julho 13, 2009   2009 , Jackson Family , Michael Jackson , News-Bigi , News-Paris , News-Prince , Relatos

La Toya fala sobre momentos dolorosos com os filhos de Michael

English : La Toya tells in heartbreaking detail how she accompanied Michael’s children to see their father’s body La Toya ...

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La Toya tells in heartbreaking detail how she accompanied Michael’s children to see their father’s body

La Toya tells in heartbreaking detail how she accompanied Michael’s children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Blanket, to see their father’s body and then, last Monday night, stood with Paris over an open casket as the child gently placed an inexpensive necklace around Jackson’s wrist and tenderly garlanded his body with coloured play stones.

She says Paris demanded to see her father ‘one last time’. After a nurse told La Toya it would help the children grasp the reality that their father was dead, she held Paris’s hand as all three children, together with Michael’s brother Randy, went into the small ante-room off the emergency room where Michael lay, still warm to the touch.

She says: ‘There was a towel over his face and I lifted it and the kids saw him and Paris said, “Oh Daddy, I love you. We hugged and kissed him and the children lifted up his hands. He didn’t look like he was gone. His eyes were half open and he looked like he was sleeping. He wasn’t cold. The kids had been screaming and crying but once they were in that room and saw Michael they stopped and became calm. We said prayers over him. I asked them, “What do you want to say to Daddy?” and they said private things to him.

Paris was holding his hand. We were all sitting around the bed. His chest was very red from the attempts to revive him. I lifted the covers to see his legs. Everything looked fine.'

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It was Paris who pointed out the figure dressed in white, telling La Toya: ‘There’s Dr Murray. He’s the best cardiologist in the world. How could this happen to Daddy?’

La Toya says: ‘No one was allowed upstairs apart from Dr Murray and the children. Paris has since told me that even they were not allowed in that room when Dr Murray was giving Michael his “oxygen”.

Every hour was packed with costume fittings, vocal lessons, rehearsals. Even Paris noticed. She told me, “They worked Daddy too hard. They worked him so hard.”

La Toya says the children are coping well. They are with Katherine and nanny Grace Rwaramba who turned up for a day ‘and has been there ever since.’ La Toya says, however, she is ‘highly suspicious’ of the nanny’s motives.

‘The family has mixed feelings about her,’ she says. ‘Mother says she wants to be with the kids but I warned her to be careful. It’s not like the children like or dislike her. They like everyone. Mother is gullible and feels sorry for her.’

La Toya says her focus is now on the children. All three are said to be well-behaved but innocent of the wider world. They don’t watch television. They are tutored at home and are only allowed to watch Disney movies. The family have hired a grief counsellor for them.

She added: ‘Michael always said he was a single parent. But he was a very good parent. It was funny seeing him changing nappies, because you never imagine him that way. But Michael was a hands-on dad. He was quite an expert. They are happy children, despite what has happened.

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‘Paris wants to be an entertainer. Prince Michael, the oldest, is assertive. I see such sadness there. He cried at the hospital but hasn’t cried since. He has become the little man of the family. Blanket is the baby. He is very funny, a real prankster like his father.’

Although the memorial was watched by millions on TV, the most poignant farewell came last Monday night at Forest Lawn Cemetery, where the family had an open coffin viewing.

She says Paris bought a cheap ‘mood’ necklace – a metal heart which changes colour when it touches the skin. ‘The heart is in two pieces. Paris told me, 'I want one half to go to Daddy and I will wear the other half for ever.' She carefully wrapped it around his wrist. She said; “Daddy this is for you.” Then she placed it on him and said, “On Daddy, it will be blue because he is cold. On me, it’s purple.” She got some coloured stones and she decorated his body. She said, “He’s so cold, he is so cold.” His lips were slightly swollen from the autopsy. She asked, “Who did that to Daddy?” I told her it was because he had passed.

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La Toya says: ‘I am so proud of Paris for speaking at the memorial service. When Stevie Wonder was performing she whispered to me, “Auntie La Toya, I want to go up there and say something about Daddy.” I couldn’t just walk her up on stage but at the end, when we were singing We Are The World, she said, “I’m too shy now” but then changed her mind and said those words about loving her Daddy that everyone saw. The boys didn’t want to come to the viewing, but Paris was insistent. She wears Michael T-shirts every day and the walls of her room are covered with posters and pictures of her daddy. She still writes him letters every day, sweet lovely letters about how much she loves him. Her letters are brilliant. When you read them you cry. She loves the light on stage. She is always singing Daddy’s songs and she is special. She has it – the X factor.’

La Toya says she was shocked by the emergence of a 2002 will stating Diana Ross should be a back-up to Jackson matriarch Katherine as the children’s guardian.

She says: ‘Michael always told us that he wanted his eldest sister Rebbie Jackson to look after the children. Rebbie had a nice family, which Michael loved. He told many family members that she was his choice. We believe there is another will which will emerge. He updated his wills almost every five years, so we expect one to come out from 2007. 

As the question of the children’s future remains unresolved, Debbie Rowe, the birth mother of the two eldest, is expected to begin her fight for custody of the children in the Los Angeles courts next week.

La Toya dismisses her: ‘These are not Debbie’s kids. They don’t even know she’s their mother. Like everyone else in his life, she was motivated by money. She has always said she’s not their mother. My understanding is that she will now go after the kids. I know a few things about Debbie and I will prevent that from happening. Debbie has only seen the children a handful of times. Michael never introduced her as their mother.’

She confirmed that Blanket, the youngest, was created from a donor egg and donated sperm: ‘Michael didn’t want to know who the biological parents were. They took eggs from a donor and I believe the sperm came from one of five donors picked from a book. Michael didn’t know who the mother and father were. I don’t know who carried the child and if the surrogate knew whose child she was carrying.

‘Those children were his greatest joy. He was a superstar but the only people who loved him unconditionally were the children.’

[…]La Toya conta em dolorosos detalhes como foi acompanhar os filhos de Michael quando eles foram ver o corpo de seu pai e, depois, a segunda-feira passada, que esteve com Paris com o caixão aberto quando ela gentilmente colocou um colar barato ao redor do pulso de Michael e ternamente enfeitou seu corpo com pedras coloridas .

[..]Ela diz que Paris pediu para ver seu pai pela última vez. Depois que uma enfermeira disse à La Toya que isso ajudaria as crianças a entender a realidade de que seu pai estava morto, ela segurou a mão de Paris e as três crianças, juntamente com o irmão de Michael, Randy, entraram na pequena ante-sala fora da sala de emergência onde Michael estava, ainda quente ao toque.

Ela diz: 'Tinha uma toalha sobre o rosto dele e eu a levantei e as crianças viram ele e Paris disse: 'Oh, papai, eu te amo'. Nós abraçamos e beijamos ele. Não parecia que ele estava morto. Os olhos dele estavam semi-abertos e parecia que ele estava dormindo. Ele não estava frio".

"As crianças estavam gritando e chorando, mas quando foram levados naquele quarto e viram Michael, elas pararam e ficaram calmas. Fizemos orações. Perguntei: "O que você quer dizer para o papai?" e eles disseram-lhe coisas particulares. 

Paris ficava segurando a mão dele. Estávamos todos sentados ao redor da cama. O peito dele estava muito vermelho das tentativas de reanimá-lo. Eu levantei as cobertas para poder ver suas pernas. Tudo parecia bem. "

[Sobre Murray] Ela diz que queria conversar com um médico para saber o havia acontecido.

Foi Paris que apontou para o homem vestido de branco, dizendo a La Toya: "Tem o Dr. Murray. Ele é o melhor cardiologista do mundo. Como isso pôde acontecer com o papai? '

La Toya diz: "Ninguém era permitido no andar de cima além do Dr. Murray e as crianças. Paris, desde então, me disse que nem eles eram permitidos naquele quarto quando o Dr. Murray estava dando a Michael o seu "oxigênio". La Toya diz que ficou assustada com a agenda de trabalho de Michael.

Uma hora era figurino, outra aulas de canto, outra os ensaios. Até Paris notou. Ela me disse: "Eles ocuparam muito o papai. Eles o ocuparam muito". La Toya diz que seu foco agora é as crianças. Todos os três são considerados bem comportados, mas inocentes do mundo. Eles não assistem televisão. Eles são ensinados em casa e só têm permissão para assistir a filmes da Disney. A família contratou um 'conselheiro de luto' para eles. 

Ela acrescentou: "Michael sempre disse que era um pai solteiro. Mas ele era um pai muito bom. Foi engraçado vê-lo trocar fraldas, porque você nunca o imagina dessa maneira. Mas Michael era um pai "mão na massa". Ele era um expert. Eles são crianças felizes, apesar do que aconteceu. 

'Paris quer ser artista. Prince Michael, o mais velho, é determinado. Eu vejo tanta tristeza. Ele chorou no hospital, mas não chorou desde então. Ele tornou-se o homenzinho da família. Blanket é o bebê. Ele é muito engraçado, um verdadeiro gozador como seu pai. " 

Ela diz que Paris comprou um "colar do humor" daqueles baratinho- um metal que muda de cor ao contato com a pele da pessoa. "O coração está dividido em duas partes. Paris me disse: "Eu quero que metade vá com o papai e eu usarei a outra metade para sempre."

Ela colocou com cuidado em torno do pulso dele. Ela disse, "Papai isso é para você."Então ela colocou nele e disse: "No papai ficará azul porque ele está frio. Em mim, ele fica roxo. "

"Ela tinha algumas pedras coloridas e ela decorou seu corpo. Ela disse: "Ele está tão frio, ele está tão frio." Seus lábios estavam um pouco inchados da autópsia. Ela perguntou: "Quem fez isso com o papai?" Eu disse a ela que era porque ele tinha morrido. [...]

La Toya diz: "Estou tão orgulhosa de Paris por falar no funeral. Quando Stevie Wonder estava se apresentando, ela sussurrou para mim: "Tia La Toya, eu quero ir lá e dizer algo sobre o pai."

Eu não podia simplesmente levá-la no palco, mas no final, quando estávamos cantando We Are The World, ela disse, "eu estou com vergonha agora", mas depois mudou de ideia e disse aquelas palavras sobre amar o pai dela que todos viram.

"Os meninos não queriam vir, mas Paris foi insistente. Ela usa camisetas do Michael todo dia e as paredes de seu quarto estão cobertas de cartazes e fotos do seu pai. Ela ainda escreve-lhe cartas todos os dias, cartas encantadoras e muito bonitinhas sobre o quanto ela o ama. 

"As cartas são brilhantes. Quando você as lê, você chora. Ela adora a luz do palco. Ela está sempre cantando músicas do papai e ela é especial. Ela tem - o fator X '. La Toya diz que ficou chocado com o surgimento do testamento de 2002, informando Diana Ross como substituta de Katherine Jackson como guardiã das crianças.

Ela diz: "Michael sempre nos disse que ele queria sua irmã mais velha, Rebbie Jackson, para cuidar dos filhos. Rebbie tem uma boa família, que Michael amava. Ele disse a muitos membros da família que era sua escolha. Acreditamos que exista um outro testamento que vai surgir. Ele atualizava seu testamento quase de cinco em cinco anos, por isso, esperamos um de 2007. Enquanto a questão do futuro das crianças continua por se resolver, Debbie Rowe, a mãe biológica dos dois mais velhos, é esperada para começar a sua luta pela guarda dos filhos no tribunal de Los Angeles na próxima semana. 

La Toya rejeita: "Eles não são filhos da Debbie. Eles nem sequer sabem que ela é a mãe. Como todos os outros na vida dele, ela foi motivada por dinheiro. Ela sempre disse que ela não é mãe deles."

"Meu entendimento é que ela vai ir atrás das crianças. Eu sei algumas coisas sobre Debbie e eu vou impedir que isso aconteça. Debbie só viu os filhos algumas poucas vezes. Michael nunca a apresentou como a mãe. "

"Estas crianças eram a maior alegria da vida dele. Ele era um astro, mas as únicas pessoas que o amavam incondicionalmente eram as crianças. "

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