Jermaine Writing Book On Life With MJ *Book To Be Released Sept 13*

[xthunderx2]

exactly, it's the jealousy that speaks out of him, despite of everything Michael went thru ppl were eager to see him, WE wanted to see him, I had to spend 7 hours on that TicketMaster site to get tickets to TII during presale, that's how HARD it was, with the site crushing down a million times because of the demand. That was btw my first and last time since I used Ticketmaster, I've never been to a concert ever Mike's was supposed to be my first concert, and since that didn't happen, I just never had the urge to go and see someone else since his death. While Jermaine's ''concerts'' doesn't attract people at all, folks aren't even ready to see him for free. LMAO

Thank You Twinklee...your post is as if I wrote it myself...:hug:

 

[xthunderx2]

I like this girl (she do nice mj vids) but, straight up this ish made me CTFU! WAY OVER THE TOP! I thought it was the 70's/80's again?! Jermaine u one lucky dog....lmao God bless that bloodline, eh? And what it does to folks and permits u and the rest of the jacksons to keep on with the nonsense!

 

[Ramona122003]

I like this girl (she do nice mj vids) but, straight up this ish made me CTFU! WAY OVER THE TOP! I thought it was the 70's/80's again?! Jermaine u one lucky dog....lmao God bless that bloodline, eh? And what it does to folks and permits u and the rest of the jacksons to keep on with the nonsense!

 

[MJsSusie]

Ok i dont want to go through and read all these pages so im going to say my opinion on this book and leave it be.....
Jermaine is 2 things with this book 1) Trying to make up for dissing his brother when he did the song "Word to the Badd" Or 2) hes trying to milk the cash cow that is his Brother Michael. I hate to say it like that but As it seems it is true. Michael said "Reachin In my Pocket, I Just Gotta Stop it" Obviously he tried to stop it but it never stopped. Obviously it still hasnt stopped. Michael's name/likeness and other attributes will be used forever. But having his family use him like this just makes the painted picture of the Jackson family all the more detailed in what they REALLY want. What the Jackson family is all about from the time Michael was able to sing. That dear ones is MONEY Plain, Simple and Dirty. Michael knew what his family was about, Jermaine is as low Down as the rest of them. He is the one that is most like Joesph when it comes to Greed. Joesph is so over come with greed hes almost green, Jermaine is about the same color. Same with Latoya and every other family member writing a book about their dear sweet Brother. Janet is the only one it seems that isn't cashing in on her brothers untimely death. I wish people would see that doing this to Michael is not only disrespecting him but it also hurts him regardless his physical state.

 

[Petrarose]

I am laughing at the part where Jermaine says the reason we rushed to buy TII tickets was because Michael said this would be the last time he would be performing. Now or never? Speaking for just me that is so wrong. He totally doesn't get the relationship Michael has with his fans. He could have said he would be doing 50 world tours after TII and I still would have flown to London. My sweetheart was going to be there after being away for so long. All I wanted was to be in the same space he was and watch him make magic like only Michael Jackson can.

Thank you, so all the times Michel's tickets sold out first, did he tell people it would be the last? Jermaine is irritating me. Why is he writing what is going on in Michael's head and people's minds? I guess he wants to say that Michael was not marketable anymore. Wishful thinking Jermaine. This all makes me realize how bitter Jermaine feels towards Michael.

Autumn I think you are right about him giving the ghost writer a number of books and articles on Michael to read. He read them also to help him make up stories. The "plan" of course was his hook to get a publisher. They told him they will not do a book unless he could come up with something that no one knew. Ta Da, enters Jermaine's Secret Plan.

 

[bluetopez]

Well, the Jacksons do have their fans and we shouldn't mock those who do like them. Their fanbase just isn't a tenth as big as Michael's and they tend to be older people. Also, most Jackson fans tend to be American, most likely people who grew up doing the J5 days and passed their love of their music to their children.

Yes, I know but, she and others like her know the facts about the jacksons (she even made a video stating all the stuff that was goin down at fan forums and how wrong it was for us to be like that to mjs fam) and choose to support everything and anything jacksons, just because they are jacksons! Which was the point I was trying to make! But, she is a sweet girl! And I do like the jackson five and the jacksons music myself! But, i won't just ignore what they do cause their his blood like others do! So i guess if she can call us out, I can call those like her out too! Fair is fair!

 

[RedMaryFlint]

So the single AND the album were commercial failures. *Jermaine played himself!

I had no idea about his being dropped from Arista after that project failed. So after Arista dropped him, Jermaine Jackson never was signed to another label. That must have stung and "sort of" explains why Jermaine is on this ungodly quest for Superstardom this late in his life.

That FAQ was written in 1995, but as far as I know, it remained true. I don't think he was signed again by a label. In 1991, a lot of people were wondering what was wrong with Michael because of the changes in his appearance, and the "didn't want to be Black" theory was getting legs. However, when Jermaine came out with that song, even Michael's critics were shocked and repulsed that his own brother would turn on him like that. Jermaine became radioactive. No one wanted anything to do with him. People thought, even if, or especially if your brother is crazy, you just don't do that.

After Michael told Oprah that he had a skin disorder that was later identified as vitiligo, Jermaine was asked whether or not he had known about it at the time "Word to the Badd!" was leaked. He gave only evasive answers. I'm staggered by his latter-day claim to have had vitiligo himself. It would have to mean he damned well did know what he was doing when he made that song.

 

[Ramona122003]

Yes, I know but, she and others like her know the facts about the jacksons (she even made a video stating all the stuff that was goin down at fan forums and how wrong it was for us to be like that to mjs fam) and choose to support everything and anything jacksons, just because they are jacksons! Which was the point I was trying to make! But, she is a sweet girl! And I do like the jackson five and the jacksons music myself! But, i won't just ignore what they do cause their his blood like others do! So i guess if she can call us out, I can call those like her out too! Fair is fair!

I know that. But for some people they really can't separate the music from the people. You can say we do the same thing with Michael since we forgive or even find his flaws cute. Now, he didn't have the flaws that I would consider dangerous, overly annoying, or even morally questionable but he did have his problems that could turn off some people. But fans overall took this as part of what Michael is.

It is the same for some Jackson fans. They know that some in the family are greedy, self-serving, lazy, and downright lairs, but they just see this as character flaws that they had come to accept. It is the same for those how still respect Joe. They may not agree with anything they've done, but they believe everything was for the best given the success Michael enjoyed and some of these people saw Michael as whining about an old and dead issue. From what I've seen the Jackson fans believe that despite everything the family has done, especially in the last two years, they are still good people with good hearts who do stupid things at times.

None of what I wrote is an excuse for any of them and I support your right to call them out. I'm just saying that there are two sides to this issue. Being a fan of such of such a big family with so many egos and self-interest will always cause division.

 

[8701girl]

Thanks, Ivy. There's one thing I don't understand, from this quote?

"Jermaine realizes a white blemish on his left thigh. Doctor says it's vitiligo and not to worry unless it spreads."

Does that mean JERM had "a white blemish," i.e. vitiligo? Or, he saw that on Michael's leg, or what? Because if Jerm, too, has vitiligo (but a far less spreading form), that makes it even less understandable that he wouldn't know the reason for Michael's lighter skin?

Funny how that comes out now when mj is gone and not when mj needed the family support bout vitiligo!

 

[TheChosenOne]

Thank you, Ramona. It is always good to bring balance to these things.

 

[Petrarose]

After Michael told Oprah that he had a skin disorder that was later identified as vitiligo, Jermaine was asked whether or not he had known about it at the time "Word to the Badd!" was leaked. He gave only evasive answers. I'm staggered by his latter-day claim to have had vitiligo himself. It would have to mean he damned well did know what he was doing when he made that song.

Of course Jermaine knew, but I notice they like to be on the side of the media sometimes, if they think it serves their purpose. Every time I see someone with vitiligo, I think of Michael. Today I saw a man who had it real bad, and I mean real bad. I said if i had this condition, I would do exactly what Michael did, that is, seek ways to even it out.

Not everyone can accept certain conditions that afflict them. Further, Michael was not the first person to do this. I remember back in the day when I used to buy the papers, there was an article with headlines like "black man turns white." This was around the 80s. Of course when you read it, it was a mild story about how doctors were treating this person with vitiligo to speed up the whitening so that he could be even. No one made a hype about that story. It was not on TV like a disgraceful thing to do. Now here comes Michael, and because they are jealous of his success and individualistic tendencies, they make a big negative story out of it.

The only thing I am sorry about, is that when Michael recognized he had it, he did not allow his press people to say, hey Michael has vitiligo and it is being treated. (The only reason I think this private information should have been told is because he is a public figure, and consequently the public will see the change.) Rather, they waited for years while the media had a field day. Since no one knew and the family did not say anything, Michael was ridiculed. This is why it is so disgusting and wicked for Jermaine to know all about this and he also had it too, and he said nothing until 9/13/11. Look how long ago this media falsehood began. Shame on you Jermaine.

 

[8701girl]

Yes i too saw a man with vitiligo a while ago here at the plaza and couldnt help but think of michael. I felt so bad for him but glad that he wont be in the media's eyes like mj was & wont get harrased like mj did.

 

[marebear]

I am sorry but if Jermaine has any vitiligo and said nothing all this time and let Michael take all this crap about his own then shame on him. You don't do that especially to your brother. Are any of us going to forget how badly Michael was treated over something he had no control over? I don't think so. This is one example why people get upset with his family. They have or had the opportunity to help Michael and they stay silent. Only speak when it's convenient for them. He did so much for his family and this is what he gets in return. I feel like reading these excerpts so far that I have read this before for some reason.

 

[Ashtanga]

Thanks Ivy! You won the book? :fear:

I like this girl (she do nice mj vids) but, straight up this ish made me CTFU! WAY OVER THE TOP! I thought it was the 70's/80's again?! Jermaine u one lucky dog....lmao God bless that bloodline, eh? And what it does to folks and permits u and the rest of the jacksons to keep on with the nonsense!

 

[Petrarose]

I like the Jackson 5 as a group, but with Michel in it. Once Michael went on his own, that was it for me. I will buy Jackson 5 and The Jackson old music, but I will not buy any of their individual material because I am not interested in it. To me, Michael was the main attraction in that group. All I want Jermaine to do is to send me some cute pictures of Michael, if he has any. He could keep the book.

 

[qbee]

LOl she did the same with Latoya's book signing just not as enthusiastic LOL

 

[Petrarose]

^^May be because Jermaine is a male.

Just remember something. Jermaine talks about Michael talking about girls titties. I was wondering if he saw the video of Michale in the car mentioning titties and decided to use that in his book as though it happened when he was with Michael.

 

[ivy]

Chapter 13 - The Hardest Victory

1984 - Victory Tour.

"VICTORY TOUR WAS ANOTHER IDEA that had to be sold to Michael before he agreed. And, as with Motown 25, his change of heart walked him into another page of The Guinness Book of World Records. It also led to reports that we, as brothers, “pressured” or “coaxed” him into taking part. This was the start of a mistaken and enduring belief that we were only interested in coat-tailing Michael’s fame for profit, as if he were an overnight sensation and we had just woken up to his talent, as opposed to having grown up alongside it."

"Unlike Epic and then Sony, we never viewed Michael as a robotic money-making machine. We viewed him as brother with whom we wanted to share more glory. Our passion to perform with him never changed en route from our bunk beds to Hollywood. That desire between brothers was always consistent, pre-fame, post-fame."

Jermaine says Michael first didn't want to do Victory tour, later as a stage addict he couldn't resist it and in the end he insisted on it planning design and concept. Joe and Katherine are the architect of Victory, he had Janet and Latoya on the line up as well. Jackie said it was better if it was only brothers.

Blames Michael's camp for probably saying him the tour wasn't a good idea. Michael telling Katherine he wants to focus on movie ideas. Decides to help brothers with a tour and album so they'll be out of their contracts and be free.

"But in the back of his mind, he always wanted it to be his last tour with us—even if we didn’t. He proposed a tour name: “The Final Curtain.”"

$5 million Pepsi deal. Michael didn't drink Pepsi because he didn't like it. Pepsi compromised. Pepsi commercial. Burn incident. Jermaine thought Michael was shot by the way people rushed. 3rd degree burns. Michael enjoying the ambulance ride. Michael never intended to sue Pepsi but they donated $1.5 million to a burn unit.

Surgery to stretch a part of his scalp over the burned area. an implant. He was in pain for years. Demerol is prescribed to Michael.

Jackie hit by a car, bust his knee. He can't perform. Don King conviction for manslaughter makes the headline. Michael hears it and refuses to perform.Joe talks to him. Michael agrees to perform but Don King receives a legal letter that says the can't conduct business on Jacksons behalf. Later his roles were reduced.

Michael 50% at rehearsals, saved his 1000% for stage. Michael would go home and practice on his own.

Media stories of Michael being a homosexual begin again before the tour. Michael married to music, devout JW, waiting for the right woman.
The sun comes with the Wacko J** name. PR strategy is to plant weird and wonderful stories about him hence oxygen chambers and elephant man's bones stories. then comes weirdo, freak, added with his surgeries and his closeness to animals and children. Michael sends an open letter to the media. "ghosts" also addresses this.

Also there's quite a mention of politics going on with the tour, lawyers, representatives for different parties and what it caused.

Chapter 14 - The Reunion Party

First concert for the tour. Kansas. Marlon Brando's message to Michael "“MICHAEL—DON’T MAKE AN ASS OF YOURSELF AND FOR GOD’S SAKE, DON’T FALL IN THE ORCHESTRA PIT—MARLON.”. Describe the performance. Says Victory tour wasn't miserable. Huge difference between the business aspect and the show aspect. any business arguments didn't carry into hotel rooms or stage. Jermaine had suspicion that any rumors, subliminal messages etc was started by people that wanted to replace the brothers for Michael. More money for these people if money isn't split among the brothers.

Jermaine's tiger Bakana going on tour with them. Michael is touring with his 2 shadows from Kingdom Hall. Michael first seemed okay but he also valued his space.

"Their van had stopped at a set of traffic lights in Kansas City when Michael spotted three hookers on the street corner, with one wearing sequined hot pants. Michael’s eye couldn’t help but wander. “Oh my goodness, hurt me!” he said, playfully—Jackson-speak for “Oh wow, she’s looking hot.” Then, just as the lights were about to change, he stuck his gloved hand out of the window and waved. Three hookers did a double-take, wondering if that was . . . just maybe . . . it can’t be . . . Michael Jackson. Just to make sure that they were certain, Michael opened the van door a little and, looking back as the van began to move away, he showed his face, chuckled, and then slammed the door tight. He twisted around in his seat to watch three hookers jumping up and down with excitement. I don’t know what the two Jehovah’s Witnesses made of this interaction but it made Michael’s day and made one thing clear: he wasn’t always going to be squeaky-clean."

JW monitors followed Michael for 3 more years. Smooth criminal. Machine gun scene - JW's can't hold or possess or use a firearm. Kingdon Hall was harsh. "Michael wrote to the Kingdom Hall disassociating himself from the Jehovah’s Witnesses and specifically asking not to be recognized as a baptized Witness."

Michael and his sense of humor and pranks didn't change. Still Bill Bray was his target. Dileo also became his target.

Jacksons receiving death treats. The person who threathened them goes into a McDonalds and kills 22 injures 19 and killed in the shootout. Security increases if he had an accomplice that would carry out the plan against Jacksons. Travel in armored cars. Michael saying he would move so much on the stage so no one would be able to get him. Saying that Tito and Jermaine with their guitars were tied to a spot.

Madonna starts to hang with them in NY especually with Michael and Randy. Madonna wanting attention from Randy. Randy had a girlfriend.
"But we soon learned that very little deterred Madonna. Ignoring his girlfriend, she walked up to Randy, grabbed his face, stuck her tongue down his throat and told him, “When you’ve finished with this bitch, give me a call.”

Jermaine says Michael dated Madonna for shortest while in 1991. 2 mistakes Madonna did : try to change Michael and criticize Janet.

After that Michael seriously dated Brooke Shields. they remained friends and had communications till the day he died.

Jermaine continue working with Whitney Houston. More and more temptation. Michael and Clive Davis realizes it. They go their seperate ways as it's the right and sensible thing to do. Whitney Houstons “Saving All My Love For You.” is written about the events between her and Jermaine.

Brothers want to take Victory tour to Europe but Michael announces that it's their last and final show, announcing his detachment from Jacksons. Tells Katherine that this is something he needs to do alone. Brothers were hurt but accepted it.

1985 Jermaine see little of Michael as they are both recording. Jermaine releasing second Arista album, touring. Michael attending one of Jermaine's concerts in disguise. Jermaine can't realize it's Michael. (Jermaine says there's a picture of it in the book) Michael also use the same disguise during Bad Tour to mingle and sight see places.

John Lennon being killed by a fan. Makes Michael paranoid. disguises to hide. Looking for a secluded place to live.

Chapter 15 - Once Said.

"BETWEEN OUR LAST TOUR ENDING IN December 1984 and 1992, the family saw Michael sporadically, say three or four times a year in those eight years."

"Michael didn’t carry a cell phone so it wasn’t as if we could call him. Communications technology was never his forte and the system dictated now that we call his offices at Neverland or in L.A. and leave a message. And another. And then another. They all went unreturned and I didn’t know what to think."

1988 Jermaine comes up with the idea of Family Day. Michael sometimes made them sometimes didn't. 1989 2300 Jackson street song. Jermaine's marriage to Hazel ends in 1987 because he can't resist temptation when he mets Margaret. Jermaine moves back to Hayvenhurst. 1989 Jermaine visits Middle East. Converts to Islam. Returns to California. Moves to a duplex with Margaret and their 2 sons.

1990 news stories that Michael was taken to hospital with chest pains. Jermaine visits him. Michael says he didn't have chest pains but having throbbing pain , headaches. He was getting Demerol via IV. Reading about marriage and divorce. Jermaine mentions Islam to Michael.
Jermaine tells Michael he's moving to Atlanta to work on his next album with LA Reid and Baby Face. Stays with Michael that night at hospital.

Jermaine moves to Atlanta with Margaret and his 2 sons. Calls LA Reid and Baby Face about the album, hears that there's a delay. While waiting Jermaine starts talking with Stan Margulies (who would later produce Jacksons: American dream). He had a movie idea Tutankhamun and wanted Michael to play the pharaoh . Jermaine leaves a message to Michael about it and waits him to call back. Does this (call leave a message and wait) for several days. Michael never calls. 3 months pass in Atlanta. Jermaine hears LA Reid and Baby Face are in CA working with another artist - Michael.

As Jermaine was contracted to LAFace records an needed to deliver one more album to Arista he waited. LA Reid and Baby Face finally came back and they were upset with Michael as well. They didn't like Michael's insistence about Bruce Swedien and that Michael wasnn't going to continue with any of their songs. They had written "Word to the Badd".

(Note: I'll do direct quotes as most of you are curious about this)

"The hook that resonated—because of its implied selfishness"

"The lyrics they had written in anger met with my still-brewing anger toward Michael. Not only that: all my pent-up energy to get into the studio combined internally with a deepening sense of injustice. It was a perfect emotional storm in which no one was thinking, just letting fly. If a studio session is an outlet for anything, it is for releasing unexpressed emotion. Music can be cathartic that way and I won’t have been the first artist to arrive at the mic with an intention to get it all out. In fact, it was typical of me to vent on my own instead of saying anything direct to Michael."

"When I arrived at the studio to start work, I was presented with the finished song, and L.A. Reid and Babyface had come up with one particular verse that went like this: Reconstructed Been abducted Don’t know who you are Once you were made You changed your shade Was your color wrong? It was a clear dig at Michael, and I knew it. Those lyrics were consistent with a mistaken perception about him and I didn’t agree with them—but I did agree with the angry tone. I was mad. I embraced this secret retaliation. The moment that song sheet was in my hand, I was singing with an anger that therapists would have applauded, even if Michael’s fans would not. In my naïvety, I didn’t expect for a single second that those words would be heard outside the audience of two producers and one engineer because, in my mind, they were lyrics never intended for release. After I’d laid down my angry vocals—and felt much, much better for getting it off my chest—we recorded another version: the intended version of “Word to the Badd,” featuring T-Boz from TLC. It kept the same hook but ditched all of the innuendo toward Michael."

Bootleg version of Word to the Badd leaked. Jermaine calls Gordy. Gordy tells him to take responsibility. Jermaine wants to call Michael but sees no point as Michael doesn't return calls. Jermaine goes on Larry King / CNN says he should never have sang or recorded it. Michael calls Katherine to ask if it's really Jermaine singing the song. Katherine calls a meeting at Hayvenhust between the two.

"I went first. Not with an apology, but with the undercurrents. It is a conversation that remains vivid. “We used to be close,” I said, “but it’s been eight years . . . eight years, Michael. Eight years that we haven’t spent proper time together. I’m speaking for all of us, not just me.” He looked at me. Now we had eye-contact. I continued: “In those eight years, everyone has said everything they can about this family as if they know us and know you, and we should have stuck together but you went off and—”“And for those eight years you thought I deserved that song?” he interrupted. “That is hurtful, and I didn’t expect that . . . not from you, Jermaine.” “I didn’t write it.” “You sang it.” “I sang it when I was upset, but those lyrics don’t reflect how I feel about you and you know it,” I said. “You put your voice to those lyrics,” he said, forcing his point home. I could see in his eyes how hurt he was, and it killed me, knowing that I was responsible. “I’m sorry I hurt you,” I said. My betrayal acknowledged I tried to explain how I had reached out to him numerous times, leaving messages, and how frustrating that felt. “Like the King Tut movie idea you ignored . . .” “I don’t know anything about a King Tut movie,” he said, looking genuinely surprised. “I didn’t get any of those messages.” “Doesn’t that tell you something? That the people around you are not passing on messages from us!” I said, feeling agitated all over again, renewing my suspicion that our messages were being filtered by his gatekeepers. Michael promised to look into it. “But that still doesn’t excuse how much time you let pass during those eight years,” I reminded him. If we’re going to do this, let’s bring it all out, I thought. Michael went into a long-winded justification, saying it wasn’t deliberate, he was just busy. There had been a lot of traveling and touringand recording and shooting videos. He went on and on with what I considered to be rationalising. Eventually I had heard enough. “BUT, MICHAEL, WE’RE YOUR FAMILY! You’ve GOT to make time for family!” I yelled, and, in a fit of frustration, I slammed my fist on the coffee-table. The cups and saucers jumped on the silver tray and Michael almost leapt out of his skin. There was something so timid and fragile about him, so easily startled, that I felt bad for raising my voice. “I’m sorry,” I said. “I didn’t mean to make you jump . . .” Then he smiled. “Look at your face,” he said, and then he started to laugh. “You’re so uptight!” As kids, we’d laughed nervously in the most serious of situations and Michael’s chuckling, made me laugh now. With that, everyone relaxed."

Michael starts turning up to more Family Days but yet still not regularly available to them. Jermaine says that fans held "Word to the Badd" against him and acted like families do not fight. Michael didn't and they made up.

Chapter 16 - Forever Neverland

Neverland - Michael's happily ever after.

"I see him lazing at home with the “Michael Jackson image” hung up in the wardrobe as he shuffles about the kitchen—morning or night—not so pristine in a white V-neck T-shirt, pajama bottoms or sweat pants, and black velvet house slippers with a gold crest and the letter “J” on the toe."

"The core fact is that my brother looked at life through a child’s eyes. Age, status, persona and other people’s expectations of him had nothing to do with it. He had a child’s heart and he never outgrew a childlike enthusiasm for fun—and this was why he had a natural affinity with children."

Desctiption of Neverland. House, gardens, paintings, zoo etc. Black-and-gold wrought-iron gates were from Jermaine's old house. Michael added UK's coat of arms to it. His name and a crown. Michael's love for royalty and British monarchy. Amenities, statues, theather, beds for sick children, arcade etc.

Michael wanted to help less fortunate and sick children. Children being invited to Neverland, Michael visiting hospitals while touring.

Princess Diana. Meeting her during Bad tour. Calls between Michael and Diana between 1991 and 1994. Michael and Diana have the ability to spend hours on the phone. Michael says Princess Diana is a "a wise, sweet, sweet woman".

Oprah interview. Michael wanted to correct misconceptions about himself, wanted it to be live so there could be no editing. Jermaine says it was more of a career changing thing for Oprah than it was for Michael. Joe is seen as abusive. Michael disclose his vitiligo.

"The truth is that Michael noticed a small white patch on his stomach around 1982, just as I had found a spot on one thigh. Where mine didn’t worsen, his spread. I had suspected something was going on as early as 1984 and Victory, because he started to cover up all the time."

Single glove had nothing to do with Vitiligo.Glove was first suggested by Jackie just to attract attention to his hand movements. Michael showed less and less skin during Victory.

"I suspected something but really had no idea how serious his vitiligo was getting."

Karen Faye realizes patches in 1983 during Say Say Say. First matching them to darker tone. As they got biggger she had to match them to the lighter tone. and he also needed heavier use of makeup.

"A spiritual soul with blonde hair and animated by a bubbly energy, Karen had first been assigned to Michael’s team some time around Thriller and she quickly evolved from a trusted professional to a true friend he affectionately nicknamed “Turkle.” Soon Karen’s wise words and comforting friendship proved as indispensible as her brushes and make up."

"When you understand how sensitive he was about his condition, you also understand how much he trusted Karen. It was invasive work but every professional choice she made was designed to give him freedom and confidence, and make him look like the star he was. And he equally relied on her keeping all her work confidential. Some members of his entourage, video directors and photographers, didn’t understand that Karen’s challenge was to keep Michael looking perfect, and she couldn’t explain her actions because she was sworn to secrecy. So observers only saw an overly fussy makeup lady—one who sometimes inexplicably disappeared with her client. This was misconstrued: people decided she was competing as a woman for his attention. The truth was that she was working her butt off to keep him feeling safe and secure, ensuring none of his vitiligo was visible to anyone crowding near him."

Michael also got diagnosed with Lupus. Caused red blotches on his face. Lupus and Vitiligo are the reasons that Michael used umbreallas.

Brett Livingstone-Strong. painting in a hangar. theraphy of art to escape the craziness. Public learned about this in 2011. Jermaine visited the hangar to see his art. 7 figure.

Michael's friendhsip with Dave Dave and Ryan White. Friendship with child actors Emmanuel Lewis, Maculay Culkin. Brett Barnes, Wade Robson, Cascio siblings. A lot of "surrogate families". Jermaine only experienced Michael's relationship with Wade Robson and his family. Talks about Wade.

Michael desperately wanting to have children but he's consumed with work and the right woman didn't come along. Michael wanted to have 9 children.

To be continued.

Ps: we are done with 72 percent of the book. The next chapter is the 1993 allegations.

 

[Memefan]

Chapter 10 - Seperate ways

Joe calls and tells Jermaine to come over without Hazel. Joe tells Jermaine to sign the contract with CBS. Jermaine doesn't sign. Jermaine says Michael was also tempted to sign with a promise with dinner with Fred Astaire - never happened. Jermaine stays with motown. Jacksons move to CBS without him. Jermaine wants to talk to Michael but doesn't do it because there was tension between him and the brothers.

Some time later Michael calls Gordy and asks Jermaine to join them at Westbury Music Fair. Jermaine goes but stays his ground doesn't go on stage. Disappointments. New morning Jermaine joins them at CBS to hear the plans for the future. Isn't impressed and leaves CBS. That's how they went their separate ways.

"There was a suggestion for years that I broke up the group by leaving, but I’ve never viewed it that way. I did not leave them: they left me. They left “home”—and I will believe that until the day I die."

Brothers doesn't talk to Jermaine for 6 months. Katherine kept in touch over the phone. Joe occasionally called him. Jermaine was depressed. Fans banish him. End of 1976 brothers starts talking to Jermaine again and Jermaine starts going to Hayvenhurst.

Tatum was Michael's first girlfriend, childhood sweetheart.

Drowning accident. (In the book the time is correct) Michael is in knee-deep water. (fits with Michael's MoonWalk version, contradicts Jermaine's Bio Channel close call version). Hard time breathing. Jermaine drives him to hospital. Michael is released after a few hours.

Being friends with Muhammed Ali. Michael learned about Islam from Ali.

One afternoon Jermaine sees Michael with bandages on his face. He fell down in the living room, broke his nose and then got a nose job. Says Michael kept his plastic surgeries private as well. Jermaine says he understood why he had surgery - his big nose made him miserable.

Michael thinking about going solo. All the brothers are either married or left home. Diana tells him to go solo. The Wiz. Michael becomes even closer to Diana.

"As for how intimate they truly became, this is where his music—nearly always semi-autobiographical—should speak for itself. Go listen to the wistful lyrics of “Remember The Time,” released in 1992. That song was, as Michael told me, written with Diana Ross in mind; the one great love that, as far as he was concerned, escaped him."

Michael feels isolated. Walking streets to find people to talk to. They didn't realize this until later. Quincy Jones, Off the Wall. Michael crying after the Grammy's because he didn't win album of the year. Wrote on bathroom mirror "thriller. 100 millions of sales. sell-out stadiums". Focus. Dedication. Determination. Perseverance. is the things that will take him there.

Chapter 11 - Moonwalking

80's. Michael's morning meditation, listen to a tape that says “YOU ARE CONFIDENT . . . You are strong . . . You are beautiful . . . You are the greatest.” as pep-talk to himself. Says Michael would be angry with him for sharing this because it was his private ritual.

Michael is becoming more and more famous. Fans breaking into Hayvenhurst to see him. Jermaine and Jackie receiving letters from girls saying they are the father of their children. Michael never slept with a fan. Delusional "Billie Jean" fans. Michael remodeling Hayvenhurst. Michael liked to sleep on floor - said it's good for his back. On his wall he had pictures of Ava Gardner, later Shirley Temple and last years Alicia Keys. Memory room in Hayvenhurst. One room with memorallibia and awards. One wall celebrity wall - pictures of Michael with other celebrities.
Michael recording his conversations. Going through other people's drawers.

Thriller. Obsessed with it. They hardly saw Michael in 1982. Thriller released, breaking records. Motown 25. Michael hesitant about Motown 25. Jermaine calls him, Michael says he doesn't want to do TV. Gordy convinces Michael. Michael accepts but also wants a solo spot for "Billie Jean". They didn't know what Michael prepared for his solo spot. Jacket is Katherine's. Before the show Michael was in Diana's dressing room, going through her luggage (Diana wasn't in the room). Jermaine is happy that they perform once again. Michael does his solo spot. Fred Astaire calls him next morning. Michael gets to meet him a few weeks later. Michael is happy. Michael kept Katherine's jacket that he used in Billie Jean, later gave it to Sammy Davis Jr for a wristwatch.

Chapter 12 - Animal Kingdom

Michael's love for animals. Buying a llama, the seller acts prejudiced. Michael puts him to his place. eventually buys it from other place. Other animals as well.

Bubbles. Michael acting parental with Bubbles. Bubbles listening to him. Bubbles not sleeping in his crib but in Michael's bed. Michael is sleeping on the floor. Bubbles had wonderful clothes. Jermaine sometimes dressed Jeremy in Bubbles clothes because they were better. Michael and Bubbles playing hide and seek. Bubbles is at Center for Great Apes. and according to Jermaine his behavior patterns show that he's his father's son. Latoya's visit with Bubbles after Michael's death.

Janet - how she surpised everyone. How she felt she was forced into music. Her success.

Thriller video. John Landis. How it was financed. Michael plays it to family at the theather in Hayvenhurst. Rebbie's son Austin was freaked out whenever Michael tried to get close to him - afraid that Michael would change into a werewolf in real life as well. Kingdom Hall not happy with the video. The disclaimer - Kingdom Hall insisted for it. John Landis wrote the disclaimer not Michael.

Michael feels conflicted between his passion for music and his religious beliefs. 2 elders started to shadow Michael make sure that he stray from God's path. Disguises for his pioneering work.

Joe is no longer adequate for managing the increased popularity, they hire other managers. Joe is hurt. He wasn't shut out completely , all brothers seeked advice from Joe. Ron Weisner and Demann. Michael later hired Dileo. Branca is hired.

"Those two were a double-act that gelled from day one. They reminded me of Abbott and Costello because Frank was the roly-poly guy with a thick cigar in his mouth, while Michael was the one doing all the crazy capers. Frank was a deflector and mouthpiece—a front man—but his know-how also brought a new slickness to all that Michael did. John Branca, a fair-haired New Yorker, had become my brother’s new attorney and he, too, would provide expert guidance in the years ahead. The Branca-Dileo combination was the professional operation Michael was happy to have surrounding him."

Jermaine is in talks with Clive Davis of Arista Records. Talks with Gordy. leaves Motown. Signs with Arista. Clive asks his opinion about this new artist - whitney houston. they started working together. There was attraction between Jermaine and Whitney.

Michael's song writing and colloborations. Michael sang on Jermaine's “Tell Me I’m Not Dreaming” song , first release with Arista. Sony didn't want Michael on a song that would coflict with his own releases. so that was only released as a B-side.

Talks of reunion tour, album.

Michael meeting McCarthy. Learning about music publishing. Say say say. Neverland that he would purchase several years later.

will be continued.

Austin was born in 85...way after thriller.


Oh, and i am not buying the vitiligo bit. Not one bit. From what i read, Vitiligo begins in joints, groin, extremities. Jermaine is full of crap.

 

[Kingofpop4ever3000]

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[Resa]

Thank you Ivy for taking the time to summarize each chapter.

 

[Memefan]

After that Michael seriously dated Brooke Shields. they remained friends and had communications till the day he died.

Only after MJ passed, Brooked admitted she had not spoken to MJ in 10 years.

 

[JMie]

Jermaine should release a book of fairy tales. oh wait..

 

[qbee]

Well here's my honest "opinion" so far. Im not going to blatantly defend or attack Jermaine just voice what I see.

There a few inconsistancies but over all so far it seems to be respectful toward Michael. Im not goin to nit pic every insignificant error. You will find that in every book you read about MJ. but I do see some errors that are going to bite him in the butt . His book Its more honest that Most Ive read and certainly much better than Latoya's crap. but I do see jealousy from Jermaine in the way he trys to explain some of his and Michaels behaviour. Jermaine stated earlier he was doing research for his book. He should have clarified his findings with fans before it went to print LOL. It would have been best if he didnt write about events he was not personally privy to. which is alot becuase he stated he didnt have that much contact with MJ over the years. He knows Fans will point out every error .. Still waiting on the last chaps before i can give my final opinion.

 

[bluetopez]

U know what? If true? Screw L.A Reid and Baby Face too for acting like lil girls beacuse they couldn't work for MJ and allegedly wrote those horrible lyrics for "Word to the badd!" But, if Jerdummy thinks that he gets a free pass beacuse of it.... he doesn't! U are MJs brother and it was beyond stupid to agree to sing a song like that, no matter how mad u were, period! And if it was leaked without his "permission" Why didn't he sue then? Can't believe he tries to justify it..still! JERK!

And then says to the fans to stop using it against him cause Mj forgave him! Well Jermaine I DON'T GIVE A CRAP! The moment Jermaine decided to record that song was the begining of the true hell mj would face later on in combination with the the 93 alleagtions that also invovled people judging his skin and then what latoya did to MJ too!

Also Jermaine needs to stop trying to justify the Victory tour! In no way would anyone stop talkin and hangin with their fam for 8 YRS, if they weren't holding them back some how and asking for way to much! I say good for MJ that he did that and continued too way after the talk with Jermaine! Which says a lot don't it?! lol

 

[JMie]

Isn't it amazing how the two siblings who hurt him the most and did that publicly now can't stop repeating that MJ forgave them and that they were close? It's like if you repeat it often enough you will believe it's true

 

[rockstar]

i saw the intvew on the news website today

Jermaine face is so much in deep pain of saddness he needs a hug

 

[loveforever]

thank you Ivy for the summary, you are so great as always.
so basically there is nothing new except his "Escape Plan". It's get clear why he came out with this "plan", a bait to get media and attention for the book. No wonder he got two publishers.

 

[ivy]

We still have 6 more chapters to go to finish the book. so we'll see if there's any new info.

 

[8701girl]

This part here

"Unlike Epic and then Sony, we never viewed Michael as a robotic money-making machine.

Makes me :lol:! *cough* yeh right *cough*