sexuality
You can give me more than a Hug.
~ Michael Jackson to a Fan,
Living with Michael Jackson, Martin Bashir, 2003 ~
Why is is so hard to believe Michael could have been straight? That is by design.
No, we won’t make a heavy-handed remark about keeping it in the closet here.
We take doubt seriously. Doubt is important. So let’s have a moment for justifiable doubt:
Argument 1)
This is none of our business. Stop invading his privacy.
Understandable argument. This is a dilemma. We want to find out who Michael was in order to show who he wasn’t. But if you feel uncomfortable we totally get it. Maybe just skip this topic.
Argument 2)
Could he just pretend to be into women, using his public relationships as a cover, while living a totally different private life?
Impossible to rule out. He might have. But look at the material we have gathered – there is young Michael looking at a centerfold, looking at a girl’s breasts, being papped while kissing his ex-wife, flirting with fans. Would you fake it so consistently over the span of your whole life?
Argument 3)
Why is this even important? This proves nothing. Michael Jackson being into women doesn’t mean he is no pedophile.
✗ Mostly False.
There is only a 1/4 chance that this is true.
Meta-Analysis of 55 studies about Pedophelia and sexual interest
Fact Check Hub/Sexuality
J5 interview in Hotel Jacksonville (1970)
Fishing in Budapest (1996)
With James Safechuck in tow.
MJ’s makeup artist Karen Faye (2010)
Source: ABC 20/20 Faye/Thompkins/Bush Interview, Aired 25.6.2010.
Invincible signing event, NYC (November 7, 2001)
Edit: JS
Disneyland (December 1, 2002)
YT top comment: “it is so interesting that michael looks absolutely beautiful in this random clip that somebody made..perfectly normal and poised and yet the media NEVER showed him in this light,he looks this good just strolling around.”
Context: Mere day(s) later he got bitten by a spider (probably).1More about that here: https://realmichaeljackson.com/vitiligo-lupus/
‘Living with Michael Jackson’, Martin Bashir (2003)
“ST-UN-N-I-NG to look at.”
‘Living with Michael Jackson’, Martin Bashir (2003)
“You can give me more than a hug.”
His manager Dieter Wiesner was shocked, but not surprised.
‘The Life Of An Icon’, David Gest (2011)
“MichaeI toId me about being on the set of a movie, and one of the leading ladies invited him to her room to watch a movie and I guess the saying wouId be she ‘jumped his bones.’”2More about that and other in-depth discussion here: https://realmichaeljackson.com/insider/
He hasn’t filmed that many movies though
‘The Life Of An Icon’, Peabo Bryson (2011)
“Michael: Get your own.”
Jermaine Jackson HLN interview (ca. 2011)
“JJ: Noone ever said that Michael is seducing the mother. […] JB: Well
maybe he wasn’t interested in the mother. JJ: No, no… you can’t say that.”
Young MJ stare
MJ kissing woman Destiny tour (1979)
MJ woman & pump Triumph tour (1981)
MJ & Naomi ‘In the Closet’ MV BTS (1991)
MJ touching poster, South Africa (July 20, 1996). Photograph: Peter Morey.3“I took the photo in person while he was on a visit to South Africa. He was thinking of buying a house in South Africa, and this was a poster in one of the children’s rooms that he saw while visiting the house. It was a rare moment that I saw the real, fun, loving and humorous Michael Jackson” https://www.instagram.com/thriller.bad/p/CH3ajK-hIPe/
‘Invincible’ album booklet
liner notes to Frank Cascio (2001)
You know any other videos we could share here?
There is a lot of fishing-related content out there