when did he start wearing wigs?
was his"the way you make me feel" hair a wig?

man

I hate to say that i actually used to joke about this incident. NOw after seein ghow serious it was (and thinking about it) i regret doing so.

That's really sad-poor Michael. Imagine the strength it took to heal from that and enduring all the jokes about it. Really sad.

This video is sad and last night I watched the Primetime Special: The Jackson Family Secrets and I was surprised by this part:

http://origin.radaronline...seen-video

Turns out Michael really did have Vitiligo. I read somewhere that the reason he wore the glove was because the Vitiligo was really bad on that hand and the glove was used to hide it. Man, first the second kid who was molested comes out and says he lied and now I find out that MJ really did have this condition. He really was an honest and misunderstood man.

estelle81 said:

what?

2freaky4church1 said:

How can you find a human being on fire funny? I just don't understand.

dreamfactory313 said:

I don't Understand Too, Eminem would be ashamed of himself now for making a joke about this accident,And to be honest, I didn't think that it would be that horrible, sad video
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errant said:

Several media outlets reported that the kid who charged Michael with molesting him on his second trial said that he lied about the whole thing because his father told him to. It was a rumour for a while, but I've heard it from several different media outlets...many not tabloid-based...even heard it on the radio. Since TMZ was the first to report that Michael had passed, I'm hesitant in disagreeing with tabloids nowadays because they pay alot of people good money to find out what's going on. Some of them probably have Satan on their payrolls.

dreamfactory313 said:

Agreed. The fact that he was on fire may have caused a chuckle in the beginning (if that), but once you see his severely burned and bleeding scalp with the hair just falling out How could that be deemed funny? Man, I almost cried just watching this. My cousin has second and third degree burns on her chest from when she pulled a pot of boiling water onto herself as a little girl. That scar will never go away even with skin grafting and it's huge, and that was just boiling water...fire is a completely different level. The pain must have been excruciating and the fact that he waved to his fans while being hoisted into the ambulance on that gurney is something that to this day I can never forget. A fighter until the end.

seeingvoices12 said:

Michael talks about the situation and Eminem and how he felt about it here.

Starts at 1:15
http://www.youtube.com/wa...bsQ5FGECGQ

Rinluv said:

Wow, cool footage, thanks for posting. The more I learn about MJ, the more I realize what a class act he was. And it was cool to hear him curse!

As for Eminem, what a f***ing loser. That guy is a scum bag, spewing his negative crap everywhere. If you take away everything he does dissing celebrities, his ex-wife, and his mom, he wouldn't have much of a career. The guy is rich as hell and he still has nothing more to say than his very immature insults against others. Eminem is sad & pathetic. He must be very unhappy.
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estelle81 said:

The story was about the first kid, and the only place I ever saw it was on fan blogs, never any legitimate news media.

Rinluv said:

wtf is he doing talking to Geraldo!?

emilio319 said:

That's what I was thinking. Michael: 'Stevie said it was bullshit.' I love how he says it without even batting an eye...just flowed out so easily and Geraldo saying it back made it even better.

errant said:

Yeah, at first I just saw it on forums, but than I heard it on the radio at work one day and on a few news shows and I started to wonder how much of a rumour it was. Either way, I think they were both lying because Michael had hung out with soo many kids prior to them and none of them screamed molestation. I don't blame the kids though...I blame their parents for being greedy assholes.
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peacenlovealways said:

Or it could be they fully understand... but are simply assholes.

thebanishedone said:

I have a cousin that is a beautician and she told me that Mike was the first person to ever wear a lace front wig. So, I assume he started wearing pieces after that burn incident.

What I want to know is why this footage was never released. The 80s truly were a different time, media wise, cause if that shit happened today, that footage would be everywhere.

I also want to know where this footage has been all this time and couldn't Pepsi sue over it's release?

Michael probably blocked the video from being shown possibly, or the source was afraid of showing the video b/c Jackson could sue them for showing a video like that.

I wish Michael had been more upfront about his problems and feelings, and the set the record straight more often about what he went through. People would have taken time to understand his pain.
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Some information regarding skin grafting:
-the area where the skin was removed will have scaring also
-whether it will grow hair will be dependent on where the donor section was taken from
-the thighs are an usual section chosen for donor

Given this information, he did probably where a "wig". In fact, if you look at pics/videos of the Bad era, you can see an unnatural look along the sides.

wow...

emilio319 said:

Just think that his life (never mind career) could have ended in 1984 if it was anything else besides his hair.

I feel sick, angry, and sad.....

2freaky4church1 said:

That really says a lot about you and none of it's funny.

scriptgirl said:

Can you imagine being in a board meeting at PepsiCo the moment word of this video hit the net?

estelle81 said:

Hell yeah they tried to frame the man. Try tellin that shit
to that possum faced bitch Nancy Grace who acts like she's
fuckin Nancy Drew.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

And its too late to control now. This video is EVERYWHERE.

phunkdaddy said:

Oh, I can't stand that stinkin barracuda!

this had to have been release by someone "official". the picture quality is just too perfect, plus multiple angles. someone in the family, someone who works for Pepsi, or someone that used to work with MJ who had access to that stuff. i was expecting a grainy bootleg quality video, but this is...