Media
No, you have to lie about things. You have to cover up. […] because they putting your name out there and stuff and, uh, they’re supposed to you know, look good because it sells records and it attracts people. And the stories, well, they used to come out with when we were little. […] I was 13. And they lying and they have all these really weird kinda stories like Michael made this handicapped girl walk again because she saved Chester the cat. There was no Chester the cat. It was just lies..
The Glenda Tapes, ca. 1991
Some thoughts on the unreleased Footage:
- Bashir is just oozing professionalism, isn’t he? I mean, who doesn’t love a loud, obnoxious person trying to provoke their colleagues? It’s like a masterclass in workplace etiquette. Don’t let Michael’s sweet smile and accommadating demeanor fool you.
- He appears remarkably composed and calm, considering the circumstances.
- The documentary suggests that MJ is a pedophile, but the outtakes reveal a different story. In those clips, Bashir compliments Jackson, saying he looks sexy and that women will toss their underwear at the screen. This raises questions about the inconsistency in Bashir’s portrayal. It seems he doesn’t genuinely believe MJ is a pedophile; rather, he appears to be playing into a sensational media narrative.
- Who would actually tell someone that their friend is going to die soon? That’s just wild.
- In my view Jackson doesn’t trust Bashir even one millimeter and has a hard time taking him seriously [AB]
Happiness
MB: I’ve traveled around the United States with you, I was with you in Britain, we went to Germany, now in Miami, we spent some time together. And… in some ways I’m quite worried for you.
MJ: In what?
MB: Because you do seem so isolated.
MJ: I’m too isolated.
MB: And you do seem so lonely. And you put on a great show for all of us, and that’s why the world loves you but somehow inside… are you happy?
MJ: I’m very happy uh now… um
MB: You’re happy now because there are seven lights on you.
MJ: Mhm?
MB: But are you happy in yourself?
MJ: Um seven lights on me um uh… yeah yeah I am, but um… There’s things that make me very sad very very sad it can affect me for months and it hurts. That’s why I get really depressed, really depressed.
MB: What sort of thing?
MJ: Some… they always evolve around children. Somebody uh like I just happen to return the channel, an older brother shot his 4-year-old sister in the head. That kills me that kind of stuff. So I try not to watch the news. My mother doesn’t watch it either, because it hits me right in the heart every time I hear something crazy, like they abducted some kid out of her bed and you find it a month later 75 miles away chopped up you know 30 feet down in the earth. And… that’s part of I feel that pain, you know what I mean, I feel that, I can feel it.
MB: But what if you wake up up one day and you haven’t heard a story like that and nobody’s been shot. Are you happy in yourself?
MJ: ….. Yes yes, yes I am because I love blue skies um… “whiskers on kittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favorite things”
MB: You’re just performing aren’t you.
MJ: Yeah, you got… I told you I’m on stage um… um I love
MB: Do you find it impossible not to be on stage?
MJ: It’s hard.
MB: You don’t really live your life off stage.
MJ: I’m always uh I love it. I I told you I sleep with bright lights on. I can’t sleep onless I’m lit up. It’s probably just
MB: Do you not think that’s slightly worrying?
MJ: No, because I’ve spent all my childhood on, I don’t remember not being on stage.
MB: But that’s been damaging hasn’t it?
MJ: No.
MB: But it has, because if you can’t go to bed without lights on.
MJ: You I love it. I love it. I sleep when I shut my eyes and it just feels so warm, I can see the audience, I can see the performance, I create.
MB: You just live in an imaginary world.
MJ: Yeah, I love that.
Transcript by JS
Dieter Wiesner, Michael’s manager from 1996-2003, about the impact of Bashir’s documentary on MJ and his addiction to painkillers:
“It broke him. It killed him. He took a long time to die, but it started that night. Previously the drugs were a crutch, but after that they became a necessity.”
Source: The Telegraph (2024). Former manager unveils scale of Michael Jackson’s drug use. Retrieved November 11, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234309/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5704635/Former-manager-unveils-scale-of-Michael-Jacksons-drug-use.html
MJ Interview – Geraldo rivera at large (2/2005)
“Yeah… that’s not what I saw”
Note: Michael doesn’t eat, being in distress during the court case, and it shows.
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Rivera is the King of making Michael feel at ease.
“ordinary, normal, reasonable” – “I’m like this all the time, just being myself”
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