Michael Jackson gets weird on 60 Minutes..tonight 7pm CBS LIVE THREAD

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

By special request, here is your live thread for the Wacky Michael Jackson 60 Minutes interview.

Michael Jackson is talking.

CBS' "60 Minutes" will air an interview with the pop superstar tonight, marking Jackson's first public comments since his Nov. 20 arrest on suspicion of child molestation.

Ed Bradley interviewed Jackson for about 30 minutes on Christmas Day at a hotel in Los Angeles. Bradley had been pursuing an interview with Jackson even before the molestation charges. The CBS newsman traveled to Jackson's Neverland estate last February for an interview, but Jackson got cold feet and canceled it at the last minute.

Jackson, 45, is charged with seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. He remains free on $3 million bail.

[Delta 21]

I wonder how many of his personal entourage would stick around if the paychecks dried up? He has an unimaginable amount of money and was probably never ever told "NO".

It was 30 something years since the breakup of the Jackson Five until he molested his first child (that we know of), and somewhere between 15 and 40 Million dollars made that "OK".

...so here we are....

[StarFan]

I suspect Michael had his lips permanently tattooed I think I read that his make-up is permanent, which might explain the hideous mug shot.

[Triple Word Score]

Why would Michael Jackson go to Rent-A-Wreck to get a rental vehicle? Does that make any sense to you?

[tuckrdout]

You know, I remember when this kid was just a kid. All the talk from the commentators at the time said Micheal was "an old soul"...they all said he was an old man in a young man's body...

Funny that now they all say he is an innocent child, in a man's body!

[tuckrdout]

You got it shermy! This happened to him with his brothers and ole slimy "Joseph". LaToya told in her book about the father's molestation of her and her sisters. I think Joseph the control freak, may have used sex as a control tactic with all his children. The mother was and is a complete floor mat where this man is concerned! She let him walk all over her and her children.

Micheal didn't have a chance. The deck was stacked against him. He would be much better off to admitt what happened to him as a child, and admitt what he has done. It would go better for him in the eyes of the public, which is so important to him. No one really believes that he is innocent. His lawyer is not giving him good advice. Admit the problem and seek treatment....public will forgive and forget.

[kcvl]

[Zevonismymuse]

Not defending his actions but he speaks of his lost childhood...who made him grow up...they are just as guilty as MJ.

No, they are not as guilty as he is for molesting children. When he became an adult he assumed responsibility for his actions.

I think it is more likely that his bizzare behavior is due to having too much power at too young an age. The fate of the Jackson family was in Michael's hands from the time he was a child. Everyone had to give Michael what he wanted. He was never refused or denied.

[nmh]

Oh dear, the poor pedophile ... er Michael ...

"... But the love of money is the root of all evil." Indeed Michael. You thought money would give you a free reign on molesting selecting kids. You picked the most screwed up families hoping that your "reputation" would over shadow theirs ... and of course in 93' you paid out 20 million. Now why would someone pay 20 million if innocent? And why can't you talk about it? THIS time you don't have that option so you are forced to face the music, you freak. You're not fooling anyone.

Ah, prisoners will LOVE you. If you thought your arrest was uncomfortable. Wait till the guys get a hold of a pedaphile.

[Revelation 911]

lets remember something - Its not one ambiguous count - it's 14 specific counts !

[BSunday]

I put him on a mental program.

HE needs to be on a mental program!

[BSunday]

if I knew the person personally

So, it's okay with Michael to let his kids sleep with pedophiles as long as Michael KNOWS the person.

[YaYa123]

All the Monday morning shows are regurgitating the Jackson interview. It's entertainment more than news, and shame on CBS for blurring the lines even more.

All Jackson's police abuse charges are just plain silly, I can't believe Bradley didn't challenge them, but for the morning pundits to take them seriously is maddening.

Hello!!! Geragos was with Jackson when he was booked.

And about being locked in a feces laded latrine for 45 minutes, the entire booking process didn't take that long.

Someone this morning made a good point. He said Jackson may have a sore shoulder and a bruised wrist, but no doubt he got it after he was booked, when he was out riding around in his limo, reaching out the window to shake hands with fans.

[xp38]

Sometime between this album in 1982

and this one in 1987

he started going downhill and hasn't stopped since.

[raccoonradio]

>>wouldn't work. The star pitcher of the Bad News Bears was a girl. LOL

I know--about 5 minutes after I'd posted it and shut off the computer, I remembered it! :)

The post-interview MJ talk is on talkradio now; hey MJ, if you haven't been able to raise your arms since the police
allegedly manhandled you, how come you were able to easily wave at the people on your way out? And you were locked in the dirty bathroom for 45 minutes but didn't yell and scream to be let out--you just meekly said, "It's OK"
when they asked you what you thought of the bathroom?
And I haven't heard of MJ's lawyer suing the police for such treatment (maybe they have but I didn't hear of it)...
Police brutality! Police brutality! :)

[raccoonradio]

>>he started going downhill and hasn't stopped since

In 1988, Frank Zappa's album Broadway the Hard Way featured a tune mocking Jackson, "Why Don't you Like Me?"
Even then, FZ (and we) could tell what kind of a weirdo
MJ was becoming: "Michael is Janet/ Janet is Michael/
I'm so confused now--who is Diana?"... "'Am I really that bad?'...'He's BAD, He's BAD...'"

"He's oxygenated, his nose is deflated"
"And he thinks he looks good to you..."

[raccoonradio]

>>MICHAEL JACKSON ON STAGE AT ONE OF THE CLINTON INAUGURAL PARTIES

The Liars' Mutual Appreciation Society.

[raccoonradio]

>>Narcissistic Personality disorder Diagnostic Criteria
>>A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or >>behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, >>beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of >>contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the >>following: has a grandiose sense of self-importance
>>(e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to >>be recognized as superior without commensurate >>achievements) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited >>success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love >>believes that he or she is "special" and unique

Saddam Hussein, come on down!

>>requires excessive admiration has a sense of >>entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of >>especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance >>with his or her expectations is interpersonally >>exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve >>his or her own ends

Love Saddam or be killed

lacks empathy: is unwilling to >>recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of >>others is often envious of others or believes that >>others are envious of him or her shows arrogant, haughty >>behaviors or attitudes

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Gets weird?

This "guy" passed weird a long way back.

[mhking]

I watched MJ the Drama Queen last night on 60 Minutes, and I think either he is incredibly crafty, incredibly stupid or incredibly clueless. (or more likely, a combination of the three)

No other explanation for that passel of lies and used food that was foisted off on America at the behest of CBS.

From what I understand, the interview was arranged by the entertainment division of CBS. I don't know if that's truth or rumor though.

Just damn.

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[ConservativeMan55]

Were there any dwarfs there?