Michael Jackson ??? What's up??

Thanks, Jespah, for the update re MJ's status as not a space alien. I suppose in his case it's a good idea for his friends to reiterate the point every now and then...

What a strange man! I worry about the children in his "care".

This is from the London Variety as reported on Netscape News:



It makes one wonder. Surely he can't be a very happy person.

one sick puppy......

Did you see the interview on ABC tonight? Bizarre!

Yes. I did see the interview!

I did see the interview last night - very disturbing.
So I wonder if he's also really a millionaire or billionaire? The way he spends money- if he's only a millionaire he'll run out soon.

husker, that's a thought I had too. I would guess he gets nearly constant royalties from his music, but if he frequently spends money like he did in the interview, he could be in financial trouble some day.

Something else I'm wondering. Early in the interview he said his baby "Blanket" was conceived from a relationship he had with a woman. Much later on he said the mother was a surrogate and that he had donated his sperm. Did you catch that, or did I misunderstand?

I caught that also but thought maybe he was trying to confuse things a little for us. He seemingly wants to present victim\innocent mentality.

You heard it exactly the way I did, chatoyant.

I'm waiting for Lola to check in about what she observed.

Update on MJ

Thanks for sharing that, Husker. I especially liked that side bar, all about MJ feeling "betrayed" by the documentary. As if.

The man gives new meaning to the word "disingenuous"...

michael jackson
Sleeping in the same bed as your children (or your family'schildren)till teen years is the norm for many cultures /eg. Japan. In general it is not a sexual event and in many ways strenthens the psyche and the family.

If you say so, history junkie. Only I'm not sure I'm ready to give MJ the benefit of the doubt--some of these kids he's sleeping with aren't his own...

There is no doubt in my mind that there is something very wrong about Michael Jackson. I don't even want to comment about the sleeping with children issue. But I do want to discuss his looks.

In the 1980s Jackson would perform with one glove, which everyone concluded was an abberration. Later it was learned that he suffered from vitiligo, a progressive condition that causes progressive white patches on the skin. I would assume that at the start of his condition, he hid it with the glove.

Link to vitiligo information

As his condition worsened, he most probably had treatments to bleach other parts of his skin, to even out his skin tone. He probably uses the white makeup to make his complexion more even.

As far as his nose, I must agree that his cosmetic surgery is bizzare, although no worse than some of my classmates when I was in high
school.

The link I provided shows pictures of some people with vitiligo. If I were him, with his background of abuse by his father, and this disfiguring condition, I don't know what I would have done. I can only have compassion for him in attempting to look normal. Obviously he has not succeeded.

I dunno, if it were just ONE of those things (the skin condition, the plastic surgery, the surgical masks, sleeping with minors, running a private amusement park, etc), I'd say 'Hey, there's an artist! Flawed, but talented'. However when you get such ALL of these things all focused on a wealthy pop star, I get creeped out.

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