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WAAY better then Taj and his Q and A! So thanks for that Jermaine and Ivy/MJJC

I don't agree with everything Jermaine said like when talking about "Word to the Badd." He is credited as a writer or atleast co-wrote some of it! He should really get that fixed if he doesn't want credit for it even though singing the damn thing was bad enough!

Also if MJ was his own man when it came to his involvement with Tohme how come then he isn't his own man to talk about what his father did to him? Why does he need help from Jermaine in that department to "balance" everything out!? SMH COME ON!

And did he really say "cubs" WHOA seriously...The Jacksons are grown ass adults and many have their own children and grand children. Katherine shouldn't be given u guys MJs money, especially when Jermaine just claimed u all had careers and ur own money! What a way to contradict urself there! I mean wasn't ur children + Ex-wife living under MJs money at hayvenhurst...aswell as Randy's. Seriously...who u think u foolin?! o_O

And ofcourse Katherine would be the one asking MJ to tour with the brothers with that excuse of one more time before I'm gone line. It was obvious she was trying to get MJ to help the brothers financially as always just like last time! The brothers don't have to do or say a thing cause Katherine was always the soft spot to get MJ to agree to anything it seems! smh


Other then that it was pretty good!
 
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Thanks to Ivy and Jermaine.

Glad he admitted that he realizes now that his leaving Motown could have set the precedent for Michael to leave the family. (But I don't agree with his and Joseph's tree analogy).

Also glad he acknowledged that MJ's legacy is separate and above J5's. And the distinction between Michael's needing sleep and being a junkie.

Regarding his family's claims of Michael being an addict, though, I don't remember any of them clearly stating that they were talking about a pre-2009 Michael. He claims his siblings were referring to 2001-2. But I don't remember Katherine, Rebbie, Tito, Janet CLARIFYING that (maybe they did, but my overall impression was that they didn't). IMO, some of the Jacksons need to be coached on how to give interviews, especially when a trial is underway.

As for the jealousy question, would it have killed Jerm to admit that at some point, he felt jealous of Michael? It's so obvious to people who knew and saw him. Any human with a heart could understand a sibling's envy of a younger brother's superstardom (although not necessarily condone how he acted out on it). I would give Jermaine props for admitting it.

He also kind of contradicted himself re the will. He protests that they all have their own money.....but then he says they count on the lionness taking care of her cubs. Ok.....

And boy, he got real defensive over the question of the kids's privacy and being promoted. And I don't think it's just because he doesn't want to publicly criticize "the lionness".
 
Enjoyed immensely. And @FvrAngel, I agree wholeheartedly with you on those two things.
 
kindofdisco said:
LMAO you guys sure are pissed about the Jacksons.
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No, just wildly amused at how bluntly he puts things. I was in stitches over that part about the cubs. What borderline senior citizen still refers to himself as a "cub"? Tells you a lot about his arrested cognitive development.
 
Michael did what a father should in a will - he took care of his kids, and he also named our mother. By including her, he included us. The lioness takes care of her cubs, and that philosophy has always been understood in our family.


No Jackson needs anyone's approval to initiate a project that celebrates or remembers our own brother. We were not appointed hypothetically in 2002. We were appointed by blood at birth.


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I must say that I am a bit surprised that he openly admitted to this !!

Thank you for your time and effort Ivy in putting this together.
I enjoyed reading the Q&A
 
I still have. Also, Michael's death was preventable by others, long before those early hours of June 25th 2009. He was dying long before he died and no one did anything and no one alerted us, his family. Had I known what I know now, I'd have been in there shutting it down and getting him to a hospital.
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Maybe if he had cared and checked on his brother he would know the state MJ was in right? why couldn't he take a ride down to Staples and check on his brother?
 
thank you for posting the interview. It was pretty good. I was a little confused by him when he said that "if he or his family were around him for This Is It rehersals that they would have intervenend and gotten him to a hospital" but later on, he said "he knew his brother was going to put on the greatest show" or am I just reading that wrong? anyone? anyone?
 
ivy said:
MJJC: You occasionally call out celebrities who call Michael a drug addict, and we love you for it. However, you seem to stay silent when your own family calls Michael an addict. What is the truth? Are you at odds with certain family members that continue to call Michael a drug addict? Have you ever told them to stop it or to try and word their comments better?

Jermaine Jackson: I'm not at odds with anyone because everyone accepts that Michael died due to Propofol intoxication, and he used it because he was desperate to sleep, not because he was addicted.

I personally felt it was important to point out the difference between Michael's one time addiction to painkillers, and the sensationalist addiction talk of him being "a junkie" that the media and Murray wrongly attached to his death. That was why I wrote what I did and why I called out all the bull-crap during the trial.

My siblings shared private conversations and concerns with our brother about his addiction around 2001/02 time, and they are entitled to talk about it, but talking about that period does not mean they are calling him a drug addict in 2009. He wasn't.
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Thank you Jermaine! Have to give him cred for this...


ivy said:
MJJC: Why were you taken aback by Michael not naming his brothers, sisters and father in his Will? Was it because he took care of the family in life that you believed naturally he would do the same in case of death? Was this something Michael ever discussed with the family?

Jermaine Jackson:
Michael did what a father should in a will - he took care of his kids, and he also named our mother. By including her, he included us. The lioness takes care of her cubs, and that philosophy has always been understood in our family.
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So thats why Michael decided to support Katherine ONLY in her lifetime, which means she cant will her share to any of her children when she passes... oh whatever

ivy said:
MJJC: You claimed in your book that Michael didn't own a cell phone. There are many pictures, bodyguards, friends confirming Michael did own and use cell phones. Is it possible that Michael simply didn't want to talk to you?

Jermaine Jackson: Folk's interpretation of a photo doesn't mean that Michael owned his own cell just because he was pictured with one. To the best of my knowledge, there was no cell you could call Michael direct on unless it was someone else's.
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Taj needs to show the texts between him and MJ :D


ivy said:
MJJC: If you could say just one more thing to Michael, what would it be?

Jermaine Jackson: It wouldn't be one thing, it would be many things. Many private things, but I would probably remind him how brilliant his London concerts were going to be because his self-doubt worried about that. That's the saddest thing for me: that his death confirmed the lie that he wasn't ready or fit enough to perform again, when the truth is that he was going to produce the most amazing show on earth and prove everyone wrong with the comeback of all comebacks.
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ivy said:
Jermaine Jackson:

I first met Tohme-Tohme as someone who could help fund the Crystal City project (described in the book) which I was working on with Michael around 2007 time. I had four meetings with Michael to get down our vision on paper. He was all about it.

I met with Tohme-Tohme to find a consortium to raise the $5-6 billion we needed. Not once did I mention to him that Michael was involved in this project. Not once.
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Thats a lot of money, I just can't see Michael being OK with this...
 
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jaydom7 said:
Maybe if he had cared and checked on his brother he would know the state MJ was in right? why couldn't he take a ride down to Staples and check on his brother?
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Because he probably surmised that Security had instructions NOT to let him IN? Those were not "open" rehearsals. I doubt that he'd actually talked to Michael in a very long time, despite what he'd like us to believe?

The siblings "have their own money?" Because the "lioness takes care of her CUBS?" :doh:
 
While I do appreciate him taking the time to anwer, most of his answers made me literally cringe. He's just as defensive as Taj, and dare I say obnoxious in typical Jermaine style.

Michael never said Joseph was evil or abusive? I think Jermaine's either painfully ignorant or stubbornly defensive of the family stance when it comes to Joseph. Evil and abuse were two words Michael used to describe Joe or his actions, in the Moonwalk and Glenda tapes. Jermaine needs to listen to his brother's haunting voice on those private recordings as well as his convos with Rabbi Schmully Boteach. Ignorance or pretended ignorance isn't pretty.

How dare he say Tohme's heart was in the right place? I'm so offended by this statement. Is Jermaine trying to defend his own ish and possible side deals with Tohme indirectly? I wouldn't be surprised if Jermaine offers to testify for Tohme (against the Estate) in the upcoming lawsuit.

If he really believes that Michael wanted to take care of his family, siblings, by naming his mother as a beneficiary, then why doesn't the will contain any provisions for his siblings beyond Katherine's existence? Jermaine is aware that the money flow ends with Katherine's passing. He is stupidly delusional here.

Not to mention the other exaggerations and coverups.

No. Michael didn't want to tour with the brothers, and using Katherine and the excuse that she wanted to see them perform together one more time is emotional blackmail. They've been using Katherine as a go in-between since forever. Michael agreeing to his mother, doesn't equal him wanting to perform with his brothers.

No. They do not have the right to use Michael's name and likeness as they please. How many lawsuits does Jermaine need to get that little fact into his head?


There's more, but I need to get my behind to work right now.

ETA -I'll add one more thing before I leave, I LOLd when he said that Michael didn't own a phone.
Michael gave away iPhones as gifts, and it's common sense that he'd have one himself besides the obvious proof! Pictures of him with phone in hand, his iPhone cover, stolen by Rebbie to sell for profit, his text messages to Taj, etc...Jermaine needs to stop with the lying.
 
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Jermaine just loves to cover the lies and it 's basically what they all were taught from a young age at their time in motown and it anit gonna stop now. As much as i wish it would , its all they know
 
Those questions were horrible and embarrassing. And for the owners of this board to ask these questions leads me to believe they are as crazy as some of these fans. These weren't fan questions these were prosecutor questions. I can't even believe he answered them. Some of you act like the Jackson family owe you an explanation for everything they do. Fans don't own them, nor do they own Michael.

Just delusional.
 
We make REAL interviews not sugarcoated ones. We collect questions from the fans and members and ask the most frequent questions. Our Q&A participants beforehand know what type of questions to expect and they answer them because they respect the fan's questions and concerns.

No one ever complained to me about the questions. I give them the option to not answer. No one said they wouldn't answer a question either. It's just some people creating an issue with the questions. Jacksons do not complain, do not say no. Why do you keep complaining?

Why can't you accept that this is what the fans wondered and that the Jackson's are strong enough to handle real questions.
 
ivy said:
We make REAL interviews not sugarcoated ones. We collect questions from the fans and members and ask the most frequent questions. Our Q&A participants beforehand know what type of questions to expect and they answer them because they respect the fan's questions and concerns.

No one ever complained to me about the questions. I give them the option to not answer. No one said they wouldn't answer a question either. It's just some people creating an issue with the questions. Jacksons do not complain, do not say no. Why do you keep complaining?

Why can't you accept that this is what the fans wondered and that the Jackson's were strong enough to handle real questions.
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I didn't suggest you made fake interviews, but I believe the questions were highly inappropriate. prosecutorial. And what did anyone get from it? A moments pleasure that they are still not satisfied about? I'm sure you got a lot of questions even you could agree were wacky but you didn't present them. Just because a million people ask the same question doesn't mean it's appropriate to ask. There are so many other questions that fans have that I'm sure he could answered that wouldn't have required him to take the stand. It's just unfortunate you chose this approach.
 
Point blank, you guys will NEVER be satisfied with any answer from the Jacksons. I seriously question why you bother devoting all your time to trying to get the answer YOU want. You asked your questions, Jermaine gave his answers and you still think he's lying LOL. Why even bother? You're never going to believe him.

Seriously, when did we become so invasive as a community...
 
"Michael did what a father should in a will - he took care of his kids, and he also named our mother. By including her, he included us. The lioness takes care of her cubs, and that philosophy has always been understood in our family."

I'm finding this response more and more troubling. Not least because it's from a grown man who couldn't, or wouldn't, pay child support for his own "cubs".

The lioness philosophy has "always" been understood in his family....so he's basically admitting that he knows that all those years, all they they had to do was exert pressure on Katherine, and she'd go beg Michael for favors and help for them. And then the Jackson family wonders why Michael kept seeking out surrogate families throughout his life, distancing himself from them.

Also, let's not forget who really took care of the cubs later in life, at least in the financial sense - his fellow "cub", Michael. Who helped out various brothers' exwives and kids....? Katherine just enabled all this.
 
The bottom line is, this is a Michael Jackson board. I know that when Michael died, most fans gave the family enormous support, and wished them well. But over the time, their decisions became questionable, and then alarming. The privacy Michael had so carefully guarded for his children was gone. The children were paraded out to "market" a very questionable charity, and then appeared on stage for a "Tribute" concert that was ill-conceived from the outset. I mean --- KISS? What WERE they thinking? The hawking of "Michael Jackson products," by the family, was against the terms of Michael's will, yet they seem to go on, and on with this, and to feel that they are entitled -- when they are NOT. Jermaine's answers to those types of questions revealed that he simply does not GET it?

I have no idea if Jermaine and Michael ever reconciled about Word to the Badd, but it was a hideous attack of brother on brother. I think Jermaine would have had a LOT more respect from fans if he'd been accountable for that. His name IS listed as a writer of the song. I find it not very honorable that he never took ownership of that low point in the Jackson family saga. He also seems to continue to feel entitled to take money from his elderly mother, knowing full well that it's MICHAEL'S money he's taking! For a grown man to characterize himself as a "cub" is simply inexplicable.

I also think we have not heard the entire story of "Jermaine and Tohme." Personally, I find it likely that Tohme sought out Jermaine, for the eventual purpose of relieving Michael of large sums of money. Whether Jermaine knew this would happen, we really have no idea. However, given the way things have played out, and the Estate's current lawsuit against Tohme, I do find it troubling that it was Jermaine who brought them together? A speculated scenario? Jermaine was all over media hawking the idea of Neverland as Michael's final resting place. That would have greatly benefited Colony Capital, where Tohme and Barrack were partners. (even though Tohme's name disappeared from the Colony Capital website soon after Michael died. . . . ) A Graceland type situation seemed to be the plan. Didn't work out, and Michael said he NEVER wanted to live there again. I really can't imagine that is where he would have wanted to be -- and I'm sure Jermaine knew that.

Plus, the questions came from FANS -- not "the owners of the board." Jermaine could have declined to answer any questions, or could have declined the interview altogether. Personally, I feel that the answers were pretty much as expected, and I guess we move on from there?
 
charismatic said:
I didn't suggest you made fake interviews, but I believe the questions were highly inappropriate. prosecutorial. And what did anyone get from it? A moments pleasure that they are still not satisfied about? I'm sure you got a lot of questions even you could agree were wacky but you didn't present them. Just because a million people ask the same question doesn't mean it's appropriate to ask. There are so many other questions that fans have that I'm sure he could answered that wouldn't have required him to take the stand. It's just unfortunate you chose this approach.
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Highly inappropriate? how so? nothing that was asked was made up by ANY FAN. They displayed their actions publically for years and years, all that happened here in this interview was some clarifications being sought.

charismatic said:
Those questions were horrible and embarrassing. And for the owners of this board to ask these questions leads me to believe they are as crazy as some of these fans. These weren't fan questions these were prosecutor questions. I can't even believe he answered them. Some of you act like the Jackson family owe you an explanation for everything they do. Fans don't own them, nor do they own Michael.

Just delusional.
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Exaggerating much? not everyone wants to go the blind sheep route. Its ridiculous to have people calling the fan base crazy just because we won't swallow the lies fed and the foolishness that has ensued especially since 2009. The fans don't own Michael nor do we think we own the Jackson family, but when bullshit is thrown out there at us, we have every right to respond.

BTW.....you talk about the 'crazy fans'....would that be everybody else except you?

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Point blank, you guys will NEVER be satisfied with any answer from the Jacksons. I seriously question why you bother devoting all your time to trying to get the answer YOU want. You asked your questions, Jermaine gave his answers and you still think he's lying LOL. Why even bother? You're never going to believe him.
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You read that entire interview and came away from it thinking that Jermaine was 100% truthful? It was very clear for example the question about WORD TO THE BADD, how he totally did not come clean on that when he is credited for contributing to the writing of the song. That is'nt a lie? okay then.

MJJC: Why were you taken aback by Michael not naming his brothers, sisters and father in his Will? Was it because he took care of the family in life that you believed naturally he would do the same in case of death? Was this something Michael ever discussed with the family?

Jermaine Jackson: Who says I was taken aback? We didn't discuss Michael's death. Why would we? The rest of the family has had musical careers and we've got and always had our own money.

Michael did what a father should in a will - he took care of his kids, and he also named our mother. By including her, he included us. The lioness takes care of her cubs, and that philosophy has always been understood in our family.
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These comments are what I found to be so telling and ridiculous! Grown people still looking to Mother for hand outs? Michael's WILL is specific and some can deny it all they want, he had no intention of continuing to financially supporting his siblings in any way, shape or form......that does'nt mean he did'nt care about them, just means he intended for the gravy train to stop one day.

Interesting read none the less and thanks to all who arranged it.
 
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A comment sent to MJJC Twitter. It was detailed so I thought I need to copy it here.

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/g6fr6c

seekingtruthMJ (@seekingtruthMJ)
Posted Wednesday 29th February 2012 from Twitlonger




http://www.mjjcommunity.com/michael-jackson-news/mjjc-exclusive-q-a-with-jermaine-jackson

First of all I keep asking myself how anyone can get the idea that Jermaine said Michael was NOT addicted in his book. Jermaine CLEARLY states that Michael was ADDICTED.
This is in no way an excuse to try and blaim any addiction be it REAL or MADE-UP on the VICTIM- But maybe its about time to change peoples perspective of victims of "ADDICTION" rather than say in one sentence Michael was addicted and in the next he was not- so that everyone can READ into it what they please to...
Its time Society wakes up to what "addiction" means & that it s very different of the PICTURE that Socitey still has to this day.


Second of all- and now I have to get REALLY UPSET is the fact that Jermaine and other members in the family continue to down play what Michael said was abuse in the hands of Joe as mentioned in the interview.

Reading Jermaines answer to that question makes me as sick as READING these things in his book made me.

Now if Jermaine feels he was not abused he can write a book about his own life and say tell his story in there- BUT to say Quote:" I don't dismiss Michael's experience and feelings." THATS A LIE- and its very upsetting to all victims of abuse- to state what Jermaine stated about how Michael "exaggerated" what had happened to him & to belittle it into a Blown out of proportion memory of a child who didnt understand why he had to be beaten- Thats NOT RIGHT & its NOTHING else BUT TO DISMISS MICHAELS FEELINGS.

Telling a victim of abuse they have imagined or exaggerated is like a slap in the face or a stab in the back& I know I sound like a broken record repeating this- BUT so does Jermaine repeating his LIE& twisting his own words.
I guess thats a normal thing for someone who has been in the Entertainment business and only talks "politics" - but I dont fall for it, Sorry!!!


I know about MichaelS Oxford Speech & I know Michael forgave Joseph & tried to come to peace with him and thats a good & necessary step for a victim of abuse to be able to move on with their life and not be eaten up by the past- BUT in NO WAY does it Justify the ABuse that happened- or free the abuser of any guilt for what hes done. The least thing to do is not to laugh about the victims but to admit and apologize for what happened- even if it doesnt erase the past- it makes a difference. But all I see is MichaelS own siblings now coming forward and still DEFENDING Joseph Jackson & DISMISSING MichaelS feelings and experiences- THAT is EXACTLY what Jermaine did in his book.


third: Quote: "TOHME TOHME he didn't understand the revolving door he was caught in."

ARE YOU KIDDING US Jermaine????



NEXT: Question by MJJC Quote: "Why were you taken aback by Michael not naming his brothers, sisters and father in his Will?"

Answer: "Who says I was taken aback? We didn't discuss Michael's death. Why would we? The rest of the family has had musical careers and we've got and always had our own money. "

NO COMMENT ON THAT -but Jermaine further says Quote:

"Michael did what a father should in a will - he took care of his kids, and he also named our mother. By including her, he included us. The lioness takes care of her cubs, and that philosophy has always been understood in our family."


So first of all what is Jermaine saying again? The rest of the family always made their own money? OR- BY putting Katherine in the Will the FAMILY ( Jackson-kids aka MichaelS siblings aka CUBS) will also be taken care of by MICHAEL??

THat SAYS IT ALL- THank YOU JERMAINE- now you said it out of your own mouth.BY putting Katherine in MichaelS will the siblings will also be taken care of financially! YOU SAID IT!!!

now i could add much more - but really- theres NO POINT- anyone who is not completely blind to any wrong-doing of any Jackson will totally figure out what Jermaine REALLY said in this interview and how he feels about Michael & THE FAMILY in CAPITAL LETTERS- since of course Michael Jackson owes it ALL to the FAMILY & I guess also to the man that abused him - so WE could have a Michael Jackson


Thanks to MJJC for asking good questions & look at the situation with distance and critically.

Let me finish by saying-

WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED there will be a RE-RELEASE of Jermaines book "You are not alone- Michael through a brothers eyes" with an ADDITIONAL CHAPTER in JUNE 2012?

I am SO HAPPY Jermaine always has his own musical career and has his own money. o____O

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seekingtruthMJ
 
Cudos to that above twitter post, I agree 100% with that person's thoughts from the interview.:clapping:
 
Yeah, the "lioness takes care of the cubs" explained a lot to me, well...judging by his answer. Sorry, but statements like this leave a bad taste in my mouth. I've never liked that attitude. Maybe because it reminds me of a similar situation between certain members of my secondary family and my grandmother. I would never think of doing the things they did because I have respect for her. But anyway both sides share some of the blame. Shouldn't it be the other way around? The children taking care of and supporting their elderly parents? That's how it usually should be anyway. I don't know what Jermaine's excuse is since he claims he has money and a career. True, parents still see you as their child no matter how old you are, but eventually the cubs have to become lions and grow up.
 
I just want to say that these here were My questions to Jermaine and I DON'T REGRET ASKING THEM!

MJJC: Why do you and many in your family continue to down play what Michael said was abuse in the hands of Joe? Obviously Michael was deeply affected by it. You and your family always say its discipline when it's not. Don't you think Michael has a right to tell it how he lived it and how for him it was abuse, whether you agree with it or not?

Jermaine Jackson: Yes, Michael had the right to tell it, and so do I because I experienced the same discipline from Joseph. I was disciplined. I was not abused. He treated us the same and I don't apologize for attempting to place all of this into context. In every family, there will be different perspectives of the same event. I have given mine.

I will say this: I read many biographies that invented what Joseph was supposed to have done. The majority of it was pure fantasy or wildly exaggerated. It was designed to paint him as evil. Joseph has never been evil. Michael would agree with that.

I don't dismiss Michael's experience and feelings. What I have tried to do is balance what happened and do what Michael tried to teach us all: be more understanding and more compassionate. That's why I used his Oxford University speech in the book because he didn't have the judgment or vitriol that some fans have for Joseph. He forgave him. He didn't judge him. He also loved him and history deserves to know that.

MJJC: Why were you taken aback by Michael not naming his brothers, sisters and father in his Will? Was it because he took care of the family in life that you believed naturally he would do the same in case of death? Was this something Michael ever discussed with the family?

Jermaine Jackson: Who says I was taken aback? We didn't discuss Michael's death. Why would we? The rest of the family has had musical careers and we've got and always had our own money.

Michael did what a father should in a will - he took care of his kids, and he also named our mother. By including her, he included us. The lioness takes care of her cubs, and that philosophy has always been understood in our family.

MJJC: If you really have vitiligo as you stated in your book, what prevented you from coming out when everyone doubted Michael had the disease? Don't you think that it could have benefited Michael if you would have came out to his defense and said you had a vitiligo spot once, instead of mocking your brother in a song about his skin change?

Jermaine Jackson: For us, it was nonsense to hear all those tabloid lies about Michael bleaching his skin but I'll say what Michael said: if we spent our time extinguishing every rumor and every lie that was ever said or written, none of us would have had lives.

When I first started writing the book, I didn't intend to include anything about this. We are (as a family) very private. But I mentioned it one day and my ghost-writer thought it was significant. We talked about it and I agreed to include it after being persuaded that it was important information.

MJJC: What made you feel that Tohme Tohme was someone worthy of meeting Michael and to be in business with? What were your thoughts of Michael being on tape saying he doesn't like Tohme and how he controls everything Michael does including his money and keeping him from seeing anyone he didn't want Michael to see?

Jermaine Jackson: I've explained this over many pages in the book because I know how concerned fans have been and I wanted to explain everything from the very beginning. The full story is in there. I can't go over it all again. But the biggest misunderstanding is that I introduced him to Michael as some kind of partner or manager. That's not true.

I first met Tohme-Tohme as someone who could help fund the Crystal City project (described in the book) which I was working on with Michael around 2007 time. I had four meetings with Michael to get down our vision on paper. He was all about it.

I met with Tohme-Tohme to find a consortium to raise the $5-6 billion we needed. Not once did I mention to him that Michael was involved in this project. Not once.

Soon afterwards, I heard that Neverland was in trouble. There was talk of foreclosure. That was the first time I went to Tohme-Tohme about Michael (April 13 2008) because if this guy could find billions for a leisure project, he probably knew businessmen who had $23-24 million to save Neverland. That was my thinking.

Long story short, Tohme-Tohme introduced me to Tom Barrack at Colony Capital. Make no mistake; Tom saved my brother's financial ass. Folk out there have no idea how close to the wire things got.

From that moment on, I wasn't part of the equation and Tohme-Tohme turned against me. He was no friend of mine and I know that he became no friend of Michael's. But, from April 2008, the choices and the appointments that were made had nothing to do with me. Michael was his own man with his own mind.
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My reason for asking him about the Will was because on the show The View (with Babara Walters) he did admit to being surprised that he and his siblings were not in MJs will! But, for some reason he acts now like he wasn't and never said so! Maybe I should have been more specific? But, seriously he just acting like he dont know what I'm talking about just like he is with The "Word to the Badd" song! SMH Many fans new that he and the rest clearly were surprised that MJ did not name his dad or siblings! So it's whateva Jermaine with that one!
 
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Thank you for putting this Q&A together.

Michael did have a cell phone. Keeping track of his number wasn't the easiest thing, sometimes it's a new one every month. But he did have one.
 
The questions were brilliant Ivy, thank you very much for doing that. I love how their was no sugar coating, and the questions were all in the minds of many of us fans.

I don't believe many of the things Jermaine has said, but great journalism work!
 
I think loads of these questions were very hard, direct, on the line and demanded an answer. It's obvious that the questions asked were the questions in the minds of many of Michaels fans. I think it took a hell loads of guts to ask Jermaine these questions, even though I don't always agree with the agressive tone. I have a lot of respect for Jermaine actually answering, as I would have understood if he had chosen to walk out.

Thank you for the hard work and effort to make this interview happening, and thank you very much Jermaine for sitting down and calmly try to explain you perspective on things.

I may not always agree or understand Jermaines version of things, but I'm glad he participated in this Q&A and seemed honest and true to his hart while doing so.

God Bless
 
Thank you Ivy for putting all this together. As I tweeted earlier, your questions were factual and straight to the point. As for Jermaine, well, although his responses may lack in the area of truth, honesty and integrity, the reader is compensated by an entertaining fictional story, full of slapstick comedy written in great delusional style, presented with great aplomb, only to be found in mentally and emotionally challenged homo sapiens. Indeed, the attending nurse at the hospital way back in 1958 was truly naughty in swapping those babies... My sincerity stopped after my first sentence. xoxo
 
As much as I agree with Jermaine that the foundation for Michael's success started the Jackson 5/ The Jacksons, I disagree with with his statement that it's the same as Paul McCartney's success coming from The Beatles.

The difference is even though Paul McCartney is one of the biggest selling solo artists of all time, he's solo career success and cultural impact isn't anywhere near as big as The Beatles, and he is still best known as a Beatle and it's the reason their is still so much interest and affection for Paul McCartney. Where as Michael's solo career from Off The Wall in 1979 is more successful and has had a much bigger cultural impact that then when he was a member of the Jackson 5/ The Jacksons that people have find it hard to believe Michael was ever a member of a band. Continued interest in music by the Jackson 5/ The Jacksons is because of Michael Jackson and no other Jackson brother period.

I have a lot of respect for Jermaine, and feel he has more than compensated for the song "Word To Te Badd" by he continued defense of Michael good name in the media. But I don't believe a number of the things he says.
 
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