Larry King Live, Frank Dileo interview 8/4

by bec Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:28 am

Michael's manager, Frank Dileo on Larry King Last night. Had me going for a little bit, especially the tear jerker part about telling the kids.

...until the interview progressed and he started talking about how it is NOT true that MJ was being controlled. Watch the video but Dileo states that MJ was in control of everything, all the time. Dileo said if you wanted to see MJ, you made a call, he gave you a time, and you saw MJ. He said thats how it always was, that's how it still is, or something to that exact effect. 8:14ish

Couple of other little hints and such.

The insurance IS NOT paid out yet 4:14

"Michael is a very competative person, in everything he does..." 6:07 Watch watch watch http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/frank-dileo-on-larry-king-live-8-4-2009-12/2477225867

Interesting, no?

by MJbeliever Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:50 am

i'm too lazy to watch it now , but i trust what u say...and i agree. it's interesting to say the least.... Shocked

by Mo Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:14 am

bec wrote:The insurance IS NOT paid out yet 4:14

It was not the life insurance policy which was discussed, but the NON PERFORMANCE policy, which are two totally different things.

by bec Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:22 am

I didn't say life insurance, Mo.

by EarthAngel90 Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:22 am

"The Insurance is Not Paid out yet" - Strange , I am hearing it already been done ...

I heard "Non - Insurance" Policy ... some is lying and not admitting the truth... and no one was controlling Michael , come off of that BS.

by annieisnotokey Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:25 am

bec wrote:

"Michael is a very competative person, in everything he does..." 6:07 Watch watch watch http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/frank-dileo-on-larry-king-live-8-4-2009-12/2477225867

Interesting, no?

Very interesting. Not only what Frank Dileo's saying, but the way he's saying it... It sounds very suspicious... Suspect

by mir26 Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:30 am

you know too me this almost looks like Michael told him,you go to larry king and tell the truth,i found Frank very supicious but in a good way Smile

Larry King Live, Frank Dileo interview 8/4 Thththewayyoumakemefeelim7

by annieisnotokey Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:46 am

People, did you watch the 2nd part of the interview??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDTFjas4PI&feature=channel

Start listening at about 03:05 when LK asks if MJ was difficult to manage. Frank Dileo starts talking about MJ having wild ideas and both of them being like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. affraid

I never really bought Souza's movie idea (sorry!!), but after this I don't know anymore. Why would he chose to compare MJ & himself to two talented and super famous movie directors?? Shocked

by ishealive Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:48 am

bec wrote:Michael's manager, Frank Dileo on Larry King Last night. Had me going for a little bit, especially the tear jerker part about telling the kids.

...until the interview progressed and he started talking about how it is NOT true that MJ was being controlled. Watch the video but Dileo states that MJ was in control of everything, all the time. Dileo said if you wanted to see MJ, you made a call, he gave you a time, and you saw MJ. He said thats how it always was, that's how it still is, or something to that exact effect. 8:14ish

Couple of other little hints and such.

The insurance IS NOT paid out yet 4:14

"Michael is a very competative person, in everything he does..." 6:07 Watch watch watch http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/frank-dileo-on-larry-king-live-8-4-2009-12/2477225867

Interesting, no?

MJ spoke to Frank about a "movie"....

He "is" very competitive!!

AEG are not going to fill 50 dates this year - maybe next year.... ??? lol

A fan told him MJ died - another fan to tell someone close to MJ

The nurse said they'd keep working on him til his mother arrived even though there was no hope! WTF

How many people first told the children he died? Apparantely he did too!

by kdkennedy74 Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:57 am

I was watching this last night too and when I heard that I immediately wanted to post but of course the MJHD forum was closed so I couldn't. I ran across this site today when I was checking Twitter and thank god because I was going through withdrawal...lol.

As soon as Dileo said "that is how it always was and that's how it still is" my radar went off. It seems that everytime I start to have doubts that this is a hoax something else happens to make me believe all over again that Michael is indeed alive.

cheers

by ishealive Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:00 pm

annieisnotokey wrote:People, did you watch the 2nd part of the interview??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDTFjas4PI&feature=channel

Start listening at about 03:05 when LK asks if MJ was difficult to manage. Frank Dileo starts talking about MJ having wild ideas and both of them being like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.

I never really bought Souza's movie idea (sorry!!), but after this I don't know anymore. Why would he chose to compare MJ & himself to two talented and super famous movie directors??

Spielberg & Scorsese - that's a clue I think.
Great marketer of himself - lol like what's happening now!!!!!
Frank Dileo looks very suspicious, just the way he's sitting and figiting...

by annieisnotokey Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:01 pm

kdkennedy74 wrote:

As soon as Dileo said "that is how it always was and that's how it still is" my radar went off. It seems that everytime I start to have doubts that this is a hoax something else happens to make me believe all over again that Michael is indeed alive.

I have the same feeling.
If you watch the interview with the "hoax to make a comeback" state of mind, it seems like Frank DiLeo is trowing clues left and right. WTF affraid

by curiousgirl Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:07 pm

Hi sweety,
I did watch the interview , but am having a hard time believing anything that man said .
I am sorry but i just don't believe him.
And people i trluly believe he's unto the hoax as well Very Happy

by ishealive Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:20 pm

Yep it's like Dileo came on to give us some hints but Larry King never picked up on anything. Typical they ask questions but don't listen to the answers.

by yaya Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:20 pm

annieisnotokey wrote:
kdkennedy74 wrote:

As soon as Dileo said "that is how it always was and that's how it still is" my radar went off. It seems that everytime I start to have doubts that this is a hoax something else happens to make me believe all over again that Michael is indeed alive.

I have the same feeling.
If you watch the interview with the "hoax to make a comeback" state of mind, it seems like Frank DiLeo is trowing clues left and right. WTF

i agree with you. even frank's body language gives off weird vibes. watch his eyes around 6:10....awkward!

by ishealive Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:32 pm

yaya wrote:
annieisnotokey wrote:
kdkennedy74 wrote:

As soon as Dileo said "that is how it always was and that's how it still is" my radar went off. It seems that everytime I start to have doubts that this is a hoax something else happens to make me believe all over again that Michael is indeed alive.

I have the same feeling.
If you watch the interview with the "hoax to make a comeback" state of mind, it seems like Frank DiLeo is trowing clues left and right. WTF

i agree with you. even frank's body language gives off weird vibes. watch his eyes around 6:10....awkward!

Lol the eyes always give it away... I didn't believe him at all.
He said he "won't be in retirement for long" - maybe after Oct 30th he'll have a job again!!!!

by emo_pinkt Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:36 pm

He seems to be making AEG look good..I wonder if they spoke to him prior the interview.hmmmmmmmmmm

by THE JACKSONOLOGIST Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:52 pm

Mr Delio reminds me of a Mafia don. Sorry Frank!! But ya kinda have that look!!

Ok Im gonna watch the vids now...

by Mo Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:56 pm

Isn't it strange that in this interview http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07696m01, posted on july 30, is already mentioned that Dileo told the kids about their dad's passing, and in this Larry King interview was said that thís was the first time someone ever spoke about this? Take a look at this video, at 2.20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDTFjas4PI

So..Ehh??

by StenniZ Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:40 pm

I also got weird signals from Dileo's body language and I thought it was weird (amongst many other thing) how Larry said:"They've got good genes.", when they're not MJ's biological children (or am I wrong and is this still being disputed?). Dileo immediately agrees with what Larry says. This looks to me like neither of them is really paying attention to the conversation. Dileo proves this once more at the end of the interview, when Larry asks him if he's now automatically retired again. Dileo answers that he's not going to be retired very long. I'm not really concerned about the answer he gives (even though it could be a clue to October 30th (thanks for that one ishealive, I didn't think of it like that at first), but more about the way he tells his whole story. Stumbling over his own thoughts and words because he's not paying attention (or didn't have enough time to memorize his lines properly).

They're both listening, but they're definitely not hearing one another......anyhow, just my 2€cents. Smile

by StenniZ Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:44 pm

Mo wrote:Isn't it strange that in this interview http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07696m01, posted on july 30, is already mentioned that Dileo told the kids about their dad's passing, and in this Larry King interview was said that thís was the first time someone ever spoke about this? Take a look at this video, at 2.20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDTFjas4PI

So..Ehh??

Indeed! Very strange. Also the part where it says, that MJ came up with the amount 50 concerts himself! WTH?

by Souza81 Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:51 pm

I think MJ asked Frank Dileo to be in the hoax before he asked anyone else.

Interestig......

by MJ_Fan_For_40_yrs Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:54 pm

This is the transcript (rough) of tht interview. Very interesting to read it as opposed to seeing it. And you guys are right, they're not listening to each other's answers. hmmmm

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0908/04/lkl.01.html

by MJ_Fan_For_40_yrs Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:55 pm

(that link is to the entire show's transcripts. The DiLeo one begins about half way down.)

by StenniZ Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:23 pm

Thanks! I'm definitely gonna read it. But now, 'cause I've been going to bed in the middle of the night for over a month now. Wink

by Sweet1 Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:33 pm

I saw LK last night as well. Nope, they weren't listening to one another and here's some food for thought.

Frank Dileo was MJ's manager when he did his Bad Tour in 1988. He's on the video Another Part of Me. He shakes MJ's hand. Well! it appeared that Frank's sole purpose for appearing last night was to set the record straight about MJ.

He said MJ was competative and when he heard that the artist formerly known as Prince had done 20 concerts MJ set his mind to do 50.

Discrepancy: MJ said he only wanted to do 10 shows and AEG had signed up for 50 without his knowledge.

Frank Dileo also said MJ was a perfectionist as a performer. Could he also be a perfectionist as a Director too?

Coincidence: Both Scorcese and Spielberg had previously directed MJ in his Short films.

Theory: Frank Dileo was directed by MJ to go on LK and set the record straight about the performances he was to do and hint to the world that he wanted to direct a movie. Only it wasn't a hint in my opinion. MJ is the man behind the curtain directing the world. Remember! Liberian Girl video? Spielberg allowed him to direct the movie. Remember! no one knew what was going on. This exactly what is going on now. Everyone kept asking where's Mike? Aren't we doing the same? Where's the body, when will the toxicology report be made known? Where will he be buried? We are all in his movie. The biggest movie the world has ever seen! Keep the Faith!

by ishealive Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:48 pm

Lol brilliant, I agree I think MJ did send Dileo on LK to clear up all the confusion about the performances and show to the world that MJ wasn't stupid and knew his own mind and wasn't easily led. Also Dileo kept referring to MJ in the present tense!
I agree with you about the man behind the curtain, I am 100% convinced this is a movie.... Very Happy

by Souza81 Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:30 pm

OK, here's the transcript I have highlighted the things that I think are odd + comments. Any thoughts?

We now welcome to LARRY KING LIVE, finally, Frank DiLeo, Michael
Jackson's manager. He worked for Michael from 1984 to 1989 and was
rehired by Michael earlier this year, calling you out of retirement.
Fit's in the movie theory. Frank is someone
Mike actually could trust. It was known he (re)hired a lot of new
people this year. He needed people who he could trust + actors to go on
with this.

Why did he bring you back?
FRANK DILEO, MICHAEL JACKSON'S MANAGER: Well, first of all, you should
understand that Michael and I have been speaking for the last couple of
years when he came back from (INAUDIBLE). We were talking primarily
about movie projects. And then he just called me and said, listen, man,
would you like to manage me again?
No comment.... Cool

He says, I need somebody that understands the music business and the touring business. And I said, sure, love to.
KING: The day he died, tell us how you first learned.
DILEO: I was having lunch at the Beverly Hilton. And I got a phone call from a fan who was...
KING: A fan?
DILEO: A fan who said, Frank, do you know there's an ambulance in front of Michael's house?
And I said, no, I don't, but I'm going to look right into it. And I
hung up. I called Michael's assistant. And I said -- his name is
Michael, also.
I said Michael, is there an ambulance at the house?
He said, that's what I heard. He said, I'm on my way. And I said, well,
I'll be there in one second. I went in to get my ticket for the car.
And I called Randi Phillips and said look, you're closer...
KING: Randi of...
DILEO: AEG.
KING: Right.
DILEO: I said you're closer to Michael's house than I am at this
moment. Go there right away, I'll meet you there. Drove there, the
ambulance had already left, asked Randy. He turned around. I came from
the other direction. I went to pull in, they said, Frank, he left. I
said where did he go? To the hospital. I drove to UCLA.
KING: What was the scene like? Where were the children?
DILEO: The children were in another room down the hall. They brought
Randy and I back. We were the first two people there. And they were
working on him in the room.
KING: They were still working on him?
DILEO: Yes.
KING: He was alive at that point?
DILEO: I don't know. I said to Randy, geez, I think he's alive. We have
a shot here he'll be OK. When the nurse came out and I looked at her
and she looked at me, I almost fainted.
KING: Because she said --

DILEO: She just looked at me and said he's not going to make it. He's
gone. But we'll keep working on him until his mother gets here.
Question: since when are nurses
allowed to make statements like that? I thought that only doctors
could. Nurses shouldn't say anything. And WTF, work on a dead body
until his mother arrives? hmmmmm

KING: Who finally told you he was dead?

DILEO: That nurse did.
Again, big thing for A NURSE to say, where is the doctor in this story??

KING: You had to tell the children?
DILEO: I had to tell Katherine first. And I told her with a doctor and
a social worker. And it was pretty emotional. She grabbed me and cried
and we hugged and cried together. And then I had to tell the children.
He had to tell the children? Shouldn't Katherine have done that?

In the meantime, I called Joe Jackson in between. But he'd already
known. I gave him my sympathy, and I went in and told the children.
KING: How do you do something like that? No experience is there?
DILEO: No, I've never lost somebody like that. It was very difficult. I
went in with a social worker and a doctor. And just had to say -- they
knew, they knew. And they got up and I said, I'm sorry, but your
father's passed away. And they hung on to me for a while. We all cried.
KING: How did you take it?
DILEO: Very bad. I mean, I've cried for days, and it's a lonely feeling, because I'm not family, but I'm a friend.
KING: You were more than a manager?
DILEO: Oh, yes, he was my friend. Forget the manager part. He was my
friend. And we were close. We talked a lot. Not as often as I wanted
to. But we worked well together years before and we were working well
now.
KING: Did he seem physically OK?
DILEO: Yes, he was physically OK.
KING: He was rehearsing, right?
DILEO: He was rehearsing well, eating well. We were making sure that he
had the right protein shakes, the right food. We gave him chicken. You
know, we brought him food to eat. He ate it. He'd say I'm not hungry,
but he'd eat it.
So he wasn't anorexic???....

KING: Was he insured, by the way?
DILEO: Yes, there's insurance, not on him, but on non- performance. Although, it's AEG and Michael Jackson's company.
So if I understand this correctly, there was no LIFE insurance?

KING: So they get money?
DILEO: They get -- the company goes towards the estate.
KING: Does the dispute --
DILEO: When it pays off. It hasn't paid off yet.
KING: There's a dispute, Frank, about how many shows he agreed to
perform. Here's what Leonard Rowe, the long time friend of Joe Jackson,
told us a few weeks ago, watch.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LEONARD ROWE, FRIEND OF JOE JACKSON: Larry, the first conversation I
had with Michael Jackson the night -- it was a Friday night, the night
he asked me to come and go to work for him. This is what he told me. He
said, I only agreed to do 10 shows for AEG. I never agreed to do 50.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: Is that true, Frank?
DILEO: No. Michael knew there was more than ten shows. He knew there
were 50 shows. Sometimes Michael would like to say, gee, I'm only doing
ten. I woke up, now I'm doing 40 more.
Just LOL: I canm actually picture this in my head, Mike at breakfast joking around....

KING: He might have said that to Leonard?
DILEO: Yes, but what he was saying was what by popular demand I have to
do 40. And incidentally, there were enough ticket requests to do 85.
KING: Eighty five?
DILEO: Eighty five. And you have to understand this also, the manager
at the time and three attorneys read the contract to him. He knew how
many shows he had to do.
KING: You read that contract?
DILEO: I read it too. And I know what's in the contract. And there was a minimum and a maximum.
KING: What's the minimum?

DILEO: You have to ask AEG. I'm not allowed to divulge. Not from AEG, but Michael's sake.
Not allowed to divulge for Michael's sake?? hmmmmm

KING: We'll be right back. Friday night, Jermaine Jackson's here. Don't go away.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KING: We're with Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson's manager. You wanted to add something about the dates.
DILEO: Just the fact that it came out to 50 was because he wanted to
beat Prince's record of 21, and be in the Guinness Book of World
Records. He wanted to do 50 to put it out of touch.
KING: Really, he was competitive that way?

DILEO: Michael's a very competitive person in everything he does.
IS he??? Smile

KING: All right. Frank, what about this dispute now? You know Mr.
Branca. Who gets to be the handler of the funds? Katherine is the --
she's in charge, but they've got 60 days. How do you read it?
If you add a month delay to this, not very uncommon in this case, it should be the end of October...

DILEO: Well, I read it this way. Branca and Maclaine are in charge.
KING: For 60 days?
DILEO: For 60 days. I'm sure something will be worked out with Mrs.
Jackson. It may be her. She may want to appoint somebody. I think
they're going to try to work that out. Mrs. Jackson is one of the
loveliest women in the world. I think she's going to make the greatest
grandmother ever.
I had two grandmothers. If I can pick
another one, I'd want to be her grandchild. Whether she wants to
personally haggle with movie companies and record companies is another
thing.
KING: What do you think of the Branca companies?
DILEO: Yes, Michael liked them. He wouldn't have put them in there if he didn't like them.
KING: Do you think they can work together with Mrs. Jackson?
DILEO: Yes, absolutely, absolutely. They can work with her.
KING: Joe Jackson and Leonard Rowe were on this show. And Joe said that
they seemed to have -- not imply, they said that Michael was being
controlled. Watch this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROWE: Michael Jackson's life at the end was being controlled and
manipulated. Michael Jackson was not allowed to make his own decisions.
He was not allowed to hire who he wanted to hire to work for him.
Michael Jackson was being told what to do. And people were controlling
Michael Jackson. The same people that were controlling Michael Jackson
financially.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: Want to comment on that?
DILEO: Absolutely. That is as false as they get. Michael Jackson has done and always did what he wanted to do.
KING: No one controlled him?
DILEO: No one controlled him. Listen, when I worked from 1984, you want
to see Michael, call up. Is Michael available? What time? You come
over. Same thing now. You want to see Michael Jackson? What time? You
come over.
If he wants to see you, he's seeing you. If he doesn't want to see you --
KING: was not controlling him?
DILEO: How could they control him?
KING: Or out to harm him?
DILEO: Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Listen, this is a devastating
thing for everybody. You think AEG's happy they've got 50 empty dates?
They're not going to fill them this year.
KING: The family
also, father Joe and sister Latoya, have suggested foul play. Here's
what Joe Jackson told me in July. Watch.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KING: Do you frankly think that drugs were involved in your son's life?
JOE JACKSON, FATHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON: Something happened there,
Larry. It wasn't only drugs. There's something else behind all of that.
KING: What do you mean? Where is -- what are you thinking?
JACKSON: Well, I'm thinking that there's foul play.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: Frank?
DILEO: Listen, something happened to Michael Jackson. We really don't know until the toxicology reports.
KING: We don't know at all. DILEO: We don't know at all. We weren't in
the room. No one was sent up there to do any harm to Michael that we
know of. I'm not sure what he's talking about. Did the doctor make a
mistake? I don't know. You know, that has to come out.
KING: You don't think there was some plot?
DILEO: No. Absolutely not.
KING: Did you know about Michael's drug problem?
DILEO: I knew about it in the past. I didn't know if anything was going
on now and I still don't. Because you have to remember something, to
get the Lloyds of London to give you an insurance policy, you have to
pass an exam. It was a four-hour exam with an outside doctor that they
picked. They sent the doctor from New York. They examined him.
KING: They did that at the home?
DILEO: They did it somewhere. I wasn't here for that, but they have the
results. They're not allowed to give them to anybody. But they said he
was in great health. Now, you know, I asked them. I asked them in
March, are you doing anything? He got a dig. Why would you ask me that?
I said I want to be sure --
KING: What do you make of the doctor in the house full-time, Diprivan, stories like that?
DILEO: I never heard of Diprivan until I heard it on your show, to be
honest with you. And I didn't know the doctor was staying overnight.
Because at the end of the night, he went to his house, I went to my
residence.
KING: Back with more of Frank Delco. We certainly
thank him for being with us tonight. Clearing up some things. Back in
60 seconds.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

by Souza81 Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:30 pm

KING: We're back. Were you going to go on the tour?
DILEO: Yes.
KING: As manager, you'd have to go.
DILEO: Absolutely. I was going for eight months.
KING: Do you know if Dr. Murray was going to go?
DILEO: Yes, Michael wanted Dr. Murray to go. When I came in March, he said, Frank, make sure they get a doctor for us.

KING: Didn't you question that?
Sure Larry, and your questioning that??? What about all the other things that don't add up?

DILEO: I said, why do you need a doctor? He said because after the
shows I want to make sure that I get the right fluids, you know, and I
eat right, and I want somebody to help my health.
KING: Do you know Dr. Murray?
DILEO: No, I never met him until one day we had a meeting.
Larry, please ask him: What kind of meeting??? I would like to know that..

KING: For the record, by the way, a spokesman for Dr. Murray has told
us previously we're not going to respond to any statements made by the
Jackson family or anyone else at this time. Dr. Murray continues to
cooperate with Los Angeles investigators in their efforts to determine
the cause of Michael Jackson's death.
What do you make of raiding his house, though?

DILEO: Well, I'm sure they should have done it. The cops should find
out. I'm curious too. But to this -- this communication here is that --
that was Michael's doctor. AEG, we asked AEG to pay for it while we
were in Europe. He didn't even have a contract. He's never gotten a
check.
So they should do it? When it actually happens some time? Sorry guys, is this a language barriere or is this a strange phrase?

KING: AEG was going to pay the doctor?
DILEO: Well, they were going to give the advance. It would be an
advance against Michael's earnings, because Michael demanded that. It
wasn't like he was on AEG's payroll. But there was the contract was
being negotiated. He wasn't --
KING: While you were his manager, did you ever feel the sense to have to warn him about medications and stuff?
DILEO: No, because in the first time there wasn't any.
KING: In '84?
DILEO: Right.
KING: We'll be right back with Frank DeLeo and my good friend Jim Moret
will join us, as well. We thank Frank for being with us tonight. We've
been waiting for this for a long time, Frank.
DILEO: Thank you.
KING: Don't go away.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(NEWS BREAK)

KING: Frank DiLeo is our special guest with us tonight, exclusive with
us. Michael Jackson's manager; he worked for Michael from '84 through
'89 and was rehired earlier this year. Joining us now, a man atop this
case from the get go, Jim Moret. He's chief correspondent for "Inside
Edition." He also on many occasions has hosted this program. Has Frank
DiLeo impressed you tonight?
JIM MORET, "INSIDE EDITION":
Yes, he has. He's really done a good job of explaining what happened
that day. We never really got inside.
Frank, we just discovered, had to break the news to Michael's children, to his mother.
He also said something interesting earlier, that Katherine can work
with the executors, opening the door to perhaps a deal to be worked
out. There is no question that the two administrators are very well
qualified to do this job. They guided Michael Jackson's career.
I talked to one biographer of Michael Jackson today and said -- he
said, without John Branca, there wouldn't even be an estate to deal
with. That is how good these people are.
KING: Do you think they will work it out, Frank?
DILEO: Very optimistic. Mrs. Jackson is very level headed. Our
attorneys are very level headed. There will be a resolution.
KING: Was Michael difficult to manage?
DILEO: No.
KING: All talent has some quirks.

DILEO: They all have some quirks. But Michael was great to manage. He
would have a wild idea and I would have maybe a different idea. He
would be like Steven Spielberg and I'm Martin Scorcesi. In some way we
would blend and then it would work out. He used to laugh about that. He
enjoyed that.
I bet he's ROFLOL right now!

KING: How did you feel during the accusation period, with little boys and that story?
DILEO: I know that's not true.
KING: Know it?
DILEO: I know it. I know Michael. I know what he felt about people. He
was a kind soul that wouldn't touch or harm a child. In that first one,
I
told him to fight it. If he was alive today, he would tell you. He told
-- Frank DiLeo told me to fight it. I should have listen to him.
When the second time came around, I knew he was innocent. I knew what happened. The people were moochers.
KING: Jim, has that gone away?
MORET: The allegations.
KING: The story itself sort of faded.

MORET: I think that what we're seeing when you hear people like Frank
talk, and you hear from Brooke Shields, you hear from his own daughter
at the memorial -- we are seeing a different side of Michael Jackson.
We clearly saw him as a strange guy, odd. He was odd. But he was very
talented and we are seeing more of a human side to him.
I think that's exactly what he wanted people to finally see.

DILEO: Sometimes odd can be confused with he was a great marketer of
himself. You should look at it from that point of view.
MORET: He was unusual.

DILEO: He knew what he was doing, and he knew what would cause publicity.
Well hoaxing your death like this is def. causing publicity!

KING: He did?
DILEO: I think so.
KING: In the Madonna vein, knowing how to sell tickets.
DILEO: Absolutely. I learned a lot of things from Michael.
KING: Was he a -- some people say a terrific businessman.
DILEO: He was very smart. When you get back to the number of shows;
Michael Jackson knew that if you spent 27 million dollars to create a
stage and a production, ten shows weren't going to cover it.
MORET: To that point, Michael Jackson knew there were 31 shows
originally. AEG told me there were 31 shows. They rolled out the first
ten. They said this is going so well, we've got to add more. They
agreed to 19 more. That is how they got to 50.
KING: We'll be back with more right after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KING: We're back with Michael Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo, in our
exclusive appearance. Jim Moret, chief correspondent of "Inside
Edition." What can you tell us about a meeting at the Beverly Hills
Hotel, attended by Michael and his father Joe, before the concert tour?
What was that all about?
DILEO: Here is what happened. That
was the one day I happened to be out of town. Joseph wanted to have a
meeting with Leonard Rowe, Michael, Randy Phillips and me, and Paul
Gumbaway (ph). Katherine came to the meeting. It was at the Beverly
Hills Hotel in a bungalow.
They got there early. Michael
stayed in his car until Randy and Paul came. I was out of town. They
went in. They had a meeting. Joe asked all these questions, him and
Leonard. Randy answered them.
KING: You heard all this from Randy?
DILEO: I heard it from Michael.
KING: Oh.
DILEO: OK. This is May 15th. That is a Friday. I get back Sunday or
Monday. Michael says, we have to get rid of Rowe. I said OK. He tells
me everything that happened. May 20th -- KING: That letter went out.
DILEO: That letter went out and he received it.
KING: He said he didn't.
DILEO: I know he did. He got it. He also said that that meeting was
three weeks before Michael died and that's not true. His timeline is
way off.
KING: So Michael was kicked after that meeting?
DILEO: He forgot that he signed it. He signed it under pressure. But he
forgot to send a letter out earlier. When they had the meeting and he
saw how they acted, he said, Frank, we forgot. We have to remove
Leonard. I said OK.
KING: Is this ever going to go away, Jim?
MORET: Not for a while. The criminal aspect --
KING: Where is that going?
MORET: Well, you know, with Anna Nicole, you didn't see charges for
more than a year after she died. I think you may see a similar
situation here. The attorney general is involved. The DEA is involved,
the LAPD. It could take months before we see criminal charges.
KING: Anything you want to ask Frank?
DILEO: I'm just curious why it is that there seems to be these two
camps between the family and the management? It seems like you all have
the same interests at heart, really that's to grow what is now an
estate.
DILEO: Right. It's not as big as people make it out
to be. But the one thing you have to remember, Michael liked to have
his business separate from his family. He didn't like his family
interfering in his business.
KING: Really? Any of the family?
DILEO: Any of the family. Now, he did put Katherine as a trustee on
certain things, because he trusted her. He didn't want them knowing
what he was doing.
KING: Wasn't he close with his brothers and sisters?
DILEO: They are close as brothers and sisters. That has nothing to do
with business. You could be close with your brother. You don't want him
to looking at your contract.
KING: Do you think Michael's kids are going to go in business?
DILEO: I think they are very talented. KING: They've got good genes, right?
DILEO: Absolutely. They are very well mannered. They're very polite.
They are very smart. I wish I could read as good as they do.
KING: Any idea where he is going to be buried?
DILEO: No.
KING: Why the mystery?
MORET: The mystery, because the toxicology report is not done and that
brain tissue has not been released back to the family. They can't
really bury him until he is whole. Simple as that. I think there is
still a division in the family between Neverland and somewhere else.
KING: Yes. That's going to go on.
MORET: That's going to go on.
KING: Ad infinitum, Frank. Are you now back to being retired?

DILEO: No. I'm not going to stay retired very long.
Oh, what will he be doing then?

KING: Thank so much for being with us. Thank you, Jim. Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson's manager and Jim Moret.

by wishful09 Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:34 pm

ishealive wrote:Yep it's like Dileo came on to give us some hints but Larry King never picked up on anything. Typical they ask questions but don't listen to the answers.

Exactly. It's crazy how they just seem so unaware of what is being said. Larry King is one of the better ones though, even though at times he is just as clueless as the rest of the news reporters.

by wishful09 Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:38 pm

"DILEO: You have to ask AEG. I'm not allowed to divulge. Not from AEG, but Michael's sake.
Not allowed to divulge for Michael's sake?? hmmmmm"

Interesting. My mind has never been as hopeful as it is today. So many things are pointing to this all being a hoax. A big production have you. IDK. I feel good about things though.

by Guest Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:51 pm

Like I have said before, and I`ll say it again.

THIS IS IT The movie

Michael is the director, and we are the ones playing the roles.

We are all a part of this movie.

by MJJXscape Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:57 pm

What DiLeo is doing on LKL, is a good marketing trick for upcoming movie, playing games like he is giving some hints(ha ha) so people will be more intrigued and interested and holding their breath until movie comes, so they can make huge amount of money. The reason, is because with some stupid "hints" people would believe that MJ is alive, and they won't boycott AEG and SONY and spend their money in this movie. He is very sleek that man DiLeo, and all of those murderers from SONY and AEG

by Banessa Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:07 pm

Thank you for posting the entire interview. I just can't believe how many contradictions are in this whole story. And Dileo still talking about Michael in present tense? ^^

"DILEO: She just looked at me and said he's not going to make it. He's
gone. But we'll keep working on him until his mother gets here.
Question: since when are nurses
allowed to make statements like that? I thought that only doctors
could. Nurses shouldn't say anything. And WTF, work on a dead body
until his mother arrives? hmmmmm"

My exact same reaction. Larry why didn't you question why would a nurse give these statements? As far as I knew Nurses are not allowed to give or make any kind of statements regarding a patient's condition, no matter what! A Doctor is the only one with this kind of authority. They do this to avoid getting sued over false hope given to family members. At least that is what I was told when My brother was in ICU (A couple of months a go) and I kept asking the nurses if he was going to make it or what his current state was like. The always directed me to the Doctor even for something silly as what his vitals were like.
We need people to start asking the right questions and not keep going around in circles! Just my opinion ad more than my two cents I guess lol

by ishealive Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:18 pm

I agree, LK just fired out questions I don't think he even listened to the answers.
Geraldo needs to interview Dileo, at least he cared about MJ and would actually question the answers.

by bec Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:52 pm

Thanks for the transcript, Souza, you rock!

I fell asleep for the second part of the interview (insomniac cured by talk TV), love the Spielberg/Scorcesi reference.

I was all settled in for another boring MJ interview from someone who is trying to sell us something. I did notice Dileo's body language, shifty, but like clever and mischievious shifty, like smug in knowing something you don't know, and I kind of liked it. So I watched for a little before trying to settle in and sleep.

As soon as Dileo said

Listen, when I worked from 1984, you want
to see Michael, call up. Is Michael available? What time? You come
over. Same thing now. You want to see Michael Jackson? What time? You
come over.

my ears perked up and my heart stopped. I FELT that "now" coming before it came, I'm listening to the words come out one by one, KNOWING what was coming at the end of the sentnence was going to be present tense and then BAM, he dropped the now.

So yeah, shifty. But smug shifty, like he's got a big fat present for us and he just KNOWS we're gonna love it.

Glad you guys felt it too.

by mjfan Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:59 am

kdkennedy74 wrote:I was watching this last night too and when I heard that I immediately wanted to post but of course the MJHD forum was closed so I couldn't. I ran across this site today when I was checking Twitter and thank god because I was going through withdrawal...lol.

As soon as Dileo said "that is how it always was and that's how it still is" my radar went off. It seems that everytime I start to have doubts that this is a hoax something else happens to make me believe all over again that Michael is indeed alive.

I also find it interesting he talks in present tense. I watched the interview and I don't want to make too much of it... like I think most people can't talk about MJ in past tense. Whether he's dead or not, so I try not to attribute too much to the present tense talk. Yet at the same time, EVERYBODY is doing it. dancers from the show, who still have their contracts, Dileo, family members. EVERYFREAKINGONE.

Even Paris when she gave her speech said: "Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best daddy you could ever imagine, and I just want to say I love him so much." That's all present tense talk.

Strange.

by Guest Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:03 am

@Mjfan

Now im noone to talk, because I cant bring myself to talk about him, like he "died"
it hurts to much.

But you are right. EVERONE is doing it.

I also find it a bit strange, i mean, for how long will they do that?

by EarthAngel90 Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:20 am

I don't believe Michael's Manager (Frank Dileo) .... I can't accept he is gone just yet .. so I am keeping my love strong for Michael believing he is alive and well.

by KEISHA7 Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:25 am

Banessa wrote:Thank you for posting the entire interview. I just can't believe how many contradictions are in this whole story. And Dileo still talking about Michael in present tense? ^^

"DILEO: She just looked at me and said he's not going to make it. He's
gone. But we'll keep working on him until his mother gets here.
Question: since when are nurses
allowed to make statements like that? I thought that only doctors
could. Nurses shouldn't say anything. And WTF, work on a dead body
until his mother arrives? hmmmmm"

My exact same reaction. Larry why didn't you question why would a nurse give these statements? As far as I knew Nurses are not allowed to give or make any kind of statements regarding a patient's condition, no matter what! A Doctor is the only one with this kind of authority. They do this to avoid getting sued over false hope given to family members. At least that is what I was told when My brother was in ICU (A couple of months a go) and I kept asking the nurses if he was going to make it or what his current state was like. The always directed me to the Doctor even for something silly as what his vitals were like.
We need people to start asking the right questions and not keep going around in circles! Just my opinion ad more than my two cents I guess lol

You are totally right,
nurses are not allowed to make any statement whatsoever concerning the patient state.
i went to the doctor for my results, and i asked the nurse to give me the results while she was getting me prepared to see the doc, she said to me she is not allowed to tell me even if it is my own thing,

DILEO is talking crap.

but then again, the doctor who supposedly pronounced this body dead, at the U.C.L.A HOSPITAL, wasn't the one who announced the death at the press conference, JERMAINE did, that and the doctor was no where to be found , not even behind JERMAINE'S back, lol!
that tells you that JERMAINE KNOWS WHAT'S UP and so does the doctor,
and it wasn't MJ it was a double.

so if any autopsy or toxy report comes up next week God willing, then guess what it is a way to distract us, and finally wanting us to believe that he is gone,

well i still don't buy it, cause it will simply be the toxy and autopsy report of someone else body with MJ's name on it, cause they don't want to look incompetent, and stupid.

by mjfan Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:43 am

MyBelovedMJ wrote:Like I have said before, and I`ll say it again.

THIS IS IT The movie

Michael is the director, and we are the ones playing the roles.

We are all a part of this movie.

I think it's funny that when I watched the Frank Dileo interview I was more convinced MJ died, but then I come to this thread and I'm actually starting to think the movie theory is feasible somehow. Maybe I've lost my mind.

by ishealive Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:12 pm

mjfan wrote:
MyBelovedMJ wrote:Like I have said before, and I`ll say it again.

THIS IS IT The movie

Michael is the director, and we are the ones playing the roles.

We are all a part of this movie.

I think it's funny that when I watched the Frank Dileo interview I was more convinced MJ died, but then I come to this thread and I'm actually starting to think the movie theory is feasible somehow. Maybe I've lost my mind.

Lol welcome to the club - i'm still hanging on "sane" with my finger tips... Very Happy

by Guest Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:48 pm

I have to comment about the hospital issue. My mom passed a couple of years ago and when they told me-it was a doctor(not a nurse) informed me of this. Good catch Souza81.

by Bidoska Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:31 am

Just a simple question

Did you notice that both Frank Dileo and Joe jackson said that they know about Mj through a fan call?

Is that normal, fans have their cell number?

I think it's weird , don't you?

by Guest Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:42 am

Ofcause i have their cell number LOL

by Give.In.To.Me Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:32 am

MyBelovedMJ wrote:Ofcause i have their cell number LOL

ROTFL!!! If you have Joes number...do you have MJs? If you do could you pass along a message to him. Tell him everybody here and at MJHD is looking for him, play time is over...it's time to come home geek

by dancer1792 Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:34 am

Bidoska wrote:Just a simple question

Did you notice that both Frank Dileo and Joe jackson said that they know about Mj through a fan call?

Is that normal, fans have their cell number?

I think it's weird , don't you?

Yeah, wouldn't someone in the family call them. Why would fans have their numbers? Jermaine said a similar thing on the Neverland interviews. He said that the people at CNN called him. Again, wouldn't his mother or a sibling call him?

by Guest Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:07 pm

Give.In.To.Me wrote:
MyBelovedMJ wrote:Ofcause i have their cell number LOL
ROTFL!!! If you have Joes number...do you have MJs? If you do could you pass along a message to him. Tell him everybody here and at MJHD is looking for him, play time is over...it's time to come home

Ofcause LOL. I will tell Michael that.

And I promise you that he will NOT jump out of some costume saying :"did I scare ya" ROFL

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