What kind of relationship did Michael Jackson have with his family members?

Answer 1

La Toya and Michael were extremely close growing up. Aside from their mother, Katherine, they were the two in the family who were most devout in their Jehovah Witness faith. They often read the Bible together and went door-to-door to talk about their religion, encouraging others to join it. This was true even after Michael became famous, although he then had to wear disguises when he and La Toya knocked on doors.

La Toya and Michael had similar personalities in that they were both extremely religious and shy, unwilling to date others of the opposite sex as teenagers and well into their 20s. They were each other's confidantes and lived together in an apartment in New York City in the late 70s while Michael filmed The Wiz with Diana Ross. As per Katherine's instructions, La Toya made sure her brother got up each morning for his early set calls, and she cooked him a hearty breakfast before he went.

While living together at the Jackson estate in Encino during the 80s, La Toya and Michael spent a lot of time together. They often dressed alike - in the same outfit on in matching colors. They would often do this for family parties, and guests would be shocked by how much they looked alike.

Michael moved out of the Havenhurst estate in 1988 and into Neverland. It was after this that his relationship with La Toya began to deteriorate. Joe Jackson hired a man named Jack Gordon to help with La Toya's non-existent singing career. Instead of helping La Toya, Gordon succeeded in brainwashing her, convincing her that her family did not care about her and only wanted to control her and keep her down. Over time, La Toya became convinced that she had to separate herself from her family. She took off with Jack Gordon, who began to abuse her physically. At that point, she wanted to leave Gordon, but he threatened to kill her and members of her family if she tried. Out of fear and brainwashing, she stayed with him, and he forced her to marry him in Las Vegas in 1989. Gordon forbade La Toya to have contact with her family, except when he wanted her to help extort money from them. Against her religioius upbringing, Gordon also forced her to pose nude for Playboy in 1989.

In 1991 La Toya wrote a book called Growing Up in the Jackson Family in which she threatened to claim that both she and Michael were sexually abused as children. Gordon told Katherine and Joe Jackson that if they wanted to stop the book's publication, they would have to pay him $5 million. They refused to pay. Michael threatened to sue La Toya if she wrote that he'd been sexually abused. In the end, La Toya's book was kind to Michael but very critical of everyone else in the family, especially her father.

In 1993 La Toya held a press conference in which she claimed that she believed the sexual molestation charges against Michael were true. The family accused her of lying and being controlled by Jack Gordon. Three years later in 1996 when Gordon demanded that she act in a porn movie, La Toya called her brother Randy and begged him to help her escape from Gordon's clutches. Randy immediately flew to NYC and rescued ed La Toya, still in her pajamas, while Gordon was out. On the way home to California, they stopped in Las Vegas where La Toya obtained a divorce from Gordon. After that, she returned to the Encino estate where she stayed, rarely going out, for the next six years.

La Toya begged forgiveness from her family and explained to them (as they already pretty much knew) that all her out of character behavior, including the Playboy Centerfold, the nasty book, and the way she turned on Michael was all because Gordon had forced her to under threat that he would beat her, kill her family members, and eventually kill her. Gordon specifically threatened to kill Michael and Janet if La Toya did not hold the press conference stating she believe Michael to be a peodophile.

The family forgave La Toya and accepted her back with open arms. Michael in particular, forgave La Toya for turning on him and the two of them eventually got close again. During his molestation charges and trial in 2005, La Toya stood by Michael, appearing in court frequently and defending him on television. She was with him during his initial arraignment ( a day on which La Toya, Michael, and Janet all wore white to court to symbolize his innocence) on the charges and again on the day the not guilty verdict came in.

On the day Michael died, La Toya was the first family member to reach the hospital after Katherine Jackson and Michael's kids. She signed the death certificate for her brother and was put in charge of picking out the clothes for him to wear in the coffin. Reportedly, it was La Toya's request that Michael wear a single white rhinestone-studded glove in his casket.

La Toya released her single Home shortly after Michael's death. It was a tribute to her family and her sorrow over being estranged from them during her marriage to Jack Gordon. In it, she refers to Michael by his childhood nickname - Joker - saying that she misses him and all the fun they had together. La Toya announced that she would donate all proceeds from the sale of this single to one of Michael's favorite AIDS charities.

Answer 2

Michael was not too fond of this father.

Joe used to put Michael down when he was a kid; calling him "big-nose", telling him he was ugly,etc.

Not only that, but Michael and his brothers underwent physical torment by Joe whenever they screwed up on their dancing routines.

As a result, Michael did not like his father very much.

Answer 3

For the most part it was good, he was always close to Janet and his mother, we obviously know the issues with his father, there were some problems with Jermaine and Randy, but all families go through tough times.

Answer 4

I'll answer with each sibling.

Janet: he adored her, she was almost as successful as he was, so they understood each other. They were closest.

LaToya: before Jack Gordon, they were inseparable, and with them being 2 years apart, they were closest in age and bond. After Jack Gordon, because of what happened, they were a bit "strained" but they were good as shown with them being together very often, and her supporting him in the 2001 molestation trials.

Jermaine: This is a classic tale of jealousy. Michael made the Jackson 5 everything it was, but jermaine thought otherwise. He made a "diss" song about Michael. They weren't really seen together, so we could assume that they weren't close.

The less-important brothers: unknown. We don't hear about them much. There have been times where they were said to ask him for money, but we really can't say.

Rebbie: She was much older than Michael. About 13 years older. Rebbie was already out of the house when the Jackson 5 became famous. She was the only one that lived "normally."

Answer 5

All they cared about was his wealth, well mostly his siblings and of course-- his own FATHER.

Answer 6

uhmm well his father used to beat him. so i don't think that the relationship was good, but as Michael got older that relationshipp did happen to change. so they did get a little closer.

Answer 7

Despite what his father did to him Michael loved him and was always nice to him. Michael was one of those people who valued not holding grudges and forgiving others.

Answer 8

Michael Jackson really love his sisters but I think Michael Jackson love Janet Jackson more than the other.