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I found this short video on youtube of an interview Mark Lester, the child star of "Oliver", talking about Michael.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=REXVYx9n1XA
Mark is one of Michael's best friends and has been only supportive of Michael, as far as I know. I thought I'd share it because Mark brings up some good points, he knows Michael very well, better then most anyone, since they've known eachother since they were teenagers, and I thought it would be something interesting and positive to talk about, especially since nothing else is going on.
Here also are some excerpted quotes from Mark on Michael from an article that the reporter who shall remain namless wrote. But he said some really nice things about Michael here. I'll also just write down excerpts which recap what Lester said, so you have it in context.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=REXVYx9n1XA
Mark is one of Michael's best friends and has been only supportive of Michael, as far as I know. I thought I'd share it because Mark brings up some good points, he knows Michael very well, better then most anyone, since they've known eachother since they were teenagers, and I thought it would be something interesting and positive to talk about, especially since nothing else is going on.
Here also are some excerpted quotes from Mark on Michael from an article that the reporter who shall remain namless wrote. But he said some really nice things about Michael here. I'll also just write down excerpts which recap what Lester said, so you have it in context.
"He wanted to meet someone who had a similar background, a child star,"
The father of three girls and one boy told me he completely supports Jackson and believes him innocent of the charges of child molestation.
"One of their members (Nation of Islam) picked me up at the airport. And I did meet Leonard Muhammad briefly. But there was no sense of tension in the house. In fact, I've seen Michael at Neverland and in hotels with security, and I thought it was much more relaxed at this house." (the Beverly Hills mansion Michael rented during the trial)
Lester told me that Jackson is "angry. And he feels betrayed" by the family whom he took in. He said that while he was visiting, little mention was made of the charges pending against Jackson, and that the star had limited interest in the news accounts of his predicament.
"He's not cut off. He chooses not to watch it. He doesn't care what they say in the media. He says, America is a free country."
"I was completely shocked. (by the raid on Neveralnd in 03) I'd just been with Michael in Las Vegas in October." Last February, Lester met the boy at the center of the controversy at Neverland. "he and his family were just guests. There were a lot of kids, a lot of people staying there."
He (Lester) said that in all this time he has not questioned Jackson about his plastic surgery, but acknowledges that a skin disease has caused Jackson's sking color to change.
"His melanin is gone, and it's very painful for him to be in the sun. He has vast depigmentation. He takes medicine to fill in the blotches where he's turned white."
"We've been in there (Lester and his children at Neverland) and all through the house, eating ice cream and watching TV." But he says he wishes Jackson would not make his ideas about children sleeping in his bed public. "He needs someone to tell him to put a sock in his mouth. He can be his own worst enemy."
He said that Jackson understands the public criticism of the statements he's made, and "doesn't care" what people think.
"He can switch between being a 12-year-old and being a 45-year-old. He's told me that when he writes, he's like a 12-year-old. That's where he gets his inspiration. And he's always been that way, like a Peter Pan, since he was 15."
For New Year's Eve, the pair of friends watched TV after Jackson's three kids went to sleep. Lester said they too turned in before the midnight hour. "There was no one else around, said Lester, who left his wife and kids at home for this visit... Will Michael ever return to Neverland? "I think he will eventually," said Lester, who gave up show business and is an osteopath outside of London. "But he doesn't miss it right now. He feels like he's been violated."
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