Mmm, yeah, I can see now that maybe it was just too much for them to keep up. Ok.
I think there were enough sane people depending on MJ to support them that they would have fired maids who weren’t even trying. There were times, such as mentioned in the article where Oprah came to the house, where it would need to look sparkly! I can imagine having 20-30 boys running around plus animals with no rules could have been quite a mess to keep up with