Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Question of The Day: Who is Really To Blame for MJ Wanting to Be White??

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Some media outlets and personalities are promiscuously talking about how Michael Jackson was obsessed with looking white but who is really to blame for that?

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  2. Diane D.

    What about his skin condition, vitiligo, as a reason/ We now have proof that he had this condition. Why isn’t that a poll option? Everybody is intent on making him out to be weird, even if the truth is upon us.

  3. WhoKeew?

    1st…

  4. WhoKeew?

    3rd…

  5. Golden Goddess☀

    JOE!!!

  6. black gold

    ***** white America!!

  7. ROCKKIE

    Hs father didn’t give either of them fatherly attention. All he saw was dollar signs. His daughter he has outside of his marriage must has no talent. She lives in Las Vegas works as a Travel agent. Whywasn’t Joe The Smuck Jackson trying to get her career started.

  8. black gold

    “a lot of Black people have self-hatred” wtf!…… bull*****!!!

    I AM PROUD TO BE BLACK MAN WITHOUT THE BLOOD CRACKER!

  9. ruserious

    give it a rest folks. even the white corporate owned media (ABC) has an article with pictures proving mike’s vitilago problem. he only whitened the parts you could see. his legs where totally blotchy.

    the article is on the abc site today.

  10. samjenkins

    HE HAD VITILIGO YOU *****ING MORONS

  11. Wow

    NONE OF THE ABOVE….He had a skin condition called vitilgo…theres pics on the internet….if he wanted to be white he would of been like a white person not a dead person…he bleached himself that color to blend the lack of color pigment spots on his body

  12. Diane D.

    Vitiligo. Check out the front page of abcnews.com. Everybody crucified him for wanting to be white, and now the truth is here. Eff his needle marks. I am sure that you will find the same needle marks on Liz Taylor and Liza Minnelli.

  13. mizjerzee

    He had Vitiligo!!!! The skin condition that makes you loose your natural skin color! That poll is dumb!

  14. tennis

    Bossip come on now. You know he had vitilgo stop playing into whitely’s hand!

  15. Please

    Please! If Michael Jackson still looked like Michael Jackson but was pale white, I would buy the skin disease story. But he changed his nose, he stretched his eyes, he wore wigs, he resculpted his face entirely, he was definitely trying to be “less-black”. I think he was probably going for the Hispanic look, as rumor has it, that he really liked to smash out Hispanic boys.

  16. *****CATFUN

    I FIND IT VERY ODD MICHAEL JACKSON WAS THE ONLY JACKSON WITH THE SKIN DISORDER / DISEASE OR CONDITION CALLED VITILIGO….

    SHRUG SHOULDER.

  17. LadyJFabulous

    NONE MUFUGGAS! Michael had vitiligo and lupus. He told us plenty of times and there are pics to prove it. Yall so fuggin stupid for believing that tabloid garbage about him wanting to be white. He knew he was a black man and was proud of it.

  18. onion61

    Lots of people with vitiligo do not choose to bleach themselves white to blend their skin. Before MJ got “vitiligo” he was bleaching his skin. It is and was apparent that he had body dysmorphia disease; not to mention an entire family that engaged in plastic surgery. I believe the parents laid the foundation for self hatred and the world we live in helped continue to perpetuate it. I loved his music but felt sorry for him because he was obviously very disturbed. I hope he has finally found the peace he so desperately needed.

  19. Just_Wanna_Know

    He may have had vitiligo BUT did he really need to do all that work to his face? He changed all his features to that of a caucasian. Had he been light bright with a big nose I would have been ok with it but instead he changed everything. He even wore wigs in the styles of white men. He went all the way out to accomplish that look.


  20. What does a skin disorder have to do with changing your nose, lips, and always having white boys around?

    Wanting to be white goes beyond changing your skin.

    Quincy Jones and others who were close to him said Michael wanted to be white, period. Did you ever see him dating a Black womaan? A Black boy? NO.

  21. seriously?

    i’m sorry but there is NO way mike could’ve come out looking like a splotchy cow and still been as sucessful as he was. no way the “alot of other people” that get vitiligo havent chosen the entertainment industry for a career. he did what he had to do to keep everyone else happy

  22. lady

    MICHAEL JACKSON HAD VITILIGO.

    HIS DERMOTOLOGIST HAS COME OUT AND SAID IT.

    HIS MAKE ARTIST OF 20 PLUS YEARS HAS COME OUT AND SAID.

    JOE WAS INTERVIEWED FOR ABC AND HE SAID IT.

    IT WAS SO SEVERE THAT THEY HAD TO DEPIGMITATION.

    LEAVE THIS MAN ALONE.

    IF HE HAD CHOSEN TO WALK AROUND LOOKING LIKE A CHEETAH THEN YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING FUN OF HIM FOR THAT.

    GOD, LET THIS MAN REST IN PEACE.

  23. charlieblanko

    Ron, what in the hell are you talking about? all that stems from things that are in the poll! His skin disorder was not that bad…if he wanted to put makeup on, why not align it to your natural color? Because..he didnt want to be a *****. I voted D..all that ***** plays a part in it..

  24. charlieblanko

    My bad…ron, we on the same page…But quincy wants to be white as well. Hell, most *****s know they would have a easier and “better” life, if they weren’t…”*****s”

  25. Diane D.

    Sad to say but most black people hate the way they look and wished they were more european. What about perms, wigs, weaves, 360 texturizer, nose jobs, change pitch and tone of voice, skin lightening (that everyday Black Americans apply). Just tell me that Tyra, Beyonce, Lil Kim, Vivica Fox, Mary J. Blige, John Legend, transgender black men who change their hair to look straight, BET hosts, TVOne hosts are not trying to look less black. Especially Tyra, she is changing right in front of our eyes, especially with the pitch and tone of her voice. Don’t say it is because she is on television, because Oprah, Barack, Michelle, and other black intellectuals still sounds black.

  26. Diane D.

    What about black men who only prefer to date black woman who look more european. You are at fault too. Stop blaming Michael for doing something you wished you could have done. Instead, you date a european-looking woman hoping to have kids that look like MJ’s children.

  27. mel

    I BLAME THE INDUSTRY THE VITILIGO COULD HAVE BEEN STRESS RELATED,I’M SURE JOE’S FATHER AN GRANDFATHERS WERE SLAVES, JOE CALLING MICHAEL NAMES IS ALSO HIS FATHERS OWN SCREWED UP RACIST VIEWS LIVING IN RACIST AMERICA, HE JUST CONTINUED THE MESSAGE TO SUIT THE RACISTS SAME REASONS WHY MICHAEL CHANGED HIS FEATURES TO FIT IN, ANYWAY IT DOES NOT MATTER MICHAEL’S OUTER BODY MAY HAVE LOOKED WHITE BUT SPIRITUALLY HE WAS BORN A BLACK MAN AN DIED A BLACKMAN PEACE

  28. KocaKola

    Yes MJ had a skin disease but that still doesn’t explain why he would pay for white test tube babies. This would be explainable if he was sterile but his doctors have never confirmed that he was so its obvious he wanted to be white.

  29. !!!!!.R.I.P MIKE!!!!!

    WHITE AMERICA DID IF THATS WHAT PEOPLE THINK WHY HE GOT LIGHT HE ALREADY SAID HE HAD VETILIGO.?

  30. !!!!!.R.I.P MIKE!!!!!

    DAMN LEAVE DUDE ALONE HES DEAD YALL SHOULD OF BEEN ASKING THIS 5YRS AGO WHO CARES NOW.

  31. thisisbs

    He had vitiligo. Debbie Rowe said in an interview a few years ago, that he didn’t want to use his sperm because he didn’t want chance his offspring to develop vitiligo. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease, like multiple sclerosis or lupus, and those diseases can skip around family members or even generations. My dad had sarcodosis, and we don’t know of anyone else in the family having that disease. You can see the splotching in some later pictures. He had issues, of course, but with the BS he had to put up with all his life, who wouldn’t?

  32. Wow

    People need to start thinkin and not believing everything they hear in the news….the dude didnt want to be white…he was completely bald and depigmented himself because of his spots

  33. Mac

    He wore a wig because he was loosing his hair courtesy of lupus. Watch his doctors interveiw on Larry King. If he wanted to be white why didn’t he wear blond wigs and blue eye contacts?

    What about all the female celebs who wear blond lace fronts? Do they want to be white too?


  34. ok ignorant bossip,ignorant people,Michael didnt want to be white he had vitiligo,which was stated by his doctor,there are photos of him when he was younger with it on his legs and hands,he used makeup to cover them,he was tired of doing that so his doctor gave him creams to even it out,thats why his skin was that color,do your research,in death people just cant leave him alone,sad

  35. Greg

    Free Schools and dumb N-words in never ceases too amaze me of the stupity that is with my own community. Its funny when all of a suddon its come too light that this man really suffered from vitaligo we still continue to degrade and disrespect him, we are, are own worst enemy..no wonder he stayed high..

  36. Rrrrroe Ski Love-

    Bossip writers are like writers who write for the local high school paper. Therefore whenever I read a stupid ***** question again from Bossip, this will be my reply.

  37. KocaKola

    Taken out the dictionary:

    “Vitiligo may also be hereditary; that is, it can run in families. Children whose parents have the disorder are more likely to develop vitiligo. In fact, 30 percent of people with vitiligo have a family member with the disease. However, only 5 to 7 percent of children will get vitiligo even if a parent has it, and most people with vitiligo do not have a family history of the disorder.”

    5 to 7% chance that his biological children would have inherited the disease..this is an extremely small percentage for a man to go to the extremes of buying white test tube babies. I think MJ definatley used his disease to hide his infatuation with being white.

  38. black

    Im not talking about the vitiligo because it is very rare, so it is possible to only have one person in the whole family have it, even the size of the Jackson clan. Secondly I don’t know what made him want to change his features to less African. It could have been Joe making fun of his nose and dark skin, it could have been the pressures of society, especially in Hollywood feeling like that one black kid (I know I have…I grew up in a predominately white neighborhood); ***** like that can bring on some big insecurities. But I guess Michael was an extreme reflection of what a lot of us Black people feel and do from time to time. Many Black people have been conditioned to feel that being Black is inferior, so they do things that can make them less ‘black’ or what have you. Like someone said before, getting texturizers, weaves, bleaching skin (very common in Africa). Many Black men whether they admit it or not tend to have a pension for wanting girls who are not Black or girls who are Black with the least amount of African features (ex. thin nose, light skin, wavy hair). I believe that in turn have made Black women who are darker aim for marrying Whites, Asian,etc. for the fear of having “too dark” children with black men. Even what disgusts me the most is an article that I read about on CNN how there are single African American women adopting, but they don’t want their children to be dark. What the hell? I don’t know, but we as Black people have a lot of deep-rooted insecurities we have to get over in order to progress

    Sorry this was so long I just had to address what was on my mind

  39. Mac

    Michael chose to have those kids for the same reason over 90% of successful black men marry white women. Michael also left his kids to be raised black women not Debbie or Liz Taylor
    Like Michael said..take a look of yourself in the mirror

  40. Resurrected

    I feel that is mother is the only one who can speak on him she did not give birth to a white child but a black one and to be truth I do think that MJ was proud of his black heritage… If in anyway he was not he definitely show black people all the time in his family because none of them looked white really at all..

  41. MASTER'S DEGREE @ 24

    DID ANY OF YOU COONS WATCH ABC LAST NIGHT???
    JOE JACKSON WAS ON PRIME TIME AND SHOWED PHOTOS OF MICHAEL’S LEGS! HE DID HAVE

    VITILIGO

    AND

    LUPUS!!!!

    LEAVE THE MAN ALONE!!!

    I’M SICK OF IGNORANT BLACK PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE AND MEXICANS AND WHOMEVER ELSE COMMENTING ON THIS MAN!!!

    RESPECT THE DECEASED!!!

    AND BOSSIP.. STOP POSTING LATE ***** STORIES. MEDIA-TAKE-OWT POSTS HALF OF YOUR STORIES TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE!!!

    :(

    SHEESH!

    :(

  42. Donnie

    Listen Michael is to blame. He hated himself on many levels including his sexuality. He was really just a gay man that did not have the courage to live as a gay man and he would have been vilified by his family if he had. All of the other greats, Ray Charles, James Brown, Sammy Davis, Sidney Portier, on and on were not as crazy and mixed up as Michael. His stupid father ridiculing his looks didn’t help none either.


  43. @ Ron G

    Did Quincy Jones ever dated a Black Woman, boy??????????????????????

  44. Lady J

    Quincy only like white women and young women old enough to be his grand daughter….He got issues…

  45. Big daddy kunk

    i aint getting non of this dude money so y would i care about him like he a god or something lol, but real ***** society killed his ***** cause he wasnt a strong black man ….see we deal with racists ***** everyday, trust me its even worst in the military…the family aint to blaim cuase i got my ***** beatn coming up to but i aint bleach my skin, kill myself or dislike my kind over that….. lets be real he want to be love by white america and they did after they see what he was doing for there love….but money =love,hate,beef and death. its a way of life and it was just his time.

  46. Just_Wanna_Know

    @MASTER’S DEGREE @ 24
    Althought i do believe now that he had vitiligo, it still doesn’t mean a person couldn’t bleach their legs to be lighter.


  47. And someone said why didn’t he wear brown makeup. A couple of years ago his makeup artist said he did. But The Vitiligo became too severe. How much brown makeup can u put on. When his ***** is on stage wouldn’t he swaet it away. Black ppl rather stay ignorant rather than be educated. Maury had a show about vitiligo a few years ago. There were black ppl u wouldn’t even know they were black until they told u. Their skin had already completely changed on its own. And they were teased for years about it.

  48. seriously?

    @ KocaKola do you know any black women who would get bought out for michael jackson’s kids? a basehead maybe but anyone with sense would know they’d be better set cashing in on those child support checks every month. He chose debbie rowe because she was trashy enough to hand her kids over to him.

    @ charlieblanko he did originally try to cover up the depigmentation with darker makeup in the beginning (see thriller video) but when it started to take over larger area’s of his body he started using lighter makeup until he could no longer cover it with that. so he went to more drastic measures to have even colored skin. As someone said he only bleached visible area’s which explained why he was always covered up from head to toe. high necked shirts turtle necks. Thats where the glove came from. to hid his hand that was a totally different color from the rest of his body.

  49. peaches

    Bull*****!!! Michael did not have no skin disease. The skin disease that they are saying he had, is a disease that starts when u are young and normally starts with bloching in one area and takes years to spread oompletely over your whole body. Michael wanted to be and look white. He is the only one to blame for that. And regardless of how someone talks about how ugly u are, u do not let that mentally determine who u are nor should u feel less than proud of yourself. We are all different!!! So what happens with an ugly white person what do they do? Turn themselves another color? We are what we are. That is what is wrong with people in hollyweird!!! or people that get popular who loose focus with their talents and let their looks take over there lives!!! The looks will not last forever that goes for beyonce, all of u beyonce’s wanna be’s and pretty women and men who are caught up on your looks. It is what it is. May MJ rest in peace!!! But he was weird and gay as hell and we need to stop sugar coating his *****!!!!! There is more weird ***** ***** that we are going to find out about Jacko!!!!!!

  50. Toni B

    Micheal did not want to be white. As mentioned earlier he had a skin disease. Shame of bossip for jumping on the media’s bandwagon to attack a dead man. The problem with the media is they want to tell an individual how they feel even when the person gives them exclusive interviews. Micheal in many interviews addressed his skin disease. Many people who actually know him personally said he embraced and love his african american heritage. Why should celeb’s even give interviews when the media is still going to have their twisted opinions? We are quick to believe the media even after getting answers straight from the source, which in this case was Micheal himself.


  51. @ peaches

    You should write a book. You sound like you are really informed about Mike. You should tell Cecilie Tyson shut her Old Lying ***** too , cuz she said on air that she and Mike shared a designer and the glove came about because he wanted to hide his vitiligo. But u know better.

    By the way who are his kids father? I know u know, come on tell us Peaches………..

  52. Toni B

    Michael did have a skin disease, he also had lupus which causes secondary conditions such as blotching skin. I know two people personally that had both of his problems and they were both mature adults.

  53. Lies and Bull*****-aka-The Truth

    yes, I agree Mike had vitiligo. The media finally decided, after he was dead, to show us the pictures of his skin’s progression. I think Mike knew he was turning “stark white”, so he had to have his features look fitting… I think his father, the media, the conditions of American society is the reason why many blacks alter their faces and hair. Tyra Banks, Beyonce, Solange Gabby Union, Queen Latifah, Rihanna, etc have altered their noses and hair… this is a growing problem for Blacks America

  54. Anonymous

    Well we all don’t know whether he had it or not but his family is mostly to blame. When you CONSTANTLY tease someone especially as a child/teenager when you are finding yourself and are confused. That can leave a lot of damage right up into adulthood. Especially when it comes from family – people who are supposed to love and support you. The guy was just a mess and you could tell it was real the hate he felt towards his father for everything he had done to him.

    Maybe you need to take some psychology courses ‘peaches’ but not everyone is strong enough to just disregard constant emotional abuse. He said even his fans started to call him ugly. And when I watched him talk about it I wanted to cry. It was so real. Not everyone is a bulldog and can just “get over it”. Words jurt and it stays with you forever. Other people just deal with it but this man was an international superstar. He couldn’t just deal with it because it was constant 24/7 in his life.

    We didn’t know the man and no one will ever know how he truly was and how he truly felt. The man is dead! And everyone is just speculating. All the LIES. Just let him rest in peace. I wish so many ridiculous lies wouldn’t come out about him after his death. We don’t know!

  55. Big daddy kunk

    peaches im with you on that, he maybe developed that ***** tryn turn white. most ppl on here act like the world aint *****ed up, knowing money is the only thing that would attract a white woman to a black man , he aint had no kids with a real black woman cause he could handle it, damn this dude couldnt even take it being black.i dont really think he was worried about child support…hell most star on that ***** and he got more money….HE WANTED TO BE WHITE AND HAVE WHITE KIDS ..WHY YOU SEE WHITE PPL WITH BLACK KIDS BUT DO YOU EVER SEE BLACK PPL WITH WHITE UNLESS MARRIED……NA! IT AINT WRONG JUST LOOKS FUNNY

  56. Ann

    Michael Jackson had vitiligo. As for his plastic surgery, I don’t think he was trying to look white. I think he was trying NT to look like Joe Jackson.

  57. Lies and Bull*****-aka-The Truth

    @ MAC
    yes, Tyra and Beyarnce wants to be white!

  58. Lies and Bull*****-aka-The Truth

    anyone ever stop to think that Mike just wanted to look like Peter Pan, who just so happened to be white?

  59. Lies and Bull*****-aka-The Truth

    last night on Family Secrets, Joe Jackson said he had an aunt with vitiligo.

  60. Big daddy kunk

    @ ANN …NOT TRYN LOOKN LIKE JOE! HE MADE MJ I WISH MY DAD DID ME LIKE THA ***** I WONT BE ON HERE WITH YALL…I WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SUBJECT THE DAD DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO TO ENSURE HIS FAMILY SUCCESS AND HE DID..SO IF AINT WOSNT FOR JOE HE WONT BE *****, BUT ONLY PPL THAT CAME UP HARD OR IN A STUGGLE WOLUD KNOW THAT.. AS A BLACK MAN YOUR KIDS GOT TO BE DO BETTER THAN YOU IN LIFE OR YOU YOU’VE BASICALLY FAILED THEM.. REAL *****

  61. !!!!!.R.I.P MIKE!!!!!

    @too cute AMEN TO THAT.

  62. Do You All Not Listen

    Michael did not want to be White.
    He had a skin disease that had him spotted. The best way to treat was to lighten the dark skin and make it the same as the light spots. That explains his skin color. What cannot be explained is why HE CHOSE to have White children. I can understand not wanting to use his sperm because he didn’t want the kids to have the same skin condition as he had but he still could have had black children. I loved MJJ even with all his weirdness – that didn’t take away from his talent. But I have to give old Mike a side-eye at wanting white children, that is unexplainable.

  63. thisisbs

    JC, who are we to judge on pieces of information? God helps us if even 10% of our bones in the closet were exposed to the world. Stop being so judgmental and live your own lives as upstanding people. Remember at the end of the day a mother has lost her beloved son and 3 kids are without a father.

  64. easy

    yeah michael had the vitiligo, but he still tried to be white.. come on..
    the nose jobs… the wigs.. the white kids….

  65. Mac

    Please show me one person in hollywood who has not had work done before we go hard on Michael on his nose jobs

  66. Mac

    @Peaches..read about Thomas Lee the black news anchor. He did not have vitiligo as a child.

  67. Mac

    @ the truth
    So that means that it a larger problem in the black community and not exclusive to MJ. Where do you stand?

  68. Damn shame

    I dont think MJ wanted to be white. Pictures of him show he really did have that skin disease also, think he realized very early YT can help you and take you far (til they dont need you anymore and he tried to flip the script on them – wrong answer)

  69. This Long Distance is @ work :(

    MICHAEL WASN’T TRYING TO BE WHITE DAMNIT!!!! HE HAD A DISEASE, HE SAID IT AND HIS DOCTOR SAID IT AND I BELIEVE THEM BOTH. THE DOC SIAD IT WAS SEVERE AND YES HE USED CREAMS TO EVEN OUT THE SKIN TONE. THAT’S IT! BOSSIP YOU POSTED THIS SAME STORY SO WHAT’S UP WITH THIS STUPID SURVEY?
    ONLY MJ CAN CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE AND HE AIN’T HERE TO DO IT. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL EVERYONE TO BACK OFF AND LET HIM BE!

    BOSSIP IS JUST *****ING ME OFF ON THIS GOOD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…..GEEEZE!

  70. CL*****Y & CL*****IC

    Leave HIM ALONE ALREADY DAYUMMMMMMMMMMM,…..let him rest in peace WDF is wrong with yall???

    Dayum who gives a flyin ***** what he look like….none of that sh*t even matters anymore…the man is no longer here….why da ***** is that sh*t even important to being discussing about????? what the f*ck are yall trying to prove??????…get a got damn life already and focus on the living……..

    Dayum that poor man cant even rest in peace……

    Sh*t everybody goes to some type of EXTREME when it comes to the way they want or choose to look…..thats MJs buisness on how he wanted to look he is not this worlds GOD…. he dont and didnt owe anybody sh*t but what he offered to the world and thats his music and talent…he didnt owe all yall his personal life…got damnit…im A WOMAN…and I dont consider myself a damn “BLACK WOMAN” because the world chooses to seperate ppl by colors…i am woman of God that happens to have dark brown skin (NOT BLACK) and of african descent…i dont group myself by background and skintone…we are all one and of the same color within….how we look on the outside should not seperate the fact that we are all related through spirit…

    ONLY IGNORANT AZZ PPL CHOOSE TO LIVE BY THE COLOR OF THERE SKIN AND THE STEREOTYPES THAT FOLLOW…I dont believe in that BS….we are all free to look the way we fkn please…rather other ppl like it or not wdf cares??? None of yall are God…so your judgement is as weak and empty as the wind….so leave MIKE THE F**K ALONE..and let the man REST IN PEACE…..damn gossipers.

    ppl are so numb to the fact that 95% of all african american women choose to chemicalize the sh*t out of there hair just to be str8, just to look like the average so called beautiful AMERICAN woman…when all different types of beauty should be accepted…but they aint…because AMERICA STANDARD BEAUTY IS EITHER LOOK LIKE A WHITE WOMAN OR BE RICH LIKE A WHITE MAN…OR YOU AINT SH*T OR YOUR BEAUTY ISNT GOOD OR PRETTY ENOUGH…..but *****ody sayin sh*t because our women been doing it for so long its like apart of us……..point blank period…I can go on and on about the various lengths most women and men go through to prove there self worth or beauty to this backwards hypocritical azz world…..Mike was mainly the only one spotlighted for it….unfortunate for him…because theres too many damn ppl to count that has gone through or done similar sh*t to themselves just to feel beautiful or accepted

  71. CL*****Y & CL*****IC

    @Peaches…wow…I guess you grew up with Michael..I guess he told you everything about himself huh???Wow how you know so much???…and by the way you talk about somebody you OBVIOUSLY KNEW..its a gold figure ppl dont *****ume ur azz to be wierd gay retarted ignorant shallow a lame a LIEYRER a damn fool a crackhead lmao…whew I can go on and on and on and on….about u ms peaches

  72. CL*****Y & CL*****IC

    Oh yeah Ms peaches…..please tell us one person in the world that aint wierd or has done some wierd *****…or has said some gay sh8t or hell even done it>>>>?? aND LORD please dont lie….LMAO..im sorry mama..there aint one damn NORMAL person in this entire fkn world…so stop beatin up on one man because of what OTHER HYPOCRITCAL AZZ PPL had to say about somebody you NEVER KNEW…

    how foolish and stupid do you sound to say “may he R.I.P” then talk that sideway bs about the man…broad plz…by the way you talk u sound just as weird as you claim MJ to be… MS WACKO,…how does that sound? Michael did not grow up in a NORMAL household, that poor man never hardly even experience the freedom of life…childhood was taken…teenage years erased…it was as if that man was born into this world and set up immediately to work…I wonder how your life would be if that happen to you?? have some fkn comp*****ion and understandin that everybody was rasied differently and due to that fact alone everybody has there own way of living…and it may by weird or gay or stupid or strange to you….but who are you to say that??? whats makes you so fkn normal?? or BETTER YET…better then him??? the only one I can consider normal is God himself…this whole fkn world is backwards..hypocritical…and so forth how can anyone be normal in such a world full of sin??? so please get the hell out of here with that sugar coatin sh*t…ppl like myself understood michael misunderstandin amongst those that felt they were either better then him or judge him without knowledge or facts. and the main ones were the ones that wanted to see that man fall and FAIL…but God didnt give yall *****s the oppurtunity to continue to beat down on him…..thats why im so happy hes in a better place because this cruel azz world didnt deserve such a brilliant kind hearted man.

  73. Yorkie Lover

    COME ON PEOPLE!!! COME ON!!!
    These responses show that alot of black people,like 90%,are naive and easily duped.
    They believe anything and accept anything. No wonder we aren’t getting anywhere!!Yall are
    so dumb and ignorant and need to think beyond your small minds.

  74. Yorkie Lover

    You people believe MJ’s doctor??!!! OMG!! His freakin DERMATOLOGIST/SPERM DONOR!!!
    This man looks cookoo and apparently helped MJ lighten his skin. I mean he got paid for
    helping lighten MJ’s skin and by giving him sperm for children.
    The couple of questionable pics of MJ with vitiligo could be anything. He may have burned
    himself, he may have been trying to bleach himself through bad over the counter stuff and
    messed his skin up, and then decided to go get professional expensive lightening via his dermatologist.
    Btw,why didn’t MJ decide to use brown makeup or decide to make himself darker IF he had vitiligo???
    Its easier to make yourself darker than lighter. He didn’t even use dark makeup when he was
    going through the transition of vitiligo!! Yall come on!!

  75. Yorkie Lover

    Its so apparent that MJ wanted to be less black through “whitening” his skin, several nose
    jobs,perm/wigs,adopting 3 THREE white children,and mostly dating white kids. I mean vitiligo is usually a
    family gene and he was coincindentally the only one with it?? And look at Latoya Jackson,she is becoming
    lighter,had nose jobs,and the weave. Look at a couple of the other Jackson brothers with the ugly
    slick permed hair. Its apparent that they suffer from low self-esteem,self identity issues,body image issues,
    etc…psychological issues in general…

  76. Yorkie Lover

    He knew by supporting a couple of black charities,doing concerts in Africa,and calling
    Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton when he needed them would keep you black people in tune with him
    and make you accept him and dismiss his really not wanting to be black.

    I think the answer is all of the above. But most importantly what went on and what didn’t go on when he was
    a child. He may have been told he was ugly and not told he was beautiful.
    Its also his own fault because you have to learn sometimes in your life(esp before 50) to love yourself and how
    you look when your healthy.

  77. Yorkie Lover

    Black people stop being so naive and realize that this is a real issue!! Low self-esteem and body image
    issues are a huge problem in the black community!!
    Haven’t you heard about the bleaching cream problem,don’t
    you see the weaves(and I’m talking about the constant everyday “I can’t go nowhere without” weave/wig),and some people still
    wear the colorful contacts. Black people especially girls aren’t immune to this like some people swere.
    I work with girls like this every week and I can honestly say that most of our community issues is a result
    of low self-esteem/low self efficacy/and body image issues.But the only difference is in the black community you will be teased
    for being skinny with no booty but praised if your little overweight with a big booty. And this is at age 13,14,15,16…
    Tell your children that they are beautiful and
    pretty. If you don’t believe you or they are beautiful seek help and don’t have anymore kids.

  78. peaches

    @cl*****y and cl*****ic and all of u others in denial mf’s. I loved mj’s music and talent, but he was weird. Whatever situation he was raised up in as a man he needed to get over it. U do not wallow in negative ***** that will destroy u. We all went through some ***** as kids, but there is no reason to want to change your skin color, want kids by a white woman and lie about u being the real father. Michael was out of touch with reality and we need not overlook that. Just like we need not over look how some of u weird *****es or out of touch with reality and in denial about your bull*****. Face up to your fears and face reality and quit trying to be someone u are not and be such a fake. I still say rest in peace michael, but he was still weird ***** hell!!

  79. Yorkie Lover

    COME ON PEOPLE!!! COME ON!!!
    These responses show that alot of black people,like 90%,are naive and easily duped.
    They believe anything and accept anything. No wonder we aren’t getting anywhere!!Yall are
    so dumb and ignorant and need to think beyond your small minds.
    You people believe MJ’s doctor??!!! OMG!! His freakin DERMATOLOGIST/SPERM DONOR!!!
    This man looks cookoo and apparently helped MJ lighten his skin. I mean he got paid for
    helping lighten MJ’s skin and by giving him sperm for children.
    The couple of questionable pics of MJ with vitiligo could be anything. He may have burned
    himself, he may have been trying to bleach himself through bad over the counter stuff and
    messed his skin up, and then decided to go get professional expensive lightening via his dermatologist.
    Btw,why didn’t MJ decide to use brown makeup or decide to make himself darker IF he had vitiligo???
    Its easier to make yourself darker than lighter. He didn’t even use dark makeup when he was
    going through the transition of vitiligo!! Yall come on!!

    Its so apparent that MJ wanted to be less black through “whitening” his skin, several nose
    jobs,perm/wigs,adopting 3 THREE white children,and mostly dating white kids. I mean vitiligo is usually a
    family gene and he was coincindentally the only one with it?? And look at Latoya Jackson,she is becoming
    lighter,had nose jobs,and the weave. Look at a couple of the other Jackson brothers with the ugly
    slick permed hair. Its apparent that they suffer from low self-esteem,self identity issues,body image issues,
    etc…psychological issues in general…

  80. Yorkie Lover

    He knew by supporting a couple of black charities,doing concerts in Africa,and calling
    Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton when he needed them would keep you black people in tune with him
    and make you accept him and dismiss his really not wanting to be black.

    I think the answer is all of the above. But most importantly what went on and what didn’t go on when he was
    a child. He may have been told he was ugly and not told he was beautiful.
    Its also his own fault because you have to learn sometimes in your life(esp before 50) to love yourself and how
    you look when your healthy.

    Black people stop being so naive and realize that this is a real issue!! Low self-esteem and body image
    issues are a huge problem in the black community!!
    Haven’t you heard about the bleaching cream problem,don’t
    you see the weaves(and I’m talking about the constant everyday “I can’t go nowhere without” weave/wig),and some people still
    wear the colorful contacts. Black people especially girls aren’t immune to this like some people swere.
    I work with girls like this every week and I can honestly say that most of our community issues is a result
    of low self-esteem/low self efficacy/and body image issues.But the only difference is in the black community you will be teased
    for being skinny with no booty but praised if your little overweight with a big booty. And this is at age 13,14,15,16…
    Tell your children that they are beautiful and
    pretty. If you don’t believe you or they are beautiful seek help and don’t have anymore kids.

  81. Jinny

    DO YOUR RESEARCH *****S HE HAD VITILIGO HE WOULD OF LOOKED LIKE A DALMATIAN IF HE WOULDN’T OF EVEN HIMSELF OUT!! STOP HATIN AND LET THE MAN REST IN PEACE SHIIIIITTT

  82. Yorkie Lover

    If MJ was a regular dude on the block, black folks would not claim him…we would think he was weird,like some of us do anyway.

    I wounder if professional skin lightening and rhinoplasties were cheap, would we have alot of MJ black women and men out in the world right now.

    Heyyy, I mean perms/relaxers are cheap and look how many women get those.

  83. Yorkie Lover

    *************
    Black people stop being so naive and realize that this is a real issue!! Low self-esteem and body image
    issues are a huge problem in the black community!!
    Haven’t you heard about the bleaching cream problem,don’t
    you see the weaves(and I’m talking about the constant everyday “I can’t go nowhere without” weave/wig),and some people still
    wear the colorful contacts. Black people especially girls aren’t immune to this like some people swere.
    I work with girls like this every week and I can honestly say that most of our community issues is a result
    of low self-esteem/low self efficacy/and body image issues.But the only difference is in the black community you will be teased
    for being skinny with no booty but praised if your little overweight with a big booty. And this is at age 13,14,15,16…
    Tell your children that they are beautiful and
    pretty. If you don’t believe you or they are beautiful seek help and don’t have anymore kids.
    *********************

  84. Yorkie Lover

    ___________________________________________________
    Its so apparent that MJ wanted to be less black through “whitening” his skin, several nose
    jobs,perm/wigs,adopting 3 THREE white children,and mostly dating white kids. I mean vitiligo is usually a
    family gene and he was coincindentally the only one with it?? And look at Latoya Jackson,she is becoming
    lighter,had nose jobs,and the weave. Look at a couple of the other Jackson brothers with the ugly
    slick permed hair. Its apparent that they suffer from low self-esteem,self identity issues,body image issues,
    etc…psychological issues in general…
    ___________________________________________________

  85. Yorkie Lover

    ******************************************
    COME ON PEOPLE!!! COME ON!!!
    These responses show that alot of black people,like 90%,are naive and easily duped.
    They believe anything and accept anything. No wonder we aren’t getting anywhere!!Yall are
    so dumb and ignorant and need to think beyond your small minds.
    You people believe MJ’s doctor??!!! OMG!! His freakin DERMATOLOGIST/SPERM DONOR!!!
    This man looks cookoo and apparently helped MJ lighten his skin. I mean he got paid for
    helping lighten MJ’s skin and by giving him sperm for children.
    The couple of questionable pics of MJ with vitiligo could be anything. He may have burned
    himself, he may have been trying to bleach himself through bad over the counter stuff and
    messed his skin up, and then decided to go get professional expensive lightening via his dermatologist.
    Btw,why didn’t MJ decide to use brown makeup or decide to make himself darker IF he had vitiligo???
    Its easier to make yourself darker than lighter. He didn’t even use dark makeup when he was
    going through the transition of vitiligo!! Yall come on!!

  86. Yorkie Lover

    Because so many black people don’t love themselves and are so naive.

    Sometimes its make me hate being black!!!!
    Mainly African American

    How can I represent a group that pretends and doesn’t want to be. Meaning they want to be everything except black.

  87. Treez

    Everyone posting up here about vitiligo is retarded. Yes we all loved mike, but its time to face the facts that Michael wanted to be white. He was so deep into self hate he couldn’t even use his own seed to create his children…I love mike the artist and will always, but mike the human being was a very troubled man.

  88. Dr. Jones

    LEAVE THE MAN ALONE!!

    He had vitiligo!!! Let the man rest for Gods sake!!!


  89. Not sure if he had vitiligo or not but he sure wanted to be white. Why all the plastic surgery? Why have your white doctor make 2 kids and p***** them off as your own if your not trying to be white. Micheal was the most gifted, generous entertainer in the world but he was also the most lost and confussed individual in the world.
    Joe did beat his ***** but so did most parents at that time so dont follow the white media n blame joe. If micheal had gotton all those white users out of his life he would be alive today. He should have listened to the black people in his life (***** Gregory, the Black nurse, the Black Nanny, his father Joe, his sister Janet).
    After 2 trials where he was falsely accused of child molestation he still ran back to the arms of whitey after having Nation of Islam protection.
    Yes the black doctor helped kill him, he was the scapegoat; a black man killed Malcolm X also.

    @tennis
    Bossip is whitey’s hands

  90. enkogkneegro

    I know its taboo to tell the truth but come on now, Mike had vitalago yes but to bleach over 90% of your body to match 10% if that because its easier than masking the areas where the vitalago had spread makes no sense what so ever. My sis in-law has vitalago and we have watched it spread over the years and even though her case is severe it hasn’t covered that much of her body. Mikes video’s when he throws his shirt back that he bleached himself completely….mike came to hate his blackness and I don’t know why but I can love his music and respect what he did for the industry and not feel this bull***** loyalty to pretend he was above foolishness, self hate and drug abuse…I accept him for all of his good and bad believeing that if he had not made the mistake of walking away from his family he’d be alive today…..

  91. WordtotheWise

    Ron G>>>you are on point. Let’s face it, white supremacy has not only affected black people, but people of color all over the world.

    As far as Mike is concerned, I’m sure he did have a problem with his blackness. Yes, I understand the vitaligo issue, but what about the other transformations? Anyway, that didn’t stop me from loving his music. I have since the 60’s and I won’t ever stop.

    Oh, btw, I thought he wore a wig because he received third degree burns on his head during that fateful Pepsi commercial. I’m sure his hair follicles were burned therefore he couldn’t grow any hair. If I’m wrong, forgive me.

  92. i want to hear something good....

    @Diane D.
    U are right
    @ Mac
    even the white chicks wear blonde weave and blue contacts
    look at paris hilton
    there are so little true blondes in this world it is a recessive gene and so are blue eyes
    All of which started in ancient africa Sudan area
    John Henry Clark tells it like it is
    everybody be hating themselves, but white people are the cause of black peoples’ oppression self hate and degregation.

  93. DATPHILYGIRL

    My cousin had it and none of our other family members have the vitiligo so there is nothing strange about other family member not having it….sh*t i see white people wit it and they have a dark tint to there skin……he broke his nose during a rehearsal and that is what started the nose jobs but they all seem to have a nose like the mom…check out janets and latoya nose…..

    and out of no where these people are coming out saying they had sex wit mike…yeah right….if mike would have fycked anybody they would have been on TV in the media…..way before he died…why come out now….he had lots of money….they could have blackmailed him but you never heard a person besides the kids/parents coming out saying they had sex wit him…..a bunch of lies….king of pop going lick your lollipop…..wth…..

  94. i want to hear something good....

    @Yorkie Lover
    @WordtotheWise

    Love what both of you are saying
    keep reposting all of that ish over and over
    until they get it

  95. what_the_*****

    I’ve lived long enough to see that very creative (not just SORTA creative) people are USUALLY (not once in a while) —– *****ED UP.

    I know you can point to people who are creative and appear “grounded” —- but they haven’t died and all their dirty laundry hasn’t been exposed to the world.

    Anybody who CRAVED the stage the way MJ did, has a few neurons that are shorted out —- believe it.

  96. MochaLove

    Homeboy had vitiligo…that’s what he said but we didn’t look close enough. Michael had the power and money to change everything his father hated about him and dogged him for. That’s why he had white kids…maybe for fear of hating his children’s black traits like his father did. He was TRAINED for the stage, cameras and interviews…He never had a choice or voice for that matter. *****ody will ever know why he cut his face up, *****ODY BOTHERED TO ASK…in a way that wasn’t pre-judged or for the sake of ratings or off camera or off the record. Michael was a troubled and extremely LONELY man. I hope he is finally at peace in his Godly body.

  97. lanette

    BOSSIP YOU PATHETIC NO GOOD BLACK PEOPLE HATING *****HOLES HE HAD VITILIGO. THAT IS A SKIN DISORDER WHERE YOUR SKIN TURNS WHITE, IT STARTED IN HIS HAND HENCE THE GLOVE. THEN HE TRIED TO EVEN IT OUT, HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE BLACK

    BOSSIP YOU ARE SICK. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WITH IT, I WORK WITH A MAN WHO HAS IT HOW PATHETIC THAT YOU WOULD PRINT SUCH GARBAGE.

  98. Cari

    Exactly , I wouldnt vote for any of those reasons. I blame it on the Vitiligo

  99. bri

    michael DID NOT WANT TO BE WHITE, he had VITILIGO

    c’mon bossip don’t be so ignorant

  100. Be Serious

    if he was so proud about being black, and even if he did have vitiligo, how do we explain the numerous nose jobs and other reconstructive surgery that gave him white features? open your eyes, people

  101. sickofthis*****

    The media has really done a good damn job of painting this man in a *****ed up light. They even labeled him wacko jacko and everybody wants to take pot shots and have their 15 min of fame. Even when the truth about MJ’s life TRIES to surface, it’s ridiculed. I see why he chose to live as a recluse, protect his kids to the extent he did and got toasted to mask the pain. Even in death he can’t get a **********in break. If Michael wanted to be white, he would’ve changed everything about himself including the color of his eyes & hair. People just didn’t understand him. A black man was the greatest entertainer of all time, united the world with his music and was a great humanitarian & highly influential. A lot of white folks didn’t like that *****. He chose black women to raise his kids not a white a woman, and what the hell does it matter what color his kids are – they’re children. Tom Cruise, Angelina & Brad and Madonna’s ***** have black kids – do they wanna be black?! Look at all these white/latino women, with butt implants, big fake ***** and lips all blown outta proportion, do these tricks wanna be black too? And how about the asians that have surgery to make their eyes less slanted, do they wanna be white? I’m so sick of this *****!

    Only Mike knows why he made the decisions he did and if you had your ***** beat & thrown on stage to entertain people throughout your young life and your appearance constantly made fun of by your father – what kind of problems would you have? The man was ill and took the ADVICE of his doctors to alter his skin, so he could perform & appear in public without lookin like a creamsicle. He couldn’t use dark makeup, because his condition was too severe. The average person with vitiligo doesn’t need to go to this extreme, but MJ was an entertainer and in the public eye. This condition can skip generations and I’m not surprised his siblings don’t have it.

    His family was a sorry bunch of money grubbers and Jermaine & Latoya tellin lies on him to make a buck. Now he’s dead they wanna boo-hoo and act like they loved him so much. And Quincy Jones needs needs to shut his mouth, MJ was supposed to be his friend and brother. He’s the last person that should say *****. He likes em white, young and stupid. He needs to look at his own bi-racial kids. Debbie Rowe needs to STFU, she made lots of money from all this and should just fall into a big black hole. And this pedophile garbage is ridiculous! What loving parent would take money, rather than see their child’s victimizer behind bars or worse? No loving parent would do that!! They would want justice….BUT NO…they wanted the money. It was a scam & lies to make millions off of Michael Jackson and he paid it to make it go away….but the strain took his life. Mike made some bad choices, but with family and friends like he had…I see why he got caught up & surrounded by vultures in his last days. All anybody cares about now is his money and the money is in the children.

  102. Duh!

    Vitiligo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  103. KocaKola

    I don’t know one black child that wasn’t beat when they were growing up..hell I use to bleed when my mom got done wit me. I am darker than my mother and father and she use to call me black ***** and many black kids at my school made fun of my color also. MJ is not and was not the only child to ever be beat and ridiculed about his looks. This is no excuse for his infatuation with wanting to be a white man and buying white kids. Why not adopt some poor kids from Africa since he mostly supported their charities. I guess they weren’t light or beautiful enough.

  104. Diane D.

    What thing has one of you changed to be less black? This includes relaxers, 360 texturizers, wigs, weaves, diction and voice pitch, neighborhood, food, etc. Some things are simply growth, but some things are intentional. Can you look the Man in the Mirror?


  105. I FIND IT VERY ODD MICHAEL JACKSON WAS THE ONLY JACKSON WITH THE SKIN DISORDER / DISEASE OR CONDITION CALLED VITILIGO….

    ANYTHING TO TRY AN MAKE HIM WHITE,ANY EXCUUE,ANY ALIBY,AND ANY LIE THEY FEED THE PUBLIC,WELL I’M DON’T THAT CRAP AT ALL!!!!!!
    OUR TVS ARE SATURATED WITH WHITE SUPERMICY,WHAT EVA DAT MEANS,LIKE A BLACK MAN WANTS TO LOOK WHITE.ARE YOU KIDDING ME????FOR WHAT?AND FOR WHAT REASON?NOW DON’T GET IT TWISTED I’VE GOT NOTHING AGAINST CARCAUSIAN PEOPLE OR ANY RACE FOR THAT MATTER,BUT GOD MADE ME TO BE BLACK,AND I WOULDN’T CHANGE NOT ONE STRING OF HAIR ON MY HEAD.NOW IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT GO AND TAKE UP WITH THE FELLOW WHO MADE ME!!YOU CALL IT WHITE AMERICA!!I CALL
    IT WHITE LIEING AMERICA.BUT REST *****URE THIS TO SHALL COME OUT IN THE OPEN!!

  106. MJ 4 FOREVER

    MICHAEL JACKSON SAID IN A VIDEO THAT HE IS A PROUD BLACK AMERICAN. I ET BOSSIP IS WHITE OWNED ANS IS PROFITTING OFF THE BLACK COMMUNITY. GO F*** YOUR SELVES YOU F***IN *****S

  107. Yorkie Lover

    Its so apparent that MJ wanted to be less black through “whitening” his skin, several nose
    jobs,perm/wigs,adopting 3 THREE white children,and mostly dating white kids. I mean vitiligo is usually a
    family gene and he was coincindentally the only one with it?? And look at Latoya Jackson,she is becoming
    lighter,had nose jobs,and the weave. Look at a couple of the other Jackson brothers with the ugly
    slick permed hair. Its apparent that they suffer from low self-esteem,self identity issues,body image issues,
    etc…psychological issues in general…
    >>>>>>

  108. Yorkie Lover

    COME ON PEOPLE!!! COME ON!!!
    These responses show that alot of black people,like 90%,are naive and easily duped.
    They believe anything and accept anything. No wonder we aren’t getting anywhere!!Yall are
    so dumb and ignorant and need to think beyond your small minds.
    You people believe MJ’s doctor??!!! OMG!! His freakin DERMATOLOGIST/SPERM DONOR!!!
    This man looks cookoo and apparently helped MJ lighten his skin. I mean he got paid for
    helping lighten MJ’s skin and by giving him sperm for children.
    The couple of questionable pics of MJ with vitiligo could be anything. He may have burned
    himself, he may have been trying to bleach himself through bad over the counter stuff and
    messed his skin up, and then decided to go get professional expensive lightening via his dermatologist.
    Btw,why didn’t MJ decide to use brown makeup or decide to make himself darker IF he had vitiligo???
    Its easier to make yourself darker than lighter. He didn’t even use dark makeup when he was
    going through the transition of vitiligo!! Yall come on!!
    %%%%

  109. Yorkie Lover

    Black people stop being so naive and realize that this is a real issue!! Low self-esteem and body image
    issues are a huge problem in the black community!!
    Haven’t you heard about the bleaching cream problem,don’t
    you see the weaves(and I’m talking about the constant everyday “I can’t go nowhere without” weave/wig),and some people still
    wear the colorful contacts. Black people especially girls aren’t immune to this like some people swere.
    I work with girls like this every week and I can honestly say that most of our community issues is a result
    of low self-esteem/low self efficacy/and body image issues.But the only difference is in the black community you will be teased
    for being skinny with no booty but praised if your little overweight with a big booty. And this is at age 13,14,15,16…
    Tell your children that they are beautiful and
    pretty. If you don’t believe you or they are beautiful seek help and don’t have anymore kids.////

  110. Yorkie Lover

    I think the answer is all of the above. But most importantly what went on and what didn’t go on when he was
    a child. He may have been told he was ugly and not told he was beautiful.
    Its also his own fault because you have to learn sometimes in your life(esp before 50) to love yourself and how
    you look when your healthy.<<<

  111. Yorkie Lover

    COME ON PEOPLE!!! COME ON!!!
    These responses show that alot of black people,like 90%,are naive and easily duped.
    They believe anything and accept anything. No wonder we aren’t getting anywhere!!Yall are
    so dumb and ignorant and need to think beyond your small minds.
    You people believe MJ’s doctor??!!! OMG!! His freakin DERMATOLOGIST/SPERM DONOR!!!
    This man looks cookoo and apparently helped MJ lighten his skin. I mean he got paid for
    helping lighten MJ’s skin and by giving him sperm for children.
    The couple of questionable pics of MJ with vitiligo could be anything. He may have burned
    himself, he may have been trying to bleach himself through bad over the counter stuff and
    messed his skin up, and then decided to go get professional expensive lightening via his dermatologist.
    Btw,why didn’t MJ decide to use brown makeup or decide to make himself darker IF he had vitiligo???
    Its easier to make yourself darker than lighter. He didn’t even use dark makeup when he was
    going through the transition of vitiligo!! Yall come on!!

    Its so apparent that MJ wanted to be less black through “whitening” his skin, several nose
    jobs,perm/wigs,adopting 3 THREE white children,and mostly dating white kids. I mean vitiligo is usually a
    family gene and he was coincindentally the only one with it?? And look at Latoya Jackson,she is becoming
    lighter,had nose jobs,and the weave. Look at a couple of the other Jackson brothers with the ugly
    slick permed hair. Its apparent that they suffer from low self-esteem,self identity issues,body image issues,
    etc…psychological issues in general…

    He knew by supporting a couple of black charities,doing concerts in Africa,and calling
    Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton when he needed them would keep you black people in tune with him
    and make you accept him and dismiss his really not wanting to be black.

    I think the answer is all of the above. But most importantly what went on and what didn’t go on when he was
    a child. He may have been told he was ugly and not told he was beautiful.
    Its also his own fault because you have to learn sometimes in your life(esp before 50) to love yourself and how
    you look when your healthy.

    Black people stop being so naive and realize that this is a real issue!! Low self-esteem and body image
    issues are a huge problem in the black community!!
    Haven’t you heard about the bleaching cream problem,don’t
    you see the weaves(and I’m talking about the constant everyday “I can’t go nowhere without” weave/wig),and some people still
    wear the colorful contacts. Black people especially girls aren’t immune to this like some people swere.
    I work with girls like this every week and I can honestly say that most of our community issues is a result
    of low self-esteem/low self efficacy/and body image issues.But the only difference is in the black community you will be teased
    for being skinny with no booty but praised if your little overweight with a big booty. And this is at age 13,14,15,16…
    Tell your children that they are beautiful and
    pretty. If you don’t believe you or they are beautiful seek help and don’t have anymore kids.*****

  112. master

    Prince think about flash back to when prince came on the seen.

  113. black

    Michael did use dark makeup at the beginning stages but the vitiligo got too severe and also when people see the pictures of dude sweating from head to toe like he went for swim why would he keep wearing all that makeup, so he can look like he’s melting on stage? Yes, I love Michael but he did have issues with being black, I can admit that but he definitely had vitiligo and yes he had to wear wigs because his scalp was burned very bad from the Pepsi commercial.

  114. Miss GQ

    I so *****ing over this..people saying he wanted to be white..

    PLEASE PEOPLE, open up a *****ing book or two he had a disease..GET OVER IT and LET THEM MAN REST! he said time and time again, he’s a black man and proud..what’s the *****ing problem?

  115. Lynn

    What is wrong with you Bossip?? This poll is out of line! He had vitiligo!Look it up and stop trying to report ignorant wrong information. Vitiligo is a REAL skin condition that kills the melenin pigment cells, if/when all treatments fail, a person’s last option is to get their skin depigmented which is a long difficult process. It has nothing to do with wanting to be white, its about wanting to feel whole again. And yes, I’m sure at some point a long time ago he wore makeup; they have a special makeup for people with vitiligo,burns and scars. Whether man or woman..if you had the disease on your face, hands, etc and you had to go on stage & perform in front of people you would be wearing the makeup too! When people make fun of MJ for his skin, they are making fun of everyone with Vitiligo; believe me, it wouldn’t be so funny if it happened to you. Please I am sooo tired of people making comments about his skin but not even knowing anything about it. Just google vitiligo, its not that hard!!

  116. DM

    BOSSIP- SERIOUSLY??? YOU KNOW HE HAD VITILIGO!!
    MICHAEL TRIED TO LIVE HIS LIFE AND ALL YOU PPL LIKE BOSSIP CREATED LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE. WHEN ALL THE TRUTH COMES OUT AS IT IS NOW..PPL ARE GONNA FEEL SO BAD FOR TREATING HIM LIKE HE DID. IM O GLAD HE IS WITH GOD RESTING IN PEACE. LEAVE HIM ALONE.

  117. wtfffffff

    ugg bossip 1 more time and im out of here,, leave michael alone,,,,fyi just because he had plastic surgery does not mean he wanted to be white! he was not happy with his face ,,,who in hollywood hasnt changed something,,, he said he was never satisfied

  118. so what, who cares?

    That pic on the right breaks my heart. *sob*

  119. mj

    TDA=true drug addict. I have known many. Drugs are your love. Those gay stories ..not true. As a drug addict not weed/liquor. No he was not on that level. The drug he had is ONLY for surgeries. I can’t really explain. For a drug addict the only peace is to get sober or die…ask Dr. Drew-RIP MJ
    but it was MJ and he was in a better place. Xanax is not powerful..trust me and that is not what killed him all those bottles that had the bodyguard’s name for MJ..that is for anxiety..like if you are facing bankruptcy..false child crimes..eases nerves


  120. Michael didn’t want to be white you idiots. He had the disease Vitiligo which destroys your dark pigmentation changing it to paper white color in blotches all over your body. Michael was a SUPER STAR and had to even the color out to something normal being he’s always in the media spotlight. Michael was VERY proud of being Black and of Black people. He surrounded himself and employed nothing but Black people around him. Michael has done more for Black people in his sleep than most of you will do in your ENTIRE LIFETIME. You will DIE without achieving a fraction of 2% of what he’s done. Show RESPECT *****ES

  121. lala2

    i just wished he had one black child or 2….those white kids suck

  122. lala2

    and he dated stephanie mills before..she is black…not light skinned

  123. seriously

    How about you left out “none of the above” as an option. Idiots. A lot of black people have self hatred? No. It’s just the opposite. His reason for whatever he did went to the grave with him. Chill out and get a life.

  124. Scooby Dubious

    You kidding? We are!
    Jesus Christ, we’d have embarr*****ed Brer Rabbitt. There are a lot of black people quietly trying to slip out of the group picture and get as far as possible from a race of people who don’t seem any closer to civilization than we were 5,000 years ago.
    If there were a second eman*****tion, from blackness, the rush would be breathtaking.
    We’re right on course to be the world’ first extinct race in the world. The Neanderthal, the carrier pigeon, the Negro. Nice knowing us!
    Not that it did MJ any good in the end, but who in his right mind would sign on to ride a ship with a big *****ing hole in the bottom?

  125. fashionaddik

    Everyone is looking at the wrong thing… Michael didn’t want to be white… if you look at all of his brothers now they all look like who? JOE!!! Michael couldn’t stand JOE so he decided to change his looks. if you had a father who destroyed your confidence and everything around you since you were born you would have some challenging problems yourself. That was an outcry for help when michael started changing his looks. It had nothing to do with him wanting to be white. He just didn’t want to look in the mirror and see himself turning and looking like JOE! “Man in the Mirror”

  126. MJwillnotbetainted

    Michael Jackson never tried to disown or separate himself from his Blackness at any point in his career… I mean, this was the same guy who:

    * portrayed Black people as kings and queens in ancient Egypt (“Remember the Time” video)

    * called Tommy Mottola (his then label boss) a devil and a racist

    * sang “white man’s gotta make a change” live on the Grammies in ‘88

    * sang about a beautiful African woman in “Liberian Girl”

    * featured an African chant at the end of “Wanna Be Startin Somethin”

    * donated over $25 million to the United Negro College Fund

    * sang “I ain’t scared of no sheets” in “Black or White” and upped the ante by morphing into a BLACK PANTHER at the video’s end

    * wrote a song called “They Don’t Really Care About Us,” with a Spike Lee-directed video that featured prisoners raising the Black power fist

    * “We Are The World” and USA for Africa, anyone?

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