Женщины в жизни Майкла Джексона

1991 Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Recording for ITC must have taken place May 1991 – October 29, 1991.
Princess Stephanie secretly records her vocals of ITC with Michael under the alias “Mystery Girl.”
Brad Sundberg, integrator, on the recording sessions for Dangerous
On celebrity visitors and chimps …
It was not uncommon for celebrities or VIPs to stop in. One day the Secret Service searched the building for a couple hours before Nancy Reagan came for a visit. Next it was Princess Stephanie from Monaco … The chimps were common guests in the studio, as was a giant snake, both of which I would wind up holding during MJ’s vocals.

Michael confirms the rumours that the Mystery Girl is Stephanie to fans in Gstaad September 27-October 6 1993,
Who is the “Mystery Girl” who sings on “In the Closet”?
Princess Stephanie of Monaco, according to Black & White and MTV Australia. Michael confirmed this while speaking with fans in Gstaad in 1993.
In an interview on British TV, Madonna revealed that she was the original
choice to be the Mystery Girl. When Michael asked her to do a duet, she agreed,and he played a preliminary version of the song for her. She asked him if heknew what the title meant, and he said he did. Not realizing the joke, she found this very unexpected and intriguing of Michael and went home and wrote more lyrics in the spirit of the title. He didn’t like the new lyrics, so they ended up not doing the song together. Princess Stephanie took over.
WMA pre show interview, May 8th 1996 SaveFrom.net
Stephanie of Monaco, “He’s a very sweet and gentle person and he’s really a very kind human being.”

NY Post, 15th October 2000
At the same time, she’s having a recording studio built into her holiday home in Auron, France, and is planning a full album. She’s hoping to get the likes of Michael Jackson (who’s a sucker for princesses), Luciano Pavarotti, Bono and Mick Jagger to do duets with her.
Joe Jackson’s autobiography (rough translation from German), 2004
Well all right, anyway, later Michael dated princess Stephanie of Monaco and had even secretly recorded a song with her. Certainly nobody had to find out that Stephanie was the female voice in this duet. Michael never wanted that the public found out too much about them women he was interested in. And since his private life is all out there, you can’t blame him for it.
Then (by 1993) Michael already for a long time has finished the relationship with Tatum O’Neil, Brooke Shields, the young dancer, Stephanie of Monaco and some other women.
When he has flown to Monaco to the World Music Awards with June Chandler, he has taken all three of them with himself and introduced them to the Princess Stephanie.
Stephanie, French Interview on RadioMonaco , 15th July 2009 SaveFrom.net
Summary (thanks to tb24 on LSA)
She says MJ heard one of her albums and chose her because he felt she had the type of voice he was looking for for the speaking part of ITC
She thought it was a joke when her manager said MJ wanted her to record the song.
They actually weren’t together long for the recording session. She arrived in LA in the evening, met with him and discussed what he wanted from her for the singing/speaking, recorded it the next day, and then she left LA that evening.
Originally the reason that she was not named on the recording was because there was supposed to be a contest to figure out who the mystery girl was. This concept basically went out the window when Naomi (who she said was friends with Quincy Jones) was cast in the video.
She was quite bothered by this back then because, as a youngish aspiring artist, it would’ve been a great boost to her career for it to have been publically known she was the girl on ITC. She was concerned back then that people would assume that since Naomi was in the video that it was her on the recording. You can tell she’s a bit bitter about this…she basically said something like ‘This is why Naomi and I aren’t great girlfriends.” She was joking, but not really…
When asked by the interviewer what he was like, she spoke a lot about how touching and extemely sensitive and vulnerable he was.That he’s the kind of person you easily get attached to. She said that “you just want to hold him strongly in your arms and tell him that everthing will be alright, to reassure him.” The interviewer said ”like a child?” and she responded, ”Worse than a child. He was an ”écorché vif” (He had his heart on a sleeve), I felt this enormous sensibility. It’s a wonderful memory.”
But she also said that it was in part becasuse of this sensitivity and vulnerability that he had such talent.
She said she only saw him briefly at the WMAs in 96. She said he seemed ill at ease and uncomfortable. I think she speculated that it was because of what was going on in his life at that time…she didn’t elaborate on what she was alluding to.
Regardless of the issues around the recording, she said it was a wonderful experience and she was honored to work with him
She said it was hard speaking about him in the past tense.

1987/88 — Tatiana Yvonne Thumbtzen
June:1987
Michael shoots the video of The Way You Make Me Feel in Los Angeles
directed by Joe Pytka, choreographed by Vincent Paterson and featuring
Tatiana Thumbtzen

October 31 1987

MTV premieres the video of The Way You Make Me Feel.
5th November, 1987

St Petersburg times, Music Video Star is Clearwater’s Own

23rd November, 1987

The single The Way You Make Me Feel is released.
Late January 1988

Invited to Leave Me Alone set.

February 1988

Tour rehearsals are held in Pensacola, Florida. Some footage is aired on Entertainment Tonight.

Touring With Michael is a Long Way From Home, St Petersburg Times, 20 Feb


February 23/24:
Michael kicks off the American leg of the Bad Tour in Kansas City, Missouri.


Grammy Awards, March 2, 1988
At the 30th Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York ,
Michael fails to win any awards for Bad but he makes an amazing
performance of The Way You Make Me Feel & Man In The Mirror and gets
a standing ovation from the whole industry.
Jet Magazine, 21 Mar 1988
Madison Square Garden, March 3 1988

Concert at the Madison Square Garden in New York City . During the
show, Tatiana Thumbzten replaces Sheryl Crow on The Way You Make Me Feel
and kisses Michael on the mouth!


Press Articles about the kiss:


Tatiana’s Star Grows Brighter, St Petersburg Times, 5th March 1988

13th Jan, 1989

20th Feb, 1989

Ebony March 1989

JET 26 June 1989

Found in the Vaccaro Vault of
posessions owned by Michael and the Jackson family, Portfolio for
Tatiana, photo of her half-naked was taken in 1990

Tatiana on the Maury show, Sometime August-December 1993,

ИНТЕРВЬЮ ТАТЬЯНЫ
BET Interview, sometime 1993-1994BET Announcer: Some of you remember the
recent BET special where you, the public, had a chance to ask the
Jackson family anything. Well, most of you wanted to know about Michael
Jackson’s love life. Actress Tatiana says Michael Jackson is all man.
Woman on the street: This question is for Jermaine since you seem to be the closest. Has Michael Jackson ever had a girlfriend?
Jermaine: Yes, Yes, Yes. There was Tatiana that he was very close to.
Tatiana: The first day I met Michael and
we were actually introduced, he reached his hand out and said hi to me
and we shook hands. I was just so overwhelmed (smiling).
Tatiana: One of the first sparks was a
scene in which I had to run through an old car and Michael chases me and
by the third run through my heel had gotten stuck in the car upholstrey
and I got stuck and the director said ‘Keep it goin’, keep it goin’
don’t stop’ Well, Michael put his hand on my leg to help me get unstuck
and I uh, freaked out a little (smiling and glowing) bit and pulled
away, and I uh, I ended up outside the car on my bottom. And as I had
gotten up to continue with the scene, Michael had grabbed me and had
actually started to wipe my bottom off.
Tatiana: He’s very romantic ’cause he’s so sensitive and caring.
Tatiana: His touch…his hugs…his kisses. I
fell in love. Michael is not gay, he is not some kind of freak that the
media wants to portray him as lately (very sad, angry look).
Tatiana: (She looks directly in the
camera with a very sexy look) As far as his masculinity is concerned
(arches her eyebrow and lowers her head) believe me, he is.
BET Announcer: Tatiana says she still loves Michael and just wants people to know how special he really is.
1997, Extract from “Once More With Feeling”
To this day I have no idea what I did
that was so terrible, but that was the end of the tour for me. I was not
asked back when the Bad tour went on to several cities. Sheryl Crow
took my place.

I went home and cried incredibly hard,
over both the lost opportunity and over losing Michael. His mother,
Katherine, was also puzzled by what happened. She later invited me
several times to the Jackson compound in Encino and we talked at length.
She told me that when we were shooting the video, Michael had asked her
what he should do with me. He had told her how much he liked me and
that he had feeling for me. She had told him to express himself, to tell
me about his feelings.

He never did tell me anything of the
kind, although several others in his camp – bodyguards, secretaries, and
writers – had let me know. The only explanation I could fathom was that
Michael’s top managers must have seen me as a threat. The Bad tour was
one of the most successful promotions of his career, and the people
working for him did not want anything to mess it up, especially a
relationship with some girl they hardly knew.

Perhaps they thought of me as someone
who, like a crazed fan, imagined herself being lovers with the
superstar. Michael had done a music video of “Dirty Diana” with a
similar storyline. To me, however, the feelings between us had always
seemed very mutual. I felt a bond with him. Maybe it was because he,
too, seemed to want to think of the world as color blind.
Perhaps, however, I was naïve or mistaken or read too much into some of
the things that happened between Michael and me. Even if that is so, I
always behaved in a completely professional manner. Unfortunately, being
fired from that tour had terrible repercussions for me both
psychologically and professionally. I hope I will be able to put the
experience behind me someday and go on, but for years it has haunted me.
Certainly it illustrates how show business, money, and greed can keep
apart two people who care for each other.
Encino, 1989
Joseph Jackson Misguides My Career
After leaving the Michael Jackson tour, Joseph Jackson, Michael’s
father, wanted to sign me to a management contract. Like Michael’s
mother, he also sympathized with me and didn’t like what had happened to
me on the tour. When he proposed that he become my manager, I hoped he
might really be able to help me. I had never had any problems getting
contracts with agents or managers but finding one who could really build
my career seemed to be the real challenge. I knew that Joseph was quite
the ladies’ man, but he never tried to have his way with me. At the
time we met he had a little Asian girl under contract, to whom he paid a
lot of attention – unfortunately more than he ended up paying to me
professionally.

After a while I realized that Joseph
wasn’t going to be able to help me. In fact, I suspected that being
under contract to him was probably hurting my career. All I wanted was
to get out from under his control, but everyone to whom I showed the
contract, including agents and lawyers, told me I was locked in. They
said I needed a high-powered attorney with connections, but I had
neither the money nor the clout to get one.
Tatianas response to the recent article on MSNBC.com, August 17th, 2004
“My heart goes out to Michael and his
family. I wish them nothing but the very best. Nevertheless, there has
been much curiosity on my past with the pop star, and many journalists
have been unfair and unkind in their interpretation in telling the
story. That is why I choose to tell my experiences with the pop star
myself and in my own words. I hope that my book will shed some light on
the truth when it comes to my feelings towards him. To Michael, may
god bless you!” -
Interview by MJNewsOnline, December 15th, 2004,
How did you set out on your career in modelling?
I got into modeling on a fluke. I was scouted out one day while in
ballet class, at The School Of American Ballet. It was Barry Lategan,
(who discovered Twiggy in the early 60′s) who hired me for a special
spread In Modern Bride Magazine. The spread featured ballerinas on
point. It was the flame that sparked my modeling career. Several months
later I met Antonio Lopez, a famous fashion Illustrator. Antonio took my
modeling career to the next level, teaching me everything I needed to
know and even introducing me to my future agent. I signed with the Ford
Agency only to be dropped a week later. Because, they just didn’t know
what do with me. They told me, “Your not black enough and your not white
enough, Eileen doesn?t know what to do with you, stick with Antonio.” I
was stunned and saddened by this. I was warned by Janice Dickinson not
to sign with them but I didn’t listen to her. Sure enough…….Janice was
right. Anyway, things turned out fine as I signed with the Zoli Agency a
week later. And I even scored a contract to model in Japan becoming one
of their biggest models for the next five years.
How were you approached to appear in Michael’s “The Way You Make Me Feel” video?
I was approached to appear In MJ’s video “The Way You Make Me Feel”
through my agent Julie at JHR. Supposedly, I auditioned with 200 other
girls. I believe it was my destiny though. It had been my dream for
many, many years to meet and work with Michael. In fact, I actually let
the opportunity of meeting him slip through my hands, (in the early 80′s
) while en route to an audition living In New York. And yes, I
mentioned it to Michael while shooting the video. He even asked me why I
didn’t stop and say anything to him. I replied that I was too shy and
couldn’t figure out what to say.
Has your work with Michael influenced you professionally? If so, how?
His professionalism influenced me and also his perfectionism. We
definitely have that one in common. He was the utmost professional. I
loved watching him work.
Tell us a little of your experiences on Michael’s “Bad” tour.
My experiences on the Bad tour were unfortunately “BAD” and I don’t
mean the bad as in slang terms. I mean Bad as in terrible. For the most
part I was lonely and bored, except of course when I was on stage and
saw Michael. I felt as though I was some sort of Barbie doll that they
took out of the box when they needed to show it off. But, I kept getting
all of these reports that Michael was in love with me. He even reported
that to the media at one point. It was confusing and lonely to be me.
Do you recall any funny anecdotes whilst working with Michael?
One of my funniest anecdotes that I can remember was when Michael
asked me If he could use some of my face powder. I was honored in
obliging this request, but when he used it he went to town with the
stuff. As if there was no tomorrow. I wanted to crack up but didn’t dare
to out of fear he’d take it the wrong way. It was a cute site to see.
You have a new book out, “The Way He Made Me Feel”, tell us a little about it.
My book has been a work In progress, believe me! You can ask my
friend and business partner Tonia Ryan. We have worked on it for two
years now. And even longer for me, as I wrote it back in 1991. This is
my Auto-Biography and it derived from my journal while living In Los
Angeles. I hope it will be educational to those with stars in their eyes
and a dream in their hearts. I truely believe that we are all put here
to not only learn from our lessons but to give back to others. I hope my
book does that. Because this girl learned “A Lot” and I have a lot to
offer.
It has been reported that you and Michael have had a ‘falling out’ over the years, what is your response to that?
Going into writing my book this was one of the reasons why I wanted
my story out their. So people would no longer speculate. I have had my
words sliced and diced and have even been misquoted. So, I figured who
better to tell my story than me? After all….I lived it! Not anyone else.
And still I have had fans and foes bombard me with questions on MJ and
my past. It’s time for me to put my story out their and move on. Michael
and I never had a falling out and if we did…..I was unaware of It. In
fact, his mother Katherine tried many times for us to get together and
speak and it just never happened. He has never given me his ear. But, I
do believe there are some misunderstandings from our past. As his family
and I believed there were others in his camp keeping us apart.
Everything happens in life for a reason. God doesn’t make mistakes. I
put my trust “completely” in my Lord.
As you know, this interview is being conducted for the fans of Michael Jackson. Is there anything you would like to say to them?
I would like to tell the fans…….to “Always Keep Your Dreams Alive”
and to always believe in yourself because anything is possible if you
just “Believe.”
20th Dec, 2004, Interview with MJJForum

Say what you want about Tatiana, but she
has been where many fans wish they could go. She has worked with and
dated Michael Jackson! Tatiana Thumbtzen has written a book titled “The
Way He Made Me Feel”. It not only explains her relationship with
Michael, but it also goes into other important events of her life.
Dip into our conversation…
Lei: I just want you to know that I have been a fan of yours since your
appearance in Michael’s video (The Way You Make Me Feel)! You and Mike
looked great together. I was actually thrilled when I “heard” that you
two were dating! Some fans still don’t believe that’s true? Would you
like to elaborate on that?
Tatiana: This is the
question that I get asked the most. This is actually one of the main
reasons that I decided to write my book The Way He Made Me Feel. This is
not something that I can answer in a few lines because I have chapters
dedicated in detail about the experiences between Michael and me. I will
tell you that Michael reported to the media, to members in his camp,
and to his mother Katherine that he loved me.
Lei: I was always
looking around and hoping I would see you pop up in another music video,
movie, or something. I have seen all your television appearances and
managed to find your website by just typing your name into a search
engine. You even made me realize that a woman was sexy as hell in a
black dress and boots! Any thoughts on that?
Tatiana: I had many
disappointments while living in L.A. after doing the video. I went
through much turmoil and distress. Fortunately, I chose to write about
it all, it was extremely cathartic. Hence, my book was born. I tried
getting a book deal and did, except it turned out to be a disappointment
and a lesson. I also did an interview with a tabloid and basically
learned the hard way that they were going to tell my story their way.
Big mistake, but we live and learn – that’s what life’s about. So, I
kept the hope and dream that someday I would do my own book “My Way.” As
for the dress and boots…..well, it was the look I put together for the
initial audition. It worked as Michael liked the look, from what I was
told.
Lei: I know that you’ve
done “Beat Street”, a music video for Levert, and liquor ad campaigns,
but tell us what else you’ve done before the video with Michael? What
have you been doing since?
Tatiana: Before working
on the video with Michael, I had done several modeling jobs with my
then agent Nina Blanchard. I did a campaign for Billy Dee Williams eye
wear and an appearance on Hotel – a hot TV show at the time. Before that
I lived in New York, which is where I grew up. While living in New York
I had done my first video shoot with Herbie Hancock. It was his follow
up album, (after his big hit with “Rockit”) titled Hard Rock. That
prepared me in many ways and it was a blast. Prior to that, I modeled
for five years in Japan.
Since I left L.A. in 1996, I have been
focusing on my many projects I hope to bring to fruition, and learning
from people and life itself.
Lei: You were one of
the writers for “Once More With Feeling”, which by the way I can’t find
at the local library and haven’t had the pleasure of reading it…yet! How
does “The Way He Made Me Feel” differ from what you wrote in “Once
More…”?
Tatiana: Once More with
Feeling was a “great” disappointment. They wrote the story in their
words and they focused on the stories that interested them. They were
even selective about the other stories. I didn’t like this project. My
book is the real thing. It’s in my “own words” and I tell the reader
about all my crazy experiences and how heartfelt and confusing they all
were. It is “My Autobiography”. Not a kiss and tell and not a tell all.
It takes you on a bit of a journey, from me as a little girl and all the
dreams I believed in, to real life and dealing with show business. And
yes, it expresses the great love I had for Michael, although I have
moved on with my life and my feelings for him. I will always wish him
nothing but the very best; a small part of me will always care.
Lei: Are you single? Any kids?
Tatiana: No, I am not
married and I do not have any kids. It would have been nice but it just
hasn’t happened that way. The last time I dated was three years ago – he
was a Miami police officer and he basically broke my heart into shreds.
So, I have totally focused on my work and projects. Maybe someday the
Lord will bring the right guy into my life, it would be nice. I have
learned a lot and have been through a lot so it will definitely have to
be someone mature, confidant, and sophisticated and has his own thing
going on. But, I do pray a wonderful man will come along someday.
Lei: Are you recognized as “That Girl from the Michael Jackson video?” If so, has this been a career killer or thriller?
Tatiana: Unfortunately
it was a career killer being “The Girl from The MJ Video”. For some
reason casting agents couldn’t look beyond it. It hurt me a lot
professionally; I lost work all the time. I am still recognized to this
day and still there is this big curiosity and bombardment of questions.
My partner Tonia saw this when we first met after being around me for a
while. With the intrigue still lingering over me makes me even happier
to know that people can just buy the book and leave me alone, (he! he!).
24th January, 2005,
Tatiana Thumbtzen, the featured dancer in Michael Jackson’s 1988
video for “The Way You Make Me Feel” and the first woman to kiss him in
public, admits in her forthcoming book, “The Way He Made Me Feel,” that
she lied to Howard Stern and Maury Povich about having a romantic
relationship with the singer back in 1993 when he first faced
allegations of child molestation. She also describes Jackson’s obsession
with child actors like Macaulay Culkin and Ricky Schroder. Her
co-author, Tonia Ryan, said in a statement, “You do the math.” The book
is due out February 14.

Contact Music 24 February, 2005
“I pulled him close and as I was about to kiss him I felt the hand on
my hip and before I knew it we were locked into this kiss.”
But the dream of dating a pop superstar as she toured the world with him were shattered when Jackson dumped her.
She recalls, “My dates just went by. A friend calls me, Michael’s
stand-in, and tells me, ‘What’s going on? I’m really concerned about
you.’
“He says, ‘You’ve been replaced. Sheryl Crow is doing your number…’ My world was shattered.”
But Jackson’s publicists insist Thumbtzen’s tale, as told to US news show ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, is fiction.
A spokesman says, “This is just someone else out trying to capitalise on Michael Jackson’s name.”

1995-1999 Debbie Rowe

They meet at a dermatology clinic in 1981,
It was 30 years ago that Rowe, a nursing assistant in the office of Dr. Arnold
Klein, a Beverly Hills, Calif., dermatologist, first met one of his famed
clients — Michael Jackson.
“I go ‘Hi’. And he goes ‘Hi,’ and I said, ‘You know what? Nobody does
what you do better, and nobody does what I do better. Let’s get this
over with.’ And he laughed, and we just became friends. It was just
right away,” said Rowe in a 2003 interview. (Bashir Part 2, 2003)

Testimony From 2005
What kind of work was that that you were
doing for Mr. Klein?
A. He’s a dermatologist. I was an assistant for him.
Q. For what period of time were you his
assistant?
10 A. From 1979 to 2000 or 2001.
11 Q. What kind of work did you do for Mr. –
12 Dr. Klein?
13 A. I assisted him with surgeries and patients.
15 Q. When did you first meet Michael?
16 A. In the .80s.
17 Q. And how did you meet Michael?
18 A. Through my office when I worked with Dr.
19 Klein.
20 Q. Okay. And what was your position with Dr.
21 Klein at the time?
22 A. I was an assistant.
23 Q. And Michael went to Dr. Klein for various
24 treatments, right?
25 A. Yes.
26 Q. And do you recall when he first went to Dr.
27 Klein?
28 A. Yes. The very first day, yes. I was not 8020
1 his nurse then.
Reginas Santos, MJ’s Publicist Statement 5 November 1996
“To avoid any further inaccurate reports in the media and tabloid
press, Michael Jackson announces today that his longtime close friend of
15 years, Debbie Rowe, is pregant and will have his child in early
1997.”
Arnold Klein, July 8th 2009
KING: Now, the Debbie Rowe part of the story. She was your nurse, right?
KLEIN: Yes.
KING: They met, I guess, in your office?
KLEIN: Yes.

Debbie and Klein accompany him on a few dates of the Bad Tour, Gothenburg, Germany, July 11-12 1988

20 I did go to the last concert in Gutenberg [color=#008000]g), I
21 think on the tour previous to that. Because
22 Gutenberg wasn't on the “Dangerous” tour.
Teddy Riley says MJ spoke to him about Debbie, Dangerous recording sessions took place between June 25, 1990 - October 29, 1991.
"Pleasing the kids, that's all I want to do," Riley, 30, says with a
sheepish smile in the dressing room moments later.I just get joy from
doing the music," he continues as he and his group mates--Chauncey
Hannibal, Mark Middleton and Eric Williams--watch other "All That"
segments on monitors and munch on soul food from Roscoe's Chicken &
Waffles. But as he speaks, it becomes clear that there's more to it than
that. I wrote 'Remember the Time' when Michael {Jackson} told me about
falling in love with {Debbie Rowe}, the woman he just married. I don't
know why he didn't marry her the first time around. That's why songs
like that, and Bobby Brown's ' My Prerogative,' are still relevant,
cause they speak about their lives and the lives of others. My songs are
just a soundtrack for life.
Michael includes Debbie in a painting, 1991
Apocalyptic scene with portrait of Michael Jackson in armor. Oil on panel, signed and dated 1991.

Also seen at the back of his interview with Oprah, Feb 1993

Interview with Cowan, the painter
10. The woman in the white dress: ‘He told me he was seeing this
nurse about something and that something magic was going to happen. What
was happening was she (Debbie Rowe) was carrying the babies or they
were making the deal to do it, so I painted a nurse that looks like an
angel.’
Debbie Rowe (Interview with KNBC November 28 1997)
Interviewer: Having the baby was her idea. It was a subject that was talked about before Jackson's marriage to Lisa Marie Presley.
Debbie: He did love her very, very much, still does.
Still cares about her very, very much. But, um, it didn't work out.
And, uh, he was devastated.
Interviewer: After the divorce, Debbie, who met Jackson while working in a Dr's Office again brought up the subject of children.
Debbie: Well, I said, I said, you know, my offer still stands....
Interviewer: So, if you want to be a parent ....
Debbie: So I said, I said...If you want to be a daddy...I want to do it.
Tonya Watt's, a friend of Debbie Rowe's,
Me and Micheal Jackson’s wife
Let me start by saying Michael Jackson was truly my first love. I
will admit my madness for him did not start until Thriller. It was
Christmas time when the video came out. I will never forget watching it
on Christmas Eve. I tried to learn every move and so did everyone else
(admit it).. I had posters all over my room.. and when BAD came out I
had this Cardboard huge picture of him from the Album cover. I got it
from the record store in the mall. It was behind my bed and he was
always with me. I will also have to add to this story that I really did
get into fights with people espeically in high school.. decade or more
since the BAD album. I hated when people made of fun of him and they
pissed me off and they picked on me about it.. Even one teacher use to
always give me a hard time. I was a Michael Jackson advocate (still
am)..One time I told my teacher if he didn’t stop I was going to stand
in the hall.. LOL! but I was really mad..just so you know..
Moving on...When I moved to Los Angeles. I moved in to an apartment
in Van Nuys, California. The lady across the hall was super cool. She
knocked on our door very often. She would soon become a big part of my
life. I can still say to this day I have never met anyone quite like
her. She was something else. It wasn’t very long before she told us how
close she was to Michael Jackson. She worked for his dermatologist and
had known him for many years. Well, I have to admit I did not believe
her. I figured she was some crazy lady and a liar. She said he gave her
the vehicle she drove and that she is very good friends with him. I soon
find myself in her modest apartment looking at all of the proof I
needed, to know that she was telling the truth. I told her all about my
love story. Over the next two years we become very good friends. I can
remember one day answering her phone and it was him.. wow! I recognized
his voice and flipped out.. I had already met him by this time so he
knew who I was. He asked her" if that was that country girl" Very Cool..
So yes, I did meet him once.. alot of people don’t believe me and
others don’t care. LOL!
Either way it happen.. and it was something very special to me and I
will never forget it. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for
him. I also know he is innocent so whatever.. don’t piss me off about
that shit either.. ha ha
Debbie and Arnold accompany him on the Dangerous World Tour, 1992
What was the first tour that you went on
7 with Michael?
8 A. “Dangerous.”
9 Q. And approximately when was that?
10 A. I don't remember. That was -- all those
11 tours. And they all just ran together, because it
12 was a long schedule.
13 Q. Okay. Was it in the .80s or .90s; do you
14 know?
15 A. I think it was in the early .90s.
16 Q. Okay. And where did that tour go to?
17 A. I think it started in Bangkok, and went
18 throughout Asia, Japan, Singapore. Then there was a
19 break. And then it went to Europe.
20 I did go to the last concert in Gutenberg [color=#339966]g), I
21 think on the tour previous to that. Because
22 Gutenberg wasn't on the “Dangerous” tour.
23 Q. And were you traveling with Michael along
24 with his physician?
25 A. Yes.
26 Q. Okay. And you then went on another tour
27 after that?
28 A. Yes.
Michael enters rehab, November 12 1993
'When he went into the rehab, I remember that Debbie was so, so
relived.' says Tonya Boyd. 'When Michael got out of rehab he started
dating Lisa Marie. But he never stopped seeing Debbie, even after he
married Lisa Marie.'
“I know when Michael was addicted, Debbie stayed on the telephone for
hours and hours, pleading with him to save himself”, says Debbie's
friend Tonya Boyd. “She told me that she said: 'If you die, I will be
crushed. I wouldn't be able to survive it. You are my very life'.”
(Daily Record)
Debbie and Arnold Klein testify that Michael has vitiligo and lupus at the deposition in early 1994
20 Q. I mean, your first time you ever met Mr.
21 Sneddon was the early .90s, wasn't it?
22 A. I don't remember. I remember I did a
23 deposition. I thought it was for a woman. I don't
24 remember. I don't remember any of that part. I
25 tend to block out unpleasantries. I don't remember
26 any of that part. I don't remember if Mr. Sneddon
27 was there or not.
28 Q. Okay. 8023
Photo of Debbie and Mike at a clinic/hospital, 1995

Magic/Madness, 1995
Lisa Marie's friend Monica Pastelle says: 'I recall Lisa telling me
that Michael was trying to make her believe he was interested in a white
nurse who worked for his dermatologist. Lisa just laughed it off. She
thought Michael was trying to make her jealous, just playing games.'
'But it was true, just the same: Michael was seeing Debbie Rowe while
he was married to Lisa,' says Monica Pastelle. 'And Lisa knew it. At
one point, she and Debbie had a tense telephone conversation during
which Lisa said: "Look, nursey. I'm sorry that you're in love with my
husband. But he's mine. So get lost".
'Afterwards, Lisa burst out laughing. She said: "Can you imagine? Me
acting like the jealous little wife because Michael's wet nurse -or
whatever she is- is in love with him. What is this craziness?" '
Debbie on set of YANA, Tonya Watt's Myspace, July 12 1995
So She took me to Gower Studio where he was shooting a music video.
He works at night so we went around 11pm. I was so nervous (only he and
Dolly would make me nervous).. We arrivedand his body guards led us to a
trailer. She went in and left me outside of the trailer for a while.
Finally, she opened the door and called me in.. She said "Michael this
is Tonya Tonya this is Michael". he shook my hand.. and I said the
dumbest shit ever... " "should I faint now or later" giggle giggle.. He
then said "listen to her laugh.". so I sat in the corner in a chair
while she, Michael and the makeup artist all carry on while he is
getting his makeup done... not many people can say they have done that..
he is very private about his make up affairs ha ha
Off to the set we went... I was so shy and trailed behind.. He
stopped and waited on me.. Such a gentleman.. We did go in his personal
trailer and there was candy all over the place..just as I would have
imagined . We soon had to leave cuz Lisa Marie was on her way. She was
in that video and well, it was time to go..
Neverland..... I also got to go to Neverland with her. It was wild..
He was not there but his spirit was and it was amazing.. It was so
surreal walking thru his home... with such an inviting staff treating us
awesome...
Baby! Wow! One day she starts telling me she was planning on having
him a baby! How did I find myself in Michael Jackson’s world (sort of)..
She told me this way before she was ever pregnant . I have to admit
even still. I was not sure if she was telling the truth. This is just
getting too far fetched.. LOL! Your gonna have his baby and give it to
him. Well, she was telling the truth. That’s exactly what she did two
times. Funny thing is I have never told anyone this.. except me and my
family laugh about it. I’m just saying:: I have a neice name PARIS.. She
loved Paris’s name.. when my neice and nephew visisted from Alabama.
She arranged it with MJ for us to all go to Neverland..Well we always
joke and say thats where they got the name PARIS.. My lady friend did
tell me that one time.. but who would believe me so nevermind doesn’t
matter anyway.
July 31-August 6, 1995
After an argument with Lisa Marie, Michael flies to Disneyland Paris and doesn’t see or speak to Lisa Marie for 6 weeks.
She tells Rolling Stone in 2003: “He got upset and he would just disappear.”
Lisa, Playboy, June 2003
PLAYBOY: Did you and Michael discuss having kids?
PRESLEY: Yeah. [Laughs] I got out of that one. “I just don’t think
it’s a good idea right now.” But I knew that’s what he wanted. And I
knew Debbie Rowe was offering to do it for him while we were married,
according to him. She was a nurse who had a crush on him and offered to
have his babies.
PLAYBOY: Was he trying to leverage you into agreeing?
PRESLEY: Kind of. “Debbie Rowe says she’ll do it.” Ok, have Debbie
Rowe do it! And it’s funny, when I imagined having a child with him, all
I could ever see was a custody battle nightmare.
Lisa Marie files for divorce, December 1995
Debbie becomes pregnant with Michael’s child, December 1995

January, 1996

Michael shoots the “Prison” version of the They Don’t Care About Us video directed by Spike Lee in New York .
March 1996
Debbie sufferes a miscarriage.
April 28 1996

Wearing a black surgical mask, pop singer Michael Jackson arrives
with an unidentified companion at a performance of the play
“Sisterella.”
May
Debbie Rowe gets pregnant again with Michael’s baby.
Amsterdam, September 28/30 1996

November 3 1996
Media learn about Debbie Rowe’s pregnancy.
Tonya Watt’s Myspace on the story breaking,

When the story broke that she was having his baby! The madness of
Micheal Jackson’s life had landed in mine and let’s just say it was not
pretty.. I was managing the bldg by this time… News trucks, paparazzi,
you name it.. they were lined up outside our building and it was a big
ol fat trip. Then everyone that lived in the building started getting
phone calls from Hardcopy, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, British shows,
papers. How they got our phone numbers is still beyond me. She started
neeeding a body guard and could not leave her home. His life is sad and I
get it now. I only tasted a peanut!
Then there was the night that she got a call from Hardcopy ttelling
her that an Xfriend of hers was coming out saying some bad things. They
told her if she would do the interview they would not run the negative
one. Somehow I find myself in my bathroom gagging over the toilet. My
nerves were about to have a heart attack.. ha ha What is going on? There
are cameras in my living room.. and I am being interviewed with very
strict guidelines of what I can and cannot say.. I hated it.. How did I
find myself speaking on her behalf about her and Michael Jackson. I
still have a copy of it. I can’t even watch it .. embarrassing.
The whole thing really turned out a big heart ache. Before it was all
over noone in our building trusted each other. Someone stole a picture
of her and MJ out of her apartment and sold it. She didn’t know who to
trust and our building became bad energy.. I moved soon after and so did
she. She will always have a soft spot in my heart!
weird.. many many years later I am now really good friends with his
manager from back in the day. Random, I met him thru music.. in
Nashville…So now I know two people that know him very closely and
another reason I know he is innocent…….Just saying! MJ I love you!
forever! If I had a son… he could come over and play cuz I trust you! I
listen to my heart and my instincts are always right.. so fuckem…
She did end up becoming his wife and then they later divorced…. I
kept her dogs while she went out of town to marry him.. ok true story
whatever.. ha ha
Magic/Madness, November 3 1996
“At the time when the story broke, Debbie was supposed to meet him in
Australia”, said Tonya Boyd. “She presumed that the trip would be off,
that Michael would be so upset about what had happened that he would
refuse to see her. She cried a lot that day.”
The day the story of Debbie’s pregnancy broke, Michael’s mother
Katherine tracked Debbie down at her friend Tonya Boyd’s house where she
was hiding.
‘I picked up the telephone, hoping it was Michael calling for Debbie
from Australia, and this woman said: “Would you please put Miss Rowe on
the phone?”
‘I thought it was a reporter, so I said: “She’s not here.” And the
woman said: “Well this is Michael Jackson’s mother. I simply must find
her.” Iimmediately handed Debbie the phone.’
Katherine was, as Debbie’s friend put it, ‘sweet as pie to her’, and
talked for an hour about the sanctity of marriage, and the Jehovah’s
Witness faith which she believed in so passionately.
Debbie, say friends, was impressed. In fact, by the end of the
conversation, she had agreed that not only should she convince Michaelto
marry … she was practically ready to convert to the Jehovah’s Witness
faith.
When Michael found out that Katherine and Debbie had spoken he
probably suspected that his life was about to change. Then, when
Katherinefinally managed to get her superstar son on the telephone
-according to what Michael told one of his managers- Katherine wept and
told him to
marry ‘that nice girl, Debbie’ and ‘give your child a name’.
Katherine pushed all the right buttons or, as one Jackson associate
puts it, ‘she played him like a fiddle’. ‘Finally’, says a source close
to the singer, ‘Michael agreed that he should marry Debbie Rowe. “It’s
definitely the right thing to do,’ he said” ‘
Nov 7, 1996
The LA-based, British-run, Splash news agency is very smug about
breaking the Michael Jackson baby story with London’s News of the World
under the noses of us Yanks. “We’ve been working on the story for 2 1/2
months.
Our source told us originally that
(Debbie Rowe) is having his baby, but it was us who established it was
true,” says Splash partner Kevin Smith. Video of the woman, a blond
nurse who helped treat Jackson for his skin disease, has been sold
around the world by Splash, including to Hard Copy and Geraldo Rivera
this week. News of the World broke the story Sunday, after confirming
Splash’s information.
November 7th 1996
The nervous nurse who is bearing Michael Jackson’s glove-child may be cracking under the media glare.
Debbie Rowe has been dodging reporters ever since word of her peculiar pregnancy leaked out.
And worried pals yesterday said a 37-year-old woman in her condition should be taking it easy.
“I’m very worried about her right now,” Tonya Watts told “Hard Copy”
last night. “I’m worried that the stress might be affecting her.”
“I don’t think she was ready” for all the attention, added Kevin
Forrest, who along with Watts lives in the same Los Angeles apartment
complex as Rowe.
As for the 38-year-old Jackson, Watts said, “Michael is actually very normal.”
“Everyone has a hard time seeing they are normal, two normal friends,” she said of the soon-to-be parents.
Jackson announced this week that Rowe was pregnant with his child, and denied reports that she was artificially inseminated.
But the mascara-wearing superstar has been unable to dodge suspicion
that the pregnancy like his failed marriage to Lisa Marie Presley is an
attempt to repair a public image that was damaged by accusations that he
molested a 13-year-old boy. Jackson insists he’s innocent.
Watts insisted the pregnancy was for real.
“She didn’t break it to us until recently,” said Watts. “I mean we
are all neighbors and great friends, and we have hung out a lot. But she
would never tell us who the child belonged to.”
“She is very excited to give Michael something he has always wanted,” she added. “It’s like a dream come true.”
Rowe was quoted in the tab as saying that she and the Gloved One had
sex but didn’t conceive. “Michael then said that artificial insemination
would be a foolproof way of doing it and he was proven right,” she
reportedly said.
Splash, November 7, 1996
How Splash confirmed it: “(Rowe) told us in her own words, but she
didn’t know she was talking to us.” A deceptive tactic? “We call it
investigative journalism,” says (Stuart) Smith. He says he met Rowe, but
won’t say how. “She really is Michael Jackson’s best friend,” he says,
but adds that the two aren’t romantically involved. “Theirs is a
brotherly-sisterly love.” Says News of the World’s Stuart White: “She
didn’t do this for monetary gain, but monetary gain will result. She
made it clear her role is to deliver (the baby) to Jackson after three
to four weeks. It will be looked after by two nannies hired by Jackson.”
November 8
What is the origin of the stories that Michael’s baby was conceived
by artificial insemination and that MJ paid his wife, Debbie
Rowe-Jackson, to have the child?
In early November 1996, the London tabloid, News of the World,
claimed that Debbie Rowe-Jackson had conceived Michael’s child through
artificial insemination at the Los Angeles Fertility Institute and was
being paid $500,000 to have the baby. The tabloid further claimed that
Rowe-Jackson would surrender custody to Michael and would retain only
visiting rights. The New York Daily News quoted neighbors of Debbie’s,
Kevin Forrest and Tonya Watts, as saying that she had told them she was
having the child out of friendship, but it was a natural conception. The
News of the World countered by publishing what they said was an
interview with Debbie’s father, Gordon Rowe, in which he said she told
him in a phone call that the child was conceived by artificial
insemination. The December 2, 1996 issue of People magazine quoted a
neighbor and “pal”, Mary Colandro, as also saying Rowe-Jackson was
“having the baby for Michael as a friend” though it was a natural
conception. On November 4, 1996, Michael Jackson confirmed that he was
indeed to become a father, but called rumors that the mother was
artificially inseminated “completely false and irresponsible” and denied
he had paid Rowe-Jackson to have the child. Nevertheless, the tabloid
stories were picked up and repeated around the globe by mainstream news
outlets until they gained a dubious legitimacy in the mind of the
public.
Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe were married on November 14, 1996, in
Sydney, Australia. Reports soon followed in the Australian tabloids
that Debbie was asking for a divorce. At length, tired of immodest
speculation in the media, Michael and Debbie issued a press release on
January 6, 1997, in which they said, “Deborah has been extremely upset
by the flagrant fabrications and utter lies that have been published
about her and the false statements attributed to her father which he
never made. Deborah’s father supports her decisions 100 percent. Not
inclined to respond to false and vicious reports, Deborah is adamant
about again setting the record straight that Michael is the father of
the child, the pregnancy is not the result of artificial means, that she
has not been paid to have Michael’s baby, and that she is not seeking
or filing for a divorce.”
(San Jose Mercury News, People, Entertainment Wire)
“It was not an accident,” says Kevin Forrest, a neighbor of Rowe’s.
“Michael wanted to have a child. And when Lisa Marie wouldn’t… well, it
was not an accident. Debbie wanted to do this for Michael.”
Saturday, November 9th 1996
The woman who is carrying Michael Jackson’s baby has told friends
that the King of Pop’s marriage to Lisa Marie Presley broke up because
she wouldn’t have his child.
Friends of Debbie Rowe, a 37-year-old divorced California nurse, said
she took on the task of bearing Jackson’s baby purely out of friendship
and that she expects little in return and will let him raise the child.
“It was not an accident,” said Kevin Forrest, a neighbor of Rowe’s.
“This was a planned pregnancy. Michael wanted to have a child for some
time. And when Lisa Marie wouldn’t. . . . It was not an accident.”
“[Debbie] wanted to do this for Michael,” he added. “He’s ecstatic.
She’s proud and happy to be able to do this for him. She loves him as a
friend. It’s her dearest relationship.”
Forrest’s wife, Tonya Watts, said Rowe was hurt by reports that
Jackson was paying her $500,000 to have the child through artificial
insemination.
“This is a natural conception. Debbie finds it amazing that people
won’t believe that. She told me two years ago, ‘Michael likes girls,’ ”
Watts said.
Forrest said the baby “will be raised by Michael. She doesn’t want to
have control of it. She said she did this for Michael. They’ll continue
the same visiting relationship they’ve always had.
“Debbie denied receiving any money,” he added. “He’s not handing her a
check. Obviously he’ll take care of the medical expenses. She can’t
afford that.”
Rowe, a shy and decidedly unglamorous divorcee who lives with her two
dogs in a luxury apartment building in Van Nuys, Calif., has been in
hiding since news of her impending motherhood brought scores of
reporters to her door.
Forrest and Watts said they noticed that Rowe was “showing” but didn’t say anything.
When word broke, Rowe was so upset, “she cried. She cried for three
or four days straight,” said Watts. “She didn’t want anyone to know
until the baby was born. She’s not Madonna. She’s not used to this, the
paparazzi.”
So far Rowe has kept mum, but Jackson has confirmed that she is
carrying Michael Jackson Jr., and a British tabloid says it has tapes of
her in which she waxes ecstatic about the child.
Rowe and Jackson met in 1985 when he arrived at her work place the
Beverly Hills clinic of Dr. Arnold Klein, dermatologist to the stars.
Jackson was seeking treatment for vitiligo, a skin condition that
whitens the skin.
Rowe’s three-year marriage was starting to crumble and would end in divorce in 1990.
November 14 1996


Concert in Sydney . After the show, just after midnight (thurs on the
15th) , Michael marries Debbie Rowe in the presidential suit of the
Sheraton-on-the-Park Hotel.
He denies in a press release the news reports claiming that Debbie has been artificially inseminated.
Magic/Madness 14 November 1996
They were duly married at a hotel between Michael’s touring
commitments. Afterwards, it was rumoured that Debbie Rowe received $1
million to give birth to Michael’s son Prince Michael Jnr. However,
according to a reliable sources in the Jackson camp, Rowe actually
received $500,000 -
and not to give birth but rather as a ‘wedding gift’.
Any story that she has a contract with Michael Jackson, and that she
has received millions of dollars to bear his children, is simply untrue.
Indeed no document has ever surfaced to support the rumour.
‘None of it is true,’ Debbie said when pressed to confirm stories of a
deal. ‘ Why won’t people believe me? I would never have his children
for money. I am doing it because I am his dear friend.
‘They’re adults,’ Tonya Boyd explains. ‘Say what you want, have any
judgement you like about it, but it’s their life, and they get to live
it whatever way they choose.’
‘They are cordial when they see each other,’ says Tonya Boyd. ‘Like
many couples, they have an arrangement that works for them. No one can
understand another person’s relationship, I guess. Not really.’
Nov 14, 1996
Michael Jackson was still married to Lisa Marie Presley when he first started trying to have a baby with a secret girlfriend!

His lover, Debbie Rowe, says sleeping with Michael was “the weirdest
experience of my life” – because his idea of foreplay was to put on a
horse’s head or a suit of armour!

But bedding the Gloved One was a thriller, adds the pretty medical
assistant – calling Michael an “incredible” lover who left her
exhausted.
Debbie also revealed: – She first became
pregnant last December – the same month Michael separated from his wife
– but miscarried three months later. – The baby boy will be named
Michael Jr. – Debbie has agreed to give Michael full custody of their
son. – Michael plans to raise the boy in France, and the child will
never set foot in the US. – Terrified of kidnappers, the star will hire
an army to guard his precious only child.
November 15 1996

Michael & Debbie attend the Australian premiere of Ghosts.
Concert in Sydney (attended by Debbie)
Katherine Jackson interview, November 22 1996
Just a few days after Michael Jackson’s Australian marriage to
once-divorced nurse Deborah Rowe, who’s due to bear him a child in
February, an enterprising San Diego radio station got a phone interview
last weekend, with Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson.
She says she is looking forward to the birth of her 22nd grandchild,
and that she’ll still be friends with Michael’s first bride, Lisa Marie
Presley, whom Mrs. Jackson describes as “down to earth.” It all depends
on your perspective, I guess. Here’s what else Katherine Jackson had to
say about her son’s abrupt nuptials…
Q106, San Diego, California: Was this a surprise for you?
KATHERINE JACKSON: Yes, it was in a way.
Q106: Did you know her, have you met her?
JACKSON: I’ve never met her.
Q106: Did Michael ever talk to you about her?
JACKSON: Oh, sometimes.
Q106: Did he talk to you in a way that you would think maybe, he was
in love with her, or one day might want to marry her? Or this would be
it?
JACKSON: Not exactly.
November 18 1996
Michael Jackson’s new bride is a far cry from the glamorous and famous woman his first wife Lisa Marie Presley, was.
Debbie Rowe, 38, is a divorced nurse who, up until marrying Jackson
was living in a modest apartment in Van Nuys a not-so-well-heeled suburb
of L.A.
Where Lisa Marie favours designer clothes from the likes of
Versace,(unreadable) of make-up and regular visits to the hairdresser
the new Mrs Jackson prefers basic jeans and T-Shirts and little make up.
She is solidly built and wears her blonde hair free flowing.
And while Lisa Marie gets around in limos, Debbie Rowe relies on her Harley-Davidson motorbike to get around Los Angeles.
Rowe was single and childless after divorcing her husband of six years a computer technician, whom she married in the early 80s.
She filed for bankruptcy in 1989 and was living in an (unreadable)-a-month apartment until marrying Jackson this week.
Jackson and Rowe met 15 years ago, when the superstar first came to
see Rowe’s boss Dr.Arnold Klein, a Beverly Hills dermatologist about his
rare skin disorder.
Rowe helped Dr Klein treat Jackson and, sources said, soon became a close secret confidante of the singer.
She has travelled all over the world with him on concert tours and
their close friendship is said to have been a thorn in the side of Lisa
Marie Presley during her marriage to Jackson.
Friends say Rowe’s apartement is covered in wall to wall posters of
Jackson as well as memorabilia from her time spent travelling with him.
It is claimed that this is the second pregnancy to Jackson for Rowe.
She is said to have fallen pregnant in December last year, only to have a miscarriage in February.
Jackson has vehemently denied that Rowe became pregnant by artificial
insemination. Such reports were “completely false and irresponsible.”
“He (Jackson) trust her like no one else,” a US magazine quotes a friend of Rowe’s saying.
“She is devoted to him. She has been an hand to soothe him. She has
seen him at his worst, and his lowest, at his most embarrassing. She saw
him humiliated by his illness. He has nothing to hide from her”
Rowe graduated from Hollywood High in 1978 and within 5 years had married.
When news of the pregnancy emerged friends of the couple strongly
denied that Jackson had paid Rowe 3 million to carry his child.
“No money involved,” said one. “Debbie is just doing a nice thing for
somebody. She genuinely loves him but as a brother. The baby is a gift
of love.”
People Magazine, December 2 1996
WHEN MICHAEL JACKSON DECIDES to get married, he doesn’t exactly wait
for June to roll around. On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 12, Debbie
Rowe—six months pregnant and apparently feeling it—said goodbye to her
two beloved dogs, left in the care of neighbors in her Van Nuys, Calif.,
apartment complex, and boarded a jet bound for Australia. When she
touched down in Sydney—Wednesday afternoon local time, after 14 hours in
the air—the 37-year-old dermatologist’s assistant was whisked by limo
to the Sheraton on the Park hotel. There, she disappeared into the
$2,750-a-night Presidential Suite and rested. The following day, Jackson
performed to a sellout crowd of 40,000 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Then, around midnight, as the singer joined 30 or so associates at a
post-concert party in a private room downstairs, Rowe slipped into
something white and put on her makeup. At about 2 a.m., Jackson and a
few pals made their way upstairs. The superstar sat down at a grand
piano in the two-bedroom suite and played the Wagner march known to
millions as “Here Comes the Bride” while Rowe entered and, after 15
years as Jackson’s friend, became officially embroiled in his
strange—and increasingly troubled—world. “Please respect our privacy,”
Jackson, 38, said in a release after the event, “and let us enjoy this
wonderful and exciting time.”
How many days had elapsed since Jackson confirmed that he and Rowe
were expecting a child? Ten. How many questions about the groom had been
resolved by the hasty civil ceremony? Zero. The singer’s second
marriage happened so fast, in fact, many people didn’t even realize he
was already divorced from Lisa Marie Presley, 28, whom he wed in May of
1994 and separated from 20 months later. Their split became official
last August, with no regrets on either side. “They fell out of love,”
says Presley’s attorney John Coale. “Anything she feels is going to
remain private.”
Rowe is already finding out how hard it is to know both privacy and
the King of Pop. From the moment she was thrust into the spotlight by
Jackson’s announcement that she was expecting, she has had to live with
speculation that her baby is in part a public-relations ploy. Friends of
Jackson’s insist that the marriage and pregnancy have nothing to do
with his reported $15 to $20 million settlement of a child molestation
suit in 1994, a just-published book about that case, or a new civil case
being pressed in Santa Barbara (Calif.) superior court by the alleged
victim’s father. Still, even Rowe’s father has expressed skepticism.
Last week, Gordon Rowe, 67, a retired cargo pilot who lives in Cyprus,
was quoted at length in News of the World, the racy British tabloid that
reportedly broke the story of Jackson’s involvement with Debbie earlier
this month. As published in NOW, Rowe knew his daughter was friendly
with Jackson but was stunned when she told him of her pregnancy.
“I said, ‘Isn’t this the same man who was accused of child abuse?’”
Rowe reportedly told Debbie. As published in NOW, Rowe said Debbie
dismissed the allegations. “She said, ‘None of the charges against him
were proved.’” She reportedly did not, however, dismiss reports—denied
by the Jackson camp—of artificial insemination. “Isn’t he capable of
fathering a child like anyone else?” asked her father. “She laughed and
said, ‘Michael doesn’t do anything like anyone else. Dad, you have no
idea who the real Michael Jackson is. He is the most compassionate
person I have met in my life.’ “
Rowe’s father has since issued a general retraction of his NOW
statements. Her friends insist that Rowe is acting out of the goodness
of her heart. “I know she doesn’t want the publicity,” says Rowe’s pal
Mary Colandro, 35, a tennis coach who has lived next door to Rowe for
nine years. “She’s done all this for Michael. She told us she was having
the baby for Michael as a friend.” She also told neighbors she was not
artificially inseminated. “She said it was natural, and I believe her,”
says Colandro. “On the other hand, she is Michael’s good friend. She is
very loyal to him.”
Until recently, Rowe’s life was hardly the stuff of which cover
stories are made. Born in Spokane, Wash., to Gordon Rowe and Barbara
Chilcutt in 1958, Deborah Jeanne Rowe had moved to California by the
time she was 15. About that time, her parents were divorced, and,
according to NOW, her father took off for the Middle East. Soon after
graduating from Hollywood High School in 1977, Rowe began working in the
Beverly Hills office of dermatologist Arnold Klein. One former patient
is still grateful for the care Rowe gave her father. “She held his hand
during the surgery,” says the patient, “and called to follow up. She is
the right hand to Dr. Klein. She really kept the business going.”
In 1982, Rowe married Richard Edelman, then a 30-year-old teacher at
Hollywood High. The couple moved into a condominium in Van Nuys, where
Edelman started his own computer consulting business. According to a
pharmacist with whom Rowe had developed a friendship over the years,
Edelman was “too quiet” for Rowe, a woman who, he fondly notes, “used
language like a trooper but was always very pleasant.” By the time their
marriage fell apart in 1988, a major problem seemed to be money. In
1989, Rowe and Edelman filed for bankruptcy, with assets of less than
$40,000 and debts of more than $73,000.
To friends, Rowe has always seemed a good-hearted woman, most
comfortable in jeans and T-shirts and not much makeup. She has two dogs,
a golden retriever named Cuervo, after the Mexican tequila, and Harley,
a German shepherd named for the motorcycle Rowe loves to ride when
she’s not at the wheel of a truck. “If anyone has problems, she handles
them,” says Colandro. “She’s a great rescuer.”
No doubt Jackson saw these qualities some 15 years ago, when he first
met Rowe at the office of Dr. Klein, who was reportedly treating
Jackson for vitiligo, a condition that causes skin discoloration through
loss of pigment. Over the years, she and Dr. Klein accompanied Jackson
on various world tours, and Rowe befriended the superstar. A few posters
of Jackson popped up on her apartment walls, but no one was likely to
hear Jackson’s “Billie Jean” blaring from Rowe’s stereo. “She seemed to
prefer New Age,” says Colandro, “or easy listening.”
Though Rowe dated several men in the years after her divorce, pals
say Jackson wasn’t one of them. And as far as anyone knew, she was not
in a relationship last spring, when Rowe surprised her pharmacist friend
with the news that she was expecting a child. “I’m doing a favor,” the
pharmacist recalls her saying, “for a good friend.”
Most of her neighbors knew that the good friend was Jackson. He had
just split with Presley in January, less than seven months after telling
Prime-Time Live that he and Lisa Marie wanted to start a family.
Apparently, Rowe was ready to give Jackson the child Presley did not. At
first their plan took an unhappy turn, friends say, when Rowe
miscarried last spring. “She was really sad for about a week,” says
Colandro. But her pharmacist friend says she quickly bounced back.
“She’s that kind of a gal,” he explains. “She doesn’t get heartbroken.”
As the world now knows, another attempt to conceive a child proved
successful. But would Rowe raise the baby in her $840-a-month,
one-bedroom apartment? Or would Jackson take custody and raise their
child on his 2,700-acre Santa Ynez Valley Neverland ranch, complete with
zoo and amusement park? How would the couple interact over time? Would
money change hands?
When it came to marriage, Jackson seemed to want to act first and
figure out the details later. A week before the Sydney wedding, his
lawyers contacted the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages in
Christchurch, New Zealand. (Jackson had show dates in Auckland on Nov.
10 and 11.) They filled out registration forms for Jackson and Rowe and
asked marriage celebrant Anne Stubbersfield to be ready on short
notice—which never came. “I’m sorry I didn’t get to marry him,” she says
with a laugh. “New Zealand could have been put on the map.”
In the end, of course, that honor went to Australia, where, as Elton
John told talk show host Rosie O’Donnell last week, “all the loonies get
married.” (Now openly gay, Elton married a sound engineer, Renate
Blauel, in Sydney in 1984; they divorced four years later in Britain.)
But how loony is Jackson, really? If ever he could have been described
as blissfully wacky, that no longer seems to apply. Three years after he
was accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy in 1993, Jackson is still
dealing with the fallout. Five former employees are suing him for
wrongful termination, claiming they were threatened, harassed and forced
to quit during the police investigation into the charges. A book on the
case by author Victor Gutierrez—filled with legal papers, bank
statements and photos—was published in Chile in September and has sold
some 5,000 copies Stateside. And though he negotiated the
multimillion-dollar settlement from Jackson in 1994, the father of the
boy Jackson allegedly had molested recently hit the singer with another
$60 million lawsuit.
According to one of the father’s lawyers, James E. Prosser, Jackson
violated the terms of the settlement, which required him to make no
public statements about the case, when he told Prime Time Live’s Diane
Sawyer last year that the accusations were “lies, lies, lies, lies.” In
addition, the suit claims that anti-Semitic lyrics in Jackson’s HIStory
album (which were later changed by Jackson, who issued a public apology)
were aimed at the boy and his father.
Jackson is, in other words, a man who could use a “great rescuer”
like Rowe—and his friends know it. “She’s a really gentle person, very
loving,” says Stephen Millard, marketing director at Epic International
Artists, Jackson’s label in Australia. Adds another associate: “Lisa
Marie had a mind of her own. Debbie is not involved in the limelight.
She is very easygoing.”
So easygoing that she spent her first day as Mrs. Michael Jackson on
her own—while her hubby, surrounded by his usual entourage of associates
and kids, cuddled a koala at Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo. Later, Jackson
went, without Rowe, to the Australian preview of his new 35-minute film
“Ghosts”, a horror/music video. At the entrance to the theatre, the
singer was surrounded by fans, one of whom gave him a pair of blue baby
booties, which he clung to during the screening. Rowe remained out of
sight for the next few days as she, Jackson and several colleagues
traveled from Sydney to Brisbane to Melbourne. Nor was she at the
hospitals he visited, the events he attended or the concerts he gave.
“She’s six months pregnant,” says a spokesperson for Jackson’s concert
promoter. “She wants to rest.”
Or hide. Rowe has been getting a crash course in what it means to do
“a favor” for a famous friend—as have many of her pals back home. In Van
Nuys, one old buddy has turned down tabloid offers adding up to $20,000
for private details of Rowe’s life. “I guess it’s about integrity,”
says her friend. “But it’s hard,” he adds with a laugh.
His friend Debbie doesn’t have it easy either, being married to a man
who once had too little childhood and now may have way too much money
and freedom. If Jackson wants the world’s sympathy, he has a tough row
to hoe, but if it’s advice he’s after, there’s no shortage of givers. In
Christchurch, Anne Stubbersfield may have lost her shot at performing
Jackson’s ceremony, but she still has words of wisdom. He should “think
seriously” about his future as a husband and a father. Take classes in
parenting. Get prepared. “You’ve got to be normal now,” says
Stubbersfield. In his own way, Michael seems to be trying.
Mr and Mrs. “King of Pop” are currently on a weeklong rendezvous in a
some secluded European hideaway- a country known for its divine
chocolate. They are actively performing their maritial duties, in hopes
of bringing forh another little Jackson. I hear that Michael “just
loves” these romantic vacations with his wife.
I also hear that Debbie intends to slap serveral of the supermarket
tabs with lawsuits demanding retractions on their stories about her
relationship with Michael.
Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe were married on November 14, 1996, in
Sydney, Australia. Reports soon followed in the Australian tabloids
that Debbie was asking for a divorce. At length, tired of immodest
speculation in the media, Michael and Debbie issued a press release on
January 6, 1997, in which they said, “Deborah has been extremely upset
by the flagrant fabrications and utter lies that have been published
about her and the false statements attributed to her father which he
never made. Deborah’s father supports her decisions 100 percent. Not
inclined to respond to false and vicious reports, Deborah is adamant
about again setting the record straight that Michael is the father of
the child, the pregnancy is not the result of artificial means, that she
has not been paid to have Michael’s baby, and that she is not seeking
or filing for a divorce.”
February 13 1997
Debbie Rowe gives birth to Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr at the
Cedar Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles. Michael attends the birth and
soon takes his son to Neverland. Grace Rwaramba and Pia Bhatti are
hired as Prince’s nannies and they move to Neverland with Omer Bhatti.
I want a little Jackson No 2.(News) – Sunday Mirror May 11, 1997
Baby-mad Michael Jackson wants a second child with his wife Debbie
Rowe. Jackson, who is in France with their three-month-old son Prince,
has flown Debbie to Paris to plead his case – and is also said to have
had his frozen sperm flown to her in Los Angeles. But Debbie is refusing
to have another child unless she can live with Jackson as a “proper
family”. A friend said: “Debbie doesn’t want to be a baby-making
machine. She really cares for Michael, and wants him as a proper
husband.”

ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ

Reading Eagle, May 19, 1997
Michael Jackson and his 3-month-old son, Prince Michael Jackson Jr.,
reportedly are living in France without the child’s mother. People
magazine says Debbie Rowe has returned to her job as an assistant to a
Beverly Hills dermatologist. She is living in the same Van Nuys
apartment she had before becoming pregnant and marrying Michael Jackson.
Jackson reportedly calls his wife twice daily from France, where he
bought an estate. Rowe has been flying there every weekend to visit,
People says.
March 25 1997
British magazine OK gets a world exclusive by publishing the first
ever official pictures of MIchael & Debbie with their son Prince (at
Neverland) accompanied by a candid interview of the couple.
OK Magazine Interview April 1997

Interviewer: Michael, how does it feel to be a father?
Michael: It was an incredibly joyful experience. I’m in bliss 24 hours a day.
Interviewer: Can you talk us through the birth of your son?
Michael: It’s hard to take it step by step, but the
snapshots in my mind from the birth show our excitement and nervousness.
Debbie was so strong throughout the delivery. There were shouts of joy
when the baby was born. I couldn’t believe the miracle I had witnessed.
It was unbelievable!
Interviewer: Michael, describe the relationship between yourself and Debbie?
Michael: Debbie and I love each other for all the
reasons you will never see on stage or in pictures. I fell for the
beautiful, unpretentious, giving person that she is, and she fell for
me, just being me.
Interviewer: Debbie, what are you current feelings for Michael?
Debbie: I love him even more now than before our son
was born. Fatherhood has brought out a very protective streak in him.
He is so loving and strong.
Interviewer: What is the boy’s name? Why is he so named and which of you does he look like the most?
Michael: His name is Prince Michael Junior. My
grandfather and great-grandfather were both named Prince, so we have
carried on that tradition and now we have a third Prince in the family.
Debbie: He’s so beautiful! I think he has my eyes.
Interviewer: Michael, among all your life’s glittering achievements, how does fatherhood rate?
Michael: Words can’t describe it. There is no miracle in life that compares with watching your son come into the world.
Interviewer: Has the baby smiled or responded in any way to the two of you yet?
Michael: He smiles all the time and his eyes twinkle
when I sing to him. He definitely knows my voice. Debbie tickles his
chin and he giggles.
Interviewer: Debbie, does Michael change the baby’s nappies, get up in the middle of the night to feed him and do his share of the chores?
Debbie: Yes, Michael does everything. He loves being
involved in every aspect of caring for the baby. He is such a wonderful
father, feeding him, holding him and of course, singing to him.
Interviewer: Debbie, you have married and had a baby with the most famous man on earth. What effect has that had on you?
Debbie: I have married and had a baby with the man I
will always love and I am on top of the world. The only time I feel sad
is when I see quotes attributed to me that I never said. Or when I hear
late night comedians taking cheap shots at my husband when they are not
true. Don’t believe 99% of the garbage you read or hear. I know that we
will be under increasing public scrutiny and I don’t look forward to
that, but I know that will always be a part of being married to Michael.
Interviewer: Michael, you so rarely give interviews. What is the one thing you would like to say to your fans at this time?
Michael: Thank you to all of my fans for
understanding how important it is to me to protect my family from the
public eye. I have lived in a “fishbowl” all my life and I want my son
to live a normal life. You’ve stood by me throughout my career and now
you share my greatest joy. I love you.
Interviewer: Michael, what are your hopes for Prince Michael Junior’s future?
Michael: I want him to grow up surrounded by love
and family, to receive the best education I can provide him with, to
discover and develop his talents, and to use his resources to make life
better for those less fortunate than he.
Interviewer: Are you preventing Debbie from seeing the child?
Michael: No, that is completely false. We have been
together as a family since the birth of our son, and we’ve cherished
every moment as a family.
Interviewer: Michael, what has been your family’s reaction to the birth?
Michael: They are all very excited. I’m already getting lots of tips and advice about schools and such.
Interviewer: What sort of dad will you try to be?
Michael: The best! My father was always there for us
through the stardom of the Jackson Five and through many of the ups and
downs that followed. I too will always be there for my son. It’s the
most important thing in the world to me.
Interviewer: Debbie, what are your family’s feelings about Michael?
Debbie: They’re crazy about him. They were delighted to discover how warm and genuine he is.
Interviewer: And how would you describe Michael’s strengths as a father?
Debbie: He’s very patient and protective. He never
rushes what he’s doing with the baby. I was very proud of how tough he
was about our privacy. He’s incredibly strong.
Interviewer: Michael, are you still close to your
family? How often do you see your parents, brothers and sisters? Have
they met your baby yet?
Michael: We talk and see each other all the time. We
recently had a big ‘get-together’ where all the cousins met one another
for the first time.
Interviewer: We believe the child’s godmother may be
Elizabeth Taylor. What is it that draws you to Elizabeth? Many would
call it an unlikely friendship. What do you have in common?
Michael: Elizabeth knew many of the things I went
through growing up in the spotlight. I can say a few words or just sigh
sometimes, and she knows what I’m feeling. It was wonderful to find
someone who understood me so well. I pray for her, and I want her to
share the joy of my son’s birth for many years to come.
Interviewer: What sort of gifts have you received for Prince Michael Junior?
Michael: We’ve received some fantastic gifts;
wonderful treasures, stuffed animals, toys and baby clothes from around
the world. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all my
wonderful fans for helping to welcome our baby into the world!
Interviewer: Michael, what are Debbie’s strengths as a mother?
Michael: Debbie is a very strong and caring woman. She’s a wonderful mother!
Interviewer: Can we expect a song about your son on your new album?
Michael: The birth of my son has been very inspirational to me artistically, and there will definitely be a song in the future.
Interviewer: And one about Debbie, too?
Michael: Any song about my son has to be about Debbie as well.
May 29 1997
Michael arrives in Bremen ( Germany ) with Tarak Ben Ammar and they attend a press conference.
Prince Michael Jr is taken to a Paris hotel suit with his nannies so
that his daddy can join him after each concert of the European tour.
Debbie also flies every week end to spend time with Michael & their
son.
Jun 22, 1997

*So What’s new on the Michael Jackson/Debbie Rowe front? Mr. and Mrs.
“King of Pop” are currently on a weeklong rendezvous in some secluded
European hideaway – a country known for its divine chocolate. (We can
say no more!) They are actively performing their martial duties, in
hopes of bringing forth another little Jackson. I hear that Michael
“just loves” these romantic vacations with his wife.
I also hear that Debbie intends to slap several of the supermarket
tabs with lawsuits, demanding retractions on their stories about her
relationship with Michael.
And finally, a source close to Jackson sends word that Debbie wishes I
wouldn’t “decry” Michael so much Gee, I think we’ve been kinder to
Michael Jackson than anybody else in the press. I always, always
emphasize that no matter what rumors swirl, Michael has never been found
guilty of any crime. Just the other day I reported how well his ” Blood
on the Dance Floor” album is doing in Europe. But I was also duty-bound
to report that it has flopped in the United States.That’s not
“decrying” Michael, just telling the truth.
June 27 + 29 1997
Concerts at the Pard Des Princes in Paris (attended by Debbie)

July 2 1997
Michael takes Debbie & Prince to Vienna where he performs in concert
July 4+6 1997

Concerts in Munich (attended by Debbie)
July 6-10 1997

Michael takes Debbie & Prince to
July 10 1997

Concert in Sheffield (attended by Debbie)
July 11 1997

While a pregnant Debbie returns to the states Michael goes to London where he is joined by his ex wife Lisa Marie
The single HIstory/Ghost is released in Europe .
Toledo Blade, Jul 14, 1997
WE LOVE to tell you the latest on MICHAEL JACKSON and DEBBIE ROWE. I
guess that’s because we know an insider in the Jackson camp who loves to
tell us. Sharing — that’s what it’s all about. Anyway, Debbie, MJ and
baby Prince continue their royal progress through Europe, while Michael
plays to sold-out stadiums. Although Debbie is not at all a grandiose
type — “just a home girl,” as she often jokes — she can’t help being
thrilled by the nearly royal reception she receives whenever she’s
spotted by the fans. ”Its almost a Princess Diana thing”, says my
source, who has witness the frenzy.` Debbie’s boss, dermatologist Dr.
Arnie Klein, is missing her presence in his office, so she will return
to her ordinary day job in LA as soon as Michael finishes his tour. As
for another Jackson baby, our acute and observant source says, “I
believe No. 2 will be on its way.Debbie herself seems totally happy and
fulfilled. “We are really in love,” she said recently, “and Michael has
been so romantic.’
ET Tonight, July 15th 1997
Michael’s personal photographer John
Isaak was also interviewed by Entertainment Tonight yesterday.
Commenting on media rumors that Michael’s marriage to Debbie is not
happy, he said, “It’s all lies. A lot of it, they just make up stories
and that bothers me, and I am sure it bothers Michael so much.” They
showed photographs he took of Michael and his son Prince never seen in
US before, including one of just Michael’s large hand holding Prince’s
tiny fist.
Jul 17, 1997
They split last year, but Michael Jackson and former wife Lisa Marie
Presley were hand-in-hand Tuesday night returning to his hotel after his
sell-out London concert. Presley stood at the edge of the stage through
the show at Wembley stadium. Afterward, the two returned to the Carlton
Towers hotel and Jackson waved to fans.
July 17, 1997
Lisa Marie Presley stood stageside at Michael Jackson’s Tuesday
performance in London’s Wembley Stadium and afterward returned with him
hand-in-hand to the Carlton Towers Hotel. Current wife Deborah Rowe –
nowhere in sight.
Daily Record, July 26, 1997
Michael Jackson is a hunk in the bunk, according to his wife Debbie
Rowe. Speaking for the first time about their bizarre marriage, Debbie
said Michael Jackson lives to make love round the clock. Debbie, 38,
said she doesn’t give a hoot that he and first wife Lisa Marie Presley
spent time together in London recently.
And she revealed he wants a bunch of kids and plans to name them ALL Prince, just like the baby boy she had for him.
Fun-loving nurse Debbie insists she and Jackson can hardly keep their
hands off each other and have sex whenever they can. “I can’t wait to
see him again,” she said. “We’re going to stay all day and night in bed –
I can’t wait.”
Sep 20, 1997
Odd popman Michael Jackson and usually absent wife Debbie Rowe are
expecting another baby, according to London tabloids. Jackson supposedly
was so pleased that he immediately gave her a $168000 Mercedes S600.
September 22 1997
Singer Michael Jackson’s publicist denies reports that Jackson’s
wife, Debbie Rowe, is expecting to give birth to the couple’s second
child in December.
Last week, the “New York Post” reported the story, and carried a
photo of Rowe wearing a suggestively loose-fitting shirt, which
seemingly fueled the reports, yet doesn’t actually mean anything.
Rowe also reportedly quit her job as an assistant to Jackson’s
Beverly Hills dermatologist last week, six months after marrying one of
the world’s wealthiest entertainers.
The couple’s first child, a boy named Prince, was born last February.
Sep 24, 1997
Recent photos of Debbie Rowe show a noticeable tummy bulge, leading
to speculation that she’s as much as six months’ pregnant. But gossip
maven Liz Smith says somebody in the know insists that Rowe isn’t
expecting. “Debbie is a big, healthy girl,” the source told Smith.”At
her trimmest, she’s somewhat Valkyrian in build.” In other words, it
ain’t over till the fat lady gives birth, which the source says isn’t
happening “anytime soon,” even though the couple “are trying, as the coy
phrase goes.” Their first child, Prince Michael Jackson Jr Their first
child, Prince Michael Jackson Jr., is 7 months old.
Oct, 20 1997
MJ, LMP, his parents and her children in South Africa.
Victoria Advocate Oct 20, 1997
But did you know that Debbie Rowe, the
dermatologist’s-assistant-turned-King-of-Pop-spouse was fuming at photos
of the event? Rowe, who is reportedly pregnant with Jackson’s second
child, was left in the dark about the trip. The entertainer was snapped
with former wife Lisa Marie who was accompanying him on the tour with
her two children by previous hub Danny Keough – Danielle, 8, and
Benjamin, and Michael and Lisa Marie were holding hands and inseparable
the whole time, says the Star tabloid.
Enquirer, October 21, 1997
MICHAEL JACKSON has reportedly begged LISA MARIE PRESLEY to give
marriage a second try. The king of pop whisked his ex-wife away for a
hush-hush second honeymoon in exotic South Africa. And during the
romantic getaway with Lisa Marie’s daughter DANIELLE, Jackson popped the
question to her. A source told American tabloid THE STAR, “He’s really
excited about the possibility of starting over with Lisa Marie. While
they were in Africa they both realized how much they had missed each
other.” Michael’s kid sister, a great friend of Lisa Marie, played
matchmaker to bring the couple together. And despite Jackson being
married, his wife DEBBIE ROWE was unaware of the they secret tryst at
the Palace Hotel, in Johannesburg. Jackson and Lisa Marie stunned the
world when they married in the Dominican Republic. But 20 months later
the fairy tale union ended in divorce. Even though Jackson has fathered a
baby with his new wife, Rowe, he has always remained close to ELVIS
PRESLEY’s little girl.
20th November 1997
LIfe magazine has an exclusive photo essay hitting stands Monday-
Michael Jackson, posing with his baby boy, Prince, for the cover. And
many pages inside.
LIfe’s photos are taken by the great Harry Benson: Michael is awash
in gentle light and shown performing all sorts of Daddy-like tasks,
changing diapers, etc. And there are even photos of Michael’s bedroom,
which one enters by passing under campy Boy and Girl Scout mannequins.
Prominent on the wall of this sanctum is a painting of Jesus-the
traditional Anglo-Saxon blue-eyed version, with the halo and the
blood-red Sacred Heart. Jackson, naturally, had complete control of
which photos Life used.
The text, by David Friend, is also revealing. Michael’s voice
“quavers” when he speaks of ex-wife Lisa Marie, and the writer observes
that Michael seems to “pine for her.” And Michael implies that Lisa
Marie would still like to have a baby with him, “She’d like to, yes,” he
says, before putting a finger to his lips. “Shhhh.” (Michael keeps a
magazine photo of Lisa Marie at age 5, with her father, Elvis, framed on
the table of his nightstand. ” This is the age when I first met LIsa
Marie. I’ve known her ever since.”)
OK, so where does all this leave the current Mrs. Jackson, the
infrequently seen Debbie Rowe? Michael insists they do spend quality
time together, watching cartoons, playing with the baby, and she has
been out on tour with him “a lot.” Debbie is no longer working for Dr.
Arnie Klein, leaving herself free for Michael.
Michael plays coy as to why Debbie isn’t present for the photo shoot,
hinting that her absence might have to do with having to “take it
easy.” Then he whispers, “There’s a new one on the way.”
My inside-the-Jackson-camp sources insist Debbie is pregnant, after
months of rumors. Antoher little Jackson is on the way. And they say
Michael and Debbie aleady know the sex of their upcoming addition – it’s
a girl.
Time will tell, Meanwhile, Michael, from all appearances, seems to be a devoted father.
P..S. ON Michael Jackson. Michael and his wife, Debbie Rowe, were
together last Wednesday when our story broke that they are expecting a
baby girl. The life magazine article in which Michael more or less
tipped the world to his “expectancy” (though not to the sex of his
child) was read over the phone to him Wednesday night. The people at
Life believe he was pleased with their effort.
So how did the article by Harry Benson and David Friend come about?
Michael himself phoned Friend about a month ago to congratulate LIfe
on its “Life Legends” speicial issue. One thing led to another and
pretty soon David had an exclusive interview, and Harry was warming up
his cameras. These Lifers say Michael made no demands and does not have
any rights over the photos, nor did he ask for any. “He trusted us,”
says David.
Life got an usual tour of Michael’s bedroom at his Neverland rack
hear Santa Barbara, Calif., including a look into his closet to see all
his many toys, his gittering wardrobe and his amazing belts and hats.
Writer Friend says the thing that he had not known was that Macaulay
Culkin is the godfather of Michael’s son, Prince.
Nov 22, 1997
Michael Jackson confirms in the Life magazine issue out Monday that
wife, Debbie Rowe, is pregnant with their second. Says work has hindered
their home lives, (“It’s very hard. We haven’t been able to spend time
as a family. Not at all”). Says Wife No. 1, Lisa Marie Presley is sorry
she never had his kid (“She regrets it. She said so,” saysJackson).
THEY’LL LOVE PARIS IN THE SPRINGTIME JAX, WIFE TO NAME GIRL AFTER CITY OF LIGHT, Nov 27, 1997
The pop star’s nurse wife, Debbie Rowe Jackson, also told KNBC-TV in
Los Angeles she doesn’t feel threatened by her hubby’s friendships with
other women, including ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley and Elizabeth Taylor.
“My friendship with him is the most important thing to me,” the normally
reclusive Rowe Jackson said. “And if this marriage gets in the way of
that friendship, then we’ll put the marriage aside. But I want to go on
as friends.”
Rowe Jackson told the station she still lives in L.A. and often
visits Jackson and their 9-month-old son, Prince Michael Jackson, at the
Neverland Ranch about 100 miles away. And the King of Pop was
reportedly so thrilled he was going to become a pop again he gave his
wife a $168,000 Mercedes.
Paris Michael Katherine Jackson is scheduled to debut in May.
“He’s picking out clothes already to dress her up,” she added. “I
wanted to name her Michael after Michael, but Michael said no.”
She called the secretive singer a doting dad.
“Whenever the baby is awake, he is with the baby the whole time,” she
said. “When the baby is napping, that’s when he steals away to work, to
write music, to dance.”
She said they may try to have another baby after Paris is born.
“He loves kids,” she said. “I hope we have lots of kids together.”
Her first pregnancy, announced before the wedding, was met with
worldwide disbelief, and critics called it a publicity stunt to divert
attention from Jackson’s child-molestation scandal.
Jackson denied tabloid reports that Rowe was artificially inseminated
and paid $528,000 to have his baby. But her dad, Gordon, said the new
mom told him she had been artificially inseminated.
Transcript of KNBC News Interview, November 28 1997
Kelly Lange [of KNBC news]: She is Mrs. Michael Jackson, Debbie
Rowe. She has never given and interview about her marriage or her baby
until now. Tonight Debbie Rowe speaks exclusively with our Chuck Henry
about her life, her baby son, and Michael. Chuck Henry got the story
and he’s here now with all the details.
Introduction:
Chuck Henry Interviewer
Debbie Rowe works as a nurse in a Dr’s Office. Keeps her job, goes
to work every morning, she really is an ordinary woman. But, she’s
involved in an extrodinary situation.
Debbie: I haven’t abandoned him, a lot of people
think I have abandoned him. I haven’t abandoned him. I haven’t
abandoned my husband.I’m there! It’s not like I’m that far away, I can
be there in 13 hours.
Interviewer: And Debbie flies to Paris twice a month for a weekend visit. Do you miss your son?
Debbie: Sure. And I miss Michael a lot too. But I
don’t feel like I have to be there. I don’t think being there 24 hours a
day makes a better relationship.
Interviewer: Debbie says there was no prenuptual
agreement, and no financial payoff for her carrying Jackson’s child.
Which she says was concieved naturally.
Debbie: I would never do this for money. I did this because I love him. That’s the only reason I did this.
Interviewer: Giving all the stories about Michael Jackson does Debbie feel totally comfortable about this arrangement?
Debbie: Obviously I wouldn’t have had a child if …..
Interviewer: And you wouldn’t leave your child….
Debbie: And I wouldn’t leave our child there…..
Interviewer: If any of those things were true.
Debbie: If any of them were true. If I even suspected
any of them were true. He feeds him, he changes his diapers, he reads to
him, he sings to him, if he’s on the phone the baby’s in his arms, if
he’s having a meeting the baby’s there. He takes naps with him. He,
he, he’s….the…..I don’t need to be there. I don’t need to be there.
Cause Michael’s…..I’ve got nothing to do.
Interviewer: On her visits to Paris Debbie says the three of them just…..
Debbie: Get up in the morning. Watch cartoons…cause I like cartoons….play with the baby all day….just hang out.
Interviewer: Having the baby was her idea. It was a subject that was talked about before Jackson’s marriage to Lisa Marie Presley.
Debbie: He did love her very, very much, still does.
Still cares about her very, very much. But, um, it didn’t work out.
And, uh, he was devastated.
Interviewer: After the divorce, Debbie, who met Jackson while working in a Dr’s Office again brought up the subject of children.
Debbie: Well, I said, I said, you know, my offer still stands….
Interviewer: So, if you want to be a parent ….
Debbie: So I said, I said…If you want to be a daddy…I want to do it.
Interviewer: A week after the story broke Debbie got a call from Jackson…
Debbie: Asked me if I would get married to him, and I
said “you really want to?” And he said, “yeah”. And I say, “that’s not
gonna affect our friendship? We’re still gonna be friends, right?” And
he said, “I promise!” And I say, “the first time this marriage
interfers with our friendship, we’re goin’ back to being friends, and
forget this other stuff.” And he says, “it won’t happen, I promise!”
Interviewer: So now you’ve had the baby,
Debbie: It was the world’s best experience.
Interviewer: And through it all, Michael never left her side.
Debbie: He did not let go of my hand the whole time.
It’s like no, no go see what he looks like. No I’m not gonna leave ya,
no you have to go, you have to go!
Interviewer: Do you want to have more children?
Debbie: Yeah
Interviewer: Does Michael want to have more children?
Debbie: Yeah
Interviewer: You will have more children?
Debbie: We hope so, yeah.
Interviewer: Sooner, Later?
Debbie: Well, depends on our scheduling. (giggle)
Interviewer: Interesting story! Debbie says that she and Michael also plan to have a home together….someday.
Debbie: People say this is your job. It is not my
job, it is not my duty. And he understands that…and he understands that I
need my independence that I still need to be Debbie.
Interviewer: Yes, she is Mrs. Michael Jackson. Yes,
she is the mother of a 14-week old baby. So why isn’t she living
full-time with her little boy?
Debbie: We’re untradional people. He works there and
I…I work here. And I think that it’s better that a baby’s with his
parent whether it be his mom or his dad more than the child would be
with a nanny. If the baby were here he’d be with a nanny, because I do
work…every day.
Interviewer: Now, I notice that there are no pictures of the baby anywhere in this apartment. Why is that?
Debbie: Well, my apartment had been broken into and
pictures were stolen of Michael and I. I don’t want that to happen
again. I also am basically a very selfish person when it comes to
certain things. And this is one of them. I don’t want to have to share
my child with the way he looks, or what he looks like, or adorable
moments with anybody.
Interviewer: Debbie says there are just a few people that either of them can really trust, so they end up living a very quiet life together.
Debbie: I don’t like to go out to dinner….I don’t like
to go to affairs and things like that. I like to stay home and I like
to spend time with him and the baby.
Interviewer: Do you consider yourself Michael Jackson’s best friend?
Debbie: I consider him MY best friend. I would hope I’m one of his closest friends.
Interviewer: But Debbie also says that anyone who
knows her, knows that money is the last thing on her mind. She says
that she and Michael have no financial arrangements whatsoever. She
also says that they may have another child.
Interviewer: First of all, lets address the
speculation. Debbie Rowe says she was not paid to have Jackson’s child,
this child was conceived the old fashion way, and there was no
pre-nuptial agreement. Debbie Rowe is probably unlike any woman Michael
Jackson has ever known. Michael Jackson’s wife loves to ride her
Harley. An outspoken woman who is independent and self reliant.
Interviewer: Have you ever got Michael Jackson on this thing?
Debbie: Yes, a couple of times.
Interviewer: Why is it that you and Michael don’t live together?
Debbie: I’m really independent and Michael understands
that. And I’m really fortunate to have a husband who does understands
that…who knows that I need to work and I need to have my own
self…because he is so big and he is so Michael. I don’t need to live
with him 24 hours a day. He’s working right now. When he comes home
we’ll have time and we’ll be together more. I don’t wanna give up my
job. I…I don’t wanna do that. I don’t wanna be that…part of that
lifestyle.
Interviewer: For Debbie not being with her 14 week old son is not a bad thing.
Debbie: It is unusual…but, I don’t think it’s weird.
Interviewer: There are no pictures of the baby anywhere in the apartment. Why is that?
Debbie: No…well, my apartment had been broken into and pictures were stolen of Michael and I. I don’t want that to happen again.
Interviewer: What would you say to people that would
say…well, you and Michael must have had some sort of a financial
arrangement. That this was the way it was always meant to be. That you
were gonna have the baby…
Debbie: Money….I don’t need money. I would never…I
would never do this for money. I did this because I love him. Michael
Jackson is an entertainer. What he does on stage is everyone’s
business. What he does with me is my business. Our life is our
business and no one else’s.
Interviewer: This week tabloid papers are once again
speculating. This time they are speculating that Mrs. Jackson is
pregnant again. She says that is simply not true.
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Life Magazine, December, 1997
Even Debbie has acknowledged that Michael is still smitten. “He cares
about her very much, but it didn’t work out and he was devastated,” she
has said. “He loved her very much. Still does.”
Michael’s Women
DEBBIE ROWE, aka Debbie Jackson, wife of Michael Jackson, is
ho-humming over recent tabloid stories that had her husband getting back
together with his first wife, Lisa Marie Presley. It was at Debbie’s
urging that Lisa Marie joined them in South Africa recently. “After
all,” says our Jackson source, “they are all very close friends.” Oh,
it’s so terribly sophisticated and civilized and Noel Coward-like. When
Debbie heard that Michael had supposedly remarried Lisa in Johannesburg,
her lighthearted reaction was that Michael was not, to her knowledge, a
Mormon!
No word yet on any new Jackson progeny, but Debbie and Michael have
welcomed an addition to the family- a beautiful German shepherd puppy.
They are just your average young couple in love with all the usual
accoutrements- kids, pets, castles, a famous former wife and a gazillion
bucks.
“To try and prevent some of the taboo, you know if you have a child
out of wedlock. The kids were gonna have it hard enough as it was. They
didn’t need to have that label placed upon them, like their father had
so many placed upon him. They shouldn’t. If there’s one way we could
remove it or try to make it what people thought ‘normal’.”
Rowe was quoted in the tab as saying that she and the Gloved One had
sex but didn’t conceive. “Michael then said that artificial insemination
would be a foolproof way of doing it and he was proven right,” she
reportedly said.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Mar 9, 1998
So what in blue blazes is going on between Michael Jackson and
ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley? The odd couple want all of us to think there
may be romance afoot. On Valentine’s Day, King Michael and his princess
Lisa arrived at Hollywood’s trendy Ivy restaurant without reservations.
Michael, wearing his now-legendary surgical mask, was the usual object
of frenzied gossip, finger-pointing and general amazement. But the
couple was given a table – pronto! They enjoyed an “intimate” dinner and
then walked along Robertson Avenue window shopping, while the
photographer they brought with them recorded every oh-so-private moment.
Talk about controlling your own publicity and magnifying your image.
Meantime, we haven’t heard much about Michael’s present wife, Debbie
Rowe. She is somewhere in Hollywood expecting his second child.
April 3 1998
Debbie gives birth to Paris Michael Katherine Jackson at the Spalding
Pain Medical Clinic of Beverly Hills. Michael attends the birth and
soon takes his baby girl to Neverland.
Newsday, April 27, 1998
I HEAR that Debbie Rowe and her hubby, Michael Jackson, are
“outraged” by the continuing supermarket-tabloid allegations that they
are headed for divorce. Or that their marriage is invalid; a fake in
some way. Michael’s feeling feisty and righteously litigious at the
moment. The pop icon was recently awarded $2.7 million when he won a
lawsuit filed against a man who claimed – in a book and without any
proof whatsoever – that he had seen explicit videos of Jackson and a
young boy.(And it would have been nice if this victory had been a
front-page story, as the initial accusation was.) Anyway, “strong
letters” have been sent to those in the media who suggest that Jackson
and Debbie, the mother of his two children, are not blissful. In their
fashion.
Taken in a suite at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills about two weeks after Paris was born in April, 1998

“Michael didn’t spend much time talking to Debbie during the meeting – but he was happy to watch her with the children.
“It was his idea to do the photos. He was already thinking ahead. He
wanted the pictures so he could show the children when they were older,
so they’d know who their mother is.”
Rebbie Jackson, OK! May, 1998:
One family member she has yet to get the chance to accept is
Michael’s wife Debbie Rowe, the mother of his heir Prince Michael Jr. “I
have never met Debbie, so I don’t know what she’s like,” she explains.
Daily Record, May 1 1998
Pop superstar Michael Jackson stunned a Scots designer by snapping up
pounds 68000 worth of outfits for his wife. Dundee-born David Rees was
packing up after a show when Jackson wandered into his Paris salon.
David, 33, hastily organised a private show – and Jackson snapped up 17
designs worth a cool pounds 4000 apiece.
He said the outfits were for his wife, former doctor’s assistant
Debbie Rowe, 38. David said the star walked in after he finished showing
his autumn collection at the Hotel Crillon in Paris. And he added: “He
wants to see my next collection. That can’t be a bad thing.”
October 29 1998
Michael & Debbie go to the Getty museum in Los Angeles with Prince & Paris.
December 10 1998
Michael & Debbie attend a dinner in honour of Dr Arnold Klein (dermatologist of Michael & boss of Debbie)
14th December, 1998
The Best scene at L’Orangerie in Hollywood was the arrival of Michael
Jackson and wife Debbie Rowe at an intimate dinner for Debbie’s boss
dermatologist Arnie Klein. The diner was a little thank-you to Arnie
from the American Federation for AIDS Research for all the support he
has given to the great AIDS-fighting organization. Jane and Michael
Eisner were the hosts. Wallis Annenberg, the Gregory Pecks, Penny
Marshall, and Carrie Fisher were in attendance too. (There had been some
hope that Elizabeth Taylor might appear, but she didn’t.)
Michael looked like, well Michael. “He’s got a late 60′s Jackie
Onassis thing going,” one onlooker said of Michael’s getup. But
Rubenesque Debbie sported a slimmer silhouette and much improved hair
color. ” She looked almost stunning.” And of even more consequence, this
odd couple seemed very cozy, like any other husband and wife out to
diinner. Photos of Michael and Debbie were taken for Kleins memory book,
but then Michael surprised everybody by saying,” Oh, why don’t you sell
these and make a few dollars for AmFar?”
Dec 27, 1998
DINERS at a chic LA restaurant were stunned to see Michael Jackson
and his wife Debbie Rowe enjoying a romantic dinner together by
candlelight. Can it be that the two are trying to behave like a normal
couple?
Daily News 1998.
The news in November 1996 that Debbie Rowe was pregnant with Michael
Jackson’s child stunned even the star’s most devoted fans. Her name had
not figured before in this official -or unofficial- life story and no
one knew who she was or what the nature of her relationship with Michael
was.
Michael, for so long supposed to be, at best, androgynous, had in
fact met Debbie 15 years earlier when she was a shy and retiring nurse
and a divorcee. Theirs had been a romantic, wholesome relationship that
came about by chance. The story of how it developed adds a new and
unexpected dimension to the life of one of the world’s most successful
and controversial entertainer.
Debbie’s colleagues say that whenever Michael came to Klein’s office,
she took special care to make certain he was happy by fussing over him
and seeing what she could do to make his visit more pleasant.
As a thank-you, Michael would always send her an autographed copy of
his latest CD. Debbie would hang the CD picture jackets all over the
office until, one day, Klein made her take them down. He told her that
the display of affection was “a little inappropriate”.
“Then came the day when Debbie saw Michael naked, which was about
five years ago,” recalls a former employee of Klein’s. “Michael had to
disrobe for an examination and Debbie accidentally walked in on him. I
don’t know what happened, but Debbie was in that examining room with him
for a while. Later she said: ‘I’m probably the only woman who has ever
seen Michael Jackson naked’. After that she would giggle a lot and blush
whenever Michael came into the office.
“When Debbie was asked if she was romantically interested in Michael,
she’d turn beetroot red. She ended up marrying someone else for a few
years -divorced him in 1990 because she said she felt trapped -but she
remained interested in Michael.”
In fact, Debbie and Michael had become close friends, confiding in
one another about their lives and their unhappy marriages: Debbie’s to a
man she said didn’t understand her need for freedom and Michael’s to
Lisa Marie Presley, whom he whined was always “trying to change me.”
Debbie was so close to Michael that she was one of the few friends
who assisted him during the allegations that were made about him
molesting an underage boy, a time when, in his misery, he had become
addicted to drugs. “I know when Michael was addicted, Debbie stayed on
the telephone for hours and hours, pleading with him to save himself”,
says Debbie’s friend Tonya Boyd. “She told me that she said: ‘If you
die, I will be crushed. I wouldn’t be able to survive it. You are my
very life’.”
As it happened, Lisa Marie Presley was also instrumental in helping
Michael during that difficult time. So was Elizabeth Taylor. It would
seem that Michael Jackson, a person not particularly known as a ladies’
man, had all of these women -a rock ‘n’ roll heiress, a screen star and a
nurse- wrapped around his little finger, as he played the role of a
helpless child.
Debbie was taken by surprise. One friend says: “She called me on
November 12, 1996, and said: ‘Hey, guess what? I’m marrying Michael
tomorrow.’ I asked her if she loved him. She stalled. Then she said:
‘Well, yes, I do. Kinda. I do.’ So, I pushed on. ‘Romantically?’ I
asked. She paused, and said: ‘The kind of love we have is bigger, more
important, than that’.”
They were duly married at a hotel between Michael’s touring
commitments. Afterwards, it was rumored that Debbie Rowe received $1
million to give birth to Michael’s son Prince Michael Jr. However,
according to reliable sources in the Jackson camp, Rowe actually
received $500,000 -and not to give birth but rather as a “wedding gift”.
Any story that she has a contract with Michael Jackson, and that she
has received millions of dollars to bear his children, is simply untrue.
Indeed no document has ever surfaced to support the rumor.
“None of it is true,” Debbie said when pressed to confirm stories of a
deal. “Why won’t people believe me? I would never have his children for
money. I am doing it because I am his dear friend. And I told him: ‘If
this marriage becomes a problem and starts interfering with our
friendship, then it must end.’ The friendship, that’s the important
thing. I love my freedom. I will never settle down. That’s just not me. I
can’t be what people want me to be, what Michael’s fans might want me
to be. I have to be who I am. I am happy with things the way they are
and it’s really nobody’s business.”
Jackson puts aside $10 million a year for Rowe, and has bought stocks
and other annuities for her, too. But she doesn’t use the money. Ever
since she married Michael, Debbie has been shuttled from modest rented
home to rented home in the LA suburbs in an effort to put the media off
the scent. Only two weeks ago, she moved again.
Michael is planning to buy her and exclusive home in Bel Air,
according to sources, but he will continue to live abroad. In recent
years, he has rented luxurious hideaways in France, Britain and Ireland.
He has been trying to sell his palatial Neverland ranch -with its
27,000 acres, funfair and zoo, at Santa Ynez, California- for five
years. Only the care-taking staff lives there these days.
Debbie and Michael spend little time together. She has made no
demands on him whatsoever, and seems content. She sees friends, some of
them men, from time to time. But those who know her well explain that
she has always had low self-esteem, in the sense that as long as she can
make another person happy, she doesn’t care about her own happiness.
In the meantime, Michael has gotten the children he desired, the
children Lisa Marie wouldn’t -or couldn’t- give him, and Debbie has been
able to keep her cherished freedom. She wanted only to give birth to
Michael Jackson’s children. She never wanted to be a mother to them, or a
wife to him.
“They’re adults,” Tonya Boyd explains. “Say what you want, have any
judgment you like about it, but it’s their life, and they get to live it
whatever way they choose.”
Jan 29 1999
Lisa Marie then wanted me to tell her my sources for various items
about her ex-husband Michael Jackson and his current wife, Debbie Rowe! I
declined, of course. And she declined to say much else, either – merely
that she is busy in the recording studio, making an album. “Things are
going well. My kids are good!” She promised she’d talk to me when she is
ready with the album. So wait for it. You and I have no choice.
Magazine: Brides; A date with romance: In Brief; Jewels; With this ring, Feb 14, 1999
Debbie Rowe, Mrs. Michael Jackson and mother of his son, didn’t say
beat it when he presented her with a platinum wedding band with diamond
baguettes, which reputedly cost $100000.
Evening Standard, March 5 1999
MICHAEL Jackson’s wife Debbie Rowe was spotted in the Pleasure Chest
sex shop in Los Angeles, stocking up on strawberry massage oil, fishnets
tights and glow-in-the-dark condoms.
Mirror, 12th April 1999
“To help them grow and let them know you love them by looking them in
the eyes, and saying ‘I love you.” And play, play, play with them.”‘
The singer, who spends £3,000 a day on 24-hour nannies, lives apart from
Debbie, 40. But he laughs at suggestions his marriage is a sham. He
insists: “I love my wife, and we have a happy marriage.
“Debbie is a nurse who loves her work, who loves taking care of
people. Every day she wants to get up and look after others, to help
them and make them better.
“That’s why I love her, and that’s what gives her bliss in life, God bless her.”‘
Debbie – who met Jackson when she worked as a dermatology nurse and
treated him for his skincomplaint vitiligo – is on record as saying:
“Michael is a doting father. I know the children are safe whenever
they’re with him.”
Further discussion about the marriage is not forthcoming. But again,
you are left with a sneaking, dreadful feeling that Jackson might
actually be telling the truth. That he might genuinely love his wife
after all.
They may even, incredibly, have had sex.
Checks into hospital, April 17/18 1999
Roger Friedman’s column on February 7, 2005:
Michael Jackson checked himself into New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital for two days back in 1999.
The exact dates were April 17 and 18, and the alias he used was “James Walker.”
At the time, he was still married to, though not living with, his
second wife, Debbie Rowe, and he already had custody of their two
children, Prince and Paris.
Rowe, according to sources, did not know of the hospitalization. Neither did most of Jackson’s close associates.
When he finally checked into Lenox Hill, Jackson was alone most of
the time, without any entourage, assistants or pets. Horovitz treated
him with IV fluids.
“My job was to hydrate him quickly,” the doctor recalled. “I put the IV in myself, and there was no one else around.”
He ran blood tests, but not for drugs. He said he did not see pill
bottles with Jackson, and there was no indication that he was medicating
himself at the time. Jackson’s only diversion in his overnight stay was
a boom box.
June 2, 1999
There are conflicting reports out of New York that Michael Jackson’s
two-year-old son Prince may be seriously ill, and maybe even dying, from
a viral infection.
The singer withdrew from Tuesday night’s “Pavarotti & Friends”
benefit for Warchild to remain with his son in a New York hospital.
But Jackson’s wife Debbie Rowe, who says she found out about her
son’s illness watching the news, says Prince isn’t dying, and she told
KNBC in Los Angeles that doctors and even Jackson himself told her that
Prince would be fine. In addition, Pavarotti’s spokeswoman, who attended
the concert, told MTV News Wednesday that the opera singer never told
the sold-out crowd of 17,000 that Jackson’s son was dying. She says
Pavarotti’s statement (which was in Italian) was mistranslated by the
press, and that Pavarotti said the boy was sick, not dying. As of press
time, representatives for Jackson were not available for comment.
July 5-13 1999

Michael, Grace & the kids stay at Disneyland Paris where they are joined by Debbie.
Mid July, 1999
Separation date listed in Debbie’s divorce papers.
September 11-14 1999

Michael is in Disneyland Paris with Grace & the kids. Debbie joins them.
October 8 1999

Pop superstar Michael Jackson and his wife of three years, Deborah
Rowe, filed for divorce today in a Los Angeles Superior Court, citing
irreconcilable differences.
The divorce petition states that Rowe and Jackson have reached a
confidential financial settlement, though it did not indicate if an
agreement regarding custody of the couple’s two children had been
settled, according to the Associated Press. Rowe and Jackson are parents
to a 2-year-old boy, Prince Michael, and a 1-year-old girl, Paris
Michael Katherine. The couple has apparently been separated since
mid-July. Jackson wed Rowe, a nurse from his plastic surgeon’s office,
in November 1996, less than a year after divorcing his first wife, Lisa
Marie Presley, after two years of marriage.

Michael Jackson’s Type Of Girl

The Qualities He Looks For In A Girl
Age 12, 1970:
MJ: I like dey legs big and I like them with pretty big eyes (laughs) and uh, let me see what else do I like about girls?
Brother: How about their personality, Mike? (laughs)
MJ: Yeah, I like their personality. That’s one thing I like about them.
Questionaire Answered By Michael, 1970
The Qualities I Look For In A Girl Are:
Eyes, legs, personality.
1971
MJ: I haven’t really had any girlfriends yet, but
I’ll tell you what I’d like to find in a girl. She has to have a good
personality. I wouldn’t want to go out with a girl unless I had talked
to her for a while, seen what she’s like, asked her a lot of questions.
Super Soul, 1971
Me: “Mike, let’s talk about Jermaine first. Do you get along with Jermaine as well as with your friends?”
Michael: “Jermaine and I have a lot of groovy times together! We get
along very well and hardly ever fight like a lot of brothers with a big
age difference do! Jermaine is the kind of older brother you can dig.
cause he’s not the type that thinks he’s smarter just because he’s an
older brother.”
Me: “What do you think is the thing that’s most different between you and Jermaine?”
Michael: “There’s a big difference in the kind of girls we like.
People say I’m full of energy, and I guess that’s why I like lively
girls who laugh and talk a lot. Jermaine is more cool. He digs girls who
are the foxy type, mysterious and quiet.”
Jackson 5 Fax, 1972
Michael: I wish girls wouldn’t think they have to be
some kind of super-girl for me-or any of my brothers-to dig them. But I
guess it’s because we’re in show business they think our ideas about
girls are so different from other guys.
Star, 1972
Star: What do you like in an girl, Michael?
Michael: I think personality’s the most important thing of all. I dig
chicks who are on the lively side, who love to laugh and talk.
Black Stars, November 1976
“A young lady’s physical beauty can by no means outshine the inner
beauty that radiates from her inner heart and spirit. The kindness of a
girl is more important than anything, really, to be honest about it.”
From a generic questionnaire filled out by 18-year-old Michael Jackson in 1977
Would you like to get married?
Later in life
What kind of girl/boy would you like to marry?
Kind
How many children would you like to have?
20. Adopted. All races
Briefly describe your dream girl/boy
Beautiful in every way
What type of person do you usually dislike?
Nasty
Francesco Scavullo, Magic/Madness, Sometime in the 70s/80s
Photographer Francesco Scavullo once recalled of Michael, “He asked
me, ‘What do you do about falling in love? Are you afraid they’re just
after you for what you can do for them?’ And I said ‘Michael, you can’t
live your life that way. You have to take a chance.’”
Special Edition of Right On magazine, 50 Facts About Michael, 1984
28. A soft, sexy scent will make Michael turn his attention to you.
31. Balloons, balloons, and more balloons are what Michael would send you if you were his special girl.
37. He loves singing romantic songs more than any other kind.
38. Michael loves having long telephone conversations with special ladies.
39. Michael thinks Japan is a wonderful country to fall in love because of its beauty and romance.
41. Go on a roller coaster with Michael and you’ll his win his heart. The scarier the better.
Katherine Jackson’s Bio, 1990
The most tired rumor of all was the rumor that Michael was gay.
All I can say is, Michael is not gay. He intends to settle down and get married one day. We’ve talked about it. And he will.
I wish he did have that special someone to share his life with right
now; his life would be richer. I think that, deep down, he does, too.
I think the reason why he’s had so few relationships in recent
years, is that he’s been approached so many times by women who are so
obviously looking for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that
he’s grown wary. Michael wrote about this type of woman — I call her a
status seeker — in his song “Dirty Diana.”
When Michael was younger he joked that “when the love bug bites me,
that’s when I’m going to marry.” By 1989 he was telling me, “The woman I
marry will have to have a lot of money herself. That’s the only way
I’ll know for sure that she’s not marrying me for my money.”
And yet, Michael seems happy. Even though he knows that he will
never be able to live a “normal” life, he seems comfortable with his
fame. I believe that when he’s good and ready to get married, he’ll do
it, despite the inevitable press uproar.
REBBIE: Even if Michael were to find the “perfect”
woman tomorrow, I think that he would be reluctant to subject her to the
incredible scrutiny that he’s subjected to every day.
Even if Michael’s wife did manage to adapt to life in a fish bowl,
she’d also have to cope with the reality of Michael attending meetings,
and members of his entourage constantly pulling on him. Some of these
people, no doubt, would view her as no more than a competitor for
Michael’s time.
Glenda Tapes, June 1992
M: I just… wanna know what its like, girl, to have a
real relationship with someone who doesn’t want me for me – that I
dont, I don’t have to look over my shoulder all the time.
G: That doesn’t have an ulterior motive?
M: Yeah, that doesn’t question me… I mean..(i) I
don’t… and, and.. like La Toya said in her book.. she said, either I am
going to have to find somebody who doesn’t even know who the heck I am
-
G: (i)
M: Orrr..oorr deal with somebody who’s career is equally as important, or equally like mine..
G: Well.. a nix to both of those.
Shmuley Tapes, 2000/1
MJ: I want someone who is a lot like me, who has the
same interests and who wants to help. The ones who are classy and
quiet and not into all the sex and all the craziness because I am not
into that. I do not understand alot of the things that go on in
relationships and I do not know if I ever will. Mean things and vulgar
things with their bodies. I do not understand it and it has hurt my
past relationships.
SB:Have you ever found girls who like practical jokes that you like? Have you ever found a woman who collects comics?
MJ: It is a rarity. If I find one I will go nuts.
Especially, if she has those qualities and is beautiful inside. It would
be a home run for me.
MJ: I think sexy comes from the heart in the way you present yourself.
SB: Have you ever found women who are a bit more modest to be more attractive for that reason?
MJ: Yeah. I don’t like women who are always saying, “My
nails need to be done. I have to do my toes. I need a manicure.” I
hate all that. I lke it when girls are a little bit more tomboyish. If
they wrestle, climb a tree….. I love that. It is sexier to me. I like
class, though. Class is everything.
SB:Celebrities are targets for people who marry
them for wrong reasons, their fortune and their name. But don’t you
know when someone is interested in you for the wrong reasons?
MJ: You don’t know.
It is hard because the women today can do a good job of faking it. I
mean a real good job. They are smooth. Look in the Bible. Women have
taken the most powerful men down to nothing because of what’s between
their legs.
SB: Can you immediately tell innocence?
MJ: Right away although I find it harder to tell with
women because they’re so smooth. But with men I can usually tell,
because they are more open and like puppies, while girls are more like
cats. You know how if you’ve been on vacation and you get home and a
puppy is all over you, while with a cat, it’s “Hey I don’t need you, you
come over here and pick me up”. They give you attitude. They’ll walk
right by you even though they haven’t see you in three months. Women are
very smart. Walt Disney always said they are smarter than men and he
always hired more women.

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DIANA ROSS


When I was little I used to stay with Diana Ross, me and my brother
stayed with her for years and I never said, but I always had a crush on
her.
- Michael Jackson
“You’re not pretty until you start looking like Diana!” he would tease LaToya and Janet.
- Katherine Jackson
I used to stay with her whenever we’d come up to New York.
-Michael Jackson
I was enthusiastic. I thought it would be wonderful for Michael and
me to work together. Michael and I were pretty close during that time.
We spoke on the phone every couple of days and usually saw each other
about once a week, when our careers permitted. We were already very
close friends.
- Diana Ross
She’s such a beautiful, talented woman. Doing this movie together was
very special for me. I love her very much. I have always loved her very
much.
-Michael Jackson
Diana Ross was a big support throughout the shooting. Michael
referred to her as “my mama” on the set. She made a habit of checking in
on him in his dressing room each morning.
- Katherine Jackson
Sometimes, Michael Jackson and I end up being dates.
- Diana Ross
She would periodically speak of Michael in a very warm way. She had
real admiration and affection for him – her eyes would light up every
time that she spoke of him.
- Douglas Kirkland
Even Diana Ross was calling him up – calling Michael every day
telling him don’t sign don’t sign, don’t go to Columbia. You’re gonna
get in a lot of trouble, things like that. Diana Ross was close to
Michael. Michael always admired Diana Ross, he loved Diana Ross. They
were very good good friends.
- Pete Bennett
There are a lot of people I like, and I think they like me, but only
time will tell whether our friendships are really true ones, close ones.
Diana Ross and I have some deep, deep conversations at times-especially
on the phone, because I’m much deeper in conversation on the phone than
I am in person.
-Michael Jackson
I’m crazy about Michael and I love him a lot. He’s been my
inspiration. He’s a very gentle, wonderful human being, one of the
special ones in this universe, and I don’t even know if he knows how
special he is. So whenever I can be around him, I like it. I like to rub
shoulders with talent. He’s got good vibrations. His aura is only about
love. So I like being with him.
- Diana Ross
Later, when I showed him the proof sheets of the photo session, he
ordered two large prints of every picture, which was highly unusual.
Typically, if someone orders one or two pictures from a session, it’s
considered a success. I was blown away. “Two of every single one? That’s
about 144 prints… Michael answered, “Yes, I can count. I want one set
for myself and one for Diana [Ross]. Todd, this is magic.”
- Todd Gray
“They have a friendship as genuine as any I’ve seen. On set Diana
would say, ‘what would Michael think of this?’ Michael would say, ‘what
would Diana do with this?’”
- Bob Giraldi
She’s someone very special to me.
-Michael Jackson
I care for Michael but I don’t worry about him. I think sometimes that he’s got angels on his shoulders to protect him.
- Diana Ross
We’re just good friends.
-Michael Jackson
I mean, Diana’s like a mother-lover-friend to me. She’s wonderful.
-Michael Jackson
I’m crazy about her. She was my mother, my lover, and my sister all combined in one amazing person.”
-Michael Jackson
Well, you know, I’m crazy about Michael Jackson. I might team up with him one day. I would certainly like it very much.
- Diana Ross
What I didn’t know is that you’d get so sexy.
- Diana Ross to Michael
There’s a Black lady in my life but you wouldn’t take me seriously.
It’s Diana Ross. I love her. Not as a big sister, see, I told you that
you wouldn’t take me seriously. I would like to marry Diana Ross, I’m
saying that. Uh huh, I feel something more than close friendship for
her. And what does age have to do with it? Look at it this way: how old
you would you be if you didn’t even know how old you are?
-Michael Jackson
As time went on, he sort of fell in love with Diana Ross —her music
and her singing — and I think it was mutual. She fell in love with him
also.
- Don Cornelius
He’s also very close to Diana Ross but he isn’t obsessed with her.
- Jermaine Jackson

She’s the kind of person I can tell anything to- the most private of
secrets! And she tells me her secrets as well. Sometimes I tell her I’m
going to marry her. Our relationship goes on forever.
-Michael Jackson
To me, [Diana] is a peacock… That’s what she is. She has so many
colors. She’s not only a singer. She’s a philosopher. She teaches you
all kinds of things.
- Michael
He has so many people around him but he’s still afraid, especially to be alone at night.
- Diana Ross
When I’m with him, I try to give him exactly what he needs-a little
peace and the feeling that he is loved and that he can trust you.
- Diana Ross
I’m always extremely close to Diana. She’s my best friend. I love her.
-Michael Jackson
You see, we actually love each other.
- Diana Ross
Sometimes even I’m stunned at how he can be so shy. He’ll hide, talk
like this (she whispers) — then you let him on stage —and he turns into
this sexy, macho thing. I try to get him to step out socially, to get a
little more out of himself. He spends too much time by himself.
- Diana Ross
When I heard Diana Ross was getting married, I was happy for her
because I knew it would make her very joyous. Still, it was hard for me,
because I had to walk around pretending to be overwhelmed that Diana
was getting married to this man I’d never met. I wanted her to be happy,
but I have to admit that I was a bit hurt and a little jealous because
I’ve always loved Diana and always will.
-Michael Jackson
But Michael (Jackson)-when he wants to see me, he sees me; when he
doesn’t he kind of closes the door. There’s no reaching him, there’s no
finding him, there’s no anything. He’s just this illusive love out
there. Somebody you care about, want to protect in a strange kind of
way, feeling motherly toward him, but at the same time you can’t reach
him and don’t know where he is.
- Diana Ross
And so it’s just that we don’t see each other half as much as I would like to see him.
- Diana Ross
There’s something you just said that made me think of Michael
Jackson. I used to talk to Michael on the phone all the time. I haven’t
talked to him for years now, but he always used to ask me questions
about how to make this whole show-business thing work.
- Diana Ross

I thought I was with Diana; that was just in my own mind. It took me years to get over Diana… A hell of a long time.
-Michael Jackson

I’m sure he’s – he has a wonderful person in mind to take care of the children.
- Debbie Rowe
Michael was a personal love of mine.
- Diana Ross

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MADONNA


The last video I went crazy over and wanted to see over and over again was Billie Jean.
- Madonna
From then on I went through an “I want to be like Michael Jackson”
phase. I can do everything he can do only I’m a girl! I still idolize
him above any performer. He transcends almost every level, appeals to
everyone.
- Madonna
I’d love to dance with Michael Jackson.
-Madonna
So in the nightclub I was all over the place, I combined everything.
Street dance, modern dance, a bit of jazz and ballet, I was Twyla Tharp,
I was Alvin Ailey, I was Michael Jackson. I didn’t care, I was free.
-Madonna
I saw him play at Madison Square Garden, and I was blown away. He was flawless.
- Madonna
At the same time she will come to my concert and cry. She comes
there and tears rolling down her face for the song and the presentation
of the song. There are some good qualities in her.
- Michael
He’s up for a couple of things that surprise me.
- Madonna
“I said, “Look, Michael, if you want to do something with me, you
have to be willing to go all the way or I’m not going to do it.” He
keeps saying yes.”
- Madonna
Madonna laid the law down to me before we went out. “I am not going
to Disneyland, okay? That’s out.” I said, “But I didn’t ask you to go to
Disneyland.” She said, “We are going to the restaurant and afterwards
we are going to a strip bar.” I said, “I am not going to a strip bar.”
Guys who cross-dress [note: House of Xtravaganza]!
- Madonna
“We drove to the restaurant in my car. It was dark out, but he was
still wearing sunglasses. I said, ‘Michael, I feel like I’m talking to a
limousine, do you think you could take off those glasses so I could see
your eyes?’ He paused for a moment, then he tossed the glasses out the
window, looked at me with a wink and a smile and said, ‘Can you see me
now, is that better? In that moment, I could see both his vulnerability
and his charm.”
-Madonna
Later we went back to my house to watch a movie and sat on the couch
like two kids, and somewhere in the middle of the movie, his hand snuck
over and held mine. It felt like he was looking for more of a friend
than a romance, and I was happy to oblige. In that moment, he didn’t
feel like a superstar. He felt like a human being.
- Madonna
He was a real paradox, one of the world’s greatest performers and
obviously very confident on stage, but in real life he was shy and you
really felt for him.
- Madonna
(At the Oscars) it was pouring rain, the limo door opened and Michael
got out first. I got out right after him, and my bodyguard leaves with
Michael under the umbrella. I was left standing in the rain. It was so
fascinating to see how people responded to him.
- Madonna
At the time I was with Madonna she was into these books, a whole
library of women who were tied to walls. She said, “I love spanky
books.” Why do I want to see that? How would you like getting a phone
call and she is telling you that she is putting her fingers between her
legs. I would say, “Oh Madonna, please.” She said, “What I want you to
when I hung up the phone is rub yourself and think of me.” That’s the
kind of stuff she says. She does. When I see her she says, “This is the
finger I used last night.” Wild, out of control. She is not sexy at all.
- Michael Jackson
Michael was also working on a commercial in a studio nearby where
Madonna was shooting a movie. Madonna walked in one day and Michael was
telling me something like, “You know Madonna can be naughty, a bad girl.
Sometimes she needs to be spanked.” He hadn’t realized Madonna was
standing right behind him.
- Joe Mantegna
So that’s what we were doing: watching movies, having dinner, hanging
out, going to the Oscars, being silly, seeing if we could work. He got
relaxed. He took off his sunglasses, had a glass of wine, I got him to
laugh.
- Madonna
To work with him and become friends and hang out with him, was
exciting for me. I used to love picking his brains about musical stuff.
-Madonna
[My people] knew nothing about it. This was totally between her and me.
- Michael Jackson
I was madly in love with him, totally smitten. He was mind-bogglingly talented.
- Madonna
I think she was sincerely in love with me and I was not in love with
her. She did a lot of crazy things and that’s how that went.
- Michael Jackson
Every time I call her she’s either talking to or about Michael Jackson.
- Sandra Bernhard
”Michael Jackson isn’t very masculine. He looks like Diana Ross. He
has those beautiful doe eyes. He even talks like a girl and he’s
conquered the world.”
- Madonna
Madonna visited MJ in the studio exactly one time. They spent a
little while in his “private” room in the back, and then she left. When I
asked Michael later about her visit, he said that she “scared” him. I
think we all speculated that she tried to make a “move” on him, but
Michael never said. In any event, we never saw her again after that…
- Sam L Parity
In a moment of unintended self-revelation, he [Michael Jackson] told
me (with his hand cupped over his mouth in a gesture of ”I shouldn’t”)
about how a highly popular female entertainer (I’ll withold the name)
had once exposed herself to him (his words) just to see how he would
react; a confession that caused him to visibly blush.
- Kit Culkin
He ran away from me.
- Madonna
We’re like oil and vinegar, oil and water. We just don’t mix.
-Madonna
I could have pushed myself out into his world, but I’ve spent all my
time trying to be in touch with people, and he spends all his time
hiding, cloaking and padding things around himself. It’s very evident
when you see him work.
- Madonna
I felt like a peasant next to them, like this big clumsy farm girl.
Like, when I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel
like saying something, I say it. And they have these manners and they’re
just so careful about what they eat and what they say.
- Madonna
I haven’t seen that documentary [Living With Michael Jackson], but it
sounds disgusting, like he [Martin Bashir] exploited a friendship.
Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt
you. I can assure you, all these people will be sorry. God’s going to
have his revenge.
- Madonna
People have said so many things about me that aren’t true, and I
never once had a second thought that the accusations against him might
be true.
- Madonna
There is no question that Michael Jackson is one of the greatest
talents the world has ever known. That when he sang a song at the ripe
old age of eight he could make you feel like an experienced adult was
squeezing your heart with his words. That when he moved he had the
elegance of Fred Astaire and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali. That his
music had an extra layer of inexplicable magic that didn’t just make you
want to dance but actually made you believe you could fly, dare to
dream, be anything that you wanted to be. Because that is what heroes do
and Michael Jackson was a hero.
- Madonna
When I first heard that Michael had died… All I could think about in
this moment was, “I had abandoned him.” That we had abandoned him. That
we had allowed this magnificent creature who had once set the world on
fire to somehow slip through the cracks. While he was trying to build a
family and rebuild his career, we were all passing judgment. Most of us
had turned our backs on him. I thought, “my God, he was so unique, so
original, so rare, and there will never be anyone like him again. He was
a king.” Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live
the king.
- Madonna

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LISA MARIE PRESLEY


When she was eighteen I used to tell my lawyer John Branca, do you
know Lisa Marie Presley ’cause I think she’s really cute. And he’d laugh
every time. He goes, “I’ll try my best”, that’s what he’d say. Then
he’d come back and I’d say “well did you find out?” He’d say “no,
there’s nothing”.
- Michael Jackson
Michael wanted to meet me earlier in my life, and I said, “No way.” I
thought he was a freak, and I had no interest in meeting him. But when I
finally did, he immediately dashed any preconceived idea I had about
him.
- Lisa Marie
I didn’t think of him like that when I first met him. We had
something though. We were sitting talking and after 20 minutes I’d
forgotten who he was.
- Lisa Marie
He was very quick to, the first time I met him, sit me down and go,
‘listen, I’m not gay, I know you think this and I know you think that.
And he started cursing, and he started being a real person. And I
thought ‘wow’. I was always saying, ‘People wouldn’t think I was so
crazy if they saw who the hell you really are: that you sit around and
you drink and you curse and you’re fucking funny, and you have a bad
mouth, and you don’t have that high voice all the time.’
- Lisa Marie
He’s not stupid, he didn’t get where he was because he’s stupid. It’s
unfortunate that not a lot of people know who he really is. He doesn’t
let anybody see it. And he has some idea about how he should represent
himself in the public, that he thinks works for him, which is the
sort-of meek victim, meek-quiet thing that he does, which is not like
how he really is. So, he doesn’t let a lot of people see that.
- Lisa Marie
When Michael was about to leave, he offered Lisa a penetrating look
and in a conspiratorial voice said, “You and me, we could get into a lot
of trouble. Think about that, girl.”
- Brett Strong
Then I met Michael and I could tell he was interested in me – we had a
connection at the time. I made the mistake of saying I was not happy
in my marriage, and the courting started. Flowers. Calls. Candies. You
name it . . . everything started coming.”
- Lisa Marie
I fell in love… for him. Because he was an incredible, an incredibly
dynamic person. If you were in his vicinity and he wanted to give – and
he showed you who he was, and he was willing to do that in any way,
meant that… I have never felt so high in my life. I have never felt so
high in my life as that. I am not lying when I say that. He had
something so intoxicating about him and when he was on, when he was
ready to share with you or give it to you, and be himself and allow you
to come in. I don’t know if I’ve ever been that intoxicated by anything.
- Lisa Marie
Lisa, kept calling me after that. Constantly calling me. And she
wanted to get together with Michael more. Lisa met with Brett a few
times to talk about it, remarking that she had “a few things in common
with the Jacksons and maybe she should pursue a friendship with
Michael.” I always talked about him as a passionate man [who was]
extremely loving…and that attracted Lisa, that loving part, and loving
children.
-Brett Strong
I began getting phone calls from an amazed Brett about this time.
“He’s saying, ‘Gosh, Lisa’s calling me and Lisa’s really interested in
Michael!’ ” Brett’s impression, was that Michael was absorbed in his
work, but that Lisa was really interested in him. “And I said, ‘Come on!
What do you mean?’ [Brett] said, ‘You haven’t met him, but he’s very
charismatic.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, but I can’t believe it.’ He said,
‘Yeah, she’s kind of pursuing him.’
- Mike Edwards
I think it was the passion of a woman who fell in love. And Michael
wasn’t even interested at all. And he is a gentleman; he wouldn’t have
wanted to pull her away from her marriage to Danny. And she pursued him.
- Brett Strong
I know that Lisa is the one who pursued the relationship.
- Bob Wall
I started calling him, he started calling me, I sort of became his friend.
- Lisa Marie
By mid 1993, Lisa Marie was deeply in love with Michael – and she
made sure they got together regularly. I realize now that she was
pursuing Michael – and that she was determined to make him her husband.
- Brett Strong
One of the things that Michael told me was, “Man, I didn’t know that Lisa was going to divorce her husband for me.”
- Teddy Riley
He’s not sexually seductive, but there is something riveting about
him. He doesn’t let people see who he is. When he does, it’s hard to
shake.
- Lisa Marie
Yes, she did have sincere feelings for him, according to what she
told me. She did. She didn’t do it because Michael coerced her. She
genuinely cared about him. She told me she knew he was interested in
women.
- Myrna Smith
I was already friends with him, there was already some romantic stuff
going on a little bit before [the allegations] happened (in August). So
it was like, I was already like, you know, I was the only one he would
be calling so I felt all privileged and, you know, that he was trusting
me and telling me what happened and it was very convincing and I
believed him.
- Lisa Marie
He called…I was in touch with him through the whole process of this –
charges going on. I was talking to him when he disappeared. I was
actually supposed to go to Santa Juan, Puerto Rico when he left and
disappeared, and I got a call that he wasn’t going to be there and I was
actually a part of the whole thing with him, by talking to him on the
phone, so…
- Lisa Marie
You look like a woman who needs to let go and have some fun. You look like a woman who needs to hook up with me.
- MJ to Lisa, Magic &Madness
At the time there was sexual attraction. Yeah.
- Lisa Marie
Of course, I wouldn’t have married him at the time if I hadn’t (felt
physically attracted to him). It wasn’t instinctive to me right off the
bat. He needed to make that overture because I wasn’t going to.
- Lisa Marie
No, he was… whenever he was ready to make a move on me, it happened. I
wasn’t the instigator, I wouldn’t, you know, I um… that wasn’t
something I could imagine at the time.
- Lisa Marie
…obviously I didn’t resist (him kissing me).
- Lisa Marie
I wouldn’t have married him if I wasn’t [sexually satisfied].
- Lisa Marie
Yes, these were romantic nights. I mean, it was normal. I wasn’t going to get married if it wasn’t that.
-Lisa Marie
Yeah, in private we were doing all the things that married people do:
kissing, going to bed together, having sex…. That was part of it, for a
while.
- Lisa Marie
Apparently, Michael Jackson is a freak in bed. Lisa said he was
amazing, and she’s been around. Everyone was saying, ‘No way, Lisa. It
can’t be true. Michael Jackson? Are we talking about the Michael
Jackson, the one with the glove?’ However, she wasn’t joking, and it
wasn’t long before she didn’t think it was funny, either.
- Monica Pastelle
My taste in sex is probably “porn style.” [Laughs] I am a little dark
on the subject. I like it rough, the way they do things in porn movies.
- Lisa Marie
Man, we were backstage after the show, and here comes Mike with this
chick, and he’s all up in her face, kissing on her, and we were saying,
“Who the heck is this girl?” Finally he introduced her: Lisa Marie
Presley. You could have knocked me over with a feather. I said to the
guys, “Check this out. The King of Pop and the King’s daughter,
together. It had to happen.” They looked pretty cozy.
- Otis Williams
Yeah, anyway we were spending a lot of time together. I don’t know
how it didn’t manage to get in the press, because we weren’t hiding it. I
was in Las Vegas, we were in…everywhere… bookstores. We were not hiding
it.
- Lisa Marie
On the way to the movie theater, he turned to her and said, “Lisa,
here. Come here. Sit here.” He said it just like a regular man, not in
that little-boy voice of his. It was like, you’re going to sit with me,
woman, and she did. I was very impressed, but I was also confused. I
mean, who was this guy?
- David Foster
I know that he and Lisa Marie were
absolutely 100% in love because I was around them, and it was amazing.
It was a great love story. I know that.
- David Foster
Michael asked me, “Can I bring my love interest?” It was romantic.
Later, I asked Michael how things were going and he said, “Great. I just
got to kiss the most beautiful girl in the world. I hope I’m worthy of
her. I think I might marry her.” For a while, those two were really
getting it on.
- Donald Trump
He told her that she was the only woman he could see himself
marrying. And I was like, ‘You gotta be kidding.’ but Lisa responded,
“Myrna, you don’t understand.”
- Myrna Smith
Michael was the one who mentioned marriage. On the telephone. He
first asked me…We were going out four months, um…right? Four months? I
was separated for four months and I said…he said what would you do if I
asked you to marry me? And I said I would.
- Lisa
A big I would. You were really enthusiastic! (laughing)
- Michael to Lisa
Lisa and I were in the living room [at Neverland] having a glass of
wine. We had just finished watching All About Eve, starring the great
Bette Davis. We both love that movie. I just walked over to her, reached
into my pocket and pulled out this huge diamond ring. “So what do you
think?” I asked her. “You want?” She screamed out, “Yes, yes yes.” I
never even officially popped the question. We never actually discussed
marriage. It just sort of happened.
- Michael Jackson

We were in the library in front of the fire and he pulled this giant 10
carat diamond out of his pocket and put it on my finger. I think he got
on his knees too and proposed. I did think it would be forever.
- Lisa Marie
I love Lisa Marie. Why won’t people believe that? Why won’t the public let me be happy?
- Michael Jackson
Lisa didn’t live at Neverland. We visited Neverland the way…I lived
at her house in the city and every once in a while we visited Neverland.
It would be like our fun weekend.
- Michael
I honestly can tell you that it was in every sense a normal marriage
and everything was spoken. In the middle of the night, if he needed to
wake up and tell me, bounce something off me, and wake me up and wanna
talk… if there was trouble… He was like a little gnome. I used to tell
him he was a gnome running around the room because it was hard for him
to sleep. A lot of times I couldn’t sleep either if he wasn’t sleeping.
I’d just hear him piddling. It was a bit endearing but then I didn’t
mind it. But he did have a hard time sleeping, yes.
- Lisa Marie
And I really loved that role and I loved taking care of him. It was
the highest point of my life, one of the very highest points of my life.
When things were going really well and he and I were united together
and he and I had an understanding about some of the people and the
things that could go around him and he was with me on those things and
we were a unit and I could take care of him. Loved being next to him,
taking care of him. I was on such a high from doing that. It was a very
profound time of my life.
- Lisa Marie
But believe me; the love affair between them is real. It’s not a
phoney marriage designed to make Michael look better. Michael definitely
wants to have children with Lisa Marie – and she says she can’t wait to
have his baby.
- Brett Strong
I am very much in love with Michael; I dedicate my life to being his wife. I understand and support him.
- Lisa Marie
The press release was Lisa Marie’s idea. She wanted to set the record
straight. If it was up to me, I would have just said, “Let people think
what they want.”
- Michael Jackson
After the (Scientology) test, Lisa Marie hugged him and kissed him on
the lips. She was so proud and happy. It certainly looked like they
were a happy couple.
- Terry Dangers
There was a lot of teasing, a lot of kidding around, like any other newlywed couple.
- Steve Manning
I was there when Lisa Marie was around. They acted like two kids in
love. Held hands all the time and she hung out at the studio for quite a
while. I never questioned their love for each other.
- Robmix
He’s cuddly with Lisa Marie in the studio.
- Jimmy Jam
Michael and Lisa Marie were great together and a lot of fun to be with.
- David Nordahl
Lisa Marie is great, they feel very good together. They are inseparable. She comes very often to the studio.
- Bruce Swedien
We did mundane married couple things, like watch TV together. I
remember Alanis [Morissette] broke like a bat out of hell back then. I
pulled him into the room and said, ‘You gotta listen to this.’ He liked
her and then when she took the Grammy, he goes, ‘Well, that’s your girl,
you were on it.’”
- Lisa Marie
For Diane Sawyer to ask all the other questions and then have someone
else ask that – why? I’m sick of this whole stupid thing about, ‘Do
they have sex?’ Somebody asked me that and I said, “No, they just sit
there, look at each other and masturbate.’ I mean it’s STUPID. I wish
people would shut the fuck up and leave him alone.
- Janet Jackson
What I saw made me think of the scene which two in love act as if
they were alone in the world, in spite of the crowd which surrounds
them. That only comes when two people are deeply enthusiastic about one
another. I did not even need to guide Michael and Lisa. I did not need,
for example, to ask them to intertwine. They spontaneously did it and
most naturally. They spoke to each other in a very soft tone, the tone
of two people very much in love with one another. Between shots, they
were whispering and giggling to each other. They were so happy it was
hard to keep their attention on the camera. They were so much into each
other.
- Dick Zimmerman
I was in the studio just last Sunday and he was on the phone three
times to Lisa within an hour. They are very much in love and anyone who
doesn’t believe that is just stupid.
- Janis DaSilva
The warmth displayed in the You Are Not Alone video is for real. The
shots in the last scene were done without Michael and Lisa Marie knowing
it, literally off-camera.
- Wayne Isham
I had a lot of fun with Lisa Marie on the set. But when the director
said, “Action”, she became very shy. I was giving her a hard time too!
- Michael Jackson
As for Nic and Michael, there were good times, but people are just
interested in the bad stuff. It’s just sensationalism. With Michael, I
learned a lot. Nothing was all that terrible.
- Lisa Marie
She was asked [whether or not she wanted me to be father to her
children] on TV and she said, “No, they have a father. Their father is
Keogh,” that other guy.
- Michael
And I did things that hurt him. I did stupid things too. Danny was
still very much part of my life. Michael didn’t quite know what to do
with that sometimes. That made him uncomfortable and I understood that.
Michael would wonder, “Why are you in Hawaii with Danny?” I’d take a
vacation and Danny would go. Michael would get upset and “Where are
you?” and he would disappear for a couple of weeks and I couldn’t find
him.
- Lisa Marie
She had no problem doing that but her and I had several big arguments
‘ cause she’s very territorial with her children. Her children were
[her major concern]….and I said “No, all children are our concern,” and
she never liked that coming from me.
- Michael
I wanted children and she didn’t. She felt she had her kids. She
promised me before we married, that would be the first thing we’d do was
have children. It disappointed me that she wouldn’t keep her promise to
me, you know?
- Michael
The great sex continued, though. It was the thing that made it
difficult for her to see straight where he was concerned. Whatever was
going on in the privacy of their bedroom was enough to keep her hooked
into the relationship. However, things were getting strained. When they
weren’t in bed making love, they were fighting.
- Monica Pastelle
We’d go shopping and go to dinner, people would come over. Although
that was only for the first six, seven months, then all that kind of
dwindled away.
- Lisa Marie
We hit rough waters, we would fight, we would argue, three day
arguments sometimes, taking a break to eat and sleep. I have to say that
I really admire that he really gave it a good shot, you know.
- Lisa Marie
Michael always spoke with affection and respect for Lisa Marie
Presley, with the one exception when he told me that she has wanted him
to get involved with Scientology and got pushy. He had to tell her that
he had no interest in becoming a Scientologist. Michael was dismissive
of Scientology and spoke of how the practices of Scientologists that he
had been exposed to were not sufficiently spiritual or substantive for
him.
- Schmuley
As much as he can love anyone else, possibly. I don’t know how much
he can access love, really. I think as much as he can love somebody he
might have loved me.
- Lisa Marie
It was like a drug. He was like a drug for me. I felt like I just
always wanted to be around him, always wanted to be part of – I felt so
high. I’ve never felt like that around another human being, except for
one, which was my father.
- Lisa Marie
I was still very much in love with him when I left him. I left him to
sort of stomp my foot in the ground and go… I was trying to take a
stand and say, come with me, don’t do this. That was a stupid move,
because he didn’t. And he’s you know, he’s a stubborn… I’m stubborn,
he’s stubborn. The two of us it was like you know…
- Lisa Marie

I know Lisa was great. She was a sweet person. But it is hard to tie me
down. I can’t stay in one place one time so that’s why I don’t know if I
can really be completely married all the time. Yes, (marriage is too
confining). I don’t know whether I’m disciplined enough.
- Michael
But I want to say this because it’s important: I didn’t feel
appreciated [by Jackson]. That was why I left. It might have hit him
later because I never took or wanted anything. He may have realized that
at some point. I have no idea.
- Lisa Marie
I’m not easy to live with in that way for a wife. I not easy and I
know I’m not easy. And women want to be the center. And I remember LMP
would always say to me,” I’m not a piece of furniture.” “I’m not a piece
of furniture.” “You just can’t…” and I say, “I don’t want you to be a
piece of furniture,” and you know, there’d be some sick little girls
calling on the phone and she’d get mad and hang up on them.
- Michael
He was an amazing person and I am lucky to have gotten as close to
him as I did and to have had the many experiences and years that we had
together.
- Lisa Marie
The press only report the bad things. They don’t know how much love there is between them.
- Taryll Jackson
Lisa Marie was just with me in Africa. We (went to) IMAX theaters,
simulated-ride safaris, dinner. We went parasailing. It was wonderful.
- Michael
He cares about her very much, but it didn’t work out and he was devastated. He loved her very much. Still does.
- Debbie Rowe
“She regrets (not having my baby). She said so. She’d like to (have a
baby with me), yes,” he says putting a mischievous finger to his lips.
“Shh.”
- Michael
The only thing I know for sure is Lisa definitely is not back with
Danny. She really did visit Michael there [the Beverly Hills hotel MJ
was staying at]. I definitely think Lisa wants Michael back. They spend a
lot of time together. I talk to Mike pretty often.
- Flo Anthony
The hardest decision I have ever had to make, which was to walk away
and let his fate have him, even though I desperately loved him and tried
to stop or reverse it somehow. After the divorce, I spent a few years
obsessing about him and what I could have done different, in regret.
Then I spent some angry years at the whole situation.
- Lisa Marie
We again, were going to get back together, we spent four more years
after we’d divorced getting back together and breaking up and talking
about getting back together and breaking up. At some point, I had to
push it away because it was not, I wasn’t moving forward with myself.
And actually afterwards, he and I were still… I was still flying all
over the world still with him to follow.
- Lisa Marie
We’ve had a few benign conversations recently, but I wouldn’t consider us friends. We didn’t speak for four years.
- Lisa Marie
After we got divorced she would hang out with my mother all the time.
I have all these letters saying, “I’ll give you nine children. I’ll do
whatever you want.” and of course the press don’t know all these stories
and she just tried for months and months and I just became too
hard-hearted at that point. I closed my mind on the whole situation.
- Michael
I remember that’s how she felt (regretting having his child) at the
time [laughs]. No matter what I say, I’m in trouble with this question.
The next issue of TV Guide will probably say “Well, Lisa said she
doesn’t ever want to see him again!” Lisa’s sweet. I like her very much
and we are friends. And who knows what tomorrow brings? I have no idea
how she feels today. I’ll just say that. She comes to my house and sees
the children, and we talk on the phone, that sort of thing.
- Michael
I’ve been through two bad divorces. I just got out of the second one.
Even when married to those women that I was married to, I’d go to bed
hurting. I was hurting.
- Michael
Lisa… we’re still friendly, but she’s running around.
- Michael
We’ve had no contact since our divorce.
- Lisa Marie
I’m not with him, nor have I been for a very long time.
- Lisa Marie
I walked away a long time ago.
- Lisa Marie
If I were to bump into Michael in the hotel lobby, I’d just say “Hi’… and then walk. We have no contact at all.
- Lisa Marie
The last time I spoke to him was sometime in 2005. It was a very long
conversation. I was so removed from him and he could feel it and he
could hear it. And I think that’s one of the things that killed me in
the end too was that I was very distanced and he was checking to get a
read, he was trying to throw a line out to see if I would bite
emotionally and I wouldn’t. I was pretty shut off at that point. I don’t
even know how I managed to be like that but I was. He asked if I still
loved him and we went into a whole thing about that and I told him I was
indifferent and he didn’t like that word and he cried. He was trying to
find out where I was at and how I could become so detached.
- Lisa Marie
I more wanted to apologize. I felt like I wanted to apologize. For not being around.
- Lisa Marie

NAOMI CAMPBELL


I wanna kiss him. (giggles) I may kiss him but I mean if I kiss him it won’t be for the screen.
- Naomi
He is sweet and shy and sensitive and seems to be a very caring, soulful person.
- Naomi
The sweetest thing Michael said to me was, um, that I reminded him of
a fawn, which is like a baby deer. He said that is what he thought I
looked like. I thought that like a “Bambi,” and I thought that was very
sweet.
- Naomi
To me he is a wonderful person, inside and out. He was everything I thought he would be, or even more.
- Naomi
Look at him! Look at how beautiful he is!
- Naomi on Michael
I had fun with Naomi, but, I hate doing that. (Laughing) She’s a sweetheart. She’s a champ.
- Michael
I keep hearing that he’s frightened of me. (laugh) But I think it’s
because the directors would tell me, Herb would say you have to touch
him everywhere, and I’d say, but he doesn’t want me to touch him–“You
can’t touch me there!” and Herb would say, “You have to do it!”
- Naomi
“Naomi! Herb!” photographer’s shout as Herb attempted to steer Naomi
down the red carpet. How’s the video?” “I want to suck Michael
Jackson’s cock!” Naomi dutifully tried to inform the free press as Herb
shoved her in the door while attempting to gag her with his spare
hand.
- Sharon Oreck
I like to touch people all the time. I mean, I had to push a little bit further but I like to be that way.
- Naomi
He just said I was crazy. He was frightened of me because I’m a nymphomaniac.
-Naomi
We were joking ALL the time. It was like, jokemaster. It was
constantly jokes, jokes, jokes. We had a lot of fun. We were like two
children. We had water fights and (giggles) cream can fights, whipped
cream can fights.
- Naomi

MELISSA
She told me she goes like, “Michael, why can I never get the chance
to see you and never get through to you,” and I said.. “I well I don’t
wanna call you because I said you know… spend some time with you and
stuff.” So she goes, “I love you Michael and I’ll do whatever it takes
and all that,” right?
- Michael
I was kinda interested in her… and I know I can trust this girl, like
I told you a long time ago right? I said I know I can trust her, I
don’t have any bad feelings.
- Michael
You know that’s what she said…. like it doesn’t matter, no matter
what you know… she told me that she’s afraid she’s going to lose me as a
friend or whatever, she’s afraid she’s not going to see me.
- Michael
Well… I’m gonna, I’m gonna be with her.
- Michael

TATIANA THUMBTZEN


As for the dress and boots…..well, it was the look I put together for
the initial audition. It worked as Michael liked the look, from what I
was told.
- Tatiana
I saw him turn to the person next to him and say something. I later
found out from David Banks, one of the video’s writers, that Michael had
said, “She’s the one. The rest are extras.”
- Tatiana

That’s why it’s my job to cast the girl, because it’ my job to think
they are cute. So I can do that if I really like them, like some of the
girls you see in my videos. I have cast them because I really like them
and it caused a problem afterwards because they start to really like me,
and I don’t want to get that serious, and it becomes a problem
sometimes.
- Michael
By our fourth take, the heel of my boot was caught in the cars
upholstery and Michael put his hand on my leg to help pull it out. It
blew my mind that he had actually touched my leg, which I pulled away
and began to tumble out of the car falling on my butt and hard too!
Michael started laughing hysterically as Joe Pytka yelled, “Get up, keep
it going, keep it going, and don’t stop.” As I did, Michael got out of
the car and started wiping my butt off.
- Tatiana
The fall caused a run in my stockings and the stylist wanted me to
change. I started walking off the set and Michael asked, ”Where are you
going?” I explained that she wanted me to change my stockings. He
disapproved by saying. “No, I like it. I think the run is neat. It’s
sexy.”
- Tatiana
During a quick break from the scene, Michael pointed out two birds
high above us perched on a ledge — they were making love. He said,
“Look,” while pointing up. I became embarrassed and shy and I looked
away blushing. Michael stood gazing at me with this sweet smirk on his
face that was somehow naughty.
- Tatiana
Between the scenes, Michael said to me, ”I heard you wanted to dance
in this video.” I admitted it was true and I said, ”I thought I would
get the opportunity to dance with you.” Michael replied in a soft and
sweet voice, “Don’t worry, we’ll work together again.”
- Tatiana
It was quietly rumored that we were supposed to kiss at the end of
the video scene but Joe came up to me and whispered in my ear, ”Don’t
kiss him, he’s too shy for that, don’t kiss him!” Therefore, of course I
respected his direction.
- Tatiana
I expressed how great it had been working with him and then he asked
me if his team had my number. As I left, I could hear Michael say to
Frank :”Aren’t you going to give it to her?”Frank replied, “No, why
don’t you give it to her? It’s from you.”They were bickering like kids
and before I knew it Frank tossed one of Michael’s hats to me. A black
fedora with his name embroidered in gold inside the rim that he used in
the Bad Tour. I caught the hat as if on cue and as I walked off I recall
saying, ”I love you Michael” I guess the fan was coming out of me.
- Tatiana
To be honest, I could not help but to think that [Katherine] was
checking me out. She wanted to see the girl she had heard about. The
girl that had captivated Michael’s interest or tweaked Michael’s
curiosity, and I eventually found out I was correct about her suspicion.
She admitted it to me later.
- Tatiana
Yes, I know Tatiana very well. Yes, in fact, right after Michael did
the commercial with Tatiana he called me in his room and he talked to me
about her because he really liked her and had fallen in love with her
and he asked me, what did I think? And I said, “Well if you’re in love
with her let her know.”
- Katherine Jackson
Not long after the video production was over, Michael’s stand-in,
Craig, who had become a friend of mine, called and said, “You know,
Michael talks about you all the time. He asks me how you are and told me
to tell you hello. I think he really likes you. He says stuff like how
incredibly beautiful you are and how sweet you are.”
- Tatiana
In January, Michael was shooting a new video entitled Leave Me Alone.
To my utter surprise, Craig called to say that Michael invited me to
come and visit him but that I would need to clear my visit with
Michael’s personal secretary Joli.
- Tatiana
On February 8th Frank Dileo, requested we meet at his office in
Ventura. He told me how he could tell I had a thing for Michael and
advised me to move on for my affection for him. He told me to focus on
my career instead. He also made a comment about having me over to see
his new home someday, but without mention of Michael being around or his
own family being there.
- Tatiana
On their first date towards the end of the 80s Michael’s manager
Frank Dileo was present as a sentry dog. Frank knew that Michael was
interested in her and the three of them met at a restaurant. Without
informing Michael, Frank had tried to court her even though he was
married.
- Joe Jackson
Michael’s family felt this was Frank Dileo’s doing. It was clear: they did not trust his manager.
- Tatiana
”Ah, ha, you see! You are a threat to him. If Michael falls in love
and wants to marry you, then Dileo fears the person Michael is close to
could have more value and credibility than he does with Michael.”
Katherine said.
- Tatiana
I remembered the family complaining that they could not reach Michael when they wanted or even needed him.
- Tatiana
Joseph made a remark about Bill that made it obvious that he disliked Bill. Katherine also said that she did not trust Bill.
- Tatiana
I came to learn through one of the band members that Michael told
them to stay away from me and not to bother me. I thought this was
respectful of him to do and my mother especially liked it!
- Tatiana
Joli, Michael’s secretary joined me. She told me that she knew
Michael had feelings for me, because he spoke of me often. Yet, she said
that she was confused to why he had not responded to my request to
speak with him yet. She promised me that she would make the call happen.
- Tatiana
Ingrid said that she heard from many people in the industry that
Michael cared for me, but she felt his professional camp had taken
control of the situation by brainwashing him and telling him lies about
me.
- Tatiana
Certainly, Michael’s friends Corey Feldman and Little Richard, both
his sisters and brothers knew that he had romantic feelings for her but
we had not uttered a word about it since it wasn’t clear whether their
relationship was serious or not.
- Joe Jackson
I heard Michael through the door of a private room going through his
vocal warm up. One of his security guys remarked to Michael that I
looked beautiful and I heard Michael reply, ”I know. ”
- Tatiana
When I stepped out onto the stage, I passed Mike and heard him say, “Work it! Work it! That’s it!”
- Tatiana
As I grabbed his collar, I landed a big wet one on his cheek. I
kissed him. I did not think anything of it, and I did not think he would
be ticked off. The dancers told me that he was happy and excited about
the kiss. Telling me, “OOHHH, Boy! You just made Michael’s day! He was
happy!” I pretty much thought it was a good thing.
- Tatiana
I apologized to him because I had kissed him on the cheek. I said, “I
am sorry if I threw you off in any way,” Mike intervened by saying,
“OH! NO! NO! It was fine! It was great! I liked it!.” Then I asked him,
“Well would it be all right then if I did it again, and perhaps take it a
step further?” He said “Oh sure! That’ll be great!”
- Tatiana
I took it upon myself to change the routine a bit, something just came over me.
- Tatiana
I thought about whether or not I should follow through on the kiss.
For some reason I was questioning myself. As I stepped up to him and put
my arms around his collar, he looked deep into my eyes, almost as
though he was challenging me. Then he did this sexy little thing where
he bit his bottom lip. I placed my arm around his waist, and I landed a
kiss right on his smacker! Never for a moment did I feel this was
one-sided, as he at this point, put his left hand on my rear.
- Tatiana
Scott said that, again, this is not unusual when working with
A-listers. There are even contracts that specify whether the person can
be touched, where, and by whom.
- Scott Thompson
The next person to greet me was Michael’s mother Katherine. She
walked towards me and gave me a big bear hug. She later admitted to me
that she saw absolutely nothing wrong with us kissing. She approved.
- Tatiana
Miko was in a rage. He yelled, “How dare you f****** take advantage
of him like that! You f****** b****! Who the f*** do you think you are? I
cannot believe you are f****** took advantage of him like that in front
of all those people.”
- Tatiana
Michael’s mother called me saying she was very interested and
concerned about me. I first spoke with Rebbie for a few minutes and she
said that they were concerned about me. They wanted to know why I was
fired from Michael’s tour and she stated that her mother wanted to speak
with me herself.
- Tatiana
As I prepared to go onstage and accept for him, the announcer
said,”Since he could not be here tonight as he’s still on tour, we
accept this on his behalf.” Well, so much for that! No one informed me
of the change.
- Tatiana
He said that his friend had contacted MJJ records to get in touch
with me but was told that I was booked, unavailable, and in Europe. Well
my friends, I have never been to Europe.
- Tatiana
One of Hugh Hefner’s assistants told me Hef was good friend of
Michael and that he did not want to involve himself with anything that
was not ”Pro-Michael Jackson.-Never did I consider my story against
Michael in any way.
- Tatiana
Majestic relayed a message to me that he heard that Michael’s
response to me signing with Joseph was, ”She can’t be that stupid!”
- Tatiana

My mother advised me to write Michael a letter during this time and to pass it through my new contacts within the family.
- Tatiana
David Banks told me I was living in a fantasy world but I did not see it yet.
- Tatiana
My friend, Iris Parker kept telling me to wake up and smell the coffee. She said that it was time for me to move on for good.
- Tatiana
Majestic said, “People just fuck you in this town and don’t kiss you first, huh, Tatiana?”
- Tatiana
I approached the gate and I asked Bill Bray, Michael’s assistant if
he could please relay to Michael that I would like a moment with him. He
told me that he would see what he could do. Before I knew it, Bill
yelled ‘’Well hurry up! If you are coming, come on! We do not have all
day! We’ve got another award to get.”
- Tatiana
He kept repeating exactly the same words to me that he said on stage.
As though he had been scripted. He said, ”Oh Tatiana! It is so good to
see you! I had no idea you were going to be here.” It was like an
instant replay, and it was so weird. I said, ”Michael, I would really
like to talk to you.” Right after I said that, Bill Bray grabbed
Michael’s arms and pulled him away saying, ”We gotta go!” They did this
as if they planned it.
- Tatiana
Majestic helped me understand what really happened to me that night.
He said that when Bill Bray yelled for me to “Come on” it was probably
giving Michael a cue for him to come outside his trailer so that I could
not go inside. Then, when Bill pulled his arm saying,”We gotta go,”
that was also a planned skit. He made it clear to me that Michael did
not want to speak to me. Just as David Banks pointed out before, if
Michael wanted something, he got it! ”What Michael once he gets,” he
said.
- Tatiana
Ingrid also shed some light on the walkie-talkie incident that
occurred when I was being escorted from behind the stage left to stage
right. I learned that the missing words of the puzzle were, ”Michael
does not want to see or speak to Tatiana before the show.”
- Tatiana
When they see me running the other way (they know I don’t
reciprocate). Yeah. Some of them follow me around the world and it’s
hard.
- Michael
No (I never tell them directly I don’t reciprocate), because it would hurt them too much.
- Michael
Tatiana says the friendship blossomed into a love affair that lasted about a year.
- Maury
Yes, there was a romantic attachment between us. We became somewhat involved after the video.
- Tatiana
It’s just like Michael says in the song, “It’s nobody’s business but
mine and my baby’s.” I’m not going to sit here and talk about my sex
life or his sex life, I’m very private, that’s my business.
- Tatiana
The lie slipped out of my mouth simply because of my feelings for
him. I felt that an injustice was being committed. Plus, I wanted
Michael to see how much I loved him.
- Tatiana
The unknown dancer has never been near a celebrity and couldn’t
believe that my son wanted her. She could barely overcome the excitement
and openly spoke about their relationship. It wasn’t pleasant for
Michael because he did not want her to be put out on a public review
before he had the opportunity to spend some real time with her.
- Joe Jackson
[Prince and I] met by chance one night at a club and started talking
about an interview I had given to the Star tabloid during the scandal
involving Michael Jackson and the underage boy. Prince was upset that I
had spoken to the tabloid; he attacked me for my comments and he was
especially bothered by a line that quoted me as saying that Michael
would never get married. He shouted, “Did you need the money that bad?
Are you that poor-that broke, that you sell your story to the tabloids?”
- Tatiana
You were spoken of with very kind words.
- Bill Whitfield to Tatiana
He considered [marrying me] years ago, from what I have recently been
told (by a woman Michael knew). And after he passed away, someone who
knew him looked me up to tell me that he spoke about me to them on June
8th 2009.
- Tatiana

BROOKE SHIELDS


Now Brooke Shields, she was one of the loves of my life. We dated a
lot. Her pictures were all over my walls and mirrors. My sisters would
get jealous and tear them off the wall.
- Michael
I was at the Academy Awards with Diana Ross and she just came up to
me and said, “Hi, I’m Brooke Shields. Are you going to the after party?”
I said, “Yeah,” and I just melted. I thought, “Does, she know [that
photographs of her are] all over my room?”
- Michael
She asked me to dance because I was not going to ask her. You know,
I’m really shy and embarrassed. So she says, “I got to dance with you
tonight.” I said, great. So we got together on the dance floor and
danced. They were playing that old fashioned Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey
music, which wasn’t much of a groove. First, you’ve got all these bald
headed old people on the floor slow dancing, the Lawrence Welk sound. We
really couldn’t get into it so we got to talking and got to know each
other. And man we exchanged numbers and I was up all night, spinning
around in my room, just so happy. She was classy.
- Michael
Brooke and Michael have been friends for a couple of years. And it
seems that it’s a sudden thing and it’s not a sudden thing. You know how
some people look at things and it’s not that way. They have a quiet
friendship and she just wants to share and hopefully give him support
too as far as a friend is concerned.
- Teri Shields
She’s gorgeous and she’s something special to me. She is the most
sincere, understanding and interesting girl I’ve ever known. We talk on
the phone for hours without getting bored.
- Michael
When I’m with Michael I feel so good. I’m proud to be his friend and I feel lucky to be able to enjoy it with him.
- Brooke
Michael is a hunk.
- Brooke
Despite the press’s portrayal, Michael and Brooke’s relationship was a
friendship, plain and simple – at least in Michael’s mind. It was
obvious to Janet and me that she had other ideas. About to watch a movie
with us at home, Brooke would declare, “I’m going to sit by Michael,”
grabbing his hand. “Michael, where are we going to sit?”
- LaToya
I love Michael dearly. I went to the AMA and that was really the
first time we ever went out in public together. I talk to him all the
time and he said that he would really like to have me go with him.
- Brooke
Anyway, he asked me [to the Grammys] and, as usual, I said I’d be
glad to join him and help in any way I could, I promised we could would
have fun no matter what.
- Brooke
Brooke Shields asked me out every time you saw us out together. It
was her idea to go out and do it every time. I sincerely liked Brooke
Shields too. I liked her a lot.
- Michael
Michael had no intention of taking Brooke to those award shows but she asked to go and he wouldn’t say no.
- LaToya
Brooke is a nice girl but she’s not Elizabeth Taylor. That’s the kind of lady I want to be seen with.
- Michael
Miss Shields had visited my parent’s home and asked him to escort
her. Michael looked to me for advice but Michael ended up with her, even
though he knew that career wise it wouldn’t be a good move. His fans
don’t like to see Michael with a girl because they’re all hoping he
likes them.
- LaToya
I joked with him that he probably would have gotten even more
nominations if he had put me in the video instead of the girl he chose.
He just got this mischievous smile on his face that I had seen so many
times before and said,”Oh Brooke!”
- Brooke
He’s a very very good friend of mine and I trust him and he trusts me
and we have a very very good understanding. I mean, I don’t want
anything from him, I don’t need publicity and that’s why I’m seen with
him. I like him very very much and I think that he felt comfortable that
I was there at the Grammy Awards because he’d come back and he’d sit
down with me and say, ‘Was that OK? Did I do all right?’”
- Brooke
Michael is having an affair with Brooke Shields and sees her a lot.
Every time I talk to him about her he smiles and seems to be very, very
happy. I keep saying to him ”Do I hear wedding bells, Michael?” and he
breaks into a big grin.
- Jermaine Jackson
I was pretending to be him and we were dancing and he said to me,
“you know I like it when – when girls sort of take – take control of the
situation and act really tough.’ And I said, ‘I don’t quite understand’
and he said, ‘Well, I like them to be you know feminine, especially in
the videos, but at the same time strong.’
- Brooke
Michael told me that Brooke Shields was the most aggressive girl he’d
met in his life. After being out with her, he’d come to me and say
things like, “She tried to kiss me. She tried to stick her tongue down
my throat.”
- LaToya
We had one encounter when she got real intimate and I chickened out. And I shouldn’t have.
- Michael
I don’t think it would be fair to answer [for Michael] to say if we
slept together. If he wanted to say anything before, he could have.
- Brooke

As he grew older and the more he started to change physically, the more asexual he became to me.
- Brooke
As I grew up and started having boyfriends, I would share with him,
and he was like a little kid who talked about the bases- what first base
was, what second base was.
- Brooke
It’s hard to trivialize and say whether it’s platonic or not platonic.
- Brooke
He is a mystery. He’s almost a mystery even if you know personally… he’s very shy… he enjoys being a mystery.
- Brooke
Well, let me say that right now, we’re closer now, than we ever were.
We love each other more now than when we even knew we did when we were
younger. Because we had fun when we were younger, it was a sense of
relief.
- Brooke
I think we both had a crush – and still do have a crush on each
other. I mean, I think part of having a crush on someone is admiring
them – almost, we have a lot of fun together; it’s almost unfortunate
because we know each other so well. I mean, he just amazes me every time
I sit down and talk to him.
- Brooke

It’s like love on a different level. I feel closer to him than some of the boyfriends that I’ve had.
- Brooke
He is as beautiful inside as he is talented, so thoughtful and
genuine. It’s unfortunate for him because he doesn’t get to go out as
much and he doesn’t have a group of friends his own age.
- Brooke
She is very sweet, smart. She is not an airhead. She is real smart. A
lot of people think that when someone is beautiful that are like an
airhead. She is very smart.
- Michael
I could see he and Brooke Shields were very close friends.
- Celine Dion
Brooke Shields used to call him on the phone a lot. This was the
pre-cell phone era, so I would usually answer his calls and then have to
go find him in the studio. She was always really nice to me.
- Sam L Parity
Well, right now I’m dating Brooke Shields. Well, we try not to be
everywhere, go everywhere, it’s mostly at home, she’ll come over, I’ll
go to her house, because I don’t like going out in public.
- Michael
We’re just friends. He didn’t refer to me as a girlfriend. He felt he
could say how he felt about me. We grew up together. He trusts me.
- Brooke
You couldn’t call it typical dating. He is such a gentleman. He
speaks so honestly and purely. But our relationship is not a romance.
- Brooke
Michael was there with Brooke Shields, who he was dating at the time.
It was trippy and the studio was dimly lit. I shook hands with them
both and played. Then they split, and went off to dinner.
- Slash
He lied a little bit on the question about who he is dating. I think
there is nothing more than a true friendship with the actress Brooke
Shields.
- MJ’s bodyguard on DWT
He gave me the most incredibly beautiful ring that you could ever
imagine. Of course, people built that out of proportion, they said we
were engaged. It really wasn’t really about that, it was a friendship
ring. When he gave it to me, it was the most adorable thing; we hadn’t
really ever exchanged gifts before.
- Brooke
He never actually formally proposed to me, though. He would sort of
say, “Why don’t we adopt a child together? The way your heart works is
what I want in my life,” and I said to him, “You’re always going to have
my heart.”
- Brooke
Another love was Brooke Shields. We were romantically serious for a while.
- Michael
He was one of my greatest love affairs. He stopped returning my calls. It’s too bad, he’s a wonderful person.
- Brooke

We are always tracking each other down. Whenever I go to another
country or star a film I make sure his office knows where I am and vice
versa – so we know that, somewhere in the world, there’s a friend.
- Brooke
Now I have no more contact with him at all. It’s been a very long time since we last met.
- Brooke
I had not only not spoken to him, I hadn’t seen him in years.
- Brooke
At every major event in my life, he reached out to me, whether if it
was when my dad died, when I had my first daughter, and had severe
post-partum, we’d speak.
- Brooke

DEBBIE ROWE


I go ‘Hi’. And he goes ‘Hi,’ and I said, ‘You know what? Nobody does
what you do better, and nobody does what I do better. Let’s get this
over with.’ And he laughed, and we just became friends. It was just
right away.
- Debbie
(Michael spoke to me about her) sometimes. Not exactly (in a way that
made me believe he was in love with her or would marry her).
- Katherine Jackson
I think that she loves him very much. She admired him very much.
- Arnold Klein
I wrote ‘Remember the Time’ when Michael {Jackson} told me about
falling in love with {Debbie Rowe}, the woman he just married. I don’t
know why he didn’t marry her the first time around.
- Teddy Riley
She has been so enamored and in love with Michael her entire life. She is a nice girl.
- Brian Oxman
When he went into the rehab, I remember that Debbie was so, so
relieved. When Michael got out of rehab he started dating Lisa Marie.
But he never stopped seeing Debbie, even after he married Lisa Marie.
- Tonya Boyd
She cared about him, would be up all night long on the phone with
him. She said he was best on the phone…. she said, “He’s unique, kinky,
actually.
- Tonya Boyd
I know when Michael was addicted, Debbie stayed on the telephone for
hours and hours, pleading with him to save himself. She told me that she
said: “If you die, I will be crushed. I wouldn’t be able to survive it.
You are my very life.”
- Tonya Boyd
He’d call and say, ‘Hi what are you doing? Do you want to get a
video?’ We’d sneak out without security. We got caught. I thought, ‘Oh
my God! This is like a Beatles film. We’re getting chased by people.
We’d go out and do stuff, sneak him into premieres and things… yeah, we
had a good time, we had a good time.
- Debbie
But it was true, just the same: Michael was seeing Debbie Rowe while
he was married to Lisa. Lisa knew it. At one point, she and Debbie had a
tense telephone conversation during which Lisa said: “Look, nursey. I’m
sorry that you’re in love with my husband. But he’s mine. So get lost.”
- Monica Pastelle
[Debbie and I] soon had to leave cuz Lisa Marie was on her way. She was in that video and well, it was time to go.
- Tonya Boyd
I knew he wanted a family, so one day a
few years ago I said to him: “Michael, I’ll give you the baby you want.”
He said no. He said he wanted a traditional family. So he married Lisa
Marie. When that broke up, when she left him, I said “I’m serious, I’ll
give you the baby you want.”
- Debbie
One day she starts telling me she was planning on having him a baby! She told me this way before she was ever pregnant.
- Tonya Boyd
Well, I said, I said, you know, my offer still stands… I said if you want to be a daddy…I want to do it.
- Debbie
And I knew Debbie Rowe was offering to do it for him while we were
married, according to him. She was a nurse who had a crush on him and
offered to have his babies.
- Lisa Marie
We started by fooling around a bit and the next thing we knew we were doing it. We knew we were going to try for a baby.
- Debbie
Michael and I do have sex. We get it on.
- Debbie
This is a natural conception. Debbie finds it amazing that people
won’t believe that. She told me two years ago, “Michael likes girls.”
- Tonya Boyd
She said it was natural, and I believe her.
- Mary Colandro
I think they did have sex. I really do, and I can’t guarantee that. I think they did have sex in their relationship.
- Arnold Klein
I know that they had sex together. That’s what she told me. That
Debbie had sex with Michael… I have no doubt. I wasn’t in the bedroom.
But I have no doubt that when she would tell me her — these little
things about their private life — that it would…
- Iris Finsilver

I can’t wait to see him again. We’re going to stay all day and night in bed – I can’t wait.
- Debbie
They had relations together. You betcha they did.
- Brian Oxman
Yes, I had sex with Debbie.
- Michael
Sleeping with Michael was the weirdest experience of my life. I once
had to pretend I was a peasant girl at his ranch while he put on a suit
of armor and conquered me. Michael was an incredible lover who left me
exhausted.
- Debbie
We’ll take suites with two rooms. I need
my space. When I need to sleep, I need to sleep. He’ll stay up until 4
am pacing, thinking. Sometimes he’ll come up to me in the middle of the
night when I’m asleep and stick things in my nose or my ear and wake me
up. Sometimes I wake up and I won’t hear him and I’ll be in a panic.
When I realise he’s asleep, I go into his room and climb into bed with
him because than we can sleep together.
- Debbie
One of the best things to do is… what I think… When you love someone…
don’t you ever wake up in the middle of the night and just look at ’em?
And see the beauty. I mean that’s… peace. That’s… calm. That’s, that’s
how that person is. You know you don’t see the stress of the day or
what’s going on, you know. And I could sit and stare at him for hours.
‘Cause it was calm.
- Debbie
At the time when the story broke, Debbie was supposed to meet him in
Australia. She presumed that the trip would be off, that Michael would
be so upset about what had happened that he would refuse to see her. She
cried a lot that day.
- Tony Boyd
We call it investigative journalism. She really is Michael Jackson’s
best friend. Theirs is a brotherly-sisterly love. She didn’t do this for
monetary gain, but monetary gain will result. She made it clear her
role is to deliver (the baby) to Jackson after three to four weeks. It
will be looked after by two nannies hired by Jackson.
- Stuart White
I picked up the telephone, hoping it was Michael calling for Debbie
from Australia, and this woman said: “Would you please put Miss Rowe on
the phone?” ‘I thought it was a reporter, so I said: “She’s not here.”
And the woman said: “Well this is Michael Jackson’s mother. I simply
must find her.” Immediately handed Debbie the phone.
- Tonya Boyd
Debbie is a nurse who loves her work, who loves taking care of
people. Every day she wants to get up and look after others, to help
them and make them better. That’s why I love her, and that’s what gives
her bliss in life, God bless her.
- Michael
There’s different Michaels. There’s, like, my Michael. And the Michael that everyone else sees.
- Debbie
We have the most conventional marriage two uncoventional people can have.
- Debbie
I haven’t abandoned him, a lot of people think I’ve abandoned him, I
haven’t abandoned him. I haven’t abandoned my husband. I’m there, it’s
not like I’m that far away. I can be there in 13 hours.
- Debbie
Sure, and I miss Michael a lot too. But, I don’t feel like I have to
be there, I don’t think being there 24 hours a day makes a better
relationship
- Debbie
It’s very hard. We haven’t been able to spend time as a family. Not at all.
- Michael
I’m really independent, and Michael understands that, and I’m really
fortunate to have a husband who does understand that. Who knows that I
need to work, and I need to have my own self. Because he is so big, and
he is so Michael. I don’t need to live with him 24 hours a day. And he’s
working right now. And when he comes home we’ll have time, and we’ll be
together more.
- Debbie
Michael consistently told me that it was Debbie Rowe’s wish not to be
involved with the children. The impression he gave me was that he felt
it was better for the kids not to have their mother in their lives if
such involvement was not voluntary.
- Schmuley
They’re adults. Say what you want, have any judgment you like about
it, but it’s their life, and they get to live it whatever way they
choose.
- Tonya Boyd
I heard Debbie’s doing good, she’s fine. Paris is strong like Debbie.
-Michael
As Mr. Jackson knows, no one can tell me what to say.
- Debbie
We are a family unit. Michael and I will always be connected with the
kids. I will always be there for him. I will always be there for the
children. And people make remarks, oh, I can’t believe she left her
children. Left them? I left my children? I did not leave my children. My
children are with their father where they’re supposed to be
- Debbie

SHANA MANGATAL


I recall the many appearances he made in DC (such as the Jackson’s
Reunion Tour and others) she would literally bother us to take her to
the hotel to join the many fans who were camped outside showing their
support to the Jackson’s. What was so amazing and what makes me believe
this was a bond, Jermaine Jackson was walking into the hotel and somehow
he saw my sister and brought her inside to receive an autograph from
Michael Jackson and the Jackson’s.
- Todd Mangatal
I even remember her saying she was going to marry Michael, yes to me
this sound like an obsessed fan, but again, I think it was more than
that, it was destiny for her to have the opportunity to meet and know
the star she adored.
- Todd Mangatal
About a year after arriving in LA she got a great job with a major
talent management company, and who their biggest client turned out to be
was Michael Jackson, so she had the opportunity to get to know the star
she idolized from childhood.
- Todd Mangatal
So, she plans on doing something about the accusations by telling the truth of what she knows about her good friend.
- Todd Mangatal
It was a close personal relationship. I don’t want to go into detail about it but yes it was intimate.
- Shana
Michael would kill me if I said that (we had sex), I refuse to
discuss those details. But I will say that he’s a normal man, he’s a red
blooded man. He’s very flirtatious, he loves women.
- Shana
No, as a matter of fact I’m scared he’s gonna be angry that I’m
finally coming forward. I’ve sat back for ten years and not said a word
during all the other allegations going on.
- Shana
He was the love of my life. When you look at him, you don’t see the
freakish appearance that comes through in pictures. I see his heart.
- Shana
Shana told me that in the time she knew Michael he married Lisa Marie
Presley and it devastated her. But when he got back from his Honeymoon
he apologized.
- ET
At the end of the day she did spend a little time with Michael, who
expressed his appreciation to her for “being there for him”, for her
help with the event and it’s success, and most importantly for all her
support.
- Todd Mangatal
Michael and I used to talk about show biz alot. He gave me alot of
advice. He knew I wanted to be an actress, so he put me in Is This Scary
and Ghosts. I’ll always be grateful to him for that.
- Shana
He did not want me to do it. Sometimes he didnt know what was best
for himself though! Thankfully, after I did it he thanked me (although
he asked me not to do any more interviews..lol!)
- Shana
The most touching moment for me was when Rebbie spotted me. She came
over to me and gave me a big hug. She thanked me for being there for her
brother and told me she had heard so many good things about me. That
meant so much to me and I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for
Rebbie.
- Shana
The last time I saw him, the first thing he mentioned was how much fun we had filming this [Ghosts]!
- Shana
I supported MJ on ET in 2003, because the situation was dire and he
needed someone to speak up and say something positive. He was my friend
and I will always stand by him through thick and thin.
- Shana
Everything I have ever said or written here on FB is the 100% TRUTH.
- Shana
After reviewing the matter for some months now, I have found no
evidence that Shana Mangatal was Michael Jackson’s secret girlfriend. I
will retract everything I said about this matter.
- Firpo Carr
The “evidence,” given to me by a very credible source, lead to a deadend; and, yes, I do believe I was mislead.
- Firpo Carr
Shana responded by making a heartfelt personal appeal to reconsider
the retraction. She asked that I just leave things as they are.
- Firpo Carr
Lisa did a FANTASTIC job in articulating exactly how it felt. The
interview was great. I was in tears through the whole thing. I
completely relate, and I understand.
- Shana

Princess Diana

THE STORIES HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE MOST RECENTLY BEEN ADDED.

1988 News Story on Them Meeting
Clip Of Them Meeting Part 1
Clip Of Them Meeting Part 2
Clip Of Them Meeting Part 3
Barbara Walters, September 1997

Bad Tour, Wembley London, July 16, 1988
Prince Charles & Princess Diana attend the
third Wembley concert. Michael meets the Royal couple backstage to
present them with a £150 000 cheque to the Prince’s Trust and another
£100 000 cheque to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
Spokesman Review 18th July 1988

At London’s Wembley Stadium last weekend, Michael Jackson sang “Dirty Diana” a song about a nasty groupie.
Princess Diana, meanwhile, took no offense. She even smiled.

Jackson had been expected to leave the song out because of the princess’
presence, but an aide said the singer “felt the fans would feel let
down.”
“I was so excited at meeting the royal couple,” Jackson said. “I am
very, very happy that they have come to watch me perform. I thought the
princess was just wonderful.”
Prince Charles, always the quipster, asked Jackson how he learned to dance so well, and joked, “Could you teach me to dance?”
Jul 18, 1988
Princess Diana met her favorite pop star
Saturday, and after their meeting before his third sold-out performance
at Wembley Stadium, Michael Jackson pronounced her “just wonderful.”
Minutes before he was due on stage,
Jackson met the met Prince and Princess of Wales in the stadium’s
banquet hall. With concert sponsor Pepsi, Jackson handed over $450000 to
the Prince’s Trust, a charity for disadvantaged children, and spoke
with the royal couple for a few minutes.
“How did you learn to dance so well?” asked Charles. “Could you teach me to dance?”
Jackson presented Diana with two Bad
tour jackets for her child princes, William , 6, and Harry, 3, and asked
why they weren’t at the concert. In his familiar silver-studded black
jacket and trousers, Jackson later said, “I was so excited at meeting
the royal couple.I’m very, very happy that they came to watch me
perform.”
Diana, wearing a bright golden yellow
silk dress with box shoulders, said “Michael’s my favorite pop star, but
I’m not so sure about my husband.”
Inside the stadium, the crowd cheered
and whistled as the royal couple appeared. Jackson began the performance
by saying. “I’d like to welcome our royal guests,” then shouted,
“How’re ya doin’” as he looked over to their box.
Diana seemed to be in heaven as she
clapped and swayed to Thriller, Billie Jean and Bad, but Dirty Diana –
now topping the British – now topping the British charts – was the song
that excited her most and she jumped up and down to the rhythm. Charles, however, shifted uneasily in his seat during the song.
SPECIAL: PRINCESS DIANA, 1961-1997
The couple’s July 16 turnout to see
Michael Jackson at Wembley Stadium gives some credence to that view. The
two laughed and smiled throughout the concert, and Diana was even
spotted whispering in Charles’s ear during Jackson’s rendition of Dirty
Diana. At one point the prince actually got to his feet and swayed to
the beat — a remarkable feat for a known rock dud.
From his stay in Rehab in the UK, November, 1993
Jackson is actually a bright and intelligent person. He is very
interested in our Royal family and he asked me lots of questions about
them and said how much he likes Princess Diana.
1994,
“We were very close, especially over the phone. I was married then to
Lisa-Marie. Diana used to call me and wake me up in the middle of the
night-it would be maybe three in the morning in Los Angeles when she
rang.”
“She talked mostly about her children and about the press. Lisa-Marie
used to get so jealous she would go into the another room, pick up the
receiver and listen in. I used to say: ‘Diana, these phone calls in the
middle of the night… you are ruining my marriage!’”
Diana visiting patients in hospital, Diana: The Portrait, 1995
After the initia; visit, Diana came to see Danielle often. “She’d
bring me flowers and sometimes she lent me videos to make my stay less
boring. She lent me Annie, which she said was hers and The Mask and a
Michael Jackson video that belonged to Harry and William.”
Reading Eagle, September 1st, 1997
Pop Superstar Michael Jackson will pay a special tribute to Princess
Diana today at a concert in the Belgian coastal resort of Ostend, the
concert promoters said.
Jackson, an acquaintance of the princess, called off the original
show on Sunday after he learned Diana and her companion Dodi Al Fayed
had been killed in a high speed car crash in Paris.
“Michael Jackson will dedicate the concert to Diana, Princess of
Wales,” promoters Make It Happen said. “It will be a tribute to Diana.”
A spokesman said Jackson, who is based in Paris for the European leg
of his HIStory World Tour, had been sick with grief when he heard the
news – and had a doctor’s note to prove it.
However, his personal publicist told Reuters there was no truth in
press speculation Jackson had dined with the pair at the Ritz hotel just
before the fatal crash.
She said she was unaware what form the tribute to the Princess would take.
Dedicates Belgium concert to her, September 4th, 1997
Michael Jackson dedicated a concert in Belgium Wednesday to Princess
Diana, whose death prompted him to cancel his scheduled Sunday show.
Minutes before the concert began in front of more than 60,000 people at
Ostend racecourse, says Reuters, two 21-foot-high pictures of the
princess wearing a tiara lit up on either side of the giant stage. The
crowd applauded, held lighters above their heads and swayed to a
recording of the pop star’s “Smile.” It is not known whether Jackson
will attend Diana’s funeral Saturday. He has another concert near Madrid
that day.
Memorial in Los Angeles for the Princess, September 14, 1997

In everything from blue jeans to haute couture, more than 1,000
people, including singer Michael Jackson, filled a church Saturday to
pay their respects to Princess Diana.
Jackson said he attended “in honor of my friend, who is no longer
here. I love her.” Dressed in black and wearing a black fedora and red
arm band, Jackson was attended by an entourage of bodyguards.
Interview With Barbara Walters, September 1997
Barbara: Up until last week the most photographed
people in the world were Princess Diana and Michael Jackson. Now only
one remains to talk about what it means to live under that kind of
scrutiny.
Michael Jackson himself is notoriously shy about giveing interviews,
but on my way home from covering Princess Diana’s funeral, I met with
him in Paris to discuss the paparazzi and his personal recollections of
the Princess.
When it comes to the paparazzi, Michael Jackson says he feels a bond
with Princess Diana. The paparazzi have been a part of his life since he
was a small child, the youngest of the Jackson 5. He has been a
superstar for 3 decades. At 39, he continues to sing and dance all over
the world and the paparazzi follow him all over the world. He has been
on a European Tour for the last five months playing for over 2 million
people. The night Princess Diana died, Michael Jackson cancelled his
concert, but his last two concerts were dedicated to her. He does not
pretend that she was a close friend. She was a fan.
Michael: I met her first at a…um (clearing his throat) …concert…in London. She was very kind, very loving, very sweet.
Barbara: What did you two talk about?
Michael: I wrote a song called “Dirty Diana”. It was
not about Lady Diana. It was about a certain kind of girls that hang
around concerts or clubs, you know, they call them groupies.
Barbara: Groupies.
Michael: I’ve lived with that all my life. These
girls…they do everything with the band, you know, everything you could
imagine. So I wrote a song called “Dirty Diana”. But I took it out of
the show in honour of her royal highness. She took me away and she said,
“Are you going to do ‘Dirty Diana’?” So, I said, “No I took it out of
the show because of you.” She said, “No! I want you to do it…do it…do
the song.”
Barbara: So she had a sense of humor with you?
Michael: Yeah, of course. And she told me it was an honour to meet me. And I said, “It’s an honour to meet you.”
Barbara: How did you hear of her death?
Michael: Um…I woke up (in a quiet and reflective voice)
and my doctor gave me the news. And I fell back down in grief, and I
started to cry. The pain…I felt inner pain, in my stomach, and in my
chest. (his voice starts to break slightly) So, I said, “I can’t handle
this…it’s too much.” Just the message and the fact that I knew her
personally. Then on top of that one I said, “There’s another one…real
soon…I feel it coming…there’s another one….it’s another one coming and I
pray it’s not me…please don’t let it be me.” And then Mother Theresa
came…
Barbara: Because the press also has to look into things, be tough. It can’t always be kind.
Michael: (laughs) What you saw…what happened to Lady
Diana…you tell me. There should be some boundaries, some kind of way.
The star needs some space. Some time to relax. He has a heart…he’s
human.
Barbara: You cancelled the concert you were about to do when you heard of Diana’s death.
Michael: Yes.
Barbara: And when you finally did a concert, you dedicated it to her. What did you say?
Michael: In my heart I was saying, “I love you Diana.
Shine. And shine on forever, because you are the true Princess of the
people.” And in words I did not say it, but I said it for three minutes
in showing a big picture on the jumbotron screens…Sony, big huge
screens…and her picture was there shining…and the crowd went bananas
(makes sound effects of the crowd’s noises) And I played the song
“Smile” and “Gone Too Soon”.
Barbara: Give us some of the lyrics, if you can.
Michael: “Shiny and sparkly, and splendedly bright, here one day, gone one night…Gone too soon.”
Daily Record, Dec 18, 1997
Michael Jackson is so obsessed with the memory of Princess Diana that
he spends hours talking to a lifesize wax model of her, according to a
new book.
“Making HIStory,” Adrian Grant, May 1998
Do you feel a connection with the late Princess Diana, given
that many of your songs on the History album talk about your personal
torment and persecution from others?
Yes I do, very much. I think I understood her. In the moments that we
had, that were very intimate and personal, we talked on such subjects. I
think it’s a tragic, tragic loss. I feel that people like myself and
other artists should carry the torch of what her mission was and I think
I have that understanding – it’s what I do, and am willing to do. I
thought she was brilliant.
Do you feel that the song Tabloid Junkie highlights all the tragic circumstances in which Princess Diana died?
Yes the tabloids are a bunch of trash. I think there should be a way to
destroy them. We should create a big burning, like in stadiums around
the world – pile them all together. You remember how they used to do to
disco records, and just create a burning, to make people aware. They
hunt you, it’s terrible. It creates such ugliness, they never think
about how the person feels about what they write.
Michael, The Daily Mirror, April 13, 1999
Michael spoke of his friendship with Princess Diana:
I had a concert on the day the news broke and my doctor woke me up to
tell me Diana was dead. I literally collapsed, I fainted. He had to
give me smelling salts to revive me and I cancelled my show because I
simply could not perform. I just broke down. I wept and wept for weeks
afterward.
Through his friendship with Diana, Michael also came to know Dodi Fayed and spoke of the couple:
They were a match made in heaven. I thought they were so beautiful
together. It was lovely to see them like that. Diana was a wonderful
person with a good heart. She went round the world as a philanthropist
just like Mother Theresa. She proved that she really, really cared about
people and children, especially the way that I do. She used to confide
in me. She’d just call me on the phone and we would talk about
everything that was happening in her life.
The press were hard on her in the same way they were hard on me and
she needed to talk to someone who knew exactly what she was going
through. She felt hunted in the way I’ve felt hunted; trapped, if you
like. You can’t talk about that to your neighbour, because how would
they ever understand? No normal person could possibly understand, could
they?
I’ve had that attention since I was a kid, whereas Diana had it
suddenly thrust upon her at the age of 19. I’ve had it all my life so I
had the experience to tell her how to handle it. I just said to her,
“Rise above it all.” I’d tell her how I would go onstage sometimes in
the worst pain either emotionally or physically, with something like a
tooth ache, and I would put whatever it was out of my mind and perform.
I’d say, “Be strong and be determined and nobody can hurt you. Only you
can hurt yourself – so be defiant.”
I think she appreciated it and got something from my words. I think I
was able to comfort her. I adored Diana. We talked so many times, much
more than people realized. When I heard about the paparazzi chasing her,
I just thought how lucky I was that it had never happened to me,
because I’ve been chased the same way so many times, and you always
wonder. Diana’s death was the saddest I’ve ever felt – it reminded me of
when Kennedy died. It broke my heart so much, I just cried and cried.
[Dodi] was wonderful, just wonderful. A really smart, charming guy. It
was a terrible tragedy for Mohammed and my heart goes out to him and his
family.
Diana desperately wanted me to meet her children and we talked about
it many times, but I never did get the chance. Mohammed talks very
highly of the boys. He says they are wonderful and he had some good
times on holiday with them and Diana. It would be nice to meet them
sometime.”
Schmuley Tapes, 2000/1
Sb: What if you found a woman you was soft, who was incredibly soft?
MJ: Like a Mother Teresa or a Lady Diana or… That would be great. That would be perfect.
MJ: A woman I really liked and respected was Princess Diana.
SB: Why?
MJ: Because she was classy and sincerely cared about
people and children and the plight of what was going on in the world.
She didn’t do it for show. I like the way she made her kids wait in line
to get on a ride for something.
SB: Can we say that there was an ever so innocent
slight romantic attraction? Or do you not want to say that? Do you just
want to say that you thought she was a very special? She was a feminine
kind of woman?
MJ: Very feminine and classy. She was my type for sure,
and I don’t like most girls. There are very few I like who fit the
mold. It takes a very special mold to make me happy and she was on of
them. For sure.
SB: Because of her love of kids?
MJ: It takes a lot to find a mirror image, a mirror
image. People always say that opposites attract and I think that is
true, as well. But I want somebody who is a lot like me, who has the
same interests and who wants to help and they gotta go to hospitals with
me and care about Gavin. That’s why you saw LMP and me at those kind of
things. She cared about stuff, too.
SB: Did you ever think of asking Princess Diana out?
MJ: Absolutely
SB: So why didn’t you have the never to ask her?
MJ: I never aksed a girl out in my life. The have to ask me.
SB: Really?
MJ: I can’t ask a girl out.
SB: If she would have asked you out?
MJ: Absolutely. I would have gone.

SB: But what happened to [Princess] Diana, that was a great tragedy, Michael.
MJ: That was a great tragedy. That killed me. That killed everybody, I think.
News of The World, 4th of November 2001
Jackson, 43, asked to speak to the News of the World through his psychic best friend Uri Geller!
Our associate editor Phil Taylor and
Uri, the world-famous author, paranormalist and psychic conducted the
interview by phone from Uri’s Berkshire mansion. This is what Jackson
had to say…
Jackson: I think a lot of what is going on is Biblically prophesied. But God promises he will not let man destroy the earth.
That man will try, but he will not let them do it.
NoW: How much do you think America changed after the terrorist attack on September 11?

Jackson: People have never been so close in this country. Everybody has flags up everywhere. They speak again to each other.
They say hello. They’re hugging. It’s like we’ve gone back to the 1930s or something.
NoW: How did you feel when the terrorists attacked New York?

Jackson: I felt my world end. I felt such grief. I cried and I cried.
The conversation eventually turns to his album.
NoW: You’ve written a song called Privacy On Invincible. Is it about Princess Diana?
Jackson: Oh boy! Y’know…we shared the same life. We shared the same pain. And that’s what we could talk about on the phone.
We were like two caged animals. We could talk about it. And that was our therapy-speaking to each other.
NoW: What was the most memorable thing Diana ever told you?
Jackson: To continue the work I’m doing
to help the children. And whatever I do, don’t stop. To continue to love
and to travel and to go to the hospitals. That was her favourite thing
about me-how much I loved them, sincerely, from the heart.
NoW: Did you love Princess Diana?

Jackson: I’m crazy about her. I adored her.
NoW: Would you have married Princess Diana if you’d had the chance?
Jackson: Yes! Yes!
NoW: Did you ever propose to her?
Jackson: Uhmm. There was some talk between us.
NoW: So did you have a chance to ask Diana to marry you?
Jackson: Er…oohh.
NoW: Come on, Michael. The whole world wants to know.
Jackson: We talked in that area. I will
say that much. I think we lost a precious jewel when she died. We lost
the heart of the world. It was like when we lost Mother Teresa. The
world isn’t the same place any more.
Michael Narrating Private Home Movies, April 2003
(Caption: The Private Princess)
MJ: Lady Diana, um, in real truth, was one of the
sweetest people I’ve ever known, because, um, we could relate to each
other, we shared something in common, with the press. I don’t think they
hounded anyone more than her and myself. And we had a relationship, a
very good relationship, where we would call each other, er, late at
night, for me, er, and we would, you know, just talk about… just like
cry on each other’s shoulders, how hard and difficult and how mean the
tabloids can be. And how they lie and twist stories around. Um, but she
came to…
(Clip of concert scene, playing to Billie Jean)
MJ: Wembley Stadium in London and er, you know, they
do, when the royal family comes and you have to line up and you meet the
family and everything.
(Clip of the line before the concert)
MJ: But at some point, she called me away from the line and um…
(Michael shaking hands with Prince Charles and then Princess Diana)
MJ: I saw Prince Charles looking at me and I said, oh boy. She said, I wanna talk to you! So I said, yeah, what’s, what’s happening?
(Michael and Princess Diana talking)
MJ: She said, are you gonna do Dirty Diana tonight? I
said, no, no, I took it out of the show, out of respect for you! She
said, that’s my favorite song!
(Dirty Diana video plays)
MJ: I said, are you serious? I said, I took it out of respect ’cause I… Dirty Diana and you’re sitting in the audience?
(Diana and Charles taking their seats)
MJ: So at that point, I couldn’t, I couldn’t put it
back in the show, because it was too close to show time. So um, I
remember, um, Prince Charles leaving the line…
(Back to scene of the line)
MJ: … walking over to us and he said, what are you
talking about? And she said, oh, nothing. Like that. So that was that
story. There’s a couple of other ones, but I don’t wanna, you know…
(laughs), say too much.
(Heal the World Intro plays to a scene of the three in front of a large group)
MJ: She was just a wonderful, warm, compassionate, er,
person… very caring, very caring. It was real. It wasn’t a publicity…
stunt. It was real.
(Princess Diana bending down to a child)
MJ: She really cared. I’m the same way. If feel the
same way that she does about children and the future of our children and
the future of the world.
Paul Burrell (Princess’ Butler), “The Way We Were,” pp.111-112, Sept 2006
One star who fascinated the princess was Michael Jackson, as much for
his upbringing and personality struggles as his talent. She endlessly
played Thriller and Bad, thought he was “absolutely amazing” and longed
to meet him. The opportunity arose in 1988 when he came to Wembley on
his Bad tour, and she invited Maria, with another dresser, to watch the
concert with her and meet him backstage. She returned to KP with a
selection of tour memorabilia for William and Harry: Bad baseball caps,
jackets, T-shirts, pens. You name it, she’d been given it. The next
morning, after I’d heard from Maria what a brilliant time they had all
had, the princess sat down to breakfast. If ever mystique was shattered
by a personal meeting, this was it. “It looked like his nose was about
to drop off! The amount of surgery he’s had!” she said, and she was
surprised by how effeminate he was. But, she said, she loved him for his
music not his looks, and it had been a ‘thrill’ to meet the man who
made the music that filled KP until the day she died.
[..]
The jury only needed to conclude
that one item had been dishonestly in my possession to be sure of my
guilt. The prosecutor William Boyce explained that such a collection of
royal items was something “someone just should keep and should not
have.Burrell’s varying explanations are not consistent…Pause to consider
the potential value of one autographed CD …”
I wanted to scream. I had far more
potentially valuable items in my house than a Michael Jackson or Tina
Turner album that the princess had signed-she always labeled them
hers;it was a habit from her childhood.
Prince William Talking About the Princess Diana Memorial Concerts, June 16, 2007
And your mother was obviously a huge
music fan but what artists did she actually really listened to and
liked? We know that she was friend with Elton John and George Michael,
but who did she really liked listening to?
Prince William: She loved exactly the
kind of people who are coming, really. Sir Elton, George Michael… She
loved Supertramp…She loved Michael Jackson… Tina Turner, Bryan Adams.
We used to catch her dancing to her
music – we’d walk out the room rather embarrassed that our mother was
just dancing around. It was a big release for her and she had many
artists that she loved listening to.
28 June, 2009
As the undisputed King of Pop, Michael Jackson was constantly feted by the great and the good.
Royalty, movie stars and statesmen were dazzled by his talent,
bewitched by his music and desperate to be his friend. But, as a natural
recluse, Michael leaned on a close-knit group of A-list confidantes.
He was especially close to Princess Diana. They first met at a
Wembley gig in 1988 when he handed her black Bad tour jackets for
Princes William and Harry. At the time of Diana’s death in 1997 Jackson
was spending thousands a month on phone calls to her.
He said: “We would talk about everything that was happening in her
life. She needed to talk to someone who knew exactly what she was going
through.”
Details of the book Enid Jackson, Jackie’s ex-wife, was writing, 30 June, 2009

1988 :: Dirty Diana’s Legs




The woman behind those legs in the Dirty Diana video was Lisa Dean.

1992 Melissa


According to these conversations MJ was seeing a girl called
“Melissa” during the Dangerous World Tour rehearsals in June 1992. She
was a co-ordinator, model and “does all kinds of things” but for some
reason didn’t end up going on the DWT with him.
Conversations take place during Dangerous World Tour rehearsals, June 1992
Glenda Transcript 4.5

G: Alright, so alright, you wanted to ask me something (i)?
M: I wanna what?
G: You wanted to ask me somthing-
M: Oh, no I didn’t wanna ask you something, I just wanted to let you know.
G: Oh, you just going to let me know. So what did she do, she came to your office?
M: Yeah, and I was in the back office…
G: Oh, she knows where your office is?
M: Of course she always knows where all the offices are. . .
G: Oh ok…
M: Anyway, I did what I said I was gunna do…
G: You put a towel over your head? Did you find a towel?
M: Yeah a white towel…
G: Laughs..and a hat?
M: Excuse me?
G: And a hat? That must have been a sight..
M: Yeah.. you know the hat that I always wear…
G: And what happened? You went outside and saw her or what?
M: Yeah, I had to leave the office bc I had a rehearsal to go to.. So she….talked to me…
G: Well, what did she say?
M: She talked to me, said you’ve been avoiding me?(of course not)
and about drawing conclusions .. and stuff and well.. and then we left
bc we had a rehearsal and stuff… she’s a, you know, she’s a coordinator
and stuff… and she does a lot of stuff (i)the band
G: She models too?
M: She does all kinds of things..So we had a rehearsal and of course
she was gonna be there.. and um.. so we talked during the break bc the
band was still, they were still getting things together , the band
members and the dancers and stuff…my dancers were going to be working
with me…
G: Is she going on tour with you?…
M: No… Not anymore………. but um… uh, we had lunch together, we did
lunch. She told me she goes like, Michael, why can I never get the
chance to see you and never get through to you and I said.. I well I
don’t wanna call you because I said you know (CUT in audio)spend some
time with you and stuff. And So… We were.. talking and stuff like that
about the situation that had happened…and she said.. so she goes I love
you Michael and I’ll do whatever it takes and all that right? and um, so
I had to be honest with her..and she told me..one of the things that
she told me today was, she goes like.. well i’d like to spend some time
with you before you leave because of what happened you know..
G: Is that what she told you?
M: No she knew before that…that.. I was kinda interested in her.. and
I know I can trust this girl, like I told you a long time ago right?. I
said I know I can trust her, I dont have any bad feelings I told you
that…
G: Did you ever tell Kathy?…
M: No I haven’t…please… believe me now…
G: Eh, Alright.. it just blows me away because you guys have known each other for such a long time and she’s so devoted to you..
M: Well you know its not like I tell everyone that I’ve known for a
long time…Kathy and I haven’t spoken and stuff since all that stuff with
my brothers was going on I will tell her… you know.. when I feel like
talking… I just don’t want to now I mean I know a lot of ppl.. .and..I
dont think (i) not that Kathy would do anything to betray me…but
anyway.. when she was talkin she goes..well I know your situation, I had
a towel on my head and I got a surgical mask …all that.. I could never
see you again.. or something should happen and I’m really worried about
that and I just wanna be with you..you know, one to one.. with out the
gang being around..its just its important to me.. to be with you I dont
care I just want to spend time with you…
G: Go on..!
M: Ya know that’s what she said…. like it doesn’t matter, no matter
what ya know… she told me that she’s afraid she’s going to lose me as a
friend or whatever, she’s afraid she’s not going to see me
G: But she must care for you.
M: Yeah, I know she does.
G: So what are you gonna do?
M: Well.. I’m gonna, I’m gonna be with her…hold on.. (i)
G: Okay
M: And she said well I want whats best for you! I said damnit! let me
make my own mistakes!..If it’s a mistake fine, if its not fine.. but
just…
G: How come people are so protective of you, Michael? You have a lot
of people who really love you..and want whats best for you, you’re not
alone.
M: It doesn’t matter, I (i) my own choices and my own decisions.
G: Tell me something, you know what? you told me before that you’re the loneliest person
M: I am!
G: Then how can you be that way when there are so many people…
M: Because I don’t love those people like that! I want to be with
someone…I want to know what a relationship is all about before I die,
cant you understand that girl?… I never had.. I mean I’ve been with
Tate.. I’ve been, well not with.. I been with Tate..I thought I was with
Diana.. it was just in my own mind..
G: You were a little boy..
M: I know, I have never had a real relationship, my brothers have
been married… My brothers have had girlfriends I really haven’t had
that….
G: How long did it take you to get over Diana?
M: Years…… A hell of a long time..I just .. wanna know what its like
girl…. to have a real relationship with someone who doesn’t want me for
me…. that I dont, I dont’ have to look over my shoulder all the time…
G: Who doesn’t have an ulterior motive..?
M: Yeah, that doesn’t question me.. I mean..(i) I dont… and, and..
like La Toya said in her book.. she said, either I am going to have to
find somebody who doesn’t know who the heck I am.. o rrr..oorr deal with
somebody whos career is equally as important, or equally like mine..
G: Well.. a nix to both of those…….
M: What am I gonna do.. I dont want to die without knowing about
..having a real relationship with a women or being involved.. I .. I was
involved but we never did anything.. we never really had sex…
G: But that was your decision, that wasn’t her’s I mean
M: But.. ya.. but girl, girlfriend had my nose wide open… ok, you could drive a truck through my nose…
G: Laughs…That is the craziest expression. How did they come up with
that… I am just wondering who thought of it.. I don’t understand how
your nose can be wide open
M: I don’t know
G: But it had to come from somewhere and I just wanted to the people who made it up.
G- It’s the craziest expression I have ever heard
M: it’s a black thing
G- Laughing..Black thing? What is it with your nose? I can’t understand how your nose can be wide open?
M-I don’t know..(whispers–It’s just, it’s personal)
G-I mean it had to come from somewhere. Somebody had to have made it
up and I was wondering what they were thinking when they made it up?
M-It’s a black secret
G-OK Laughing
M-So I loved her so much..GOD
G-So was that the first time..
M- No, no (whispers) (it was ??)
G-Where did Tatum and that..what was that other girls..
M-Tate..I dealt with Tate when I was a little bit younger..She came
up to me in a club..we were in a club..(I) and she put her hand on mind
and I couldn’t believe it (break in tape){This is obvious the poster of
these audios was throwing us off. They skip from talking about Tatum
O’Neal to this woman)…Glenda laughing..Now they are talking about
someone else
M-…anything. I would give her money, I would give her jewlery, I
would give her a house, a car, whatever.. I was never good enough. It
was like…ya know..
G-Well she wanted all of you Michael..she wanted a relationship
M-She knew how I was from the beginning..it wasn’t like she didn’t
G-Well she was probably hoping then that it would change
M-But, not until I got married
G-Well I know that..and I’m sure that she loved you..and when you have been with somebody for that many years
M-I loved her so much..I didn’t want to see that..I did not want to
see that.and I knew she was fooling around..I know girl..I know it for a
FACT
G-Don’t you think that attracted you to the fact that she was such a
strong person and she stood up for you against your dad and she was
always there..wasn’t that alot of the attraction
M-Yeh
G Because she’s older than you huh?
M-well yeah…
G: That you were drawn to that.
M: Yeh I was
G: (I)
M: And I was so in love and I had my nose wide open and I didn’t want
to believe what was really going on. (Tape cut)..It didn’t matter..she
(Tape cut) (I), but, that’s another story. (I) And it was a good thing
that it was finally over.
G: You don’t have any regrets?
M: No, uh uh, I don’t regret that I didn’t sleep with her. I’m glad I didn’t. (I)….
G: Yeh that’s a long story.
M: I didn’t. I wish it changed but I havent been married before,
ever.. having a relationship like that before, I never …Being in a
normal…having a relationship with someone (I) I never had that.
G: Well, I think everybody wants too…
M: But, I HAVEN’T
G: OK
M: And that’s what I want. I know I’m not going to be here very long or whatever.
G: I hope it will be years..
M: What?
G: How long do you think you will be here?
M: You can’t ask me, I don’t know, what kind of question is that I don’t know
G: (I)
M: I don’t know…You could come up with all kind of actual facts and die!
G: Do you think (I) Now? (I)
M: Like Melissa told me today..and she was right… she said I want to
see you I want to spend time with you before you leave.. I dont care..
what the circumstances are because she knows about my condition, she
knows my situation now…. and shes like I don’t care whatever you want..
but I don’t know if I will ever see you again and stuff.. she was honest
enough, she told me..
G: She sounds very nice.
M: It doesn’t matter with her no matter what, ya know!
G: She sounds very nice..She sounds very good.
M: I don’t want to die not having a relationship like everybody else around me have had..I don’t want to die
G: I know (I)
M: But (whispers – she accepts me as I am?)
G: That’s hard to find Michael.
M: I don’t have time to wait.
G: You’re pushing 34 my dear. Laughing
M: Yeh and I have never had that. I’ve never had that kind of
relationship. Why would I want (Tape cut). Everyone else I know have had
it..But, I never have.
G: Well, I guess it’s time you get it.
M: I know it is. (Tape Cut)….I trashed her..Even though we had fallen
in love. I ruin my own relationships. (It’s always about sex?)
G: You do!
M: Oh, I want that too. I don’t know how I’m gonna get it (I)
G: You can’t get satisfaction in that relationship.
M: Well, I won’t do it.
(Tape cut)
G: Cause it sounds like she doesn’t care for him that much
M: Yeh (I) What?
G: That will be very sad!
(tape cut)
M: don’t know what I’m gonna do
(tape cut)
G: I think it is important that you hold on to everything that you hold dear.
M: What?
G: I think that it is important that you hold on to everything that you hold dea
M: (Tape cut) (I) I hold on until the last days
G: (I)everything that you hold dear
M: You know what. I don’t want it.
G: Cause of that night?
M: Yeh (I) and people and situations and stuff (tape cut) But, I’m sure about (I)
G: You have alot of people that love you very much…you do…
M: I have alot of people that don’t know what’s going on
G: About you? (I) …have you told those people (I)…remember open doors.
M: But with any (I) I have..some of it went (I)….
G: That’s good..That’s very good. Because I know you’ve been through a lot(I) Do you figure you’ll be able to do that?

В Тараборелли поразило, правда, следующее: "Пока отец и братья Майкла
переезжали из отеля в отель, сам он в ок-тябре 1969-го жил в доме Дайаны
Росс. «Все было просчитано. Я хотел, чтобы Майкл был рядом с ней, —
объяснил однажды Берри Горди. — Люди думают, что он случайно оказался
там, но это совсем не так. Я хо-тел, чтобы Дайана научила мальчика
всему, чему могла. Я не рассчиты-вал, что она уделит Майклу много
внимания. Она была очень занята в то время — много гастролировала с
Supremеs. Дайана — человек, который оказывает на окружающих большое
влияние. Я знал, что Майкл научится чему-нибудь в любом случае, только
оттого, что находится рядом с ней, когда она дома. Дайана говорила, что
Майкл чем-то напоминал ей ее саму в 11 лет. Он был столь же
любознателен, сколько и талантлив. Она была такой же, когда я встретил
се. Тогда ей было 16. Когда я спросил ее, можно ли Майкл поживет у нее,
она сразу согласилась и сказала, что ей будет приятно заботиться о
ком-то, кроме себя самой».

Так же, как Джозеф был подвержен влиянию Берри, его сын во всем учился у
Дайаны Росс. Она очень хотела помочь, но настолько была заня-та своей
карьерой, что едва ли была в состоянии исполнять роль прием-ной матери.
Единственное, что имело значение в ее жизни и окружении, — шоу-бизнес.
«Ты будешь великой звездой», — постоянно повторяла она Майклу. Мальчик
очень нравился ей, и она произносила эти слова с самыми лучшими
намерениями. Но желание стать звездой, настоящей звездой слишком долго
было главной целью ее жизни. Она, к сожалению, не была тем человеком,
который мог показать ему подлинные жизненные ценности.

Весь октябрь Дайана оставалась дома, но была очень занята. Она тер-пела
присутствие Майкла в своем доме только потому, что Берри попро-сил ее об
этом. Для нее это было очень беспокойное время. Она собира-лась уйти из
группы Supremes и начать самостоятельную карьеру. Она работала над этим
долгие годы, и теперь ей не терпелось внести личный вклад в шоу-бизнес.
В это время у нее был очень сложный роман с Берри. Майкл, безусловно,
слышал множество ссор между ними, а потом видел, как они улыбались и
любезничали друг с другом перед репортерами. Он многое узнавал о кухне
шоу-бизнеса, но только время покажет, как это отразилось на нем.
Днем Майкл ходил в школу, а по вечерам до поздней ночи записывал-ся в
студии. Теперь он настаивает, что когда жил у Дайаны, она вводила его в
мир искусства. На самом деле Кэтрин вдохновила его на занятия
ри-сованием. Когда она была маленькой, то научилась делать зарисовки,
пи-сать этюды, чтобы хоть как-то скрасить свою трудную жизнь, когда она
болела полиомиелитом.

«Почти каждый день мы ходили покупать карандаши и краски, — пи-сал Майкл
о Дайане в автобиографии, хотя на самом деле это мало похо-дило на
правду. — Если мы не рисовали, то ходили в музеи». Майкл го-ворит, что
Дайана познакомила его с работами Микеланджело и Дега, что и стало
началом его огромного интереса к искусству.

«Она никогда даже не слышала ни о каком Микеланджело, пока не вышла за
меня замуж в 1971 году», — заявил однажды Боб Зильберштейн, ее бывший
муж.

Возможно, Майкл просто принял невнимание к себе за интерес («Вот краски, мальчик, иди порисуй, не мешай мне»).

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http://mjmachoman.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post_10.html
Грейс Руарамба - ее имя вызывает
разные эмоции у поклонников Майкла. О ней точно известно только одно -
она была няней всех его детей, с самого рождения. Она была привязана к
ним, как и они к ней. Вряд ли кто-то может подтвердить, однако многие из
близкого окружения утверждают, что дети называли ее мамой. И, несмотря
на то, что Майкл увольнял Грейс пять раз, каждый раз она была
восстановлена в должности.
Грейс родилась в бедной семье, в Руанде. С детства она любила группу
Джексон 5 и, конечно, Майкла. Ее мечтой и целью было знакомство с ним.
Какой путь прошла она, и что пришлось ей переживать на пути к цели?


Я думаю,
многим из нас очень хотелось бы быть на ее месте, и многие из нас
уважают ее за то, что она исполнила свою мечту, и была рядом с Майклом -
и в радостные, и в тяжелые моменты его жизни. Официально считаясь няней
детей, Грейс являлась фактически советником Майкла.
По словам личного фотографа певца Яна
Барклея, роман Грейс и Майкла не скрывался от сотрудников певца и его
семьи. "Грейс любила Майкла, и он любил ее. Дети называли ее мамой", -
рассказал фотограф. По словам одного из телохранителей Майкла Джексона,
Грейс и Майкл были очень похожи на супружескую пару, а дети были
главным для них обоих. Грейс всегда была очень скромной и не стремилась к
славе.
По слухам, в 2006 году в Швейцарии Майкл и
Грейс вступили в брак. И, хотя никто из представителей Майкла и он сам
не подтверждали этого заявления, официального опровержения тоже не поступало.
В 1995 году Грейс Руарамба уже выходила
замуж за афроамериканского кинематографиста Стэси М. Эдера, который
живет в Лос-Анджелесе. Говорят, что этот брак вообще был фиктивным,
чтобы приехавшая из Руанды Грейс могла получить в Америке разрешение на
жительство и право на работу. Если это так, то возможно, что четыре
года она работала в офисе Майкла ассистентом нелегально. Позже стало
известно, что Грейс то ли развелась с мужем, то ли он умер. Однако
Рэймона Бэйн, представитель Майкла, заявила, что не знала о замужестве
Руарамбы. Неизвестно, знал ли о нем сам Майкл. По слухам, у Грейс были
романы и с его братьями — Джерменом и Рэнди.
Грейс часто упрекали в том, что она не появлялась в суде, когда Майкла
обвиняли в педофилии. Но на самом деле существуют фотографии, где Грейс
попадала в кадр, т.е. она не оставляла Майкла в те тяжелые для него
времена. Однако то, что ее не привлекали в качестве свидетеля - странно.
Многие предполагают, что Майкл тщательно оберегал ее репутацию...