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I came across these responses from 2019 and thought they were interesting because both Taj Jackson and Brenda Harvey-Richie were speaking from personal conversations with Michael and/or Lisa.

Taj said Michael told him and his brothers “many times over the years” that he loved Lisa, considered her his equal, and felt she could truly understand his life.

Brenda went a step further and said both Michael and Lisa personally told her about their love for each other and their desire to start a family.

Obviously, these are their recollections rather than a way to answer every question about the marriage, but I think they're interesting firsthand-adjacent perspectives from people who actually knew them.

This happened while Michael was staying at Grouse Lodge in Ireland in the summer of 2006, about a decade after he and Lisa had divorced.

Paddy Dunning had previously owned Dublin's Wax Museum and had retired an old Elvis figure to the woods near Coolatore. Apparently Michael unexpectedly came across it while out walking and came back shaken, telling Paddy, “I just met my father-in-law in the woods!” 😂

I found both Paddy telling the story himself in a YouTube video and a Guardian article recounting it. The fact that the Elvis figure was apparently just lying out there makes this so much funnier.

In a YouTube video on Michael and Lisa's relationship[x], I saw this old Globe cover dated January 10, 1989, and the hindsight makes it kind of wild.

The story claimed Michael was comforting a “lonely Lisa” while her marriage to Danny Keough was supposedly in trouble. Obviously, the tabloid wasn't accurately predicting what was happening since Lisa and Danny stayed married for another five years and had two children together.

But knowing what eventually happened makes the headline pretty surreal. Years later, Michael and Lisa actually did reconnect as adults in 1992, Lisa and Danny divorced in May 1994, and Michael and Lisa married that same month.

I also found a Washington Post column[x] from January 11, 1989 confirming that this Globe story really was circulating at the time, so it isn't a later fake or misdated cover.

I'm curious what prompted the Globe to pair Michael and Lisa together this early. It's also funny how the tabloids predicted them before pretending to be dhocked when they actually happened. Was it simply an irresistible “King of Pop + Elvis's daughter” tabloid storyline, or was there some real-world interaction or mutual connection that gave them the idea?

Either way, it's a pretty funny piece of Michael/Lisa history in hindsight.

I thought this reel made an important point, especially for a community about both Michael and Lisa. Neither of them was perfect, and discussing their mistakes is fair. But criticism should be based on what they actually said and did—not misinformation, fandom lore, or quotes stripped of context.

Michael fans know better than most how damaging repeated misinformation can become.

What do you think of the reel?

Is it just me, or is it odd that Debbie is so underdressed in this photoshoot? Michael, Prince, and Paris are all dressed up while poor Debbie is in business casual clothes. Considering how meticulous Michael was about visuals, it's surprising that he would be ok with her not being styled like the rest of them. I almost wonder if her inclusion in the shoot was a last-minute addition.

No Pepsi accident and cosmetic surgeries with natural skintone shaded makeup filling in the vitiligo.

I need the full version of this "duet" 😅

The way he's dead serious while using the deep voice and then frolics off while switching to his typical voice 🤣

The passage is from LMP's memoir, which was finished by her daughter, Riley.

The build-up to Thriller is so magical ✨️😂

What do you all think of this movie? It came up on my feed and I wasn't sure if it was worth trying or not.

Savanah comforting Breanna is so sweet. Though I do wonder if anything actually happened.

Early on in SW and in their book, Meri repeated over and over and over and over... that she wasn't jealous of Janelle. It was to the point where it was obvious that she was lying to save fave.

About midway through the series, she started admitting the fact that she's jealous. I wonder if she started admitting it because everyone knew how obvious she was being or if she realized that she could play the victim more easily if she admitted it.

I saw this trailer and of course Lively was my first thought 🤣