Boteach sat down with NBC's Meredith Vieira in an exclusive interview prior to the release of his book: The Michael Jackson Tapes: A Tragic Icon Reveals His Soul in Intimate Conversation.
The rabbi recorded these conversations -- with Jackson's permission -- between 1999 and 2001. "Dateline" says that in them, Jackson describes feeling dejected that his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley reportedly didn't want to have children.
"She promised me that before we married, that would be the first thing we'd do is have children. So I was broken-hearted and I walked around all the time holding these little baby dolls and I'd be crying, that's how badly I wanted it, you know," Jackson says.
On his relationship with Madonna, Jackson says: "You know, at the time I was with Madonna, she was into books, all over, a whole collec-- like a library of books of women who were tied to walls, different things. She said, 'I love spanky books.' Why would I want to see that? I think she likes shock value."
He also refers to Madonna while talking about jealousy in Hollywood: "They admire you and know you're wonderful and great, but just they're jealous 'cause they wish they were in your place, wish they were in your shoes. And 'M' is one of 'em. Madonna. She's not a nice, she hasn't been kind…"
When asked on tape by Shmuley if he thought Madonna was jealous, Jackson replies, "Absolutely."
Reflecting on growing up with his siblings, he claims about his father Joe Jackson: "He was rough. The way he would beat you, you know, was hard, you know. Sometime he [would] take, um, he would make you strip nude first. He would oil you down. It would be a whole ritual. He would oil you down so when the flip of the ironing cord hit you, you know. And it would just like be dying and you had whips all over your face, your back, everywhere.
"And I always hear my mother, 'No, Joe! You're gonna kill 'em. You're gonna kill 'em, no!' I would just give up, like there was nothing I could do, you know? And I, and I hated him for it, hated him."
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Comments (90)
i would of made you happy.theresa xxxxxx
like i said any woman to give up mj must be clinicly insane!!
well any girl who gave up michael as a husband and a father,must be totally insane.
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