A. Michael Jackson has a skin disorder called vitiligo. So, now you probably want to know what vitiligo is, right? Well, I'll tell you. Vitiligo destroys the dark skin pigment (called melanin). Depending on the amount of melanin in your skin, depends on how dark your skin looks....so of course, the more melanin, the darker the person. Vitiligo is a skin disorder that destroys patches of melanin. Of course, if there is no melanin in an area, then that area looks white. Those areas that have no melanin are very sensitive to the sun. That's why Michael dresses the way he does. Michael covers the areas that the vitiligo hasn't attacked with make-up. In some close-ups, you can see the dark patches of skin under the make-up. It really bothers MJ when people say things that aren't true, like he wants to be white. In 1993, during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, he said "This is the situation: I have a skin disorder that I cannot help, ok...but when people make up stories that I don't want to be who I am, it hurts me...". And in his interview with Diane Sawyer, he said about Lisa Marie, "I envy her 'cause she can tan and I can't." So, next time someone says Michael wants to look white, or that he bleaches his skin, you can correct them and tell them the truth about vitiligo.

Q. Why does Michael wear that mask all the time?

A. As I said earlier, vitiligo (the skin disorder that Michael suffers from) makes the person very sensitive to sunlight. Michael doesn't wear his mask all the time. He wears it mostly when he is outside. It helps protect him from the sun. The mask also has a second use for it. Michael has trouble with smog as well. The mask helps protect Michael from the smog. A lot of tabloids say it is because he is afraid of germs. This is ludicrous. If Michael was so afraid of germs, do you think he would go visit sick children at the hospital, or allow them to come to his Neverland Ranch??? Probably not. That is just another malicious lie that the filthy, tabloid press has come up with. Don't believe it.

Q. Did Michael really molest that little boy?

A. No! The boy's father started the whole thing. It was a huge extortion plot to try to get money out of Michael. Michael settled out of court for a few reasons. Number one, Michael was in the middle of a world tour. Secondly, Michael's lawyers and advisors told him this could drag on for 7 years and there was no guarantee that justice would prevail, so they advised him to settle the case. If you want to read more about the case go to:WAS MICHAEL FRAMED?

Q. Are his children really his?

Michael and Prince
Video frame courtesy of Jezi

A. Yes. Prince and Paris are the biological children of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe. All the things you might read about artificial insemination is garbage, it's lies, and should not be believed. It's tabloid trash. If you look at biracial children, you will find some have very light skin. Sadly, a lot of biracial children get teased while growing up. And, unfortunately, Prince and Paris are going to have it worse off because the tabloid press can't leave them alone. Tabloids....don't read them, don't buy them, and don't believe them!!!!

Q. If Prince and Paris are Michael Jackson's children, then why are they so light skinned?

A. Prince and Paris look light skinned because their mother is white. Biracial children can be from very dark to very light, it all depends on the genetics. I'm not going to try to give you a biology lesson, but a lot of it depends on recessive and dominant genes. There are many people out there that are biracial but look as light as their white parent, and then there are others that are biracial and look as dark as the black parent, and of course their others that are every color in between. In the days of slavery, there were children that were born to the slave and the slavemaster. If the child was light enough, they would be passsed off as white. Sadly, in this world, we put too much emphasis on race. It shouldn't matter.

Q. Why has Michael had so much plastic surgery?

A. The true reasons why Michael decided to have plastic surgery, are only known to him. The only plastic surgery Michael has had has been on his nose and he added a cleft to his chin. There are many speculations why Michael has had it done. But no one really knows the answers. Why do people get breast implants? Why do people get tummy tucks? Why do people get their nose changed, or get permanent make-up?? Everyone has their own reasons. Most people don't like the way they look, so they change it, usually with just make-up and diets....but those who have the money will go get plastic surgery done. There is nothing wrong with it. It's their body, let them do what they want with it. Michael is definately not the only person who has had plastic surgery done, and I really don't think that it's important.

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