The Sunday April 14th 2013 edition of The Daily Mail's "Event Magazine" came out today in England. In it they managed to score an exclusive interview with Paris Michael Katherine Jackson. who just turned 15 on April 3rd (2013).
"The Daily Mail" highlighted online some of the things that are in the article.
A few of the highlights are that she would like to restore the 'Neverland Estate' her father once owned for sick children to visit. Two years ago she made a visit and was heartbroken to see how decayed it has become.
She spoke lovingly of her father Michael. You can read more about the article through the link above.
What I'd like to focus on is how well she has turned out. Paris is a typical 15 year old despite the spotlight always being on her...
What I didn't know was that...
She sounded a whole lot like her father at her age!
Here's a short piece about her June 2012 interview with Oprah
The Entire 17 Minute Interview With Oprah Can Be Seen Here
Video Courtesy Daria Ilkevich
Paris Jackson with her father MJ
Video Courtesy Paris Jackson World
Sometimes the world can be a very ugly place. Many in the trash talking gossip mongering media business earn a ton of money by doing just that. I suppose we'll never truly know what went on in Michael's private life (as if he ever had one). Only time will tell as each of his offspring grow older and what they may one day say about growing up inside the eccentric world of the Jackson family.
A few things we do know about Michael is that he donated millions upon millions of dollars to charities and foundations. Some of which included setting up a burn center for children. A camp for cancer stricken children. A huge college scholarship fund. Established the 'Heal The World Foundation' which among other things delivered tons of food to Sarajevo. Here is another site that list 36 of them. In fact he was listed in the 2000 edition of the Guiness Book of World Records for breaking the world record for the "Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star." That link states that he once hosted 200 Air Force families at 'Neverland'. CNN reported that MJ even visited Capital Hill in 2004 where he spoke with congress members about his fight against AIDS in Africa .
So despite all the crap we've heard about Michael, little to nothing was said regarding his good deeds. With his passing at 50 so too were much of the good works that he would have continued to finance and publicize. Instead the focus was on exploiting him by cashing in on his unusual looks, personality and lifestyle.
This whole Jackson thing is quite heartrending for all those he could have helped if he had not died nearly 4 years ago on June 25th, 2009. Was Michael as evil as the tabloids would have us believe?
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions.
For God alone reads our hearts
~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
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