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Of Course Joe Jackson Made Money Off Michael’s Death

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Joe Jackson granted an interview to ABC news — you can watch a clip here — in which he spoke about his son Michael’s death.  He stated that he truly believes MJ died at the hands of foul play and also alluded to Michael’s children being in show business.  Some people never learn …  Even when asked what he remembered most about his son, it was about his performing ability.  I haven’t heard this man talk at all about Michael, the person.

There is a protocol followed by most major news outlets:  they don’t pay for interviews.  But they do pay licensing fees for media that they wouldn’t otherwise have access to, such as home movies.  Joe Jackson, ever the opportunist, accepted a payment of $200,000 from the network in exchange for early home movies of his meal ticket Jackson that were used in the interview.

Things on the horizon that you can expect:  A book “written” by Joe Jackson, a Jackson family tour complete with Michael’s kids, civil lawsuits filed by Joe aimed at every health care professional who ever met Michael, King of Pop merchandise licensing deals on everything from lunch boxes to cereal boxes.  After all, Michael’s death is a business — a profit-making venture.  To his father, at least.

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  • the guy is an asshole! not only he used to hit and exploit his children but now he is taking advantage of his own son’s death!! And MJ said at an interview that they never called him dad… He didn’t let them call him dad,. They called him Joe… Understandable, the guy should not be considered a father

  • If this had happened 5 years ago I’d have called my estranged father sobbing telling him he’s not nearly as bad as some of the dads out there. I don’t know either of them, but if I ever meet Joe I’d love to give him a swift kick in the balls, the talentless dumbfuck.

  • This is exactly why these kids absolutely must not stay with the grandmother. I know. I know. Joe and Katherine don’t live together , but that means nothing. They have been married for 60 years for a reason. This man will follow the money no matter where he lives.

  • This guy’s a major scumbag. Hopefully he’ll end up having a heart attack or something soon so Michael’s kids won’t have to go through the shit Joe put their Dad through.

  • Joe should just start making the comedy circuit telling jokes about his trust fund. Here’s one I’d love to see him deliver!!

    Q. What do Michael Jackson and a jockey have in common?
    A. They both ride three year olds.

  • he doesn’t need to have anything to do with the kids….he’ll probably take off his belt and start up a new group called the jackson three…. plz save the kids, lol. MJ said katherine not joe…CLEARLY.

  • I agree with Wendie, MJ is going to be exploited until everyone is so sick of him they won’t buy anything related to him. I have only one thing I would have written differently, instead of “made money on Michael’s death” I would have put “is making money. . .”
    It’s more accurate.
    I wouldn’t be surprised if that original rumor that tickets were going to be sold to the funeral wasn’t true at some point, until Joe Jackson figured out that would sour people to the franchise in the long run and cost him money in the future.

  • I bet this scumbag molested Michael too and is why Michael also liked touching little boys. It isn’t an excuse for MJ’s behavior but it would explain a few things.

  • Donkey Punch….Im not a big MJ fan, but if Im not mistaken, wasn’t Michael AQUITTED of all charges??? I think Michael lived his life with a childs mind..he never had a childhood. I believe he felt more comfortable surrounded by kids, at least they didn’t want anything from him except his friendship!

    • I think you’re talking about the cancer kid he molested and got away with. The problem with that one seemed to be the mother, who allowed her son to spend days and nights with MJ in the first place. The other victim that came forward got paid handsomely to zip his lip. Macaulay Culkin and Webster just shut the fuck up.

      • People settle out of court for a variety of reasons. Public figures and entities do it often as a form of damage control to preserve a public image. Just because Jackson settled out of court doesn’t mean he was necessarily hiding anything, it just means that he wanted to neuter the situation before it became even bigger and damaged his public image and career even more. If he let the case continue in court it could still be going on today thanks to appeals, even if he were found innocent. So hold your judgement, it just makes you look even more ignorant.

        And besides, the civil suit was made my Jackson’s insurance company and was NOT within Jackson’s control.

        There is a phone conversation between the father of the son who was supposedly molested by Jackson. He said “This man is going to be humiliated beyond belief, he’s not going to believe what’s happening to him, beyond his worst nightmares. If I go through with this, I win big time…I will get everything I want.”

        ::blank stare::

        Does that sound like the words of a man who wants justice for his son? A man who is so distraught over what happened to his child that he wants justice? No. He sounds like a man who just wants money. Keep in mind that this boy blatantly refused to testify during all of this. And when the second trial happened in 2005, he fled the country so that he couldn’t be extradited to testify, not because he a scared but because he knew his ass would be handed to him because of perjury, he was NOT a minor anymore.

      • I don’t know what people like you want. They had warrants for all his properties in California, they confiscated all his papers and objects from his house. The case was seen by 2 GRAND JURIES, 200 witnesses were interviewed, 30 of whom were children that he had spent time with. And there was not ONE corroborating story. NOT ONE. Pedophiles have an average of 250 victims in their lifetimes and don’t just suddenly become one. What more proof do you need? It was all about MONEY.

        MJ had faults. He was too nåive and trusting and refused to acknowledge that being nice to people did not mean that they would take advantage of you.

        How about if you actually research the trials themselves before you start talking out of your ass?

      • Dude, you spend wayyyy too much time thinking about MJ. I personally don’t give a rats ass, but thanks for taking so much time and thought to respond to someone with the name tatertots. If my ass could talk it would say you were a buffoon and then my cheeks would high five each other.

      • He settled out of court for 22 million dollars. Not the actions of an innocent man. Let me say that again….22 MILLION.

  • i had a feeling he was going to try to make money off of Michael’s children. what a low-life! it isn’t hard to see what type of man he is: calous and greedy!

    • He’s 79 years old. Let’s all channel our energy and pray for his immediate death. This Sunday @ 10am eastern time would be good for me as that will allow me to confess and erase my sins at confessional later Sunday morning.

  • the kids are NOT his biologically so why bother…they wont inherit anything so dont worry

  • Joe is right that Michael died at the hands of foul play, but the hands that did Michael in weren’t any that were around on June 25th. They were Joe’s hands smacking Michael around from the moment this twisted bastard decided he would get a hard-on over it. Joe Jackson is an F-ing pig!

  • I have a friend who worked at one of MJ’s lawyers offices they are world renowned, there were over 20 private settlements, most of them around 10 million dollars, this person quit because the details and the fact he was a prolific pedophile that bought sex privately and made it them so sick they quit rather than be a party to what was happening. I’ve known this person for years, there would be no reason even bring him up but I knew about this years and years ago.

    Joe hated MJ for cutting him off as soon as he was an adult, going solo and getting other management, he felt MJ stole from him by not continuing to give him his cut. This is one twisted family, and the fact he wants to turn children he has almost no contact with into money makers for his personal greed is sickening, the littlest boy is 7 and Joe wants to put him to work. That man has no heart, their “parent” hasn’t even been dead a week. I may hate what MJ was but the kids don’t need to be money makers for a man they were never allowed to be around, very sick and one more reason why Katherine shouldn’t have custody, her religious beliefs are that you are a servant of your husband and obey him, the kids are screwed if they are allowed to live with her.

  • Its my belief that those children would be better off in foster care than with Joe Jackson.. by the way..obamasucks..stop talking out of your ass..Micheal left his 3 kids 40% of his wealth. He was the only father those kids have known.

  • That fat money hungry bastard looked at all his kids as a meal ticket. One day as he lay on the ground with his last chest pain, may a demon piss on his face!