Was anyone else afraid of Michael Jackson as a kid?
Michael is MY GOAT. I think he’s the greatest entertainer of all time and I don’t think anybody could ever amount to a fraction of who he is. I also think that he is a great human being and I think that they tried to destroy him, but as a kid, I had the biggest phobia of Michael Jackson.
I couldn’t even look at his face. I remember once I saw him on the news at my dad’s house ( my parents are divorced) and I refused to go back to my dad‘s house because I was afraid of seeing Michael on the TV again. I grew up listening to the Jackson 5 and always loved little Michael. Once I realize that little Michael was now the pale faced scary, Michael I couldn’t handle it. I would have nightmares about him coming to get me and I would literally cry if I saw a magazine of him in the store or him on the tv. My mom was concerned 😂
Once he died in 2009, I was around 11 years old, and my fear instantly went away and I became so obsessed with him. I would watch Jackson in the American dream every day when I came home from school. I also learned every single song of his, yes, every single one and have loved him ever since. I would watch the music video specials that they would also play where they play his songs and music videos for hours at a time.
I felt like I didn’t have to be afraid of him anymore because he was gone, and it made me appreciate his greatness. To this day, I’m probably the biggest Michael Jackson fan you’ll ever meet. It’s crazy how everything happened.