Mon 29 Jun 2009
Joe Jackson at the BET awards: Inappropriate and Awkward?
Posted by Miss Info under life beyond rap , not good for humanity , quotes , relationships and family , sigh.... , ugh , videos[105] Comments
….sigh…
Everyone mourns in different ways…but I don’t know about this. Then look at the difference between this and Janet’s speech during the show closer….
June 29th, 2009 at 3:15 am
He couldn’t read that statement himself???? WTF! Man what is he on??
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missinfo Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:19 am
just one bizarre moment after another
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Nascent Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:25 am
yeah this is weird. i think its going to be a long process with his estate and custody of the kids
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 4:00 am
why would he read a statment himself. they wanted to do that interview, especially since don had been pushing his connections hard to get the oppertunity so it wasn’t an ambush, and they came prepared. he answered what he wanted to the best of his abilites and then he just left the rest cause he understood that he needs to keep his mouth shut. whoever wrote that statement should be shot…it sounded way too specific and although i wouldn’t put it past old man joe jackson i think it was crafted very well with the help of a lawyer, or a publicist. i can’t even imagine writing that if anyone in my family had just died a painful death or any kind of death. i guess people mourn in all kinds of different ways. it must be money that changes people so much. i am interested in the will. i wonder who helped him write the will and i wonder what he will leave for his family members and if they will respect his wishes. i don’t trust anyone who was ever around mj. i’m just saying. too many people didn’t care enough about him to help him out even when he refused their help. life sucks.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:19 am
How about “I lost my son”. NOT “we lost the biggest star in the world”. He is creepy.
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 4:03 am
that’s why janet’s speech was more APPROPRIATE. you could see it in her eyes. her pain. it was so sad. i mean recognize your fucken son as a human being. i mean i may be a fan or whatever but what you doing caring about pleasing me. i want to see you care about your son you numnut. really. gosh. parents. they get so focused when they want something from their kids you know…and then once they get it, it’s like they don’t care.
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my 2 cents Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I agree… Janet’s speech was extremely touching, cue the Kleenex b/c as soon as I saw her, I teared up. Mr. Jackson, on the other hand, had the responsibility of telling the world to stop listening to the FORMER family lawyer.
The mentioning of the label is awkward but how many people have offered you condolences for someone close to you passing or said “i’m sorry” and your reply was simply “i’m ok”… Not many ppl tell strangers “i’m dying inside”
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
i don’t care about his responses. lol. i actually could have done with him giving don lemon the cold shoulder the entire time. i think he’s got a real good lawyer by his side pulling the strings. naw man. that was wrong. I DON’T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS DEALS OR WHATEVER WHEN YOUR SON JUST DIED AND IS NOT EVEN IN THE GROUND YEAT. i also didn’t need all those very appropriate talking points inthat whack ass statement. like i said it was too proper and doesn’t sit right. i mean it’s better than later to put out your claims and your positions (way to show your hand) to combat the rumour mill and all that is going on outside of the family. the point is that it wasn’t necessary. like this was supposed to be celebrate mj day. i could have care less anything his father or that publicist or that laywer had to say. if i wanted that stuff i could have seen it on the news. we know they’re good at that kind of shit. gosh. disappointed. compound that by the entire awards and janet. smfh. sad. who the hell is doing his pr. lol. cause i need to get at them and tell them to lay off with the heavy handedness.
Thomas Johnson Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 10:42 am
yes he is an ignorant old man who needs to go drink some damn prune juice.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:20 am
Oh no….this is about the biggest amount of tom foolery i’ve seen in a second. he REALLY shouldn’t have come or at least not done the red carpet because he’s throwing shade on the whole situation right now. mentioning your record label and your son isn’t even in the ground yet???
i don’t know, man. i really don’t know.
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 4:04 am
so yeah i really did hear that and my dad is really an idiot. thankyou. see. HIS FAMILY JUST DIED. i mean i’m cold blooded, but HOW CAN HE DO THAT. who is advising him…a really GOOD LAWYER. you can always tell. been there, done that. the bling leading the blind stright off the abyss. it was turderiffic.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:20 am
this is sooooo awkward..WTF and he has an attorney and publicist on hand.. being extremely shady.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:29 am
that nigga got some serious problems! what is wrong with poppa joe?
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b Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 9:06 am
c’mon now watch the wordery- its Nucca!
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Makes one wonder. This man has some soul searching to do. It sounds to me like Michael had been dead to this man for a long time. Almost as if he had anticipated this day, contemplated on how he could turn this into a business venture and get to keep Michael’s assets on top of it. Shame on this man for even claiming he was his father. He’s 100 times worst than in the movie.
Harsh Reality
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 4:11 am
there’s a movie? everytime i’ve ever seen joe jackson growing up i he always scared me. he scared me more than mj and his allegations. gosh. i used to have nightmares about him and always accuse my dad of being like him and not to be like him because i didn’t want to be like michael. if you have kids, it’s okay to recognize their talent and want them to succeed/guide them…but i draw the line at exploitation. i don’t need to hear it from mj or any of the other kids mouths to know joe jackson. lol. i can learn about joe jackson just by listening to him when he speaks, or listening to his wife. i’m so sad for michael. i’m so sad for all those kids. parents need to understand their power or else they can truly damage their kids. i think in the end mj rationalized himself out of his past hatred. i guess that’s better than continuing to fued with your father. i mean your father gave you life right. he must beat you or try to kill you or cage you in because he loves you. parents do it out of the love they have. BULLSHIT. and i think he’s a god fearing man too. lol. that’s the true ironic part. if you have kids guys, just take care of them and acknowledge them. we appreciate what we get from our parents, even though you think we’re brats, and we know you don’t have time for us working 2 or 3 jobs and breaking your back for us. really.
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b Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 9:09 am
I agree!
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:37 am
what did i just watch
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:47 am
He looks medicated and loopy. That’s why he can’t pay attention. Its easier to avoid saying painful things with frivolous crap. He was a terrible father, so of course he is a terrible griever.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:50 am
I don’t tihnk there’s a worse feeling in the world then having to bury your own child.
For years, the whole world spent so much time criticizing Michael Jackson for how “weird” and “awkward” he was and now that he’s gone we praise him. Now we want to judge his father too?? Can the Jacksons catch a break?
When are we gonna learn? Just let the man be, let the family be. No one knows how he feels, maybe he couldn’t read the statement himself because it was too much and maybe he showed up because his family wanted him to. Maybe that’s what his son would’ve wanted.
Shame on us.
P.
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poire Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
now – this is downright stupid… pardon me, but I can’t bear this wall of denial in this comment. how can you mix two realities in the same bag and utter a religious like invocation “shame on us”? really stupid and fanatical sounding. why are you so adamantly protecting that child abuser Joe? C’mon – can you see he is a piece of old creep?
No one knows how he feels – right…. give me a break and get yourself some treatment to be able to distinguish what is what and how it feels and what it does. I pity you.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:50 am
omg. i was just checking twitter for the bet talk and everything since they finished the tiny and toya thing and they repeating red carpet, but i came down to get the chs ready so we can record this (my family records everything. we have EVERYTHING on vhs cause we true ghetto like that…poor, but we love important things. we even got like 20 plus vhs of oj and that entire case, and i just ended up recording the rest of the bet awards after the ojays section to the rest of our obama inaguration tape, and so i had the vhs ready and was recording some of the larry king repeat and the don lemon stuff), and i SWEAR I GOT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKING MAD. like you don’t even know. even typing this is making me want to throw up, especially after everyone at the awards was like we thank joe jackson and all the bull. you know this is the man who admitted to beating his child with a switch and a belt but he said it wasn’t beating because it wasn’t with a stick. you know what, my dad is like joe jackson but he’s a million times worse and almost killed his own kids…so much so that we may not be a celeb family but none of the kids talk to the rents and my family is messed up permanently and so is their family. it’s good though that their getting older helps them gain perspective but not in time for their son, who’s now dead though. i feel sooooooo sad for him and i always have. so i’m going to call out joe jackson. because if you have black parents, especially a black father then you know what i’m talking about. we live in the projects but 99% of us kids come from broken homes/broken families here, and our mothers break their backs to take care of us and the young men always getting into something because they become the official man in the family when it’s not their time. YOUR SON JUST FUCKING DIED. i understand you don’t want to answer don lemons question (lol, appropriate journalistic question. they were so tame and so standard i wasn’t surprised by the responses), and i understand that you came with a deep click of lawyers, family friends, publicists, (was aj a part of the group or was he just desperately watiting to shake your hand or get an interview or wt, or that stupid celeb show)…and you know what i think if i was your agent i would say that whole segment was handled well, but whoever wrote that statement needs to be shot. you’re straight out coming guns a blazing setting out your priorities talk point by talk point because you want it to be known and you taking these news shows/media head on. BUT YOUR SON JUST DIED. and then he goes and promotes his record company or veture or whatever it was…and on any other day i would want to hear it, but once again YOUR SON JUST DIED. i think he said something like don’t worry about the records, we going to make some records or release some records or whatever, because we know that mj has tonnes of songs that hasn’t been released yet. YOUR SON JUST DIED AND THIS IS WHERE YOUR MIND IS AND THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. now my dad (who’m i love for giving me life but acknowledge him to be the ultimate douche…he just likes to have kids and not take care of them, lol, children are his servants, lol) loves joe jackson because he recognizes like and relates to him as a parent who had to raise kids…idiot, but more so because joe jackson didn’t change his skin colour or some dumb reasoning like that. my dad defended joe jackson and said well he has to do all that stuff because everything is on him now, he has to manage mj’s estate because he has to pay michael’s debts. LMAO. now that’s the dumbest thing i’ve heard today so i just let it go. no f’n way was that a good look. it was good to see janet though. she didn’t need to do it for us, and for her strength i thank her and god. her brother is in a better place. a place where he will be protected from the evils of mankind and this human world. gosh. i can’t believe people suck that much. as much as i love mj’s gift to all of us with his talents…sometimes i can’t help hating his father you know, because i’ve seen many broken people, but i’ve never seen one like michael who felt so much like he had to escape the world. it’s sad. i’m so sad. i’m sad that he was the greatest and couldn’t live out his full life. i feel like this whole thing isn’t fair and that if not for the people in his life things could have turned out so different for him. i don’t think that if things were different in his life that he wouldn’t have had the level of fame he had or the celebrity due to converging matters at the time when he and the 5 hit, but man the kid was SUPER talented. he could do anything. i choose to believe that he could have reached this level and done great things like he had if his life had been different. i think it could have been that way. i mean he was destined destined destined to be a star, and no one could take that away from him…and yet so many people tried. so you know what i am not thankful for joe jackson at all. i am really sad for his mother. mother’s always have it the worse, especially when they marry domineering men. gosh. i know i can’t change time and i know god won’t give us a chance to change the past once it’s in the past, because he/she allows us to change the past through the present/and future, but i just wish that michael’s life had been different and that he wasn’t always so stuck that he couldn’t overcome. i never thought he’d die. i don’t believe he’s died. i always knew something exactly like this would happen, but it was always a worst case scenario. i was actually hoping that he would live for a while longer maybe 10 or 20 more years and allow me to grow up so i could have children and show my children who he was…and i know i can still introduce my future kids and my future self to him, but i feel like i lost something. i think everyone feels like they’ve lost their childhood. i can’t believe he was even 50. like i always thought he was 33…lol, because i always thought he was 33 and that he would live forever or something…but i knew i was lying to myself. this is the worst ever. and this dude joe jackson pisses me the hell off. please don’t respond to me. it’s the internet. and also i see the people blaming the media about their coverage of mj and saying things like he’s dead and should be respected in his death or whatever. where have ya’ll been living the past 10-20 years. they’re the “media” for a reason. don’t look to them to do your idols justice to help you mourn better. really. they’re not perfect and neither was your hero. i can’t believe he’s dead. this is the worst thing ever. gosh.
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kyc tellem Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 6:54 am
wow thats long wat did i jst wtch
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idiots Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 9:07 am
thanks for the novel, you need therapy.
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Rashe Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
LOL…true. God bless you Mertz….But 4 a second I was like’who this’ cause you all over this article. keep ya head up kid.
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
it just pissed me off. and i know he’s old and all and he doesn’t look like he’s paying for anything and i keep thinking who am i to judge him you know. but i keep hearing people say oh it was done different back in the day. beating your kids and destroying their self esteem so much that they hate themselves, and can’t even come to you for help, now that’s desgusting. you can tell the same thing happened to joe jackson as a child growing up too, somewhere in his past, or else i don’t see the reason for him to take it out on his family. like i tell my dad, if you don’t want to have kids don’t have sex. i mean you think raising kids is so hard then why do you keep having so many baby mama’s. why you want more damn kids when you can’t take care of the one’s you have. it’s all cyclical. but we can’t really talk about what goes on in black people’s homes can we now, even though kids have big mouths and tell people they come in contact with. naw. it’s the african americans best kept secret. hidden behind the walls of a home in a family unit so no one else can see. IT’S ALL BULLSHIT. if you treat your kids like shit then you a whorthless motherf’r and may your soul rest in peace somewhere where the sun don’t shine. apparently i’m hiding behind my anger and my screenname. whatever. i’m done with this. stupidity.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:53 am
from early on, we were lead to believe that this man was a control freak and drill sgt with the jackson children. I mean no disrespect 2 the family but his emotions for his deceased son just weren’t there !!! people celebrate death in different ways, but promoting a new record company venture !!! WTF this man found ONE perfect opportunity 2 show some outright emotion and sorrow, to act HUMAN and wow, he seemed more INHUMAN than anything !!! R.I.P. MJ the WORLD has enough sorrow and luv 4 u, 4 now and FOREVER !!!
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poire Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
right on!
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:58 am
This is therapy to some…. lol my bad
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:06 am
actually, thats not so surprising.. he seemed like he was in another world. i seen a few people who act really flighty and bizarre, just like that, when someone close to them dies.. its kind of bugged, but he probably doesnt realize Mikes gone yet.. sometimes death doesnt hit people till the funeral, or after everyone else finishes mourning..
a lot of people are jumping on him, and criticizing him.. im not saying theyre wrong, im just saying its not fair to assume the worst.. not everybody knows how to handle the sudden death of a loved one.. its not easy for everyone to grieve publicly.. you may some strange things too..
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:17 am
well then he didn’t need to grieve publicly. he didn’t need to have that statement, his lawyer, his publicist, his friends, whatever. that whole time was insignificant. he didn’t need to say anything. he could have just been there. infact i would have appreciated it if NOTHING had happened. are you freaking kidding me. lol, and also we’ve been lead to believe. speak for yourself then. cause i always chose to believe that joe jackson was a tabula rasa, and even after this i’ll continue to think that. but that doesn’t stop his true nature from coming out. he’s exactly like his son, and i hope he recognizes that his son was just like him, better, but still conflicted. yeah shame on us for not allowing them to grieve privately and knowing all about their uber famous family. no one asked ya’ll to seek the spotlight, but you did. and i’m sorry that millions of people loved his children and the jackson family. i’m sorry that even people growing up in slums in the most remote part of the world know about the jacksons. gosh. whatever. this was not necessary.
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:24 am
also info lol at the tags to this posting. i hope i can erase this from my memories asap, along with most of the awards show. ciara, neyo, jaimie, some others did good tributes though. there’s a lot of haterade on twitter going on about the awards.
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:34 am
HA! THAT WAS A LMBAO TIME
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:37 am
lol its amazing how people can be such experts about people they dont even know.. we dont know what that familys been through, and we dont know what going through joe’s mind.. everybodys entitled to their opinions and assumptions, but at the end of the day, he’s still joe jackson, and ur still just an angry screenname..
but if ur really so upset, you should lock all your CAPS, and shake ur fist at the computer screen.. thatll show’em! lol
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 9:35 am
you know what. i don’t know a lot about the jacksons. everything i know about them i’ve heard right from their own mouths since i choose not to believe all the media “news” that follows them. so we don’t have any bio’s, we don’t have any movies about them, we have nothing about them at all. all we have is my da’s old vinyl of off the wall and trhiller from back when my dad was also wearing tighter pants and rocking his afro and wearing socks like mike and trying to be like him. my dad’s around mj’s age. we love mj. we also really dislike mj. but i can truly say that i don’t know much about joe jackson aside from seeing him at awards and gatherings and interviews. i could give two shits about joe jackson. all i know is that my dad is a lot like joe jackson. it’s just sad. like you have children so that you can mold them into something and then ride them, ride them, ride them to just try and try to overcome something that is lacking in your own life, and then what you do (adults do this so well, and so do smart little kids)is you try to break your kids. you withold yourself from them. you withold your love from them. all they see is how much you want from them. they want to please you so bad that they will do anything, stretching themselves to be malleable for you. and yet the parent doesn’t recognize and only drives harder. harder. adults treat youth like they are beneath them and that because you’re so young you’re like the gum stuck to their soles. mj’s perfectionism didn’t just come out from thin air. it’s in his family. he had to get it from somewhere. he got it from his father obviously. obsessive compulsive much. i mean you can look at the story of father and son and see the same words written on the wall. so yeah let me flat out say i don’t know joe jackson. i’ve heard some horrible things about him straight from the mouth of his children, and even from some of his freinds and extended family. but you know no matter what happenes, people act out of love. and that’s it right. so you know what like i said joe jackson is a clean slate for me every time i see him and i always give him a chance, like i give everyone a chance, and then he always shows his true self. not saying he hasn’t said some great respectful things about his son, lol, but he’s like those foot in mouth kind of people/verbal diarreah. i just hope he’s happy and he can live the rest of his life in peace. i hope he rests easy knowing he did everything to raise his family out of poverty. i mean he’s done good right. all his kids grown, they have money, they have family, all is good right. lol. and yet michael is dead. and all he wanted was…it’s just so sad. i can’t talk about this. it’ll make me cry. RIP MJ.
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
and just to clear it up even if mj was a victim to his circumstances, i don’t think he was a victim his entire life. i mean he said he wouldn’t have it any other way right, when he talked about the celebrity and the fame, but i think it was more about his ability to preform and share with us. i think he would have changed the fame part maybe/the media portion. but he wasn’t a victim his entire life. he couldn’t be. he had a brain in there somewhere and he had a huge heart there somewhere. even if he was flawed. i think at some point he knew what he was doing and i think he got lost many times. i think he just got stuck. people can get stuck. i mean he was superman michael jackson whithout limits. he could do anything. and yet he died such a human death. you couldn’t even write a better story no? this is what producers and writers and even actors salivate over. yeah. i’m so sad his life is going to be condensed like that. i just always thought he was so big. this news has devestated my family. for the past couple days we don’t even know what to do. this sucks huge.
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June 29th, 2009 at 5:16 am
joe was a bad sad bully with his lil son and
that lil child michael was a genius without a real youth. the gift and the curse for real, remember his genuine talent and music
for his musical talent and wise music
R.I.P MJ
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June 29th, 2009 at 5:25 am
oh my god is he serious????????his son hasn’t even been buried yet and joe jackson stands there promoting his new record label????if i were his wife or daughter,son etc,i would be totally disgusted inside!he didn’t act like a father that just lost his son!!!!no wonder poor michael had some issues,can you imagine having that monster for a ‘father’,and i use the term loosely.how can katherine even look at this man without puking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!is she clueless or what????god bless his sisters and brothers,and god help this greedy excuse for a man.to say michael will be missed is an understatement,may he rest in peace
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June 29th, 2009 at 6:29 am
WTF is Wrong with that dude! No Emotions..promoting his new Blu-Ray Label with one of his old numbers-running friends. Now I’m Mad, Real Mad Joe Jackson (Kanye Voice)!!
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June 29th, 2009 at 6:53 am
That Blu-Ray advertisement, or whatever that was, was just awful. I feel sick.
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:03 am
WTF???…that is all that needs to be said!!!
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:41 am
this was truly bizarre. he should not have been there. bury your son. he didn’t look like he was grieved at all. and what’s up with the hat, the shades and the earring? gangsta???? how old is he, like a hundred? shame on you joe…… even though the pain and heartache seems to follow me wherever i go, though i try and try to hide my feelings they always seem to show…..few lyrics from never can say goodbye…rip now mj…much love…
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Ok. Am I the only one finding the WHOLE thing just too nauseating,from the ultra self-centred Jackson family(including Michael) to sugary sweet,drooling hypocrisy of the public and media.Has everyone had a lobotomy! All this to listen to admittedly,very inspirational toe tapping music on the radio. It’s not worth it for this. Wake up,world.
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:48 am
He’s one of those old school hard old men. I think every culture has them. i can’t imagine him as a young man raising kids. There’s something seriously wrong with him
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
yupp. old school mentalities. what we going to do when we grow up though. we going to say we not old school like our pawpaws and nannas, but we stuck 100% in the millenium when it’s 100 years from now. EXCUSES, are excuses. they need to get stomped.
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June 29th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Omg, how awkward was that! sure folks grieve in their own way, but this was too much! I would hope that when I leave this planet that my dad (if he were alive) would grieve for me, because I was his daughter and he loved me. Sorry, did not see it in his demeanor or in his eyes. I did see why MJ and him were estranged. And to promote your new record label,now thats’ just unacceptable. Somebody should of said to him when before he made the move to go to the awards…”you need to go somewhere and sit the F_ck down. Janet as always was graceful and the pain in her eyes told the family’s story. RIP MJ and thank you for leaving a legacy of music and style. Yes, you had your demons, but now don’t we all!
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
lol. i told my dad, when i die you can go and do the same thing this guy did, go and promote your latest venture or maybe a successful new aquiring of a baby mama. not in those words but he’s old and a bit _____. yeah. i can’t imagine it either. i told my dad when you die and no one wants to mourn you, this is how i will mourn you. ahahhaa. i think he wanted to hit me. but i mean that’s what he wants right. that’s the only reason he had kids, so his kids can take care of his deats and deal with his estate. lol. lol. lol. fuckkkkkkkk.
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June 29th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Joe Jackson is a scumbag, and this proves it. The situations surrounding Michael’s life just prove what a scumbag this guy is. It sickens me that he’s going to cling to this man’s children for a paycheck to finance his new “blu ray” venture.
Just seeing him and that slime Al Sharpton standing next to each other just rubbed me the wrong way. Slime all around.
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June 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I think that Joe’s interview was good.. He had to make sure that statement was read properly b/c that Brian Oxman guy was pretending to be the family lawyer and he was comparing MJ to Anna Nicole… He’s the one on CNN that started all the drug talk!!
Also, who doesn’t say that they wished the deceased could have experienced the love that is being shown right now. Maybe he wouldn’t have been so lonely at the end.
The mentioning the label, was a bit weird, but I’m sure his mind was racing.
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June 29th, 2009 at 9:20 am
BET AWARDS WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WACK LAST NIGHT!!
IT WAS JUST ALL OVER WACK
MJ TRIBUTE…WACK
BEYONCE…WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOU SING A SLOW SONG
MAXWELL…SIMPLY THANK YOU
JAY-Z SHUT DOWN PERFORMANCE HUH?? MR. CARTER AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW HAVE TOO MUCH DAMN POWER…ITS NOT ABOUT YOU
WHERE WERE THE OTHER PERFORMERS??? I KNOW USHER WAS OVERSEAS, BUT DAMN BET COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
NE-YO DID A GREAT JOB
JANET…FULL OF GRACE. KEEP JOE LOCKED IN THE HOUSE, HE’S OUT OF CONTROL
HOPEFULLY MTV AWARDS WILL COME HARD!!
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June 29th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Joe Jackson disgusts me!!!! I don’t even think he loved his son, I think he looked at Michael as a meal ticket and now that he is living swell he could care less. The day I heard that MJ passed my heart fell, I truly loved MJ’s work and his compassion for others its a shame that all he ever wanted was the love and approval of his father. Since all this has happened I just feel that there is a void in the world.
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June 29th, 2009 at 9:44 am
there was no need for anyone in the family to be there…period…..they could have used the publisit to issue a statement….joe jackson is still in denial from the pain he has caused micheal jackson..he refuses to understand it…money and fame isnt everything.joe jackson acted in a very uncaring way…it was his son….my god…..
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June 29th, 2009 at 9:47 am
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1907471_1903377,00.html
that’s how i will remember him. for his creativity.
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:10 am
ive watched the jackson 5 movie 2 much 2 b surprised buy anything this man sez… the shit that shocked me was this is “CNN reporting from the Bet Awards” and they sent the token black guy.u know damn well that he didnt even know bet had an award show
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
lol. don lemon isn’t cnn’s token black guy. i mean they have many of those. he’s been working real hard at cnn for a long ass time…you would know if you even followed his career. also they sent him because he has the best connections there. and aren’t cnn and bet owned by the same people.
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Joe Jackson was and still is a PIMP. He pimped his own kids out to make money. The queston – what is next Joe? What the fuck do you think interviewer, it’s to make $$$$$$$$!!!! There are a lot more pieces of shit like Joe Jacksons out there in this world, they just didn’t have the son Michael Jackson.
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TDot Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Thank you!
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Joe may have been on the Jesus Juice!!! the record label WOW! did anyone see his hand finessing the publicist! Where was Jermain or Marlon they are always so well spoken. this guy is off his rocker
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
ahahaa. seen that too. didn’t try to make nothing of it. gah. he was comforting her. lol. i got one dark mind…or something.
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:34 am
everybody is hating on joe jackson he has lost his son. how would you feeel if you lost your son and be critized in the same week. i really feel that if he was such a bad person like everybody says he wouldnt care if his son died and he wouldnt do everything in his power to find out how he died. i think he loved micheal and even though they had some ups and downs micheal will always be in his heart forever.
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
lol. your comment is good though. but give him the benefit of the doubt. in your response lies a very good question and a very rhetorical answer.
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:38 am
can we talk about that Maxwell performance…LOVED it. he shouldve closed the show! thank Goodness for Jamie and Ne-Yo after that Young Money and Drake cooning!
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Why won’t all of you leave Joe Jackson alone he is mourning. Joe Jackson was a good man he raised all of kids to sucessful in life. Micheal jackson was his heart and maybe he has a different way for feeling for his son death. he will always love micheal in his heart for ever SO PEOPLE LEAVE HIM AND HIS FAMILY ALONE AND GO ON ABOUT YOUR BUSSINESS and leave him alone.
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TDot Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
You can’t really believe he’s in mourning!?!
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Kanye’s response: How can you be so heartless
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
1st off BLACK PEOPLE especially from the souf and mid-west to understand joe jackson look at ur grand parents.
i didnt grow up with a father so i cant relate, but i met grand fathers of friends of mines from the souf and them guys act just like him.
a lotta them guys dont get emotional, this whole men being emotional is some new stuff, joe jackson is old school. now if that was my son would i have to read a statment………….hell no, but should i judge a man that do? nah.
him and mike had a stain relationship like a lotta people on here and there dad so maybe the geniune “love” wasnt there who knows. but as for joe, how he pushed them was to the extreme so they can be in the position that they in, but if we was to push our kids a quater of what joe did alotta of our kids would be in better positions.
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TDot Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
That’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard! It’s that type of attitude that keeps us where we are! There is no excuse for capitalizing on your son’s death! Ever!
Black men continue to do what we do because of statements like .. “Oh he’s just old school ” or ” a lotta guys don’t get emotional” Stop making excuses and be men!
I’m a black man who grew up with my father and mother staying together but all of my friends didn’t have a father.. all are successful family orientated black men. It’s possible!
Joe is simply an asshole. Who does not care for his son.
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Brooklyn B Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
when ur child die then u handle it your way, HIS son died and he handle it his way. i hate when people want to get mad cause someone aint say something the way you would
or someone aint do it the way you would.
was his comments distasteful yeah
but to drag him over a coal of fire (the same way people DID to MJ when he was alive and the way they do it NOW thru media)cause you wouldnt handle a situation like he would is the dumiest thing i ever heard.
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TDot Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
There is a difference… He’s trying to capitalize on the fact that the Jacksons are getting a huge amount of media exposure by mentioning his new label and mugging for the camera… He did it again today as he was supposedly trying to clear up what he said to CNN last night.
You can’t defend that… If you do.. you’re just as soulless as he is..
missinfo Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
again? whats the link
mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
you know it’s a cyclical thing. i was always lucky to grow up with a father, and know who he was even if he is deadbeat, but i would rather be like my friend and just be me my mom and my bros, cause my dad, like many domineering whack ass dads just takes a women and uses them for what they need then they make sure that woman’s soul and being is crushed so that they can exercise their control. you can’t have children and then RIDE THEM, because you want to attain something you never had. like they are fulfilling your lack of completions in the life you lived. exactly. my dad never had a father. well he had one but the old man had like 13 other kids and didn’t raise non of them and that was left up to my dad to drop out of fourth grade and work the farm and take care of his family. my nana didn’t want my dad, but he was always glad he had many sons who could carry on his name. and my grandfather’s father didn’t want his son either and it’s all passed down. those feelings don’t just spring out from no where. i mean my grandpa failed to recognize his grandkids. he was a real old man bitch who lived to be 109…but he died. and he’s still a bitch. i mean i could say i love him, which i guess i do cause he’s family but he’s a big ass bitch. and he ruined my dad, because his dad ruined him, and my dad ruined my brothers. so i know what to look forward to when i grow up and have kids, especially boys. maybe i will ruin them too. black people. gosh.
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mertz Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
what did obama say, father’s need to standup and take responsibilty or something like that. yeah. sometimes all we need is a parent. we don’t need 2 or one or whatever. we just need a parent. i’m not one so although i can see how hard it is, it’s not my experience and it’s not my reality. it’s like you grow up, you become an adult, you have kids, and you die inside. that’s what i have to look up to. i am never having kids. sister act what. straight to the nunnery.
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June 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I am so ashamed for the Jackson family. Who does this? And we wondered why MJ wanted to find his childhood? Beyond this statement he made obviously more concerned for Don Lemmon to meet his entourage than discussing and looking concerned for his son. I understand grief has many faces, but his is not it. He said “I am great”. I believe he was speaking the truth. I have always loved and believed in MJ. Some of the black community distanced themselves from him, the white as well. Only with him during his highs, not the lows. Last night on the show when they said he was “ours he belonged to the black people and we just shared him with the world” you didn’t own him, in case you didnt realize slavery died long ago. Its so sad that BET didn’t try to be a little more classy as MJ was soft spoken, wasn’t the type to cuss in a song, have booty girls. They could have toned it down. The artists that came up and they had to bleep 80% of the song including the host, was inappropriate. The parts where they actually honoured him was singing his songs, the opening, the song by Beyonce (although singing a church song in your panty with all your boobs out?)..those were classy, but really. They should have been more to who he was as a person. Only on BET would you hear about a host talking about being high, drunk and what size his penis is. Never ever would I associate this with honouring a man’s memory. Its just so sad. The good thing is that MJ is dead and didn’t have to witness his father, or the sometimes disrespectful moments for his tribute. I am looking forward to Rolling Stone’s issue of honouring MJ as well as other publications and won’t have to worry about dishounouring this amazing man. I mean really “Michael Jackson is a gun”???? Who thought that was a great dialoge for MJ to be honoured with and more importantly teach our youth. Sad. Sad. Sad.
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TDot Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Here Here!
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June 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I was discusted to hear him promote his new record label. This man is and was a poor excuse for a fater, and a human being. Just days later he’s promoting a new record label, and that was his reason for being at the BET awards, not to pay tribute to his son, but to put himself in the limelight off of Micheal’s death. The world did not know how to handle Micheal, but the most obvious things to me about Micheal is that he was a wonderful, loving and sweet soul. The world was cruel to this kind soul, they crucified him, made judgments about him, and hurt him without reason, it started at home, and continued through his life. I will ask that we have compassion for him, and realize that Micheal was a gentle soul in a cruel world. Joe Jackson your day will come, and I hope your ready with your God. Micheal Jackson comes around not in a century, or a lifetime , but never! Thank you for sharing your God given talents, and gifts with us, we were blessed to hear your music,and see your soul for it’s purity. God may you keep Micheal’s soul in your presense, and show him the love he deserves, the love he was looking for on earth , but never received. R.I.P Micheal. You were an angel on earth!!!!!
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June 29th, 2009 at 11:33 am
that guy could not care less right now…..
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Steve Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I agree, I live very close to the Encino House.
J Jackson is a total A Hole
LOOK INTO HIS EYES, ALL YOU SEE IS EVIL
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June 29th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Joe Jackson should be ashamed of himself! Self promotion right after his son’s death! WOW! no wonder his kids hate him!
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June 29th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Fucking Sick!
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June 29th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Leave Old Boy alone, he just looks confused and bewildered and just wants to show that everything is under control.
Y’all got to bare in mind, he’s an old man he’s seen a lot of people, from his family friends e.t.c die. He feels he has to be strong for his family. I wasn’t feelin the plug of his business venture but. He can do what he wants who am I to dictate how he should feel.
I think the media should let the family handle their grief however they want until they burry their son.R.I.P King Jackson I got nothing but love for Janet and my heart goes out to her and the rest of the family.
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Ameerah Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
So obviously being older means not being accountable. Hmmm where did you get that logic? The only bewilderment I saw (and for the record the world saw if you watch CNN, BBC, CTV, etc) is a man bewildered as to why Don Lemmon wanted to ask so much about MJ when he clearly was waiting to show him his entourage. Don’t help to perpetuate an abusers actions. It dishounours the people he abused.
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YouNG FReSH2D Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
If you read my comment I said “I wasn’t feelin the plug of his business venture but. He can do what he wants who am I to dictate how he should feel.”
What i mean by that is, the Jackson Family are going through a tough period. They want to know what happened to MJ plus they are trying to come to terms with what just happened and why.
The last thing they need is a bunch of bloggers all in their business, trying to make their feelings a priority or a major discussion because its not about y’all feelings its about arranging a funeral for MJ period.
Let them do that ignore old boy, crucify him as much as you like once MJ has been burried. Thats all folks, ya dig?
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Brooklyn B Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
co-sign
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
This whole thread needs a little psychotherapy…sheesh, let me go ahead and get the fuck outta here! ASAP
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June 29th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Here’s the link Miss Info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE2mh2Wp1aY
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June 29th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
michael was living his dream it was joe who wanted to be a star michael jus wanted to live a normal life but he physically beat his sons into becoming famous i dont know if he cared about michael or not but he doesnt show it
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June 29th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Joe Jackson is a thug.
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Its simple… THE GOOD DIE YOUNG JOE JACKSON AINT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT!!!
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June 29th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Just watching that damage limitation statement by Ambulance Chaser Sharpton. Pathetic.
“Michael would have wanted his family to continue his work”
Meaning what Al? Is Joe gonna fill in for Mike on those 50 dates at the O2?
“That’s why Mr. Jackson said yeah I’ll go to the BET Awards and show the world that I’m gonna stay in the music business because that’s what my son would have wanted me to do”.
Does Al actually believe that to be true as he is saying it? Could he possibly have convinced himself that there is even 1% of truth in that statement?
Thanks to Al also for clearing up the record label confusion; it’s perfectly ok for Joe to promote the label in the wake of his sons death because the guy he’s creating the label with is the former lead singer of a group that his son used to admire. As long as Michaels name can be connected in some way (no matter how vaguely) with the label then it must be ok.
Oh and “Michael was about keeping the right music of hope and love in front of the world.”
At this point…who in the world is buying this as anything other than damage limitation? BAD damage limitation at that…
Or maybe some of us that “misinterpreted” what Joe said are thinking to ourselves “what a big mistake I made last nite thinking that Joe Jackson used an interview about the death of his son to promote a record label..gee I must have become confused for a moment somehow”
As for Joe himself, there is no need to comment on how the man lives in a world of his own, except maybe to note the strange geography of the world in which Joe lives; one where Michael “was loved in every country in the United States”
That about sums it up really.
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June 29th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Joe Jackson is a greedy scumbag that is a known FACT. The other day I saw the Joe Jackson interview with Louis Theroux.Check out this link from an interview he gave the BBC in 2003.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/11_november/13/theroux_transcript.pdf
THAT LINK IS PROOF OF HIS EVIL GREEDY WAYS, HE ONLY CARES ABOUT MICHAELS MONEY, AND MICHAELS KIDS ARE NOW THE KEY TO GETTING THAT MONEY!!
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June 29th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Joe Buddens is sighned to Joe Jacksons Ranch Records LoL
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June 29th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
AHAHAAA DID YOU SEE THAT AL SHARPTON INTERVIEW HE JUST HAD WITH ANDERSON…lol. i love when people change their words and try explain something for others. it’s alright rev. we still have lots of love for you. and also good interview with marcus mabry about his article. kinda interesting things. i understand why questlove, k’naan, and so many other people feel all so het up. i guess i just am not black enough or something because i must really be heartless or something. of course mj was a black man. he always will be even if he aesthetically doesn’t look like it in his later years. apparently we make an exception for his looks because we, black people blame Joe Jackson for all of Michael’s demons and low self esteem. Meh. To which I would say that both, are human and therefore imperfect. Yes someone can break you, forever sometimes, but then it’s up to you to make your own way and overcome. I think mj did that 50-50. sad. I don’t want to hear anymore about his record company…in fact it may be a new venture but the idea is stale coming from his mouth. I’ve heard it before. I wasn’t surprised. I was just sad for mj.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29race.html?_r=1&ref=arts
there’s the article.
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June 30th, 2009 at 12:04 am
oh and i see i’m not the only cnn watcher here. it was good times
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June 30th, 2009 at 8:57 am
thank you cnn. From what have seen and heard about Joe Jackson, the man is as transparent and shallow as can be. What a horrible father!
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June 30th, 2009 at 11:08 am
WOW – lol what a sorry excuse of a man/father no wonder his kids are all fucked up. that nigga actually advertised his new company. lol wow.
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June 30th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Joe has been left out of Michael’s will thank God
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June 30th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Joe Jackson didnt treat Michael or his sibblings with dignity, so why should his attitude towards Michael passing be any different. I’m not making this up, Michael said in the Bashir interview that his father terrified him and made him vomit and would beat him with anything on hand.
Terrible man, not worthy of being called a father.
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June 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I dont understand, what is in Michael’s will if he was purportedly 400 million in debt. But do the deceased pass on their debt? I think I heard once, they dont.
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June 30th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
You debts remain when you die.
You can’t get out of debt even by death.
They will take it out of the estate.
Joe Jackson is pathetic to say the least.
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June 30th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
I think Joe Jackson is disgusting when I see his interviews I want to throw up because he makes me sick to my stomach. I’m just voicing my opinion that he was a terrible father and doesn’t deserve one inch of fame or anything because of his son. Yes people mourn differently no one can tell him how to but stay out of the lime light if your not even going to try and look upset over the death of your son. We lost a great singer yes but what about the fact that you lost your son??!? and your kids lost their brother?!? Really Joe Jackson should just stay home and never come out ever again. I think Janet’s statement was sincere but Idk something about how all of them are acting makes me feel like they hardly care but hey I don’t know them so I can’t say how they feel.
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July 1st, 2009 at 2:09 am
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/30/jackson.rabbi/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
gosh. i don’t understand why people can’t just admit that mj was a flawed human being with amazing gifts, and that he was also a good person. he was a complex person. just like everyone else. allow him that atleast. i mean he was human. people have addictions, to big and little things. what’s so wrong about seeing him as he was. i don’t want to fall in the mj trap because i know he tried to spin things real well in his favour because something was missing inside of him, but what can i do. maybe i need to stop being a fan. or maybe my being a fan contributed to him legitimizing his feelings and misplacing some of his self worth into things people shouldn’t. it’s just SO freaking sad. i’m so pissed off at him because he was the best. why why why why why couldn’t he just stop being stuck and grow as a human being. my dad keeps saying the same thing to me that i’m like mj. i know that. wth am i supposed to do. i’m just learning as i grow and gain experiences. is it my fault that being an artist is like a double edged sword filled with so many psychological, psychiatricc problems. whatever. there must be some true artists out there who lived a full life. i mean i know people always say the best art is made through blood/pain/suffering or whatever…which i think is true, but there has to be a blance to that. there has to be an opposite to all of that. you can’t find your self worth in others. it has to be you and you first. gosh. this life thing sucks.
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Ashley Reply:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I completely agree with you & i believe that everything in Michael’s life made him messed up, I feel truly bad for him because through everything although he was God on stage all he wanted was love and not love a fan could give the real kind of love for him as a person and thats one of the things every person in the world needs because thats what contributes to a balance.
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July 1st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
i cant wait for the blu ray. that shit gonna be hot yo
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July 1st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Scumbag indeed!! Abusive, cold, arrogant. Asked about Michael’s death he shamelessly exploits the air-time to big up his own business interests. No wonder Michael was so mixed-up. It didn’t take long to sew up the kids custody, knowing the will left everything to his family. So, Joe is now successful, in monetary terms. It’s why he beat Michael, he wanted to be somebody through his kids because he could never be a star himself. You didn’t and don’t deserve such a talented bunch of kids – Shame on you!! You will die a sad and lonely man, tended to by the bigots you hang around with. You are and will always ONLY be Michael Jackson’s father and that is what you hate the most!And Jamie Foxx – Michael belongs to us all, not the black race! You were not so quick to claim him when the child abuse scandal broke. You are your own hypocrisy; a successful black man.
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January 2nd, 2010 at 8:10 pm
joe jackson was abusing the jackson 5 i hated that .did all u see wen joe said it waz to bad we lost the greatest iwaz thinking that he did not love mick that much.he jus wanted the money he did not care about michael.well..um..he beated on them so much until wen ever he came in the room where mick waz michael would faint or vomiate.because of him.I LOVE U MICK … I WILL NEVER LET U PART U R ALLWAYS IN MY HEART I WILL LOVE U NO MATTER WAT.THIS FROM: DEPHANIE STONER
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