This may have been mentioned in another thread, but I'll take a chance with this thread anyways!

From Mollygood Gossip:


Jackson Family Returns To Television

Bad Ideas

If you needed more proof that television is in an abysmal state, Joe Jackson, the patriarch of one of the most dysfunctional families in Hollywood, is bringing his brand of crazy to your small screen. Joe will have a film crew in tow as he attempts to reunite his sons one last time (sorry, Janet) and develops a clothing line (??). This really sounds like the worst idea ever.

And if you had any doubt this guy was absolutely insane, he solidifies it:

"Being the father of all of the Jacksons, it is the father who is putting the Jacksons back together, father knows best."

Sounds like the ramblings of a totally sane person.





***NOTE that EAR-RING in Joe's ear! The man's got to be facing 80! He's too OLD for that!***

Do you really believe this.. i never believe anything the jacksons say when it comes to releasing stuff or working on new projects....

OVA

Negro please!

poeticrockstar said:

Hollywood is like a very BAD DRUG...People who experience it get a SPACE-HIGH HIGH and when they come down they CRASH really bad. Then they get desparate because they need that HOOLYWOOD-FIX again...Notice all of the CELEBS who are making SEX-TAPES these days?

HOLLYWOOD has got to be the WORST drug ever!

PanicAttack said:

I feel what you are saying, my friend. This is really sad. The Jacksons need to realize that their days are long gone and it's time to let go. They can go through with this show if they want to, bu it will continue to make them look like the laughingstock that they have become.

I have a TV they can do.....

"What NOT 2 do in Plastic Surgery".....starring the Jacksons.

Graycap23 said:

or how to ruin your family name, legacy and fortune and career before you can collect your social security and medicare benefits- starring the jacksons


by the way- i'm curious to know how much each one of them social security checks will be when they start collecting.

For real! (LMAO)

The Jacksons need to do a revue with the Sylvers. Kinda like the Temps versus the Tops.

they could actually do what paris and nicole did- now that would be interesting. i'd put them up and have them work at my family business-

that would be comedy and drama- the jacksons living a normal life and working normal jobs

TotalAlisa said:

Hell To THe Nah

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Evvy said:

Now your talking SUICIDE! They'd never make it! For years Michael's family (Janet got SMART!) lived off his INCOME! Yes, all of his GROWN BROTHERS and their FAMILIES! Lived off of Michael for years!

Jermaine's DIVORCE from HIS BROTHER"S EX! From E!Online:


Jackson Bro Accused of Deadbeat Divorce Tactics





The King of Pop might be spending lavishly, but apparently some members of the royal family are barely making ends meet.

The wife of Jermaine Jackson, Michael's 52-year-old brother, claims that she is broke and not getting any help from her estranged hubby—circumstances are so dire, in fact, that she and her kids are still living with Jackson's mother, according to court documents filed Tuesday as part of their ongoing divorce proceedings.

To which Jackson has more or less declared: Don't look at me.

"I currently do not have any employment" and "I do not have any income from which to pay support," the third-oldest Jackson sibling states in a declaration included with the filing.

Jermaine and Alejandra Jackson tied the knot in March 1995 and split up in November 2004, although they continued to live together at his mother's home until earlier this year. They have two sons, Jaffar, 11, and Jermajesty, 6. The former Jackson 5 crooner has eight kids altogether.

Alejandra also has two teenage children from a previous relationship with Jackson's littlest bro, Randy—Genevieve, 17, and Randy Jr., 14. Also living with them until recently was 15-year-old Donte Williams, who was never legally adopted by the family but had been "financially, emotionally and physically" cared for by the Jacksons since he was two.

Jackson has been involved with girlfriend Halima Rashid for several years.

On a document included in the filing and obtained by extratv.com, Alejandra Jackson indicates that, since August, she has been making $15 per hour working as a personal assistant, she has no health insurance and she had to borrow $500 from her aunt to pay legal fees. She also lists her total assets from her partnership in a Colombian clothing design business as negative $198.

Her income is listed at an average of $81 a month, with no overtime, commissions or bonuses, or investments to boost that figure in any way.

"Occasionally and not consistently Mrs. Jackson will give me a couple hundred dollars for food or other expenses I need," Alejandra stated in court documents, referring to mother-in-law Katherine Jackson, 78. She doesn't get any child support from Jermaine, she says.

A number of overdue bills and expenses are listed in the documents, as well as a wish list that includes health insurance for the kids and tutoring for Jermajesty.

Once she and the kids move out of Katherine Jackson's home, Alejandra states, they will need, among other things, approximately $7,000 for rent (based on the going rate for a five-bedroom home), $2,500 for groceries and supplies, $1,800 for utilities and $1,000 for pet expenses.

Alejandra, who is also seeking sole custody, states in the filing that Jackson is responsible for $22,741 in debts and unpaid loans.

In his declaration opposing her requests, Jackson maintains that he continues to have "a healthy, happy relationship" with the children, and that his wife's motion for full custody, considering that they have successfully shared time with the kids so far, is "nothing more than a litigation tactic."

"I do not object to an appropriate level of child support," Jackson continues. "However, the reality is that [Alejandra] has knowingly misled this court into believing that I have income which I do not. I currently do not have any employment…

"Thus I find myself in a Catch-22 situation where while I need money, I also need to be very cognizant of what employment I do undertake so as not to degrade my market value and ability to obtain legitimate work in the future. Unfortunately (and sadly), this troubling situation is very common in the entertainment industry."

The "ABC" purveyor, who in April was reportedly in talks to team up with sister La Toya and brother Tito to serve as judges on a CBS show about the search for the next big band of brothers, says that he'd be more than happy to take over fulltime care of his minor-age sons so that Alejandra can go to work fulltime.

[UPDATE: On Oct. 22, a judge rejected Jackson's request for 50-50 custody and ordered him to pay Alejandra $11,511 a month, retroactive to July 1, in spousal and child support after her lawyer proved that the singer had received $450,000 for an appearance on the U.K. edition of Big Brother. Jackson, who also reportedly fired attorney Debra Opri (him and everybody else) will see sons Jermajesty and Jaffar every other weekend.]

paisleypark4 said:

PP4

so Papa Joe is gonna have his own clothing line too? In addition to the new clothing lines by Janet and Michael? This is too hilarious! When is Tito gonna announce his own clothing line?!

PanicAttack said:

This sounds like the mother of all train wrecks. I'll definitely watch this hot mess and laughing my ass off.

Papa Joe reminds me of Geechie Dan from 'Uptown Saturday Night'.

uPtoWnNY said:

Good call.lol.....

Graycap23 said:

"I'm goin' to check you two out, and if you ain't clean, I'm comin' back here to pick up your liver...now MOVE, sucka!"

Can I say it? This family is a hot mess.

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PanicAttack said:

Really, THOUGH!

Joe told Jim & Jam he hated PRINCE! DENIAL!!!!!

SPYZFAN1 said:

It's a shame the way things turned out for them,huh?

Yeah Soul. Back in the day we would have never guessed, right?

uPtoWnNY said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

Are they still considered musical royalty? I remember back in the days when kids either wanted to be them, marry one of them of them, and everyone looked up to them like they were royalty. They're legacy has taken a beating over the years. With all these reality show and clothing line ventures hot mess is definitely fitting.

I'm no fan of Joe Jackson's by no means, but a person is never too old to do anything. The reason old people are dull is because they try to look and act how society tells them a person their age should be.

Look at Little Richard. Now, that's a cool old motherfucker that I would like to be like when I reach his age. When I'm 80, I plan on sleeping with as many partners half my age that will sleep with me, still cussing like a sailor, doing whatever it takes to look my best, and still my shaking my ass to some hard funk whether I'm standing on my feet on my own or doing it with the help of a walker. And even when I can't stand at all, I'll be shaking it in a hospital bed.

Age ain't nothing but a number and you're only as old as you want to be. I've always said I would be young and wild forever. I never knew the generation younger than me would become old first though.
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[Edited 7/3/08 12:07pm]

True. They will talk about something for five years and still never do it.

"I do not object to an appropriate level of child support," Jackson continues. "However, the reality is that [Alejandra] has knowingly misled this court into believing that I have income which I do not. I currently do not have any employment…

"Thus I find myself in a Catch-22 situation where while I need money, I also need to be very cognizant of what employment I do undertake so as not to degrade my market value and ability to obtain legitimate work in the future. Unfortunately (and sadly), this troubling situation is very common in the entertainment industry."

Why am I not concerned about Jackson family money problems?

NDRU said:

Jermaine is a mess,isn't he? Somebody needs to pull him aside and inform him that,if he needs money,he should get out there and WORK for it!! You know...like he USED to do in the 70s and 80s? I can't believe how lazy the Jacksons have become.They want everything handed to them,without them having to work for it.

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[Edited 7/4/08 11:44am]

poeticrockstar said:

SoulAlive said:

It's called being SPOILED. Something that SPOILED kids can usually carry over into adulthood. Where they LACK appreciation, are ungrateful, and NEVER understand the VALUE of having to earn and fight for what they want in life. Hence, the Jermaine Jackson's of the world.