j wrote:Just curious if anybody out there thinks MJ was born this way? I'm not saying he is a Homosexual, or a Pedophile, but I think at one time it was safe to say he was halfway normal. Sooooo...did his environment shape him into the person he is today??
He's certainly not gay. He's been married twice. He IS a pedophile if the allegations of sexual molestation are true. His victims are male, but I don't believe he's ever been attracted to adult males in a homosexual sense. So labeling him with either sexuality is difficult. I don't think he's either.
I've heard that it's possible his father molested him (and possibly other brothers or sisters in the family). Just hearing MJ say, "What's wrong with sleeping in a bed together with the children? It's a very loving thing," like he said in that documentary leads me to believe he truly thinks it is okay...and was probably raised to think that. I know some parents do it. But if you heard the WAY he said it, you'd get my drift. It sounded as if he'd been coached to say it, as if that's what he was once told. He believes that what he does is normal. I think the only time he was normal was when he was a young child. And then he never grew up. He never had a chance to understand how to live and act as an adult. Why else would he name his ranch "Neverland" after the place where Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, lived.
Just by watching how he acts and speaks (as a child) leads me to believe he probably engages in "playtime" with these kids in the same way someone did so with him. He may not engage in full-fledged (this is so gross to even type this, much less think it) sex acts with children. But there was probably some inappropriate touching. He probably believe that "sex" with children is wrong, but he doesn't think what he does is wrong because he doesn't think of it as a sexual act.
I have always wondered about MJ and Macauley Culkin. Ever since Mack started hanging around MJ, he changed. His eyes were never the same as they were during "Home Alone" and the short time after that. It's like he lost his innocence too early in life. Emmanuel Lewis, on the other hand, never seemed to change his attitude. I don't think anything happened with him. Then again, at the same time he was hanging out with MJ, MJ was also with Brooke Shields. Perhaps there was enough of a distraction in Brooke to keep MJ's attention away from Emmanuel.
IMO, Michael is a very strange man who needs serious therapy. And jail time, if he really did something. Haven't heard all the evidence, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's true.