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

[maral]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

can someone fill me in.. for those who don't believe what Frank states in his book..

who aside from MJ (he's not here) are we supposed to believe? I can't think of one living person that we have said we shouldn't believe or trust..

I hope I dont get a responce about DTA

a very good point. we can trust no one. that is a fact. however, a friend like Frank could be listend to. these friends my not tell Michaels prospective but can give us different prospective

 

[Ashtanga]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

who aside from MJ (he's not here) are we supposed to believe?

This is very complicated because he is not here to say/explain with his own mouth. For me, Michael is still the ONLY reliable source and nobody else. Fact! -_- I never believe in 100% about many things that some people (no matter who they are) are saying out there about Michael's life and bla bla bla. -_-

Leave the man's private life kept in private and will concentrate on his art/legacy, this is the most important. -_- :fear:

we can trust no one. that is a fact.

I never trust anyone blindly. Well, you can trust, BUT always keep one eye open and the other closed. Trust distrusting, always. :fear:

 

[maral]

One of my friends, and I know this happened, told journalists or if it was a column writer that I seduced my fans. And that is not true and it´s horrible such thing were told. And they put women by my side. And some of them went on TV to say they had a relationship with me, that is horrible too, and it´s not true and people around me kept saying it´s good for me, it´s good for me. I found it to be horrible. They didn´t care about what it put the one I love through, as long as they could make me look straight they didn´t care what it could have done with what I already had since a few years back. There is not such thing as women, there is a woman, one woman, except for my mother. And the thought about her being forced to take the stand for me gave me nightmares and is the last thing I would put her through, to be questioned and being mocked by one of the most evil men on this planet. It was horrible.

thank you for sharing that. it gives my heart peace that he had some one that was just his, just there to love him outside the public eye.

 

[MJJ7777]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

can someone fill me in.. for those who don't believe what Frank states in his book..

who aside from MJ (he's not here) are we supposed to believe? I can't think of one living person that we have said we shouldn't believe or trust..

I hope I dont get a responce about DTA

That's easy, No One. Everything revealed Post June 25 I consider "good" stories and "bad" stories , that way I don't get upset since they are now tales for entertainment purposes I guess. Its like a race, who can give the best insider tale of MJ's private life, the tale that fits the glove most likely? and since we're so curious, we keep a thread like this going on and on and on until forever

 

[eldatezeno]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

Thanks for posting

 

[loveforever]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

can someone fill me in.. for those who don't believe what Frank states in his book.. who aside from MJ (he's not here) are we supposed to believe? I can't think of one living person that we have said we shouldn't believe or trust.. I hope I dont get a responce about DTA

Elisabeth(not here anymore), Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli... Definitely not those Michael distanced himself from such as latoya Jackson or Frank Cascio. Worse, befriend with Rabbi Schmuley or Roger Friedman, there is the saying "Things of one kind come together."

 

[KOPV]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

mjj777 -its not so easy.. like I said I hope not to hear DTA - dont trust anyone.. and thats exactly how I expected the responce.. well I guess I can say saying not to trust anyone is an easy responce, but cannot be the right responce..

it would ignorant of myself to shut out everyone.. even Michaels mother, and those who spent muchhhh more time with him than me.. I am willing to hear what people have to say as long as they knew Michael. I'll take it in objectivaly and go through it with a microscope.. those things that don't add up I push out, and those things that fit the puzzel together, or could be a possible piece (wather I want that piece in it or not) I leave it open..

That is the true way we should be doing things, but (understandably to some extent) we tend to revert to a toddlers "na-na-na-boo-boo I can't here you" attitude anytime someone says something about Michael that we dont want in the puzzel..

Life is not black and white.. For example people were trying to imply Frank is no good because he was seen with Schumley... um ok!! that is pretty rediculous..

Personal experience, one point my brother and his best friend had a falling out.. I still saw my brothers best friend on occasion and did not push him out just because of it. as many flaws a person has, and even in the circumstances of opportunisticness may present itself and someone may take it.. that does not discredit EVERYTHING that person is.. I have my grudges towards schumley, if I met him in person I would not have very kind words to say to him.. But not even him would I dismiss 100% of what he says because he's done something I never have.. SPEND TIME with the man..

We attacked people in the past before Michael died because they stated that he was dependant on medication.. NO ITS IMPOSSIBLE!! well guess what its NOT! years later MJ died because od medication given to him reclously.. I myself stated years ago that I believe MJ has a sleeping problem and I was worried.. I was attacked for it.. I cant even remember how many people told me I was not a fan for thinking that, and did not know "anything" about Michael if I were to say something like that..

We NEED to stop denouncing peoples words on Michael when they were there.. there is a difference between people that claim themselves specialists and never spent time with Michael and those who spent time.. the cascio family and Michael were VERY close.. as close as Michael could be to a family without the last name Jackson..

 

[bluetopez]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

Lastly- how come the privacy advocates are all over these supposed revelations on an internet board??? The double standards are plain amazing.

NO! It wouldn't make sense if some were coming in here saying we know nothin that's in the book at all and spreaded hate over it. Just like it would be wrong if some would have said that they read nothing and recommend people to read it. Simply one has to know what their talking about to argue either side. When fans write to the media about hateful stories about MJ they have to know what was said before they argue their case.

who aside from MJ (he's not here) are we supposed to believe?

Why do u think u need someone else?
I trust Michael only. Just because he is dead now doesn't mean I have to look to others for their version of the truth. MJ may have not been 100% accurate about his whole life and I know that's the reason why so many are willing to buy books like Franks but, it was MJs own life and it was his right to share whatever he felt was good enough to say about it. IMO

 

[KOPV]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

Bluetopez - Michael is not here.. and if you dont want to know things about Michael he didnt want out in the public.. than don't.. thats perfectly fine!! but for those of us that are interested on knowing aspects of his life to understand the man who he REALLY was, than we would need other sources.. Michael had an image that he wanted to obtain, some of that was an IMAGE! a lovely one, but in my opinion the more I learn about the aspects of his life it just brings that lovely man to life in a way he never was before and is not any less magical.. Just REAL! infact to me it makes him greater because the real man that exhisted had even more depth, love, joy, than EVEN the image he showed the world..

I personally want to knoe who Michael Jackson was, not just what he publically showcased... thats what I want, and there is nothing wrong with that..

its like Michael did not just study peter pan, he studied the writer, the life he lived and how he became the man to create such a story

 

[claudiadoina]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

I am quite certain that nobody put a gun to Michael Jackson's head to make him walk through the mall hand in hand with someone else. If he didn't like that stuff and knew that that would be hurtful to someone else- then I understand the pressure, but it is up to him to not do that.

Lastly- how come the privacy advocates are all over these supposed revelations on an internet board??? The double standards are plain amazing.

That post was made with a precise purpose by somebody who actually talked to Michael and witness to what she's been telling.And it was on a fanforum not TV, tabloid, book and only being forced by those here who took Frank's word as a gospel.

I could have said thousands more times that Frank is lying about certain things (or just ignoring the truth) nobody would have believed me or the others "privacy advocates" on this board.But you might believe her for some reason, who knows.

 

[MJJ7777]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

mjj777 -its not so easy.. like I said I hope not to hear DTA - dont trust anyone.. and thats exactly how I expected the responce.. well I guess I can say saying not to trust anyone is an easy responce, but cannot be the right responce..

it would ignorant of myself to shut out everyone.. even Michaels mother, and those who spent muchhhh more time with him than me.. I am willing to hear what people have to say as long as they knew Michael. I'll take it in objectivaly and go through it with a microscope.. those things that don't add up I push out, and those things that fit the puzzel together, or could be a possible piece (wather I want that piece in it or not) I leave it open..

That is the true way we should be doing things, but (understandably to some extent) we tend to revert to a toddlers "na-na-na-boo-boo I can't here you" attitude anytime someone says something about Michael that we dont want in the puzzel..

Life is not black and white.. For example people were trying to imply Frank is no good because he was seen with Schumley... um ok!! that is pretty rediculous..

Personal experience, one point my brother and his best friend had a falling out.. I still saw my brothers best friend on occasion and did not push him out just because of it. as many flaws a person has, and even in the circumstances of opportunisticness may present itself and someone may take it.. that does not discredit EVERYTHING that person is.. I have my grudges towards schumley, if I met him in person I would not have very kind words to say to him.. But not even him would I dismiss 100% of what he says because he's done something I never have.. SPEND TIME with the man..

We attacked people in the past before Michael died because they stated that he was dependant on medication.. NO ITS IMPOSSIBLE!! well guess what its NOT! years later MJ died because od medication given to him reclously.. I myself stated years ago that I believe MJ has a sleeping problem and I was worried.. I was attacked for it.. I cant even remember how many people told me I was not a fan for thinking that, and did not know "anything" about Michael if I were to say something like that..

We NEED to stop denouncing peoples words on Michael when they were there.. there is a difference between people that claim themselves specialists and never spent time with Michael and those who spent time.. the cascio family and Michael were VERY close.. as close as Michael could be to a family without the last name Jackson..

My bad I didn't get the DTA part. Sadly, the first answer you don't want to hear is the plain old truth. The way I see it, if you didn't get to say something before June 25th, its too late to be taken seriously sad but true. Like Ashtanga said, its not like Michael's here and we can ask him about the authenticity of every book being written now, what can we really do besides read and eat popcorn and have a few laughs and tears, thats what I intend to do once I find the time to read it tbh.

 

[Ingelief]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

@moodyblues you are saying michael told you he had a special person for years??? And that he wasnt straith or did i misread it?

 

[bluetopez]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

^KOPV Ummm, U ask a question and people answered it and it was only my opinion that I gave. But, I see u already had ur answer. So next time I won't bother.

 

[MJJ7777]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

@moodyblues you are saying michael told you he had a special person for years??? And that he wasnt straith or did i misread it?

You may have partially misread it. I think this person was saying that it was offensive to the one special "woman" he was with , once his team decided it would be good PR for his image to fuel and encourage the portrayal of false multiple relationships he had with the many "women" just to prove that he is straight to the misinformed public. Thats how I read it IDK.

 

[xthunderx2]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

@moodyblues you are saying michael told you he had a special person for years??? And that he wasnt straith or did i misread it?

you misread it.What she wrote was that Michael told her he had ONE WOMAN..and just one woman that he loved besides his mother,

 

[xthunderx2]

And this is what I have to say with the risk of getting more hate. And I try not to be cryptic this time.

What Michael publically stated wasn´t always accurate. Sometimes he said more than one thing about the same subject. I´ve two versions when it comes to Blanket, one that Michael said on TV and one that he gave me in private.
I have avoided this thread for a long time. Many things in that book is fabricated, they are bits of what happened. Munich 99 for one thing. I know for sure Michael didn´t get propofol there, unless he is talking about the night he spent in hospital, because that I´ve no idea about. During History tour he did have a doctor with him and everyone knows by this point how he got some sleep there, so I´m not in denial about propofol. But in Munich? No

And then at one occassion in 2006 Michael said this (I don´t remember all his exact words, but horrible were something he said multible times.

One of my friends, and I know this happened, told journalists or if it was a column writer that I seduced my fans. And that is not true and it´s horrible such thing were told. And they put women by my side. And some of them went on TV to say they had a relationship with me, that is horrible too, and it´s not true and people around me kept saying it´s good for me, it´s good for me. I found it to be horrible. They didn´t care about what it put the one I love through, as long as they could make me look straight they didn´t care what it could have done with what I already had since a few years back. There is not such thing as women, there is a woman, one woman, except for my mother. And the thought about her being forced to take the stand for me gave me nightmares and is the last thing I would put her through, to be questioned and being mocked by one of the most evil men on this planet. It was horrible.

And the more he talked the faster he talked and in the end it came tears. And he was really upset. I wasn´t alone with him at this time, there were other people around, one of them was one of his photographers. And one girl (as I know now is a follower) were there with another fan (who I don´t know if it´s a follower). And a few more who I think worked with him and not for him, like I did.
I´ve been thinking about this friend being Frank, but of course I can be wrong. Michael talked many times about his brother Eddie and that he is very talented and how he hoped for him to get a few of his songs out there. But he never talked about Frank like that. Who I´ve seen around only a few times and the last time in 2003.

And before anyone say "well, why didn´t he deny it then?" about those going on TV, he got that question from a person being there and he said "I would never humiliate anyone in public by denying, what good would that do to that person? I´m not like that"

Sorry, I meant I saw Frank the last time in 2003, not Michael of course. Sorry if it was confusing.

^^Okay Ivy, thanks



I know he didn´t say he saw propofol being used. Only that he suspected it. And I was wondering if he talked about he night at the hospital after the bridge fall or the other nights. The other nights I know he didn´t get any propofol, what happend at the hospital I don´t know.

Thank you so much for posting..I put more faith in what it is that you have written,,,than ANYTHING that ANYONE else has tried to write about Michael since June 25th. They are all out for themselves. YOU are not. Thank you.

 

[Rhilo]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

decide in sense of what? and what inconsistencies? can you be more specific?

For example similar to Michael seeing Lisa Marie for 4 years after the divorce but Frank's path never crossing with Lisa Marie. Michael could have been talking/ seeing Elizabeth and Frank didn't know it or he might have known it but exaggerated in the book. Who knows? Whether it was a lie or whether it was misinformation is something that you would have to decide for yourself.

That. Since you've read the book and said it's up to personal interpretation, do you think Frank was totally honest or was misrepresenting facts based on certain things he mentioned that contradicted what really happened i.e. Elizabeth Taylor not talking to Michael for a year, when the two were seen at various events the year Frank was referring to.

 

[missred07]

According to Frank, he also attended Liza Minnelli’s wedding in March 2002, so it meant he forgot that Liz was with Michael in that event. Liz had publicly attended muti-events with Michael from the beginning of 2002, the time peroid she was supposed to refuse talking to him. After he talked about Liz/Michael's alleged "fall out", he started to talk about his fall out with Michael, so this Frank's "truth" about the event is not useless.:smilerolleyes:

The thing I just trying to point out is that it's possible that he didn't recall it right. or maybe he intend to lie???? I don't know and in my point of view, I don't see the reason why he wanted to do that. It's more reasonable to me that he didn't remember things accurately. That event is like 10 years ago. I just don't see why to mock the relationship between liz and Michael. I also didn't get that vibe that he is doing that. and I didn't make the connections of Frank-MJ fall out to Liz/MJ because I didn't see it's can called "fall out" between Liz and MJ. Of course, it's only my point of view. You don't need to agree with me.

Reading this book, it's like reading what the tabloids had been reported during the years such as Roger Friedman's column. The contents is similar just in a "friend" tone, maybe fans thought he was "sincere" and believable? I found that Frank Cascio is very sly, he purposely ignore the Jacksons(claimed he didn't know why Michael distanced himself from his family), sugarcoat Rabbi Schumley and everyone in this book, because those people are alive and they can easily discredit him. I felt sad for Michael because he cannot speak for himself.

if people enjoy it, good for you. but I will never believe or enjoy a book Roger Friedman highly recommend.

I won't say that it's like Roger Friedman's column. Frank is actually knew MJ for more than a decades. I didn't get the feeling like RF's column, but again, it's only my point of view. You can have yours. However, I do agree that I get skeptical about ignoring the Jacksons and especially the Schumley part (The Jackson part might because they rarely saw MJ??). As I stated multiple time that I was really bugged by the fact that he is supporting Schumley's books (The first book is really like Bashir's documentary). I also kind of agreed with you that he overlooked those people because they are alive but I kind of think it's human nature. It's indeed sad that MJ can't speak for himself.

 

[ivy]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

Lastly- how come the privacy advocates are all over these supposed revelations on an internet board??? The double standards are plain amazing.

That post was made with a precise purpose by somebody who actually talked to Michael and witness to what she's been telling.And it was on a fanforum not TV, tabloid, book and only being forced by those here who took Frank's word as a gospel.

I could have said thousands more times that Frank is lying about certain things (or just ignoring the truth) nobody would have believed me or the others "privacy advocates" on this board.But you might believe her for some reason, who knows.

I think you are missing the point. Pace was saying if people have issues with Frank revealing private information , you should also have a problem with moody revealing private information / communications as well.

for example just a few days ago you asked me if I was joking when I said Michael probably didn't want his relationships public but I didn't see any harm in that. If to you revealing Michael's romances was unacceptable, moody revealing Michael had a special someone in his life should be unacceptable as well.

It's not about a book, Frank or anyone else, it's about privacy concerns.

if you are okay with moody but not frank - it's either hypocrisy or your issue isn't the revealing of private information but it's something else.

 

[MJJ7777]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

I think you are missing the point. Pace was saying if people have issues with Frank revealing private information , you should also have a problem with moody revealing private information / communications as well.

for example just a few days ago you asked me if I was joking when I said Michael probably didn't want his relationships public but I didn't see any harm in that. If to you revealing Michael's romances was unacceptable, moody revealing Michael had a special someone in his life should be unacceptable as well.

It's not about a book, Frank or anyone else, it's about privacy concerns.

if you are okay with moody but not frank - it's either hypocrisy or your issue isn't the revealing of private information but it's something else.

Well if you're selling a book its natural that people will be more cautious of your stories as opposed to someone who tells a story and doesn't get paid.

 

[8701girl]

Does anyone else recall Brian Oxman saying he went to pick up baby Blanket from the hospital and brought him to Michael.. ??

Yes im sure i remember him saying that. He is another one who wants to be in the limelight & act like he is one of mjs "saviours",god he makes me sick :smilerolleyes:

 

[bluetopez]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

Well wouldn't it have been better if Frank wasn't sure about the whole Liz thing and any other story for that matter to just not talk about it at all? Just saying. But, I think he didn't say he wasn't sure but, stated it as a fact? Which is the reason why some take issue with it. And I don't blame them.

 

[ivy]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

Well if you're selling a book its natural that people will be more cautious of your stories as opposed to someone who tells a story and doesn't get paid.

then as I said it means you don't have an issue with sharing private information. you would be having issue with money involved. it's 2 different things.

Also no disrespect to moody (and moody knows what I think), it's also very interesting that people question if Frank was really close to Michael but yet they automatically accept a forum post from someone that they don't even have an idea of who they are and if they are even remotely being truthful or not.

 

[Ingelief]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

ok thx for clearing it guys..

 

[Vici]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

some randon question.. how many siblings are the cascios?

Eddie (known as Angel)
Frank
Aldo
Marie-Nicole

Is this correct? and do frank mention the other siblings relationsship with Mj as well besides Eddies?

And who is this? Eddie?

 

[ivy]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

some randon question.. how many siblings are the cascios?

Eddie (known as Angel)
Frank
Aldo
Marie-Nicole

Is this correct? and do frank mention the other siblings relationsship with Mj as well besides Eddies?

and dominic jr.

he mentions aldo, marie-nicole and dominic travelling with MJ and being with him at times.

And who is this? Eddie?

dominic jr.

 

[Ashtanga]

What she wrote was that Michael told her he had ONE WOMAN

And then at one occassion in 2006 Michael said this (I don´t remember all his exact words, but horrible were something he said multible times.

One of my friends, and I know this happened, told journalists or if it was a column writer that I seduced my fans. And that is not true and it´s horrible such thing were told. And they put women by my side. And some of them went on TV to say they had a relationship with me, that is horrible too, and it´s not true and people around me kept saying it´s good for me, it´s good for me. I found it to be horrible. They didn´t care about what it put the one I love through, as long as they could make me look straight they didn´t care what it could have done with what I already had since a few years back. There is not such thing as women, there is a woman, one woman, except for my mother. And the thought about her being forced to take the stand for me gave me nightmares and is the last thing I would put her through, to be questioned and being mocked by one of the most evil men on this planet. It was horrible.

:thinking:


Of course! :smilerolleyes: And some people who were around Michael saw and heard a lot and so know a lot. :smilerolleyes: I have to say.... :fear: It does not matter if you are counting things and bla bla bla without naming names, you should not say anything (Why and for what tell? :blink: That is the question... :scratch: This subject does not interest us. -_- Michael's private life has always been dissected by the people and looks like it will continue to be dissected. :bugeyed :doh:) and should keep the mouth shut. Take to the grave what you know. All these people who know a lot should have a gag in the mouth.

But, it's just my opinion. -_- :fear:


Poor Michael. After you're gone, everything became a complete mess. :wacko:

 

[Memefan]

And this is what I have to say with the risk of getting more hate. And I try not to be cryptic this time.

What Michael publically stated wasn´t always accurate. Sometimes he said more than one thing about the same subject. I´ve two versions when it comes to Blanket, one that Michael said on TV and one that he gave me in private.
I have avoided this thread for a long time. Many things in that book is fabricated, they are bits of what happened. Munich 99 for one thing. I know for sure Michael didn´t get propofol there, unless he is talking about the night he spent in hospital, because that I´ve no idea about. During History tour he did have a doctor with him and everyone knows by this point how he got some sleep there, so I´m not in denial about propofol. But in Munich? No

And then at one occassion in 2006 Michael said this (I don´t remember all his exact words, but horrible were something he said multible times.

One of my friends, and I know this happened, told journalists or if it was a column writer that I seduced my fans. And that is not true and it´s horrible such thing were told. And they put women by my side. And some of them went on TV to say they had a relationship with me, that is horrible too, and it´s not true and people around me kept saying it´s good for me, it´s good for me. I found it to be horrible. They didn´t care about what it put the one I love through, as long as they could make me look straight they didn´t care what it could have done with what I already had since a few years back. There is not such thing as women, there is a woman, one woman, except for my mother. And the thought about her being forced to take the stand for me gave me nightmares and is the last thing I would put her through, to be questioned and being mocked by one of the most evil men on this planet. It was horrible.

And the more he talked the faster he talked and in the end it came tears. And he was really upset. I wasn´t alone with him at this time, there were other people around, one of them was one of his photographers. And one girl (as I know now is a follower) were there with another fan (who I don´t know if it´s a follower). And a few more who I think worked with him and not for him, like I did.
I´ve been thinking about this friend being Frank, but of course I can be wrong. Michael talked many times about his brother Eddie and that he is very talented and how he hoped for him to get a few of his songs out there. But he never talked about Frank like that. Who I´ve seen around only a few times and the last time in 2003.

And before anyone say "well, why didn´t he deny it then?" about those going on TV, he got that question from a person being there and he said "I would never humiliate anyone in public by denying, what good would that do to that person? I´m not like that"

Thank you!! I know you were reluctant to post this...but I am glad you did. And I definitely appreciate your candor.


Unrelated to Moody's post:


A quick question to all of you, isn't it AGAINST ​board's rules to discuss the kids' paternity, DNA, & events surrounding their conception?

Ivy, it is not the same thing. Moody is rebuking some of Frank's allegations. He did not volunteer to put MJ's private life out there for public consumption.

Had he come out and only said he disagreed with FC without the proper context, everyone would sneer. He put things in context on a fan board, while trying to limit exposing too much of MJ's life. Unlike FC, who went to a publisher, promised all the gossip he could remember or concoct for a price, then go to the media pushing drug addiction stories, before coming on a fan board to feed you all with syrupy stories, that you all were too happy to hear, like wide eyed kids on xmas morning.

After reading Frank's book, I realize how so little I know about Eddie.

He doesn't chase the spotlight like Frank.

 

[suzynyc]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

I understand some fans are putting excerpts of the book here probably to show good points of the book.. I know I talked about it too.. But now I am getting to think that those who are hating on the book are still reading the book HERE!! Why should anyone get to enjoy parts of the book yet denounce it? If they want to read it they can..

You've been reading my mind.

 

[ivy]

Re: Frank Cascio "My Friend Michael" book release date Nov 15 ,2011 / Excerpt posted at @pg151

A quick question to all of you, isn't it AGAINST ?board's rules to discuss the kids' paternity, DNA, & events surrounding their conception?

I thought it was only limited to paternity

Ivy, it is not the same thing. Moody is rebuking some of Frank's allegations. He did not volunteer to put MJ's private life out there for public consumption.

Had he come out and only said he disagreed with FC without the proper context, everyone would sneer. He put things in context on a fan board, while trying to limit exposing too much of MJ's life. Unlike FC, who went to a publisher, promised all the gossip he could remember or concoct for a price, then go to the media pushing drug addiction stories, before coming on a fan board to feed you all with syrupy stories, that you all were too happy to hear, like wide eyed kids on xmas morning.

I understand the first part about Propofol. Although I'm not sure how moody would know whether Michael got propofol or not for certain unless he /she was spending every minute of every night with Michael in his room.

and the second part is just an assumption to which moody himself/herself said "I can be wrong". Michael was talking about a friend which moody assumed to be Frank. yet everyone is acting like it's a fact. during that discussion moody revealed a special woman in Michael's life. Plus if what Frank says is true and he didn't have contact with Michael by T-Mez's orders how was he able to set him up with woman? And if moody only meant Frank talking to Friedman about the fan story then the rest of what Michael said was not needed to be revealed - if this is an issue about invasion of privacy.

and to be clear - I had no issues with Frank writing that Michael loved some woman in his book and I have no issues with moody writing Michael had a special someone in his life.

The issue - and what Pace pointed out was - some people who hated on Frank for writing "private" information on his book and questioned his information and honestly and such, somewhat so easily accepted moody's "private" information with no questions of "who are you and how do you know this" - as long as it was badmouthing Frank. That's what we were talking about.

and note: as I said moody knows what I think about his/her information. This is not about moody but how people flip-flop on this thread.