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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:00 AM

Paris Jackson's tearful goodbye

Michael's daughter spoke movingly at his memorial. Was it a moment of genuine affection -- or exploitation?

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  • Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:03 PM

    Oh, come on

    Clearly whoever wanted to speak was taking a turn, and if you were watching, surely you noticed the long pause while they figured out who wanted to go next, the confusion, everybody then moving around so she could be in the front, and the lowering of the mike. No, it wasn't orchestrated. And yes, she should have been allowed to speak since that's what she wanted.

    At lest this is better than the Double X post talking about Janet urging her to 'speak up' as if that was an instruction to Paris to speak, rather than what it really was, just encouraging her to be louder. That accusation was total bullshit.

    But in relation to one of my earlier posts, I noticed that it was indeed Aunt Janet's arms she hid in, not her grandmothers.

    Give 'em to Aunt Janet!

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