A respondent defends Michael Jackson's character as loving and compassionate, recounting how Jackson met a dying fan who survived and went on to have children. The anecdote illustrates Jackson's belief in the power of the mind and his willingness to help others.
Your relationship with Michael and how much you learned from him. What was the one thing about his character that you really admired the most?
He was so loving. And this is why the controversy around him exists, because he was so nice. Now, Michael believe in the power of the mind so much. And there was a girl there that was dying, and one of her dying wishes was to meet Michael Jackson. So I called Michael and I say, this girl's dying, Mike, Can I bring her to you? She hasn't got long left to live. And he said, of course. I said, how's your day looking? So just bring her map. Consider it done. This girl was crying with him. They hugged. He had a picture of her, did an autograph. I filmed it just the other day. I was going through the footage to archive it, and I found the footage of this girl hugging Michael and Michael saying positive words to her. And you can beat this thing, you know. No, Matt, she's alive, she's got kids, and she wants to thank you for making it happen. I said, God, you wouldn't believe it. I got footage of it. I thought she passed away years ago. I was scared to even ask. The hospice, she survived. Now, he believed in that, that somehow, for the power of the mind, we only use 10% of our brain, that positive words, affirmations and so on will change someone.
