You know what. I FELT the same way. the exact same way. I even tried to block out those feelings and just pushed it to the back of my head. But now with me hearing some other things about jermaine introducing mike to tohme( and possibly married to tohme ex) and when this is the second or third that he has said NO ONE SHOULD CONTEST the will. im like:mello: Who are you talking about because katherine is the only one who is going against the execs on the will. So um why does he keep saying that about his mother.:doh: Also he is pushing for michael to be buried at neverL when mike left for a reason. And NeverL is not the only save place in the world. so um the question mark is back over his head for me and I'm WATCHing him closely.
Yeah, Jermaine has certain issues. He is torn between the love he has for his brother and the fame his brother brings.
It's a complex thing like the brother of a king torn between the love of his father and the feeling that he could have been the king, as well as the attention being brother of the king brings.
Those are complex things to deal with.
Jermain loves his brother and definitely wants to defend him and his legacy, as well as that of teh Jackson5
At the same time, in the corner of Jermaine's mind, and he has spoken about this, he feels that it's chance that led Michael to be lead singer and he could have been lead singer of the Jackson5 and then gone on to be the superstar and not Michael.i
At times, he stops, reflects and studies what it is that makes his brother so big. He looks at teh charity, the kindness, the shyness and tries to emulate them.
But some of these things are natural to Michael
Also, when Jermaine sang at the memorial, i felt his mother might have stared at him. For these reasons.
Jermain had a falling out with teh rest of teh family when he chose loyalty to Berry Gordy and staying at motown, rather than leaving with them
When Jacksons were doing well, he chose to join them and leave motown.
Jermaine had issues with relationships and his mother did not want to move in unmarried after divorcing his first wife and tehn getting another woman. Joe is the one who pushed it.
Then Jermaine had a serious falling out with Michael in early 1990s which Katherine presided over. Michael was crying, asking his brother to pull the song that slandered him, but Jermaine put his foot down and Michael left crying. Katherine tried persuading Jermaine but he was obstinate.
The reason for this may have been the feeling somewhere among Jacksons that Michael took all the limelight and worse for Jermaine, that he could have been the lead singer and now the superstar but that his producers had left him to work for Michael instead and he could not reach Michael on the phone.
Michael later forgave Jermaine. I think the lyrics were re-written by Jermaine.
Then came the issue of Jermaine taking is brother's girlfriend and the scandal of his ex-wife's book that hurt Katherine with some of the things she said about her.
Now, in 2003, Katherine did not approve too much of teh Nation Of Islam in Michael's life, and saw Jermaine as having done that. But for Michael's security, she let that pass.
The otehr fallout cmae with this Bahrain Prince who sued Michael, but had bought gifts for Jermaine. That info came out and did not please Michael or Katherine who saw Jermaine's friends as trying to use Michael.
Then the Tahome issue
Then Jermaine kept pushing for the Jackson5 forcing Michael to issue a press release in late 2008 saying he loves his brothers but will not participate.
I guess at that point, and maybe a few other things we do not know, Michael became angry with Jermaine again.
Now, all these, Katherine seated there seeing Jermaine doing a solo, singing, was like Jermaine showcasing his talent before a worldwide audience and as Larry King was to say later, he had forgotten taht Jermaine could sing very well.
It may have been sincere on his part but because of this stuff that fans know of between Michael and Jermaine, that's what made it uneasy seeing him sing
Because it was like "finally i get the spotlight singing", even though that was not his intention.
And waht makes it worse is the effort to release the "smile" song as a single.
Something tells me that those managing the estate have decided to grease Jermaine's ego of having his single singing Michael's song out there sellling millions, even if he's not making money, the prospects of it open doors for the future for him.
By doing that, they can then get Jermaine on their side.
And what's the result, he now criticizes his mother indirectly about challenging the estate executors and talks about how much money they are raising and ensuring all is well with the estate first of all "basically, let them release my single first of all". to raise more millions for Michael's estate.
If the estate executors were not trying to grease Jermaine's ego, they would release a CD of all songs sang at the memorial or even a DVD of the full memorial.
This is where Katherine should block a single for "Smile" and ask them to release either a full CD of all artists that sang, or a DVD o fthe memorial for those who would want to keep it.
Why release only smile, when Paris as Jermaine said, picked "Gone to soon" for the private thing and Usher sang it again for the public thing?
So unfortunately, that's what makes some uneasy, Jermaine being torn between two worlds, love for the brother and a feeling of entitlement, as well as an obstinate nature.
That's why Katherine seems to have put her foot down to Jermaine's suggestions of Neverland because she feels Jermaine is being driven by his associates to use her son's body to make money
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You have to try and see this from Katherine's perspective.
And from Barrack's interview in the Los Angels Times before Michael passed away, this is a guy who doesn't care about Michael, given his innuendo, but about the money he could make.
When i thought about how Katherine sees all this, i realised that Forest Lawn is not a bad idea. Michael can rest in peace, his body doesn't have to be present where a museum will be built.
But if a public place is created, the media will try to turn it into a circus.
Katherine will make the best decision at the end of the day, because she feels the way Michael would feel, she has the genuine love for her son, devoid of money and attention seeking.
