Re: Michael To Be On The Cover Of Ebony! AH VIDEO INSIDE!
Ebony Interview: Behind The Camera
Harriette Cole, the creative director of “Ebony” magazine, said that was the impression she got after spending a day and a half with Jackson while he was being photographed and interviewed for a story that will appear in the periodical’s Nov. 12 issue. But Cole insisted it’s true.
“From the time that I spent with him, what I got is that he’s a man,” Cole said. “He’s 49. He’s a grown-up. If you learn from your challenges, then you become stronger. He certainly seemed like that. His voice is a bit lower. He came across really as kind of normal.”
When Meredith expressed incredulity that the word could be used to describe Jackson, Cole replied, “Honestly, Meredith, he was normal.”
Cole further observed that the man who was once photographed dangling his infant son from a balcony is a very good father.
“A few days ago when we were with him, he was with his youngest son,” she said, referring to Prince Michael Jackson II. “They call him ‘Blanket’ — he’s 5 years old. He is a regular 5-year-old boy. The interesting thing to me was, Michael was parenting him. Very quietly, with very few words, he was able to communicate with his son what was appropriate to do and what not. I observed Michael being a great parent.”
Jackson has been interviewed for a documentary by the BBC in Great Bower, but, Cole said, the “Ebony” profile is the first interview he’s done with an American publication in a decade. She said she believes the reclusive and controversial star chose “Ebony” because the magazine has had a long relationship with him, first profiling him on its cover when he was taking America by storm as the 6-year-old star of The Jackson 5.
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mjstar.com