What do you mean that he had no control of his life? I see 2 people wrote that above. To me, statements like that is what haters run with and portray Micahel as this person of little intelligence and no ability to conduct his life. It reminds me of that woman on tv saying this is a man who never did anything right, so I don't know what those bodyguards said in the book to make 2 people draw that conclusion. Obviously Michael had control of his life the way everyone does, in spite of others interjecting their power, actions, personalities into the plans and goals we set for ourselves. People can interfere or limit the control you have of your life but no one can take all your control away not even in jail. There you still have some control, so again what did the bodyguards say to make people say this?
Well I don't think that when people say this that they mean ALL control. Obviously, he could still function so he had control
But they're saying it in a sense that his "empire" that was once riding high at one point in his life....completely disintegrated in front of him. And most of it was due to things not in his control. In that way, its kinda like watching everything come crashing down around you and sure, eventually you have the control to pick things up eventually ...but its still crashing down lol. And there's not much you can do about it.
Also, it makes more sense to say it in the context of a celebrity. Because to you and I...well, we don't have an entourage managing almost every aspect of our lives. These people MJ paid and trusted to do their jobs and time and time again, they betrayed him or were incompetent. So this entourage, this "empire" that is interwoven in his life and surrounds his life...spun completely out of his control so to speak. Mostly because at the time this book was set in, he was recovering from the trial. And, placing myself in his shoes, it's hard to wrap your head around the folks that are making money off of you thanks to your "empire" when you went through such a traumatic experience. So things start to fall apart. And people start to take advantage. And things get a bit out of hand.
So, in that way he had no control. It was a machine, as he often said. With something that big surrounding you, and you're just trying so hard to get things together for yourself, you can't keep track of it all. And people are just vultures in MJ's world and MJ knew that but there wasn't much he could do because he had to trust SOMEONE (or rather many) to maintain his affairs. Just so happens that most of the time when he does, he gets screwed over. And in that way he had "no control."
Haters are gonna find anything to hate on really, so what haters say doesn't matter to me when it comes to understanding MJ's life lol. You'll see in the book that MJ was more than intelligent, he was cunning. He tested people, and as we expressed - cautious (or paranoid). But that doesn't mean this helped reel in the massive network of money-grabbers his very name attracted. This wheel of everyone wanting a piece of you or just SOMETHING out of you at any given time but at the same time, you needing to rely on these people to maintain the life you want, that's being kept alive essentially by these money-grabbers...like I said, its a machine. ANd I think its easier said than done to pretend to know exactly how to manage something like that after going through an experience like that trial.
