the subject. After the story got published people emailed Daphne and her assistant was adamant that the Aaron said those things and will release the audios - which they did. So people tried to understand Aaron, he turned to attack the people that reached out to him and the angry letter didn't come until 2.5 weeks later and Daphne's assistant published the audios.

In this instance I'm not seeing anyone asking Frank to explain himself. Do you?
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Do you see anyone writing a public letter to counter Frank's words?
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Franks messed up cause no one buys these books but mj fans and alot thought this book would be diff and were intrested in getting it. now it seens to be the same as all the rest
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

I agree that "timing" is not good, and I don't like the word "addict" either but I don't think he's lying.
Maybe he should explain better so people does not take it out of context. Also I think the publisher arraigned these appearances and he probably has no control of what will be the main focus on the story.
since the trial is regarding "propofol" so the show will focus on "drug' story.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

All I can say is repeat what I was saying from the beginning: WIND
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

Imo friends/family shouldnt talk about this issue full stop especially when they dont mind being ambigious in order to get attention for their book.
 
Re: Frank Cascio to write memoir of his friend Michael Jackson / press release at pg12 / Nov 15 ,201

I guess the only person we can trust right now is Joe Vogel on writing books....
 
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