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Joseph Jackson's TV interview, continues to profit off Michael VIDEO
By April MacIntyre Jul 12, 2009, 17:46 GMT
06/28/2009 - Joe Jackson - “Good Morning America” reportedly paid Jackson around $200,000 for a series of interviews - part of a deal for a one-hour documentary on the Jackson family. © Ken McCoy / PR Photos
People surrounding Michael Jackson have profited from the singer, in life and in death.
Since Michael’s death, celebrity reporter Roger Friedman claims father Joe Jackson "has made at least a half million dollars off his late, famous son."
Sister La Toya Jackson has told the media she believes Michael's inner circle murdered her brother by enabling and facilitating gross abuse of prescription drugs, allowing those physically closest to Jackson to rob him blind over the years.
“Good Morning America” reportedly paid Jackson around $200,000 for a series of interviews - part of a deal for a one-hour documentary on the Jackson family.
Friedman reports that the British tabloids are topping the Americans, paying the father of the Jackson Five "at least $250,000 plus expenses to exploit Michael’s memory."
Los Angeles politicians meanwhile are reeling from a hefty tab left behind for the Michael Jackson memorial, and despite meager fan contributions, local Los Angeles news coverage reveals a deeply divided city council that is facing the wrath of residents in the cash-strapped city of broke California. Los Angeles councilman Dennis Zine has called for a review into how the city's resources were used during last Tuesday's Jackson memorial at the Staples Center.
The event required the deployment of thousands of police officers, emergency services and a SWAT team that reportedly transported Jackson's casket.
Zine wants to call for the event's promoters (AEG) or producers who might provide "reimbursement to the city to replenish the public safety and other critical funds." He claimed the actual cost of Jackson-related events may exceed four million dollars.
The Los Angeles Times ran an op/ed piece which also called out the Jackson memorial expenses, "it makes sense to call on AEG, which ran the show and owns the facilities, to foot the 1.4-million-dollar bill," although, it added, the claims need not have been made on the day of the event.
Friedman claims now that the body of Michael lay in a "borrowed" Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, "because the Jackson family hasn’t figured out which location would maximize their profits best." Friedman further claims that "the horror of Joseph Jackson is only more heightened by the fact that he’s told reporters this week that he somehow foresees exploiting Michael’s children as performers in a bid to regain his glory days of the Jackson 5."
The evidence is presented in Friedman's article on Joe Jackson, that Michael hated him. "There is abundant evidence that Michael hated his father. One insider working on Jackson’s business affairs since his death, a person who hadn’t known Joseph Jackson previously, said to me last week, 'He killed Michael. Everything he did to to him led up to this. I’ve never met a more awful person.' "
Liza Minnelli, when interviewed by CNN's Larry King, also referred to Joe Jackson as "that father of his" in disgust, remembering how Michael had no childhood or free will as a younger man.
Lou Ferrigno, also on Larry King's show, shared he an Michael "had the same kind of fathers," which explained their unusual friendship, and how they coped with their abusive parents; Michael through his music, Lou through his bodybuilding.
Friedman also recalls Joe Jackson's shameless efforts to earn off of Michael's name, "Joseph is famous for coming up with schemes behind Michael’s back. To wit: On the day of Michael’s famous 30th anniversary solo show, Joe Jackson called a news conference and invited select journalists. I was one of them. It was obvious Michael had no idea this was going on. Mr. Jackson told us he was going to start selling footage of the Jackson 5 for profit."
Friedman interviewed Jackson: "I asked him about his parental philosophy. 'You have to be strict with kids,' he said. 'There’s nothing wrong with punishment as long as you know how to punish.'
Friedman asked Joe "what would be a typical punishment?"
“Beat his back,” Joe Jackson replied.
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He really deserves his reputation as a maggot. Literally.
And the maggot wants custody of the children? MJ's children? ANY children?
With HIS history? You gotta be kidding! Over my dead body! (well, MJ's, anyway)
But I'll bet a judge will think differently. We'll see just how loudly money speaks.
Spitfire
Ever since MJ died, all I do is go on the internet to read on his investagations. It is not clear enough for us the public, we want and need to know the truth behide all the health problems he had, if any. Is the public reading true stories of the drug abuse or who did really wanted to get rid of our pop star. All my life I wanted to know why did MJ change his skin color, what was the reason. Another article was that Joe Jackson was always very abusive to Michael, will his children run the same faith. Who is really the father of MJ children, is it his physician.
Where is MJ Body, was his body in the caskit for the memorial service, to me it didn't seem so. Will the Jackson family keep everything a secret, will we know the truth behide his death. (MAY HE REST IN PEACE).
make no mistake these leeches will find a way to feather there own pocket books for decades to come. It is no wonder that MJ left his children and estate for others to take care of.
In no way do I approve of MJ's behavior inregard's to children, weather it was illegal or just wrong! But as people far smarter than I have alway's said , those who are abusd, and MJ was certainly abused, physically, emotionally, financialy, will suffer damage and pass abuse to others.
I find the media very hypocritical in this. They are making multi-millions off of Michael's death but they have the audacity to criticize the family for making something too.
I think Michael would turn over in his grave at the idea of the hatred being spewed toward his father. Yes, Joe Jackson was (Michael's words) 'too hard' as a parent. Did Michael hate him? No. Fear him? Yes, at least as a child. But for all of Joe Jackson's faults, I also think Michael loved him.
I, too, grew up with a father I feared greatly. That fear nearly cost my father his life when he nearly bled to death one afternoon while my sister and I hid and played as quietly as possible for almost 2 hours so that he would not notice us. Thankfully, the phone rang, and we rushed to answer it before he would hear it (we assumed he was in the backyard), and thankfully the closest phone was in his bedroom where he was barely breathing and blue, a trail of blood across his bedroom floor, and blood-soaked bedding.
It took many painful life lessons in adulthood, and lots of therapy, before I realized that my father's love was simply different than what I thought love was supposed to be. What nearly killed him was a bleeding ulcer, brought on by the stress of being responsible to raise 5 children into responsible human beings.
Joe Jackson had 9 children, and until Michael was 10 years old, they lived in a 2 bedroom, 1 bath home. Imagine the stress.
While I admit Joe Jackson's actions and words have been odd since Michael passed, Joe Jackson has clearly never had perfect pitch when it comes to societal norms in terms of expression emotion. Look carefully again at Joe Jackson when he spoke at the BET awards, he was shaken to the core. Not for a second do I believe this man didn't love his son. And, he may have done a lot wrong in the parenting department, but darn it he must have done something right. All of his children are loving and caring.
MJ was no fool when he nominated his mother as guardian of his children. He was well aware that they would still interact with his father. He was counting on his mother, and probably his siblings, to insure his kids would be able to remain in contact with their grandfather with appropriate emotional buffers. Cut Mr. Jackson some slack.
Why doesn't somebody do an expose on the leaking of police files to the press. I just saw on TV a video that the police took on the search of Neverland. What an invasion of privacy. The police never found what they were looking for - and they should not be allowed to sell those tapes of a persons private home to be broadcast to the world. Showing a citizens most private (and legal) possessions to the public is horrible. How can that be allowed? Poor Michael Jackson....may he rest in peace.
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TashaJul 12th, 2009 - 19:44:30
Alas, oh woe, the breadwinner of Jackson family is gone, but I'm sure that Joe and the rest of the family will stoop lower than this, to secure their future financial stability for years to come. MJ you were too good for this world, gone too soon, but in a better place. Love Always.
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