Michael Jackson is taking aim at his record-label boss, Tommy Mottola. He has been on a public campaign against the Sony label, accusing Mottola of racism and blaming the company for dismal sales of his Invincible album. Now, Michael's brother, Jermaine Jackson, talks to Access Hollywood's Pat O'Brien about that public feud and the public's perception of his brother, and comes to Michael's defense regarding the name-calling and innuendoes.

Pat O'Brien: Has anybody talked to Michael? Have you talked to him? What's his mood and where's he at right now?

Jermaine Jackson: He's fine. He's doing what he needs to do at this point in his life. There is a lot at stake and there is a lot of things that are reported, because of who he is, that are not reported accurately. Things that are being said, and the thing that is most important that people wait for the facts instead of addressing things using their own opinions about things.

Pat: What's been inaccurate?

Jermaine: It bothers me when people call my brother a pedophile. There has been Rosie O'Donnell and people like that who have called him a pedophile when my brother was never charged or never indicted on anything.

Pat: But he did settle it?

Jermaine: No, what that was -- and I feel that I can speak out on it -- when someone really did something like that, would money solve the problem? No. I think I know this was motivated by money. There have been people who have been working on my brother who had said, 'If you ever get rid of me I'll make sure you never sell another record in your life.'

Pat: So the pedophile – just the word …

Jermaine: Do not call my brother that! My brother is the most loving person, he's a human being. He has children, we have children. They go to school and they've been asked these questions and they come home sad and crying -- people have no feelings. It's like they think he's down so they want to kick him and pick on him. That's not right, especially people who are in the industry and who are victims of the same thing.

Pat: Let's talk about this album, because that's the centerpiece of this whole thing. Sony says that they put in $25-30 million.

Jermaine: That's what they say.

Pat: They say they've put in $25 million of promotional money. $30 million to make it and the album is basically a bomb. Do you think it's a good album?

Jermaine: I think it's a great album. You know why? Because it was at a time when Michael knew he had to deliver, and he's not just going to put out anything. He was recording for a while and he turned it in.

Pat: Where was Michael in promoting hits? They say he didn't go to promotional appearances. He went to one black radio station.

Jermaine: I'll tell you this: We played in New York. You were there, and I know for a fact that Sony did not buy one ad for our show and it was right in their backyard. I don't know the facts, but it could have been that he was upset -- I have a feeling. I just know that record companies aren't going to send you on a great launching to go somewhere else that's impossible. ... I'm not saying that things haven't happened. But until we get the facts we don't know. Let's open the books and let's see.

Pat: This Marc Shaffel [producer behind Michael's 9/11 charity recording] thing. This producer has ties to the whole gay-porn industry. What happened?

Jermaine: I really don't know, but I read about that. I will say that there are a lot of actors or actresses in this industry that started out in porn. There are a lot of directors and producers in this industry that also started out in porn. Whether Michael knew or not I don't know. I would say that he didn't know, but to make that a big issue, so what? That's not what Michael's representative of.

Pat: Robin Williams was poking fun at him, you mentioned that a little earlier.

Jermaine: I happen to love Robin Williams very much. I still love Robin Williams. I think he's brilliant and what he said wasn't that much. But just to let him know that we have feelings -- we are like they are. We wouldn't go and poke holes at them. What Rosie O'Donnell said was wrong. It was wrong. And there were things said by Steven Seagal, and we've had our run-ins before. But what I'm saying is that we are family, we have children who go to school and we have a lot of friends who go to this house and they ask these questions. My kids are hurt by this.

Pat: How's Michael about it? Is he hurt, or is there so much surrounding him that he just lets it go at some point?

Jermaine: He's very strong, but still he has feelings, and he has children who are very, very smart who ask him questions. And this name, 'Wacko Jacko.' I hate that. I hate it. That's crazy. What's wacko about my brother?

Pat: Well, I think some people think his appearance might be a little different.

Jermaine: Pat, listen, there are people out there who do all sorts of things and they do things publicly. And they never call them any type of names. They just take it as their behavior. But I guess because when there's great responsibility, when there is a lot of success, that there's a lot of things that will be said inaccurately.


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i just believe rosie is being a stupid bitch in her attitude towards michael.for someone u loves kids, she shouldn't attack michael who has kids. jermaine made an excellent point saying his kids are being upset by the mess of lies. it is so surprising to know that ppl. are so cruel in the media. even with the shrewed business sense,and talent; mj still finds trouble.

no one ever talks about woddy allen and the guy from Frasier who had an affair with young girls. mj and r. kelly are the ones being charged as suspects.

Jermaine is always the first to defend Michael. That whole family is sick. They know Michael is a pedophile and they know that families were paid off.
The only reason the Jacksons are always defending MJ is cause they know he's their bread and butter.
I'm just glad more and more people see Michael for the liar and fraud that he is.

this is how far that interview should have gone:

Pat-Jermaine, do you have any projects in the works?

Jermaine-No, Pat.

end of interview...Jermaine has no career, so he's gotta be Michael's spokesperson, and keep himself in the public eye...

Props 2 Jermaine Jackson 4 backing his brother.

The Jackson family have always come 4th when the press, or media in general, attacks any of them. As with any tight family, I would expect nothing less.

2 suggest that calling Michael a pedophile is warranted based on the fact that he settled his case is ludicrous. There r so many factors in that case; the general public has no idea.

As a father, I would never settle a case with someone who molested my son. No amount of money could take the place of justice 4 my son's molester. The fact that this parent did, and with all the other facts written in detail about this person (the father), I find it hard 2 believe Michael did anything 2 this boy.

I'm very disappointed in Rosie 4 taking such a narrow-minded view. She has no right 2 throw rocks when she lives in such a well-publicized glass house

Cry me a river. Some of this stuff Michael brings on himself.

I'm just wondering how you transcripted the whole interview?! Is it at a site? Lot of work.

He probably got it off an MJ fan site.
Pretty pointless posting it here.

June7 said:

Pound,Pound on that.MJ has Issues&whatnot but I'm Glad to see Jermaine standing up for His Brother.I got Props for Jermaine as a Artist but He just didn't further Himself but the Guy Can Play.Marcus Miller gave Him Props on Bass.

FlyingCloudPassenger said:

yea, i got it off a site. since some of us here do like mj or at least have something to say about mj, i thought it would be interesting. also, i posted this and the article on j. dupre because those "postive" articles never really get famous. when mj said Mr. sony and the recording indsutry are rascists, ppl. were up in arms. now someone who has been in the business such as jermaine and dupre should get some say in it. i don't know about u ppl., but i for one am astounded by the treatment of artists in general. it really surprised me when jermaine said the negative stuff also comes from the artists who suffered the same thing. anyone who would like to work in the industry whether as an artist or as some business associate should get to know how dirty the business is.

and rosie is being narrow-minded. she is very 2-faced.

shygirl said:

Why is it pointless? MJ is discussed on this site everyday...lol...

Seriously though,why isn't Tommy Mottola answering any of MJ's charges? Why is he being so silent,hiding behind press releases from "un-named Sony sources"? His silence speaks volumes.

DavidEye said:

true. all i heard is that thalia( his new wife) said something in tommy mottolla's defense.

DavidEye said:

I don't necessarily know if it speaks volumes in this case. But what does speak volumes is Mariah defending him against Mike's accusations.

Supernova said:

He Had alot to do with Mariah's Career.He didn't have a say on MJ's.I agree with you David.MJ done Flipped the Script Walking with Masters&50% Percent Catelog hopefully has made Tommy Numb?now if MJ holds on to His Stuff that is the way to Get back at the Biz.

DavidEye said:

And what is there exactly to respond to?? Michael is embarassing himself. Writers, artists and producers across the board are pointing out how hypocritical it is for him to complain now about bad treatment after collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in the past.

If anything were to 'speak volumes', its how fast Al Sharpton, of all people, backed away from his rant.

Mottola shouldn't respond to a single think MJ has to say - let Michael sink in his own mess. If MJ thinks he has a case to sue, then he should just do so.

MKevon said:

While I don't necessarily agree with the *TACTICS* that MJ is using (Prince went about it the wrong way too,imo)I still think that Sony should respond to EVERY charge that MJ is making against them.They need to open up those accounting books and get this all out in the open.If MJ sues them,I'm sure we will find alot of discrepencies in the way they dealt with Michael and the 'Invincible' album.Remember,MJ is just the *LATEST* recording artist to have problems with their record company.There are many others in the same boat.Don't act as if it's just Michael all by his lonesome making ludicrous claims against a big record company.
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subyduby said:

Subadubaah, can you cite one Woody Allen movie?
At the ealy 90s his love affair with his then daughter-in-law (she was Mia Tarrow's adopted daughter) was a huge scandal.
10 years after they're still together, in love & married.
Nothing in common with the sordid pedophilia money-involved jackson story.

Mia Farrow.

Supernova said:

Mariah doesn't agree that Tommy is a racist,but regardless, she has her own horror stories about him.A few years ago,she was making similiar claims against him,saying that they (Sony) didn't fully promote her 1999 'Rainbow' album.I recall her posting quite a few anti-Sony comments on her official website.There was also a recent story about how Tommy Mottola tried to sabotage her 'Glitter' album by having J-Lo "steal" the music that she was gonna use.
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DavidEye said:

i heard the same and i think the music was from the lover-boy single.

jnoel said:

Nope, you were right the first time. In subyduby's universe it is woddy allen and Mia Tarrow.

DavidEye said:

Irv Gotti from Murder INC admitted a few Months ago Tommy Mottola called Him&told Him to Hook Up J-Lo&Ja rule."I'm Real" was suppose to be Mariah&Ja Rule but Tommy stepped in.Sony got all the Money off "Glitter" in Japan.Irv Gotti Fessed up in XXL Magazine.also Irv Gotti has Dissed J-Lo on Her Singing something Awful but Business is Business Right?

“Robin Williams was poking fun at him” I’ve seen Robin Williams poking fun at Mother Theresa and scoop!: mjackson is not Mother Theresa
«for someone u loves kids, she shouldn't attack michael who has kids.”
Yeah and what’s the point? Some criminals have children…,and there are many things to say about the mj “loving daddy” timing…
. “mj and r. kelly are the ones being charged as suspects.”
I hope your future husband will have fun pissing on you & videotape it
“but i for one am astounded by the treatment of artists in general” which artists? No Doubt? The Red Hot Chili Pepper? Lauryn Hill? You know nothing about nothing (beside your holy trilogy jackson-madonna (& you’ve written bs about her too) – m carey)
“anyone who would like to work in the industry whether as an artist or as some business associate should get to know how dirty the business is” when jackson was N°1 the record business was a kindergarten...

mistermaxxx said:

yep!

DavidEye said:

I'm aware of all that. It's just telling that she AND Al Sharpton distance themselves from those comments. And quite frankly it's not just THOSE comments that she has distanced herself from with regard to Mike. Michael is really stepping in it.
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Who here is in the music business? Because if not couldn't we say that we do not know for a fact about what goes on behind closed doors. There are so many sides to every single story there is and in this case a lot of us are on the outside looking in. I particularly feel that if an artist has a beef with the music industry and speaks out about it they have a case. The media is well known for distorting facts, let MJ do what he needs to do and lets just sit back and watch, even laugh if we want to and discuss it of course. But he is surely, as we know not the only artist complaining so something must be very wrong with that industry. "It's all about the Benjamins (money) baby."