Joe Jackson - Child Abusing Leech

There has to be an island out there for a certain segment of society. I envision it being inhabited by the likes of Jon Gosselin, Michael Lohan, Chris Brown, Jermaine Jackson and other loathsome individuals of the same bent. And by all means, leave room for Joe Jackson.

Joseph Jackson is the despicable human being who is Michael Jackson's father. Before going any further, let's just remember and keep in perspective that Joe Jackson is a child abuser. He beat Michael when he was growing up when he wasn't doing dance steps or singing correctly. He constantly ridiculed him about his nose and his acne. He was a child abuser. Is it any wonder that Jacko ended up being the oddity that he was? Probably not. So just remember: Joe Jackson = child abuser. Clear? Good.

When Jacko died from an unfortunate combination of the equivalent of elephant tranquilizers and an incompetent, unethical and amoral physician, his total net worth was unclear. What was clear, especially to Child Abuser Joe Jackson, was that Jacko had amassed an insane amount of money (which will happen when you have the number one selling album of all time and are the most famous pop star in the world). What was also clear to Child Abuser Joe Jackson was that he was going to go after that money in any way that he could. And he did. And he has.

According to the LA Times, Abuser of His Own Children Joe Jackson "...wants the late singer's estate to help him cover living expenses that exceed $20,000 a month." Yeah, see, he has to petition the court for that money because Jacko left him out of his will. That's right. Left him out. Out. As in, "not in". THAT kind of "out". Funny how that works, huh? Some guy abuses you to the point where you are completely whacked out about your appearance to where you end up having your nose shaved down into two slits and a point and you leave him out of your will. Shocking, I know.

The thing that I find most appalling, aside from all of it, is that Joe Jackson has publicly admitted that he beat Michael and his brothers. Of course he didn't call it "beating" per se and he felt the need to quibble over semantics when, back in 2003, he told the BBC's Louis Theroux "I whipped him with a switch and a belt. I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick." (It's at that point that I wondered if Louis Theroux was tempted to whip out a stick and bash Joe Jackson over the head with it repeatedly and then ask, "Like that?") If that doesn't give you just a hint of an idea as to what an A-hole this guy is, then there's no helping you. Please leave now.

So the guy publicly admits to beating Michael, gets left out of Jacko's will, and then decides that for some reason, he should be entitled to some of Jacko's money. Um, you sir, are a buffoon. Joe Jackson is no more entitled to any of Michael's money than I am! The guy made a will and he left child abusin' Joe Jackson out of it. That should be the end of the story. But, as we've learned from too many instances of things like this cropping up in the news, people are awfully full of themselves these days.

I wondered what Joe Jackson, Child Abuser, was asking for in terms of money. Like how much does this man think that he is entitled to? Hold onto your butts, but according to L.A. Now, this jackass is asking for enough money "...to help cover living expenses that exceed $20,000 a month." I'm sorry. Twenty....twenty thousand?? Dollars?! WTF?

If we turn back to the LA Times we learn that "The filing does not specify the amount Joe Jackson seeks, but a monthly budget included in the court papers lists more than $15,000 in expenses, including $1,500 for rent, $2,500 for eating out and $5,000 for hotels and air travel." It should be noted that this jackass receives $1,700 a month from Social Security. I don't know why that should be noted, but now it is.) $2,500 for eating out?! Are you freaking kidding me? Go on. Explain to me how it is possible and/or necessary for someone to require a daily food budget which averages approximately $83 and change. What say you stick to the Dollar Menu there, Joey, and get on with yourself?

And $5,000 for hotels and air travel? It doesn't sound like he's taking Southwest! What do you want to bet that is one flight at the MOST and the rest is a swanky hotel? Bet me. Because seriously, where in the hell is this man going all of the time? Who in their right mind would want to see him?

Now, mind you, Jacko's mom, Katherine, gets a stipend from Jacko's estate of $23,000, but she was in the will. But see, that $23,000 covers herself AND Jacko's three kids. Child Abuse Joey there wants around $20 just for himself! I don't think so, Joe. I don't think so.

The thing is, when there's the extraordinary amount of money floating about like there is around Jacko's estate, people will spend money on all sorts of crap because it's not their money and there's a seemingly endless supply. That is obviously what Joe Jackson is up to. (That and he's a human leech trying to suck money out of a corpse.) If you look at just the expenses for Jacko's funeral that People Magazine details, you'll see what I'm talking about. They claim that among some of the costs "His casket cost $25,000, his burial garments came to $35,000, while $175,089 was spent on security." How in the hell could his "burial garments" cost $35k? Did the man not own enough of his own clothes that he could be buried in for free? OH, wait. If they buried him in some of his own clothes, then that particular outfit would not have been able to be sold at a later date in order to line the pockets of some greedy family members, right? I'll bet you I'm close!

They also detail out that they spent "$3,682 for framing of a photograph of Jackson next to his casket, $1,975 for wardrobe costs for the family, $11,716 for invitations/programs, $16,000 for flowers, $30,000 for additional cars and security." Almost FOUR grand to frame a photo?! Spare me. And almost TWO grand for wardrobe for the family?! How is that? I've been to a number of funerals in my time, a fair amount for family members, and I was never provided with a wardrobe! And you're telling me no one in the Jackson family had anything to wear to a funeral?! I think they did! (Besides, if we're talking "family" like Joe Jackson, Child Abuser, was part of, then that would be five brothers, three sisters, two parents, and his three children. That's 13 people. $151 each? For what? Sparkly gloves?)

What have we learned here? Nothing we didn't already know. Joe Jackson, Child Abuser, is also a leech. It just occurred to me that he didn't seem to have a favorable review of the "This Is It" movie. I guess that means that he won't be sharing in any of the profits of that either. Shouldn't have beat your boy, Joe. Should not have beat your boy.

Sphere: Related Content

An Infomercial Disguised As A Statement

I tried to watch the BET Awards last night because I was curious as to the 'tributes' that would be given to Michael Jackson. I can only give my opinion on the parts that I saw and since those were so horrible, I maybe watched a grand total of ten minutes, if that. Perhaps BET stands for Better Enlarge Teleprompter because it didn't seem like very many folks could follow along at all. It was either that or they were all drunk. And it was kind of pathetic. I mean, if you're going to give a tribute to someone whom y'all claim was all of y'all "inspiration" for your particular style of craft, you could at least try a little harder for it to come off as being genuine. (You know, I can't recall a single one of you EVER mentioning Michael Jackson was your "inspiration" EVER when he was alive. Maybe one of two of you did (maybe Justin Timberlake has mentioned Michael before last night. Maybe.), but it certainly wasn't everyone in that room who ever dared proclaim publicly that Michael Jackson "inspired" them. Ugh.) BET really stands for Black Entertainment Television. Entertainment. Shouldn't they be good at entertaining? They weren't. They sucked.

It's possible I'm being too hard on the show overall. I was a little cranky after seeing an interview with Joseph Jackson, Michael's father, which was conducted by Don Lemon from CNN on the red carpet or whatever color carpet they have outside the Shrine Auditorium. Let's just say that he didn't exactly strike me as the grieving father. (And you have to remember that this is the guy who MIchael said physically abused him when he was growing up. Not only did Michael say it, Joe himself admitted it! Though he claimed that he didn't "beat" Michael because when you "beat" someone, you do it with a stick and Joe never used a stick. He just whipped him with a switch and/or a belt. Seriously.)

When Don Lemon starts the interview, he asks him how he's doing and how the family's doing. Joseph Jackson responds with a very chipper, "I'm great! My family is doing pretty good." Don didn't really know what to make of that and probably hoped he'd elaborate so he said, "Yeah?" And Joe responded with an assertive, "Yes they are!" So there!

Let's just contrast that remark with those of Janet Jackson who spoke near the end of the BET Awards and could barely refrain from bursting into tears when she said: "My entire family wanted to be here tonight. It was just too painful, so they elected me to speak. To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family. And he will forever live in all of our hearts. We miss him so much."

Let me just say that Janet Jackson is absolutely the sane one in that whole clan. She seems like she has her head screwed on pretty straight. The look on her face after she was led out to speak was one of someone who was annoyed. She looked like she couldn't believe that she had to stand up there and say something. Before she even said anything and everyone was continuing to clap and cheer (for her dead brother), she glared. She was not a fan. And do you blame her? It's only been three days! When everyone was clapping, the look on her face just said, "My God, would you people stop already so I can get the hell out of here?" And her words seemed carefully chosen and subtlely direct. She seemed to be reminding people that this is her brother who has just died and not just some superficial 'inspiration'. It was a classy thing what she did there. Three days, that's pretty soon. It makes me wonder how her speaking up there came about.

(And to the person who yelled out something as she paused (probably to compose herself), you're an ass.)

By "us" she must mean "everyone but Joe" because he spoke of his son as that icon. Don went for the follow up question, something along the lines of "We know it's been really tough for you guys" and Joe (who was wearing sunglasses that reminded me of the ones that Doc wore in "Back to the Future") said in a snotty voice, "And?" As if there was going to be something after that! It took him a couple of seconds to figure out that was the question and so he said, "Remember, we just lost the biggest star in the world, the biggest superstar in the world. So it's tough." You know, I hear that and I think "What a prick." He shouldn't be a freaking 'superstar' to you, sir. He should be your G-D son!

Don asked him why he showed up to the BET Awards. "Was it to pay tribute to your son?" I'm not kidding you when Joe said, "Yeah! To pay tribute to my son! Michael!" I fully expected him to throw in a "Yeah! That's it! That's the ticket!" But instead he just went with the pathetic, "Yes. We did. I did." Translation: Dude, I'm on TV! I'M the star now! It's all about me! Now I get to be the famous one!

Next question: "Is there anything you'd like to share with the world about your son and about his legacy?"

Next pathetic answer: "Yeah, I wanna, gotta statement here...." And then he pulls some chick out of nowhere who starts reading this prepared statement. The gist of the statement was to let everyone know that Joe Jackson was large and in charge and that everything would go through him. He also let everyone know the name of his attorney (L. Londell McMillan). He mentioned how he and his wife, Katherine, would be taking care of Michael's children. But basically, it sounded like he was letting folks know that Michael was gone and that's that. It was disgusting to say the least.

Up until after the statement was read, it was just Joe and Don. When Don started to ask, "We've been hearing from the Reverend Sharpton, the Reverend Jackson, that you had some concerns..." the attorney, Mr. McMillan, was walking by, hear the names of the two media whores, whipped his head in the direction from whence they came and jumped up right next to Joe for the remainder of the question. It was hilarious! Anytime you hear your client being interviewed and you hear the names Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, you'd better make sure that you're right there to see how the rest of that question goes!

Don talks to the attorney for about a minute, getting no definitive answers from him (what a shocker). Then turns the questioning back to Joe and asks about funeral arrangements. Joe responds with a rather matter-of-fact "We haven't gotten to that yet. We're working on that." Haven't gotten to that yet? Perhaps you could have made a little time in place of the BET Awards ceremony, sir?

Next thing you know, a pimp shows up! Behold!

Well, he's pimp-ish. Looking. I saw him and I thought, "Why is there a pimp there?" And this is the part of the interview where I became inconsolably cranky for the remainder of the Joe Jackson Show. Don asked him about his wife and his daughters and how they were doing. Clearly, Joe wasn't in the mood to discuss trivial matters such as the well being of other family members. No, he had something else on his mind that he wanted to discuss. So he brushed off that question with a very flippant, "They're fine. They're all doing fine." And then, he drops this:

"I want to make this statement. This is a real good statement here. (Places hand on the shoulder of pimp hat guy.) Marshall and I (I'm assuming that's the pimp's name. Marshall. He might have said something else, though. Joe Jackson always sounds like he's talking with his mouth full of gravy from that train he's been on) have been...we owned a record company called.....(silence from Marshall) ....tell him!" At this point, it sounds to me like Marshall says "Ranch Records" and then it sounds like Marshall says, "OK? It's truly about Blu-Ray. Technology. And that's his next step." :::: blink :::: :::: blink :::: Um, WTF?

That's the statement that you wanted to make? Your son has just died, perhaps due to an overuse of painkillers, and you have a pimp by your side, plugging Blu-ray technology during your interview with CNN? Huh. Have you ever wondered what human scum looks like? Wonder no more and look no further! Joe Jackson is it.

Don's final question, after Joe got done rambling about his 60th wedding anniversary celebration in Las Vegas (where he ended his rambling proclaiming how great their first wedding anniversary celebration in Las Vegas was! He also had to stop himself from saying that there were a lot of people there that he didn't know, which I found amusing. Of course you don't know them, you A-hole. They were there with people who had to be there and sure as hell didn't want to go to anything involving you by themselves. Maybe if you weren't such an A-hole you'd know more people.), was "What's next for you guys?"

Now, I know what that question means. You know what that question means. But I don't think Joe knew what that question meant. That's because he answered it as if he was Steve Jobs on the day the iPhone was first released to mobs of frenzied phone buyers. As if he had just created some amazing product that the whole world was in love with and the reporter wanted to get the inside scoop on what consumers could look for in the future. That's the frame of mind it seemed like Joe was answering from when, after a long pause, he said, "We've got a lot we're fixin' to happen, but I can't really announce it right now, OK?" Then he pats Don on the shoulder and gives a quick smirk. Don wraps by managed to not slap him upside the head and instead somehow snaps out of his disbelief long enough to tell him thanks.

Many accolades to Don Lemon for not strangling the guy right there at the BET Awards and on camera, mid-interview. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have been able to keep my composure as well as he did. Yeah, I think I'd have to knee him in the groin. So, pretty much the stories that had been floated around over the years about Joe Jackson being a cold hearted, son of a bitch who just rode the gravy train his children were running over the years would seem to be backed up by that little performance on CNN. What a jackass. At best, this guy sounded completely indifferent over the death of his son. He also seemed a little annoyed that he even had to field any questions that were not about himself. But the sickest part of it all is that he seemed like he was controlling all of his joy that Michael Jackson was, once again, huge.

Perhaps the doc that was allegedly prescribing all of the painkillers, Demerol, etc. for Michael could do the same for his Dad. If it has the same effect on Joe as it appears to have had on Michael, well then, so be it. And while I don't ever wish ALL ill will on someone, the thought that Joe Jackson could possibly profit from this makes me need to end this post so that I may go vomit.

The Don Lemon interview with Joe Jackson on CNN is below. The plug for the Blu-ray project between him and the pimp is right around the 3:17 mark. You know, just in case you're interested in their new venture that he announced to the world in a 'statement' after being asked how the women in his family were doing. Yeah, that's it.

Sphere: Related Content