Randy Jackson is pissing mad at the media for airing Michael Jackson’s private funeral at Forest Lawn last night.
He has released a statement asking the media to respect the privacy of the event by refraining from broadcasting footage of the funeral.
Says Randy:
“As a family, we are all aware of how Michael’s life, and his death, touched so many around the world. It is why we held a public memorial in my brother’s honor.
And it is the reason we chose to release a small amount of footage leading up to yesterday’s ceremony at Forest Lawn.
I was dismayed last night and again today at the coverage I saw on television of our ceremony for Michael. We had asked the media to respect the privacy and the sanctity of this event; to give us one moment of privacy to mourn as a family out of the public spotlight.
Unfortunately, despite a no-fly zone around Forest Lawn, many media organizations decided to ignore our wishes. They employed helicopters that not only surreptitiously recorded our private family ceremony, but also severely disrupted it.
I therefore ask today that media organizations airing helicopter footage of the ceremony we held for my brother immediately pull that footage from their air and refrain from airing it in the future.”
There you go.
But you know what I think?
I think the Jackson family don’t want the media to air the footage of the funeral, so they can capitalise on it by releasing a DVD of the event themselves.
I’m just sayin’.
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no they just want their damn privacy!..they only asked for ONE single day..ONE day to mourn their loss. stupid media can’t get enough of the jacksons. well..can’t get enough of MICHAEL jackson. leave him alone. hes gone…let him rest in peace. he deserves to have that. he was a good person and the greatest entertainer that ever lived! the fans understand that the family needs to have their private time with him and the only people who are all in their business are the press and the media. just like they stalked him when he was alive..they want a piece of him now too. leave MJ alone! and his family. anybody with common sense can tell how much pain his mom was in. they don’t want anythinq except their privacy!