It is not uncommon for a person to publicly talk bad about their previous spouse, but it's not right. Michael didn't strike back or attack her. Michael said very clearly in the Shmuley tapes which were in 2000 and/or 2001 I that the reason he and Lisa split was because he wanted children and she didn't. She already had her children even though she agreed prior to the marriage that having children would be the first thing they would do after getting married, but she refused to do what she had promised to do prior to the marriage. So, for Michael, it was cut and dry and in MJs mind, that was the reason they divorced.
It was sort of pathetic how after the divorce, Lisa hounded MJ and followed/stalked him all the time and it never ended until the day he died. She would even move to wherever MJ was living. She pretty much threw herself at him and after the divorce, then offered to have his children. She was like an obsessed fan who stalked him.
This may not be nice for me to come out and say it but I honestly believe that in hindsight, after the marriage and divorce and her stalking him, I don't think he would ever have considered her having his children. That would link him to her always and he wanted to move on and did move on. Also, MJ wouldn't want his children to have a mother who cannot speak a sentence without using the words MF, GD or Bite Me.
MJ again made it extremely clear to Shmuley when he said "Brooke Shields was the love of my life!!" He said that he only wished that she had loved him as much as he loved her. That answers my questions regarding the love of MJs life. It came straight from MJs mouth.....no tabloid and no speculations nor assumptions....straight from MJs mouth.
I think Lisa beats herself up over her relationship with MJ and isn't able to forgive herself. She needs to forgive herself and heal and move on. I still feel that there is a big difference between love and obsession, and after the divorce the love she had for MJ turned into an obsessive type of love which may never end. I don't dislike Lisa, I am just stating what I think is true and what MJ said to Shmuley.