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Originally Posted by Nyla2120
First off, thanks so much for sharing this & for all the information you have shared with us. I wanted to know if you know if this video is available for purchase somewhere?
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It unfortunately was never officially released on dvd or anything. It aired on fox years ago as a special. Hopefully they will release it. If you'd like, I'd be more than willing to send you a copy of it-free of charge, of course. Just pm me if you're interested
And Lauren and alka, Michael loved to laugh. Sometimes he'd get "the giggles" and be unable to stop laughing. Unfortunately, this happened once during an interview with a Japanese Journalist. I thiiiink there's footage of that on you tube somewhere. His laugh is infectious to say the least. He did deal with an awful lot in his life and he was incredibly strong.
I think it's sad that often, people didn't see him for what he really was. A very sweet, funny, generous man who was very much a child at heart in a lot of ways but also *very* much a man in alot of ways too. He was honestly generous to a fault. When fans would wait outside hotels, he'd have a bunch of pizzas ordered and sent out to them, or if it was cold, he'd send them hot cocoa, he'd throw blankets and pillows from the hotel to them so they were comfortable-which he later had to reinburse the hotel for, of course,LOL. This is not mentioning the incredible and extremely hands on charity work he did. He didn't just give money. He gave his time and he gave of himself. People often think he was a child in a man's body and that's completely untrue. He never claimed to be a child, he said he believed there was alot people could learn from children and it was good to be "Child-like" not childish but child-like, he LOVED fun. He was a very mature, intelligent, red blooded man though too. He was quite flirtacious in his own reserved and gentlemanly way. He had an awful lot of respect for women though and that's why he never went on telivision very often and discuss his sex life or who he dated or did not date, which seems to be something celebrities do all the time these days...He just was not that type of person and was from a completely different generation.
I also think alot of people misunderstood the whole "sharing beds" thing. Firstly, he never ever said-on the Martin Bashir doc.-that he slept in the bed with the kid. He slept on the floor and gave the bed to the kid, his brother and sister. His close friend, Frank Cascio an adult and long time friend of Michael's was there the whole time as well. But the DA in the case named him, Mike La Perruque ( A long time bodyguard of Michael's and a retired Police Sergeant-a very credible witness for the defense) and several other well informed, morally sound witnesses for the defense
unindicted co-conspirator so they couldn't testify or were very limited in what they could say in Michael's defense.
I'd like to point out as well, as the sister of a detective (who unfortunately for some time believed Michael to be guilty having not met him/talked to him/spent time with him himself at that point),lol-that Michael admired police an awful lot. (Unfortunately, he had some crappy experiences with some) His mentor, long time head of security and basically a father to Michael-a man named Bill Bray was a retired police officer who was literally with Michael *everywhere*. Michael visited police stations around the country and world and they'd give him "Special Officer" badges. He took photos with police, ran with milatary and police. He really admired them and loved to talk with them. Because he looked up to Bill bray so much. (Bill passed away a few years ago:-( ) Michael's security were often retired or off duty police. *This* is what made my brother-my cynical, detective brother-stop and think, look into the charges and accusations against Michael, read about them-Not the bs articles by biased media but journalists like Linda Duetcsh. And he same to the conclusion Michael was an innocent man.
But beyond all that, I wanted to point out that something that baffles me is why no one mentions about sharing his bed with kids. (And plenty of adults-including Liz taylor, LMAO and family friends, whoever-everyone would pile in his bed and watch a movie or something) Michael lived in a two bedroom home with 5 brothers and three sisters. Michael slept in the same bed as his brothers for *years*. Even when they were on the road before all the groupie crap started going down, Michael *still* shared a bed with his brothers because there were so damned many of them! LOL Michael and sharing his bed was not a sexual thing in every instance. I'm not saying he never had sex in his bed,lOL-It just was NOT with children.
I hope my long replies on the subject of Michael are not annoying, and I hope if they are getting on people's nerves that they will just choose not the read them. Because I honestly feel the need to express all of this. Now more than ever, it's difficult for me to see some of the negative and downright disgusting things people are saying in the media and in the public in general. Oh-and anyone who wanted to read a book about Michael, if you go into the store and see Michael Jackson: Unmasked by Ian Halprnin, DON'T WASTE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. This guys is ridiculous and soooo tabloidish. This same man has been reporting on his sleazy website that Angelina Jolie is sexually attracted to plants, animals, and her own children and has had incestuous relationships her whole life. So....I mean, he's beyond ridiculous. He claims to have become a hair dresser to get close to Michael Jackson,LOL, when Michael had a hair and makeup artist he used consistently for close to 30 years. Lisa Campbell wrote two really good books on Michael, "On the Record" is a fabulous one, Michael's own books "Moonwalk" and "Dancing the dream are also fantastic. They are out of print now and extremely expensive but you can go on
You'll Always Be Remembered Michael Jackson and read both books there.
Anyway, I'll shut up for now,LOL!
