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MJJC Exclusive Q&A with Ralphige about the prank call - Read Ralphige's Answers

I feel this interview was unnecessary, to be honest. It's clear Ralphige didn't take this Q&A session seriously from the beginning, so what was his purpose for granting this interview? For fun? Another joke? What did he want to get out of it?

As far as fans not showing outrage about this at the time it was done, I'm not sure whether I was a member of this particular forum at the time, but I was certainly active on MJNO and others, and I remember there was quite a bit of anger over this. I don't recall whether everyone rushed to Youtube to comment on it (I think the link to the recording was banned on the MJ forums anyway), but that's not to say none of the fans gave a crap about it and everyone was cool with it. I seem to remember long threads filled with discussion over the matter and the fans expressing their disgust over what Ralphige said to Michael. Of course you could correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I remember. So Ralphige is wrong about that too.

I truly appreciate your time, Ivy, and you've contributed so much to this forum that so many fans are thankful for, but I didn't see the point in this Q&A. It just seems like we're giving this guy more attention than he actually deserves.
 
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I really dislike this q&a and his attitude. It's obvious he is not a fan and he is not sorry he did this. Whatever. I don't want to hear about him ever again
 
WHAT A NUT JOB! He lies throughout the whole damn Q & A! He did not and still doesn't respect MJ. What waste of time!
 
I keep thinking about this: how you can do such a thing and not even feel remorse about it. I mean, we are all humans with heart and feelings, so how can you be so insensitive? I guess the answer is that some - many - people still don't get it.

He says it's not the worst thing he'd ever said to a celebrity. So, he must have an imaginary scale of things you can say, from best to worst, based on HIS perception. But what about another person's perception? How does he know what would be the worst thing for THEM? Did he ever try to put himself mentally in their shoes?

You know, I sometimes wish more people read Shmiley's book (unabridged) and LaToya's book, because for all their flaws they at least give you an idea of HOW MUCH Michael suffered from the accusations. He had been a sensitive person already, and this became the burden and the agony of his life. For Michael, who was for years anguished by the thought that the world saw him as a child molester, who desperately tried to redeem his reputation and legacy, I honestly cannot imagine a worse thing you can say. And how you can call out of nowhere and hurt a fellow human being like this, by twisting the knife, I will never NEVER comprehend.

still wanted to explain himself because he believed that we as fans were more angry about the prank call then Michael was.
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No. I believe it was HE who got it wrong. When a person tells you, "The damage is done. Do whatever you want", it doesn't mean they are okay with what you've done. It means they see no point in continuing the communication because they have given up on you as a human being. Isn't it clear from construction of the phrase? There were too many "ralphinges" out there for him to get angry with everyone. As Michael himself said, "If I get angry, I'm hurting myself". He was tired and he let it go.

So, Ralphige, if you are reading this, just think for a moment that you inflicted pain on a person who a) was a one-in-a-lifetime genius, and b) never had a mean thought and gave his whole life to bring peace and happiness to mankind. He suffered, and for a couple of minutes you made him suffer more, and you laughed at it. And if this doesn't bother you at all, what kind of person does it make you?
 
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The man has no remorse. He apologised to Michael but it meant nothing, lip service only. He was so apologetic he still sells copies of it! Karma should come around and bite him on the ass. A most unpleasant, egotistical human being.
 
When I first read this post I walked away thinking I didn't want to give this guy the time of day, then I took some time to think about it and decided that if he was going to have a Q & A anywhere then I would rather it was here where we could have the opportunity to control the questions.

I'm also with Ivy on the whole knowledge is power, this is why I am not offended that we allow tabloid news here, and better that than thousands of fans 'clicking' on certain websites.

Personally there is nothing this man could say to me to make what he did to Michael forgivable, and I asked my questions (thank you for including some) not based on being interested in his answer but more from getting a point across to him. It doesn't matter to me whether it's clear that he has taken anything on board - it's enough for me that maybe, just maybe, we have sown a seed.

Interestingly though, we have a tendancy to zoom in (just like the tabloids) to the molestation joke and I have actually forgotten (it's ages since I heard it) that Michael talked about the charity work. So now for me in the future should anyone mention this prank my response would be 'oh you mean when MJ was talking about building a school in Africa'

Anyway, right or wrong this is just my opinion and I do understand and respect how others are feeling about this.

BTW, I wonder if he dreamed this was going to go better! LOL And I don't think he should be so confident that the estate are taking no action as it would appear he has no proof that Michael gave permission.
 
12. Ever think about apologizing about the molester joke?

Ralphige: I already have when we spoke about the phone call minutes after it happened.
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Yeah,I don't believe you.
 
I want to add that I understand why MJJC decided to do this q&a... But obviously this guy doesn't feel any remorse, he sounds very pleased with himself and proud of what he did. Like Morinen said, Michael's words didn't mean he was okay with releasing this tape, he was just too tired to care. And it breaks my heart.
 
ivy said:
the reason that we call these "Q&A" and not "interview" is because we send the questions and get the answers back. It's not a one -on -one real time interview that we can ask follow up questions or leave or etc.
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Oh I see. I thought this was a sit down session, so I wondered why you did not ask some critical followup questions. Now I understand why.
 
morinen said:
No. I believe it was HE who got it wrong. When a person tells you, "The damage is done. Do whatever you want", it doesn't mean they are okay with what you've done. It means they see no point in continuing the communication because they have given up on you as a human being. Isn't it clear from construction of the phrase? There were too many "ralphinges" out there for him to get angry with everyone. As Michael himself said, "If I get angry, I'm hurting myself". He was tired and he let it go.

So, Ralphige, if you are reading this, just think for a moment that you inflicted pain on a person who a) was a one-in-a-lifetime genius, and b) never had a mean thought and gave his whole life to bring peace and happiness to mankind. He suffered, and for a couple of minutes you made him suffer more, and you laughed at it. And if this doesn't bother you at all, what kind of person it makes you?
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Can't agree you more. I feel the same thing that MJ just gave up to communicate because he might think it's waste of his time. The best way is let it go. That's why I think it's pathetic that Ralphige thought he had permission and think fans are overreact.
 
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ivy said:
11. Do you understand at the time how vulgar and harsh your joke attempt was and how ill-mannered it made you look? Do you understand it now? If yes, what made a change?

Ralphige: Everyone loved the prank call while he was alive. This call happened 4 years ago and had over 2 million views on youtube. After he passed people became more sensitive to what I said. However, if you go back and read the comments on youtube you can see people only thought it was offensive after he died.
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He is full of crap. If you guys actually go back to the comments before June 25 you will see several comments, some from ME, thinking this prankcall were offensive. I did post some comments before MJ passed and I do remember there were MANY people thinking it was out of line- I remember thinking how nice that so many actually thought he crossed the line. So he IS a liar when he says everyone thought it was only offensive after he passed.

I also remember several comments saying it was MJ who played him in the end. Ralphige is in denial and he should actually go back to the comments before June 25.
 
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MORINEN, you gave a brilliant post. About your wish that more should read those books to understand how much Michael suffered, I am sorry to say that that would not help. People like Ralphige think they are right inside, they get pleasure in hurting others, and they use the freedoms that citizens have to inflict pain on others. Not a book, but what would cause him to change, is having the same experiences that Michael had inflicted on him. Only then will he feel the pain. Most agverage people don't need a book either. They only need to be socialized into having and showing empathy, critical thinking, inner peace, concern for mankind, sharing, and the list goes on. These socializations begin from childhood in the home, and many like this guy is lacking in them. Most Michael fans who have not read these books, including myself, know when something is wrong. Ralphige lacks this willingly, and guess what, he is proud of it. That is why questioning him failed to change his point of view in this case. No seeds of remorse were planted, because there is no inner framework (e.g., empathy, concern) for the seedsto grow in.

This situation is based on something inside of us. That is why Jones changed her position about Michael. She saw and heard what happened in court and something inside, of her made her accept it and that change in her belief was able to grow. She then produced some good work, like the book Conspiracy.
 
12. Ever think about apologizing about the molester joke?

Ralphige: I already have when we spoke about the phone call minutes after it happened.
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i doubt MJ would talk to him just minutes after


and judging by his answers he's clearly an idiot
 
HellOOOOOoooo, why is anyone surprised at the answers of this dude? He's a PRANK PHONE CALLER! And I did believe him when he said he's said worse things to other celebrities. That Shug Knight one would be a good example. In all honesty, his answers make perfect sense from his previous actions toward Michael. Somebody's a little FULL of themselves, me thinks.

It is what it is. And Mike's right, the damage is done.

I find this whole thing kinda amusing now anyways. Not the phone call, but our little exclusive interview. What a name too, Ralphage. This whole scenario is ralph-age, so I guess it works!
 
^^ That's what I think too....I said before he has this 'meh whatever' type of attitude, he doesn't care what he said, he doesn't feel remorse, he has no respect for Mike as an artist or a human being, contrary to what he said....Why this guy has been given any more attention to this is beyond me....Prank phone calls can be funny, but not when they get out of hand like this one did....It's not funny and this guy will continue to think it is because it's his job! So that's where the 'meh whatever' attitude comes from....Just the way it is, and obviously that's how Michael saw it too, 'Do whatever you want' (in other words, 'You're not worth it, buddy')
 
It's too bad that Raplphige didn't take the interview seriously. It's hard to believe anything he says.

I don't understand why this guy thinks he has to go the most obvious and insulting subjects when he prank calls celebrities. It's not funny, it's just mean. The only people who thought the end of that call was funny before Michael passed were jerks. No decent human being would laugh at something like that.

Maybe the link to the guy's website should be taken down, since he's apparently still trying to sell the audio file of the call.
 
^^ Yeah, it would have been funny if he chose to prank call over something a little more creative - which is true comedy, in my opinion, without insulting with a low blow...He went for the jugular and the most obvious jokes...He obviously ran out of ideas...
 
TarinJade said:
Actually, no. I thought it was offensive and infantile pre-6/25/09 and still do.
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Exactly. What he said was wrong, wrong and more wrong. In fact the prank call was actually banned from being discussed/posted here on MJJC until, well now I guess. Complete waste of time trying to reason with such an egotistical *****. Thankyou fans for asking the questions you did. As for this thread, I hope it completely dies as of now, waste of space.
 
respect77 said:
You have to have a certain IQ to be really funny. The only funny thing about this prank call was the fact Michael knew he was being prank called and played along - and actually turned it around and he was pranking this guy. So the only fun in this conversation was provided by Michael. Unfortunately Ralphige doesn't have the IQ to be really funny.
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This.
 
StaceyMJ said:
Exactly. What he said was wrong, wrong and more wrong. In fact the prank call was actually banned from being discussed/posted here on MJJC until, well now I guess. Complete waste of time trying to reason with such an egotistical *****. Thankyou fans for asking the questions you did. As for this thread, I hope it completely dies as of now, waste of space.
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And this.

I neither tried listening to/knowing about that call, nor did I waste my time reading one word of what this sicko has to say now!So undeserving and completely disgusting!
 
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ivy;3450303 said:
13. Tell us what’s happening between you and the Michael Jackson Estate in regards to the prank call and the sale of the prank call on your website

Ralphige: Nothing is happening, they stopped pursuing it after they realized I had authorization from Michael Jackson and www.ralphige.com is up and running and the phone call is still for sale.
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Is this really true? Can he profit from Michael?
 
I'm sorry, but I lost a lot of respect for MJJC after you did this. Why did you even GIVE this guy attention?! He made a fool out of Michael during a time when not a lot of people were on his side, and he STILL doesn't show remorse for it. How does that equate to someone you want to interview about Michael? Jesus, you might as well get Diane Diamond in here.
 
disusssting prick. his number wil be up too coz he is playing with the wrong people who will find him and we will be eading about his unexplained accident. Suge Knight does NOT play!
 
It's next to impossible to offend me, as I believe in freedom of speech even in its most moronic incarnations, but the prank call itself was not even funny. He wasn't worth interviewing, in my honest opinion, even if he -did- get to talk to Michael.
 
I really didn't understand why this Q&A was made, that guy was such an arrogant ass, I didn't believe what he said and listening to the prank call I didn't found it creative or funny at all but the end cuz Mike pranked him, I loved how he changed his voice telling him: "you thought you were talking to Mr. Jackson, didn't you?" Mike was a way more creative than that "so called comedian."
 
What a pathetic little --- ugh. I remember when this came out before Michael died - it made me sick. This guy shows no remorse. And it doesn't matter that he made that 2pac accusation prank call - Michael and the molestation bit is on a whole other level.
 
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