My love life is like my music-MJ

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Article late ‘70’s :

Michael says he enjoys flirting with the idea of a heavy romance.
“You know, when you’re on the road, you get a chance to meet a lot of girls. I’m only scared of them when they’re in a group watching our act. Sometimes I think we’ll never get off the stage in one piece. They do some strange things, like taking off their underwear or whatever you call them & throwing them on stage.”

“Of course I believe in love. It’s beautiful when it’s right. My love life is like my music. I don’t record a song unless I really dig it; the same goes for girls I see.”

1973 interview with Jermaine


THE MICHAEL JACKSON ARCHIVES - d2


What about groupies?

''Well, there's groupies everywhere! Seriously though'' he shakes his head,'' I hate to say that about the fans! But its just that we hardly ever go out with girls on-the-road. We'll go to a shoe and if they're there, fine. But we never would take one separately.

Vegas, 2002

This is a TRUE STORY.

When I tell you this -- you will not believe me, but here it goes.

Back in 2002, Teresa and I were out in Vegas with my parents. I was up around $3300, and because I'm a
degenerate gambler, and I also had some other friends staying out there
at the time-- I decided to stay an extra few days to gamble more.

Throughout the next 3 days, I ended up losing all of the money I was up -- and
sadly, much, much more. On my last day there, I was feeling fairly
dejected and decided that I would try my fate (just one more time) at
the blackjack tables.

Unfortunately, I simply trod water at the blackjack tables all day. At one point, Teresa stopped gambling and
said she was going to the magic store across from the blackjack tables
on the mezzanine. I continued to play for another 10 mins or so, when
all of the sudden I heard a crazy commotion coming from the main floor
of the casino.

I ran to the balcony and witnessed literally thousands of patrons screaming and running towards the escalators
towards the mezzanine. This was shortly after September 11th -- and to
be honest, I was freaked. I immediately turned to go find Teresa, when I
noticed that the gates to the magic shop were now closed. And in fact,
there were roughly 10 police officers forming a human tunnel into the
side door of the magic store.

I thought for a second - this isn't an emergency, there must be someone famous going into the magic
store!!! I ran to the cop that was closest to the side door and when I
looked up, Michael Jackson ran right past me into the store. I thought
'Holy crap!'

Through a window on the side door, I could see MJ and his entourage talking with the store clerks. I repeatedly begged
the cop, "please let me in." The unyielding cop told me to "Shut Up! No
one's getting in there buddy." I wondered where Teresa was at - when
to my utter shock - I saw that she was actually still in the magic
store. I told the cop "that's Teresa - my wife!" Again, the cop told
me to 'Shut up!' I screamed at Teresa again, and she looked through the
window and saw me waving -- of course, at this point, I was losing my
mind. I watched as Teresa had a conversation with a sharp-dressed
gentleman in the store. Two minutes later, the door opened and the
gentleman told the cop to let me in.
I moonwalked right by the cop and smiled. Teresa grabbed me and said "I begged MJ's manager to let you in. I told him you were a Michael
Jackson freak and was obsessed. He said 'No problem, but you can only
speak to Michael when spoken to. Pictures can be taken when he's done
shopping.'' It was quite surreal.
MJ shopped for awhile and was also practicing magic tricks with a heavy-set store clerk in a backroom for awhile as well. The room was so
quiet, and I struggled not to stare at Michael. At times, I could see
Michael's hands, and his hand's were so calloused. For some reason,
that is very strange to me. After about 35 minutes, MJ came up to me
and said 'Hello. How are you? I'm Michael Jackson, and who are you?'.
I told him that I was a super, big fan. I also might of got a little
carried away and said that I worshipped him. Ha! I also told him that I
once sang the 'Free Willy' theme song during my high school
presidential elections, and he said 'C'mon Jay.....sing it to me!!' So I
did just that! And I sounded atrocious. And MJ said 'That is my
mother's favorite song.' Michael and I spoke a while more: a tad about
about his great friend, Muhammad Ali and a bit about performing magic
for kids. In fact, Michael held out a deck of cards in front of me.
Michael asked me to 'pick a card, any card.' I picked a card (10
hearts), and Michael asked me to return it to the deck. I obliged.
Then Michael said "Was it this card?" as he riffled through the deck. I
was quite shocked when Michael showed me not just one of my card, but
the whole deck was littered with the 10 of Hearts. He repeated this
trick like 3 times. Hi-larious!

Subsequently, Michael signed my shirt, 'Love, Michael Jackson'; they snapped this photo of us, and I
got to shake his hand. I was thrilled to say the least.

Michael's manager (the sharp-dressed guy) proceeded to buy around $20K of merch.
Including a $19K King Tut fortune teller machine, 7 scary Michael
Jackson halloween masks (circa 1999), hundreds of magic tricks, etc.

Oh and the seven kids in Michael's entourage all put on the MJ masks and
started running around the store chasing and screaming at each other.

I told you that you wouldn't believe this!

Leslie Robinette

Leslie Robinette was 6 years old when she first met Michael Jackson.

An ailing little girl with barely any hair and a swollen stomach, Robinette suffered then, as now, from aplastic anemia caused by the genetic disease fanconi anemia, which she describes as being "like a little Pac-Man going after all your bone marrow."

Jackson was only 15. Robinette now believes he must have been more nervous than she was.

In 1973, she and her family went to Seattle, where she stayed in Seattle Children's Hospital - then The Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center.

Robinette received a bone marrow transplant, which at the time was an experimental surgery. She was one of the youngest to ever have the procedure. She went through chemotherapy, radiation and an ever-changing plethora of medications.

But worst of all, she was kept in isolation for three months.

She spoke to her sisters through walkie-talkies, and only her mother was allowed in the room. Doctors told the family they had done all they could do, but her condition just wasn't improving.

"After you go through all of that, you just get tired and want to go home; you kind of give up the fight," Robinette said.

She listened to her favorite group, The Jackson 5, on a sterilized record player doctors allowed her to have.

On March 7, she received her first visitor.

"I was sitting in my room looking out the window, ironically listening to 'Looking Through the Window' by the Jackson 5, when I heard all the nurses going wild and carrying on," Robinette said.

She looked through the plate glass that was her only connection to the busy hospital and saw The Jackson 5 standing there.

"They asked me which one I wanted to see, and I said I wanted to see Michael - he was the cute one," Robinette said, laughing.

She described the teenage Jackson as obviously shy but incredibly kind and sincere. He gave her an autographed picture, held her hand and asked her how she was doing.

"It had been so long since I'd touched someone not wearing gloves, and I saw hair instead of just a green cap with eyeballs peeking out," said Robinette.

After that visit, Robinette started getting better.

"I would never say that he saved her life - that's crazy - but he gave her back a little of her will to live because she had lost it," said Trine Robinette, 49, Leslie's sister.

Leslie eventually did improve, and her family returned to their farm in Greeneville, Tenn., where she still lives with her parents.

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The Jackson 5's Victory Tour came to Knoxville in August 1984 for a two-night concert that was extended a third night because of its popularity. Nearly 50,000 fans crowded into Neyland Stadium each night to see the concert.

Leslie Robinette received free tickets to the concerts, and on the third night, she went backstage to meet the whole Jackson gang. She brought Michael Jackson a hand-written birthday card.

"I asked him if he remembered me, and he said yes. We talked about my singing in chorus and how I was getting my back brace off soon," Robinette said.

Jackson then told his security detail that she was his guest, so she got to watch the third show from a raised VIP platform, seated right next to Jackson's mother, Katherine.

When Robinette left Seattle Children's Hospital three months after her first meeting with Jackson, doctors said she might live 10 years. Still struggling with her disease, she is less than 4 feet tall and weighs about 60 pounds, but she is now 42 and lives an active life.

Like Jackson, she has a strong passion for animals. She is involved in North American Riding for the Handicapped Association and currently is training to become an instructor.

"I've always felt that Michael and I were kind of kindred spirits, because we both grew up not being able to really go anywhere or do anything normal kids do," Robinette said.

Leslie was sitting in her rocking chair when Trine called to tell her about Jackson's death, and she was upset by the news.

Both sisters agree that people can say what they want about Michael Jackson, but he did a lot of good and they hope that is what he will be remembered for. And, of course, his music.