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07/08/09
The fact that Paris is 11, and got up there in front of everyone to say something about her father....in front of ALL of those people...on probably the most painful and scary day of her life...speaks VOLUMES about the kind of person she is.
I definitely cried when I saw her speech. I obviously don't know exactly what she's going through, but I can relate on a certain level. Those kids' entire world just fell apart, and they get my deepest and most sincere sympathy.
07/08/09
It is the fashion now to have the children speak at funerals -- the last funeral I went to, the kids all spoke (16, 14, 10). Paris made me cry, too, and she does look like him, around the eyes and nose.
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I was just trying to get coffee this morning and they had all the papers out and most of them had a picture of Paris at the memorial service, so I of course I got all teary like a sap. Poor kids.
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When translating songs, the interpreters 'dance.' Watch the videos, same gestures for same words.
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Who? What? Huh?
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Regardless of the circumstances that got her up on that stage, how can you not feel sad for this little girl who has lost the one parent she has ever known, making her AN ORPHAN?!?!?!
Friend says kids don't normally get on stage when they're crying. Friend has no children, but is a photographer and takes pictures of children at schools. This makes her a child expert.
Meh...Michael Jackson's death is making me a bitch.
07/07/09
I think if someone said that to me, if I actually was able to pick my jaw up off the floor, I'd slap their face. And then have my daughters kick her shins.
Whoops, guess MJ's death is making ME a bitch. =P
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I think it may have been staged in the sense that although this was a memorial it was also shown on television and needed to have some kind of ebb and flow and she may have mentioned at some point that she wanted to say something and when they were up there Janet was like, do you want to say something?
(Michael Jackson's death has also made me write crazy run-on sentences that kind of don't make sense.)
But the way that Paris turned into Auntie Janet. Oy.
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You are awesome.
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That story is very sad and sweet at the same time.
I think that the most fascinating thing about this is that it shows how much of a family they are. We may think that the Jacksons are this crazy, fame obsessed, freaky family, but, in all honesty, we do not know them at all. To these kids, this is their normal, and it was very touching to see the love there. Michael Jackson was their Daddy. And that is all they know.
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Also, I was wondering, has anyone heard from Macaulay Culkin regarding MJ? I wonder if they were still friends at the time of his death?
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Perhaps he just wants to keep his nose out of it and deal privately. If that's the case, I can't say I blame him.
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Not that it matters either way of course, since they identified with him as their father.
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Yes, that was what I was trying to say, but you said it much better. Thank you.
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I'm slightly scared of being beat up for writing about my hair dye theory...
Hiding now
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I mean, when your Dad is Michael Jackson, I guess if you want blonde hair, you get it, right?
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But guess what? She did. She sucked. Sorry, folks. But she shouldn't have sang if she couldn't handle it...and quite frankly, I didn't even know she knew Michael Jackson. Also, her voice has been sucking lately anyhow. Isn't that common knowledge? She can't hit those hit notes anymore.
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I think they had her sing because her cover of "I'll Be There" was such a huge hit in '94(?). I don't think she knew Michael particularly well or anything.
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I think she's probably right to be wary of saying anything; if she thinks that her audience largely considers him guilty of molestation, then she doesn't want to laud him. At the same time, she doesn't want to criticize him publicly and cause controversy. She's probably in a position where keeping her mouth shut is the wisest thing.
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Oh my word, that image just brought the tears again.
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I felt that they were already directing her...but at least they fixed the microphone. The worst was when they mouthed to Prince Michael "Do you want to speak?" Honestly, it was enough.
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