That is absolutely not true. There was plenty of criticism of prince appearing. Prince had just turned 16 and the gig had been set up by his aunt latoya so we laid the blame where it deserved to be - at latoya's door. I for one made it clear that i found it reprehensible and inexplicable for mj's son to appear on that programme.If she made a wrong choice or not about ET... it can be. I do not like tabloids but when Prince was there no one said a word. If anyone noticed they kept their mouths shut.
I know I'm not going to be popular for saying this but here goes.
None of us is perfect, we all have our flaws and imperfections but I actually like Debbie. She gave Michael the greatest wish of his life to become a parent. It's not very often she states anything publically and I feel she is entitled to try and defend herself against some of the things which have been said. Okay, she hasn't picked her friends wisely but neither did MJ. She has defended Michael on so many levels even when we were led to believe she would be damaging for him at the 2005 trial. I'm cutting her some slack and giving her the benefit of the doubt. She is now helping with a wonderful charity.
Michael was not as naive as people think and how he lead on. He was a great business man.. you cannot be a successful naive business man. Anyone can be fooled at times as Michael was.. But Naive is FAR from what Michael was. In fact in many ways he was MUCH less niave than the every day person!! If I have to go into detail I will..
I think some fans forget that MJ created an image and a character BASED on who he was, but not fully who he REALLLY was.
I have to agree with you. I think one of the reasons people dislike her is that she doesn't always think before she talks and can be really tactless-I think I read that Michael paid for her to go back to school and she got a degree in psychology, and I thought that was ironic, since she's so blunt and sometimes a little nasty. BUT I was OK with the interview, except for the part about other people knowing and giving a video to ET, etc.-I don't know why she just didn't say something like "I thought the propofol was a one time thing a long time ago. And I wish someone had called me and I would have helped." I think truthfully she would have helped if she could-and she knows that she would never ever have taken a video of it and sold it to ET, so don't say others should.I know I'm not going to be popular for saying this but here goes.
None of us is perfect, we all have our flaws and imperfections but I actually like Debbie. She gave Michael the greatest wish of his life to become a parent. It's not very often she states anything publically and I feel she is entitled to try and defend herself against some of the things which have been said. Okay, she hasn't picked her friends wisely but neither did MJ. She has defended Michael on so many levels even when we were led to believe she would be damaging for him at the 2005 trial. I'm cutting her some slack and giving her the benefit of the doubt. She is now helping with a wonderful charity.
I think you are right-Michael knew show business inside and out and knew what he was doing (look at the manifesto he wrote at 21?) He created a larger than life persona that everyone will love and be mesmerized by, but it was definitely based on himself, his heart and how he wanted to be.Michael was not as naive as people think and how he lead on. He was a great business man.. you cannot be a successful naive business man. Anyone can be fooled at times as Michael was.. But Naive is FAR from what Michael was.
I think some fans forget that MJ created an image and a character BASED on who he was, but not fully who he REALLLY was.
IMany people saw something wasn't right with Michael in his last days and it's true, they didn't do anything because they had so much to lose. But also, what can they do?
Debbie keeps pointing fingers at others when she should be pointing to herself.
Thanks mjchris for the video, is that it - just 2 mins?
That's the last thing that Michael would want. For people to see him not well and all over ET news and all over the world. He valued what privacy he had in his life.
All this shows me is that Debbie was not as close to Michael as she used to be. Like so many other people.
They did tell ET . They were going around saying that he has one lung . and that he had cancer. Yet was trying to get AEG check indirectly without telling what was going on and AEG just showed the program the receipt that he had two lungs and a clean bill of health. If that person would of said he has oxygen tanks in the gargage Why? maybe something could of been done
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What could they do? Hmmmmmm Let's see...Well.... When you love and truly care about the person ... When you know what the person is doing something that will be bad ... You will be able to move heaven and hell to help this person solve the problem and do the right thing. You will show to the person that is the wrong way, will alert and show the way to do the right thing. You will help for the good of this person. You will not just stand in silence watching the shit going on in your face and do nothing. At least I would not be able .... NEVER! If everyone around Michael sensed that something was not going well and no one did absolutely nothing for me has only one explanation: these people did not care about Michael and they not had a feeling 1000% true for him. And one beautiful day.... Michael dies and all these people come with their stories, whining and all the drama about Michael .... Seriously, a lot of bla bla bla is not able to convince me and make me think otherwise. :nono: -_- Unfortunately..... *big sigh*.
Victory22;3927714 said:The dancers totally were not in a position where they could interfere with anything Michael was doing. It would be inappropriate on their part and it would have totally crossed the line or bounders between employer/employee. Michael was not only their idol he was also their boss. I don’t think he would have reacted too kindly to their concerns.
Aquarius;3927686 said:I understand your point. If you love someone, you would do anything for help him, but Michael was in a different situation, he was an artist, a celebrity. People broke their code of ethics to be closed to him, to be on his good side and be friendly with him.Dancers and others were going on tour with Michael, their idol. Can they go and try to advise Michael? Ho could they step out of their boundaries without risking the opportunity to be part of the best tour in history. That's what I'm trying to say. There was nothing they could do because if they did, they'd lose the opportunity of their lives, to be next to Michael.Remember when Michael was complaining about feeling cold on side and hot on the other. At that instance, if I were working for him, I would have insisted to take him to the hospital because I wouldn't know if that situation was life threatening. But would I had the right to force an adult to go the hospital against his will?Maybe Katherine could have had a heart to heart conversation with him, but did he trust her enough to open up to her? We don't know. But Katherine, as a mother -even if he was an adult, could have been on his back. She said she visited him, didn't she notice his appearance? Or maybe it's like Joe said, she didn't want to invade his privacy. Maybe as long as she receive gifts from him, she wouldn't ask questions. Who knows. I think they couldn't do more because they had other priorities in their minds. But let's not forget that AEG, even when they were kind of bullies, they tried.