Part TwentySix - Only Human

A lot of people started fingerpointing at AEG right away when Michael was killed. A lot of it had to do wiht eyewitness reports some fans gave and the way Karen Faye responded at her facebook. Many people feel that if Michael was in bad shape indeed AEG should have pulled the plug and got Michael help. In a way i have to agree that if they felt that Michael couldn’t make the shows because of health issues they should have done that but for me that doesn’t go only for AEG, it would go for other people surrounding Michael at that time too. Because the truth is the people who say he was in such bad shape did very little themselfs because they were more afraid to loose their job and the money they got doing their job than that they worried about Michael. It may sound harsh that i say this but that’s just the way it feels for me, because you can’t blame one party who was there for doing nothing when others did just the same.

We al remember that spoonfeeding stories started to come out very quick, the same way as the stories that Michael was always cold and wrapped up in blankets. I think it’s very important that everybody knows that the spoonfeeding stories came directly from Karen Faye facebook. I’m not saying this to bash her but in just matter of days the comments Karen Faye made on her own facebook about this matter were litterly taken over by some tabs. They even mention her and her facebook as the sourse from where they got their information. The strange thing about this is that KF warned fans a few days before she made these commets that the tabs were watching her facebook. From footage wich got leaked on the internet from the TII dvd we can see clearly that Michael is grabbing something to eat. So i have a hard time believing the spoonfeeding story to be true. So for this alone i’m gonna put my two cents inhere. If she knew tabz were lurking on her facebook than why wouldn’t she be more carefull with things she would say about Michael. After all she should know as no other person how the tabz would pick up on a story like that when it comes down to Michael.

Of course it’s no news to the fans that Michael had trouble eating in the past, expecially when he was rehearsing or on tour the trouble eating got even worse. Michael said so himself in the past that he was going through hell touring and that he would have problems eating and sleeping during a tour. I don’t know how it works for others but i myself can get so caught up in what i’m doing that i easily forget to eat. Hense it can even go sof ar that others have to remind me to eat and put a mail right in front of my nose to make sure i eat it. From the stories i hear it was like that for Michael too during the This Is It rehearsels. Don’t misunderstand me i’m not the one saying it works like that for Michael, but that’s what Randy Phillips said about it. Bothe Karen and Randy mention that Kenny Ortega is the one helping Michael to eat. The differences between the stories is that one is saying Kenny Ortega used to cut Michael’s food and the other one is saying Kenny Ortega was spoonfeeding Michael.

As i mentioned a few times already i totally agree that Michael looked skinny. And even Randy Phillips has stated he had some worries about Michael’s weight as well. But he also stated that Michael asured him that he was fine and at his fighting weight. Reports about Michael eating just one meal a day turned out to be false too. At least that is if the chef is telling the truth about Michael’s eating habbits. According to her CM used to come down in the morning to get juice/breakfast for Michael, and that Michael used to have lunch with his kids. She also said she prepared meals for Michael to take with him during rehaersels. A lot of people question Randy Phillips and Kenny Ortega’s actions when it comes down to Michael and eating. But we have to ask ourself in real honesty here if they could have done more after all you can’t just force people to eat. Forcing people to eat who have trouble eating no matter the reasons for that would just reach the opposite. The way i feel about this is that they tried to make eating as easy as possible for Michael by reminding him to eat and even cutting his food. So this way it would be very clear to Michael he really should sit down and eat something. This is in now way ignoring the eating problem, but to help out the best way you can at that moment.

Now i want to take you to the stories of Michael being coverd in blankets between rehearsels and after rehearsels. There are two things here we should keep in mind. The first thing is Michael was rehearsing and although he didn’t give 100% during rehearsels you have to keep yourself warm in between dances and after rehearsing. If you don’t keep yourself warm your muscles can react in a very bad way to that. Once more i’m gonna compare this with an athleet, after a runner is done running he or she covers the body op to protect the muscles, now why wouldn’t a dancer like Michael do the same? He wasn’t some kind of super Human who would be safe from injuries if he didn’t take care of his body real well.

The other thing we have to keep in mind is that Michael always complaind of being cold. This can again have all kind of reasons. If you look how skinny Michael looked, with hardly any bodyfat that could be an easy explenation for it. It’s pretty common for people with little fat to no bodyfat that they feel cold very often. So what kind of things can you do when a person complains he or she is cold? Well you could put a blanket around that person so he or she would feel warmer again, or you could put the heater up. Again nothing really strange when you look at it like this is it. You would have to admit that he reacts like any other person again, just like he was human.

Again the question rices did they do enough? And to be honest i think they all did the best they knew how. Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega and others involved could only do so much. If Michael did indeed tell others that he was ok and that there was no need to worrie there wasn’t much anybody could have done. So far the reports we’ve heard don’t indicate that Michael had physicall trouble that contributed to his death. Let me make very clear that i'm not saying these reports are true, we would have to wait until the day there is an official statement or release made about it. But if these leaked reports turn out to be true than i hope the people who were telling stories that weren’t true will be so brave to come out and admit they were wrong. But from what i’ve heard so far i don’t think these people will ever do such a thing. They have already said that they wouldn’t trust a report saying Michael was in good health to be true.

I know that i repeat very often in this note that it looks like Michael is human and i do that for a very good reason. His name might be about fame and superstardom but the bottom line is Michael was human just like you and me and there is no reason to believe that if there is something wrong with him that his body would have reacted differenly than our body’s. And we must never forget that Michael was only human.

Some links about spoonfeeding and cutting meals:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/frail-mj-needed-to-be-spoonfed-meals/503000/
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/frail-mj-needed-to-be-spoonfed-meals/503000/
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/05/michael-jackson-survived-on-one-vegetarian-meal-per-day-during-rehearsals/