Joseph Jackson has died

If Joe raised his kids so right, Prince, why didn't Michael raise you in the same way? Why did Michael go so actively out of his way to raise you in a completely different manner but also make note of it in interviews?

Joseph might have kept the kids off the streets and away from the gangs, sure, but again his method is not the only method of doing so. Look at how your father speaks of him in the many interviews out there and you'll see the strong long-term psychological impact of his methods.

So is Prince calling his father a liar? Cuz you can't have it both ways. smdh

I guess there were some mean comments on his timeline. I know Taj complained about comments like "good riddance" on his timeline and I can imagine Prince got similar ones too. And of course such comments are completely out of line from any fan or anyone else. Fans too need to understand that these people might have a different experience re. Joe than Michael and his siblings. And in any case, it is rude and improper to make such comments about someone's grandfather, esp. when they just lost him. So yeah, people on social media can be antagonizing. And I guess this made Prince be defensive, however he is completely wrong about how he handles it. He could have defended his grandfather without denying his father's experiences with Joe. He could have done it by saying: "Look guys, my experiences with granddady are absolutely positive. I didn't know him as a father,  I cannot speak for my father and my grandfather's relationship, but mine is this and this and that and I don't appreciate anyone talking shit about him on my timeline." I think this would have sounded so much better.

But what Prince chose to do instead is get into this family party line of complete denial about what Joe did to Michael - and this basically making his father out to be a liar. Maybe Prince is just not aware of the things Michael said about Joseph over the years. I can imagine this is not something that the family showed him, and before Michael died they were still very young, so possibly MJ didn't tell them about it either. Still all the videos about this are only a click away. He could research and see it for himself what his father actually said. Taj in his comment acted like all the abuse narrative is a creation of the tabloid media and it is just not true. Michael himself called it abuse and talked about massively abusive things. And Joe more or less admitted to them - only he always tried to play them down as just "normal discipline" or something that was needed to keep them out of jail and drugs. Basically Prince seems to buy into that narrative, but he should realize how he is basically a privileged person denying his father's right to feel offended about something he (Michael) exprienced and Prince, fortunately for him, never did - because Michael made conscious efforts to NOT raise his children like Joseph did. Then to say Joseph raised his children right - and that coming out of the mouth of a child who has never been hit and who was raised with care and love - feels like a slap in the face of Michael.

But then putting on a front in public is nothing new from the Jacksons. Michael addressed it 30 years ago.


Only, this second generation of the Jacksons possibly actually believes this sugarcoated story, because they never experienced the life MJ and his siblings did and this is what they are being told by the rest of the family. Still, Michael's talking about how it was not so is well documented. Prince should do his research before talking  BS.

Has Prince deleted that clip from his Instagram? I can't find it on his page.

That video Prince made was uploaded into another Instagram page.

He needs a reality check, I hope he doesn't ignore the comments if the fans send him quotes or videos from his father talking about Joe before putting more his food on his mouth on YT video. That was embarrassing and disappointing of him indeed, he said his father warned them about the Jacksons' ways, unless MJ didn't tell about the abuse he went through.

I pay no attention to the kids. Never felt like I had to. They're their own people. If Prince is trying to make his grandad out to be a misunderstood character, I'd just let him. His grandad was a prick regardless of wjat he says or how he tries to paint it. His dad had been telling us since before he was born