Michael Jackson once admitted that he was prone to vomit in fear whenever he was in his father's presence. If that doesn't scream "loving relationship", we're not sure what does!
The Jackson family lawyer, Brian Oxman, went on The Early Show this morning to discuss some of the rumors circulating about Michael's personal affairs, especially the long-time bad blood between Michael and his father, Joe Jackson.
Despite actual confirmation from Michael Jackson himself that their relationship was tumultuous at best, Oxman insists that through it all, Michael loved Joe:
"No question about it. We hear all kinds of things to the contrary. But that's just part of the storm that's surrounded Michael Jackson's life. I mean, it's an unbelievable description of a storm. I only know what I saw. I only know the conversations and the dealings that I saw. And that is that Michael loved his dad, and the fact that he wouldn't be mentioned in a will is not all that surprising. He had a great relationship with his mother, and I think that you have to take it on face value. "
Yeah, and face value to us means that he knew and hated his dad enough to know that he could not be trusted with his money. That doesn't imply love to us!
Of course, the existing will has yet to be reviewed by Oxman or any member of the Jackson family.
Oxman explains:
"Katherine Jackson has filed a petition in the court in Los Angeles saying that they have not seen any will. And no one that I know of has ever seen the will, so we simply don't know. That will will be presented in time. I think that it's a little slow in being presented. But if it is Michael's will, certainly that's got to be his desires. That's got to be his case. But as of this moment, no one has seen the will or even knows about it."
Yeah, well when that will finally does surface, we know for certain there still won't be anything in there for Joe.