Some contradictions in the documentary VS the Oprah Winfrey interview:
In the Oprah Winfrey interview:
Oprah: "So when Wade came out and we saw him on The Today Show, was that the first time you consciously recognized there were others? Cause obviously you recognized there were others because you testified in a trial."
Safechuck: "I mean I testified when I was a little kid. And
you don't think about there being others. Your brain doesn't go there, you're just thinking about you and him."
In the documentary:
Safechuck: "
There was one particular boy who sort of entered and replaced me. And so I saw him grow closer and closer to that boy. And I was pushed out more and more. And
that was really difficult to handle. It was a
lot of jealousy and hurt. You're no longer special.
One specific night that was really tough, it was at Avenue of the Stars. You're spending the night there and the boy was there.
The boy would sleep in Michael's room and I would sleep downstairs on the sofa. It's like being cast out. And it was like a realization that, like, 'Okay, I'm not number one.' And I just wanted to go home.
I cried and cried. And I cried out for my mom. And
I just cried myself to sleep. So it was like the first night
it really hit. Michael's my, like, partner, and then he's gone."
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In the Oprah Winfrey interview:
Oprah: "Why when your mother asked you in the first trial, why did you deny it?"
Safechuck: "
I didn't not testify out of thinking I was doing something good or knowing that what he did was bad. I was afraid of being caught. It was on the news 24/7. I mean it was just being broadcast. And there was so much attention on it from the world."
Oprah: "
So by that time, you thought of what you were doing as a bad thing."
Safechuck: "
No."
Oprah: "Or just as a thing that you all did, but you had to keep it a secret."
Safechuck: "
I didn't think of it as good or bad."
In the documentary:
Safechuck: "And so I told my mom then that he
wasn't a good person."
Safechuck’s mother: "Jimmy was over and he said to me, "Michael's an
evil man."
In Safechuck's complaint:
"Plaintiff talked to her about the call and told his mother that the decedent was a "
bad man", but was unable to tell her any details or say anything but the very briefest statement that he had been abused."
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In the Oprah Winfrey interview:
Oprah: "When did you start to think of it as abuse?"
Safechuck: "It wasn't until Wade came out [in 2013]."
In the documentary:
Safechuck, about 2005 trial: "And so I told my mom then that he
wasn't a good person."
Safechuck’s mother, about 2005 trial: "Jimmy was over and he said to me, "
Michael's an evil man."
In Safechuck's complaint:
About 2005 trial: "Plaintiff talked to her about the call and told his mother that the
decedent was a "bad man", but was unable to tell her any details or say anything but the very briefest
statement that he had been abused."
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I can’t believe in the Oprah interview Safechuck said, "The world was groomed as well."
Lol, well apparently I was groomed. We've all been groomed. The entire world has been groomed. Michael Jackson was the biggest groomer the world has ever seen! Let's go get our check from the Estate!
And have you noticed how Safechuck and Robson kept saying “movie” rather than “documentary”?
Robson: “Watching a
movie of my life and the most intimate details of my life was extremely surreal and
I kind of kept dissociating as I was watching it and trying to remember, 'Oh right, this is a movie about my life and all of this.' And then to be at Sundance in a room full of strangers watching the
movie was extremely surreal.”
James: “Doing the
movie, I tried to set a healthy expectation. [...] And honestly, this moment of like... being with survivors, this is why you do the
movie."
On a side note, have you noticed how throughout the whole Oprah Winfrey interview, they ALL have their legs crossed? This, in body language, indicates being closed and on the defensive.
Oprah's legs were opened at the beginning when she talked to the audience, but she crossed her legs as soon as Wade started talking.
And dang, Wade was
sweating!
