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MJ -- If Not for Kids He Would 'Choose Death'

Posted Sep 26th 2009 10:00AM by TMZ Staff

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a close friend of Michael Jackson, is releasing tapes of interviews he did with Jackson that show how Jackson was afraid of growing old ... and Madonna.

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In the tapes, which aired on "Dateline" last night, Jackson said children were very important to him: "If it weren't for children, I would choose death."

As for his infamous date with Madonna, he remembers that she didn't want to go to Disneyland and he didn't want to go to a strip club. Both are sometimes considered the happiest place on Earth.

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1. for christ's sake leave it alone
RIP michael we miss you xx

Posted at 12:21PM on Sep 26th 2009 by TigerEyes

2. Saw that last night...It made me so sad...I miss him so much!!
Love you forever and ever Michael!!

Posted at 12:23PM on Sep 26th 2009 by love

3. Schmuley Boteach is NOT a friend of MJ. MJ had Boteach on his list of people who were trying to destroy his life. Boteach reportedly used MJ to raise funds for a children's charity, then he took the money and ran. See the Fox article. MJ made a huge mistake when he trusted this snake.

Posted at 12:28PM on Sep 26th 2009 by LoveHimMore

4. lmao @ Both happiest place on earth. Heehee!!

Posted at 12:29PM on Sep 26th 2009 by Michael Jacksons Brother Jermaine

5. Aww...Michael could of had my children!!!:D ;)

Posted at 12:29PM on Sep 26th 2009 by Peace

6. Back to me ..

Posted at 12:32PM on Sep 26th 2009 by La Toya Jackson

7. The MJ Movie should be titled 'This Is Sh**' because that's what he looks like on stage. An emaciated, sickly frail person. And that penguin dance looks ultra stupid. Compare MJ in that footage to MJ from 10 years ago. Years of drug abuse have taken their toll. He looks like he should be using a walker. James Brown at age 70 had twice the energy MJ had.

Posted at 12:32PM on Sep 26th 2009 by This Is

8. We want mo money .. Mo Money .. MO MONEY !!! .. Ker Ching

Posted at 12:33PM on Sep 26th 2009 by Teto Jackson

9. Lets pass the donation plate around .. We want mo money.. mo money .. MUCH Mo Money .. Our ship has come in .. Ker Ching

Posted at 12:38PM on Sep 26th 2009 by The Jackson Family

10. I'll say it one last time. I think the abuse that MJ has always talked about was Joe Jackson kicking him in the groin so he could turn his son into a castrato singer. I don't think MJ could sexually perform due to this event. That is why he could not have a real relationship with a women. I don't think he was gay. I think he was damaged. Someone needs to ask Brooke Shields if they ever had sex. Why did Presley divorce MJ and did they ever have sex?

Posted at 12:35PM on Sep 26th 2009 by nightcrawler

11. I love it when balls makes a comment. It's not the same reading a post if he hasn't popped in somewhere lol :)

Posted at 12:39PM on Sep 26th 2009 by TigerEyes

12. He did choose death. Idiot.

Posted at 12:40PM on Sep 26th 2009 by Rodney Peterson

13. http://floacist.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/the-settlement-did-jackson-admit-to-any-wrongdoing/

Posted at 12:41PM on Sep 26th 2009 by Jan

14. LMAO!! HE CALLS HER A NASTY WITCH & SHE IS!!!!!!
OF COURSE, "THEY WERE FRIENDS" ACCORDING TO HER FACE TIME SPEECH ON VMA...MILK IT...MILK IT...

AS FOR THE CREEP WITH A WASHCLOTH ON HIS HEAD, YOU'RE A PIG WHO SHOULD BE SLAUGHTERED. YOU WERE NEVER A FRIEND.

Posted at 12:46PM on Sep 26th 2009 by uhHuh

15. am I the only one that thinks Kookie Klown seems a lil gay?

Posted at 12:58PM on Sep 26th 2009 by KONCKERS DE CLOWN

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