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To any British viewers who saw the documentry on Thursday night, this will be familiar to you.

I think it is shown tonight for our American members. Maybe you guys will comment then.

I think that MJ is just compensating for the childhood he didn't have. He is like a 4 yr old trapped in a 44 yr olds body. The countless amount of toys and his 'theme park' scream this out to everyone.

I really do beleive that he is genuine and almost naive about the whole children sleeping in his room predicament. I don't believe he would abuse children, or has done in the past, beacuse he was abused badly as a child. He just wants to bring happiness to children who are less fortunate.

Everything has been taken out of proportion. I felt by the end of the show, the interviewer was very attacking towards Michael. I admit, he is a strange guy, but give him some justice. What does everyone else think?End Quote

Perhaps the documentary was made to give the world the impression that he's been misjudged and to clean-up his character a bit.

It seems they did a bang-up job.  :-/

I don't buy into that sort of thing. PRs are very good at attempting to clean-up someone's image.

Granted MJ was abused, I do not feel that's an excuse for him to be so weird, irresponsible and carrying-on down-right disturbed. He has the financial means to get the best psychological help there is and he clearly chooses not to help himself.

I don't feel he should be attempting to parent children or be allowed to be close to children in general.

He has an unhealthy obsession with children.

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Although what gets to me is the fact on that documentary he said his father used to beat him as a child yet when he was in the Jackson 5 and still suffering from his skin condition he told everyone his father was very supportive and helped him through it. Very Strange ?!
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But he was only a kid in the Jackson 5. Maybe he couldn't bring himself to admit that about his father at that point in his life. When your still in need of your parents, your hardly gonna admit to the public that your father beats the crap out of you, are you?

Quoting:Pop star Michael Jackson is admitting that kids still sleep in his bedroom, despite the fact that he's been accused of child sexual abuse in the past. Jackson made the startling admission on a British television documentary that is set to air in the U.S. on Thursday (February 7). Jackson said that children were still sleeping over, "sometimes in his house, sometimes in his bedroom."

However, Jackson added "very few" actually stayed in his bed, and called his behavior appropriate, saying, "Why can't you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone." Jackson further explained, "I see God in the face of children. And man, I just love being around them all the time."End Quote

I officially want to know no more about Michael Jackson.

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I kinda agree with what each person has said.  The impression that I initially came away with was that while I do not agree he is a pedophile (I have worked with them and believe it or not he doesnt show the main signs) - he is however completely dellusional.

He doesnt pretend to be 10 - he genuinely believes he IS ten.  And that is why he honestly doesnt see the "wrong" in the sleepovers.  He thinks all ten year olds have sleepovers - which they do.  Its definately not a sexual thing - there was no evidence in that based on the evidence I have witnessed with the men I use to have to counsel.  Even the hand holding wasnt a sexual thing - I actually think the kid did it for the camera's.

Is Michael in therapy ??? That was an unasked and unanswered question.  If he isnt - why isnt he ????????

I also felt he missed a golden oppurtunity.  He sat there and told us all about the verbal abuse from his friends, family and fans during his big nosed pimply era.  That was the perfect moment to say "so thats kinda why I like to have plastic surgery" and we all would have sat back and said "ohhhhhhhhhh  that explains it - poor guy" and empathised with him - instead he denys the surgery - leaving us screaming "oh for gods sake Micheal - just admit it !".

The lies about "Blanket" bothered me - at one stage he said he was concieved with someone Michael knew and whom he had had a relationship with.  When he is next asked the question he says he was concieved with a surrogate mother whom he hasnt met.  OOPS !!

Also the whole "bringing the children up in a masked world" - for a man who had a crappy childhood - you would think he would do the opposite and let them live a normal live.  I did think the interviewers statements about it being abnormal to be raised without a mother was extremely inflammatory and derogatory towards the millions of single fathers and gay fathers out there busily raising children without mothers.

I also get a little mad about the black turning white crap too.  I met many Pakistanis in the UK who suffered from vittiligo.  One man showed me his arms which were black from elbow up and pure white from elbow down - he had been black at birth and the colour was basically disapearing as he aged.  I also know a pure white aboriginal who was blue black at birth and by the time she started school her vittiligo had kicked in and nowdays she is whiter than me.  If you look at pics of Michael at aged 10 you can see he has huge white patches all over his back - so it had already started then.

So I think in the end I came away from it thinking Ok I know a little more about Michael than I did on Monday.  I know he lies, I know he is deluded and in need of serious help, I know he is one hell of a talented musician and singer, i know he isnt a pedophile but the whole "you are not TEN" thing hasnt been properly explained to him by a shrink.

And boy oh boy - I know he can show !  How was that $7mil shopping spree !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I want that, and that, and that, and that, and that !!  The look on the interviewers face when he read the prices tags was a Mastercard moment !!!!!!!!
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I agree with pretty much everything you've just said. I don't think he's a paeodphile. He does beleive he's still a child and has no intention of ever growing up. He is indeed living in a world of his own.  

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I watched the interview.

He said that he's only had 2 plastic surgeries in his lifetime and they were just on his nose. He said it was the honest truth! Even when the interviewer expressed doubt and questioned repeatedly, Michael Jackson stood by his statement.


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A local radio talk show host this morning said he believed him...1 surgery to take his face off and 1 surgery to put on a new one. ;D