First off, well said Lex, he is running away from something where Amanda is creating. But once again, so what? He's had some plastic surgery..so has Cher, George Hamilton, Joan Rivers.........................
Now for the "bad" news kids...like it or not, that interview last night was incredibly fair. In fact I don't think it was this guys intention to "get" Michael at all. I think he started out intrigued, just like the rest of us.
The only place in the interview were I think he over reacted was at the Zoo when the press was hounding them. That's the life of a kid who's parent is a superstar. He went on and on about how Michael could have done something about it and I think that was a bit overstated.
That being said, as for the rest of the interview I think he was pretty good to MJ. Let's start with this example: Last November when Michael hung his child out the window, does anyone remember "any" news organization telling us that the crowd below was chanting for the child? I certainly don't. This guy last night did. I'm not saying Michael should be hanging his kids over a balcony, but at least via this report last night, I finally had a reason for why he did it.
As for the groups of kids Michael busses in for day trips, the reporter said many times that he never saw anything inappropriate. In fact he said Michael was "Charming" and "Sweet" and the images they showed Micheal was just that.
I love hearing about bizzare creative people. I love the people who can buck the trend and make thier millions and give us all something to hope for and dream about. I think being able to climb into a tree at age 44, not that id want to do it, is being young at heart, eccentric and fun. This guy not only showed us that, he tried to climb into the tree himself.
I feel sorry for Michael not because he was hoodwinked and not because he had a rough childhood, but because he is sad. In spite of all his "haves" he is a have not. There is a huge hole there that we can't even begin to imagine.
That doesn't excuse the obvious. Children are sleeping in his bed?!! This just freaks me out. If I had been interviewing him and saw him holding that childs hand, I would have unleashed. (What this kids parents are thinking is beyond me and of course another story)
Now, let's assume for a second that nothing sexual has happened. Ok, you still settled a lawsuit accusing you of child molestation about 10 years ago and your still sleeping with and admitting on international tv that your sleeping with children? Come on guys!! This behavior is indefensible!
If you were wrongly accused of molesting a child would you put yourself in this position? I don't know who said it, but yes, if I suspected a neighbor or for that matter a friend, of sleeping with children, I'd do something about it.
We don't want to believe that our heros could be capable of such behavior. Especially someone who has achieved a status of American royalty.
There in lies the greatest "danger". "We don't want to believe"... what is "painfully" obvious.