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Was I affected by Michael's death? Not so much, but I was moved by how many lives he had touched, the number of people mourning the passing of an icon. I do think he was definitely one of the world's greatest entertainers. As for the number of rumours and "scandals" surrounding him in his later years, I think a lot of that was due to the fact that people just did not understand him. I am fairly certain that the accusations of child molestation were just that...baseless accusations designed to get money out of him. The first time he just paid the person off in the hopes it go away, but the second time he actually fought the person. Especially once her credibility was thrown out the window when they discovered she was wanted for welfare fraud. Not to mention the fact that all three of his children were conceived through artificial insemination (bought from a sperm bank) and a surrogate parent and there was zero intimacy involved.
He never had a normal childhood. Hell, he never had a childhood period, and I do not think, mentally, he ever really grew up. I think all the things he did to have kids around him were because he wanted to make friends. I do not think he made the connection that sleeping next to a child unacceptable for an adult to do because perhaps he just did not see himself as an adult. I think he just saw it as having a sleepover with a friend, but the parents of those children decided to try and turn the situations to their advantage so they could have it made.
Yes, he was in debt, yes, the past several years were ridden with scandal, but why can't people look at the good things he did with his life? A LOT of his music was positive and upbeat, he did numerous charity concerts to raise money for foundations aimed at helping children, when he won that lawsuit with PepsiCo for setting his head on fire, he gave all that money to a burn center. He donated a lot of his time and money to helping others, especially to helping children. Why can't people remember him for that and for his music rather than the baseless accusations touted through the tabloids in an effort to ruin his life?
He never had a normal childhood. Hell, he never had a childhood period, and I do not think, mentally, he ever really grew up. I think all the things he did to have kids around him were because he wanted to make friends. I do not think he made the connection that sleeping next to a child unacceptable for an adult to do because perhaps he just did not see himself as an adult. I think he just saw it as having a sleepover with a friend, but the parents of those children decided to try and turn the situations to their advantage so they could have it made.
Yes, he was in debt, yes, the past several years were ridden with scandal, but why can't people look at the good things he did with his life? A LOT of his music was positive and upbeat, he did numerous charity concerts to raise money for foundations aimed at helping children, when he won that lawsuit with PepsiCo for setting his head on fire, he gave all that money to a burn center. He donated a lot of his time and money to helping others, especially to helping children. Why can't people remember him for that and for his music rather than the baseless accusations touted through the tabloids in an effort to ruin his life?
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