Even in these pics a layperson can see the difference.
Top: GENUINE. You can see by the look in his gorgeous eyes, he loves her to pieces! The way he holds her like she's a precious jewel. Like she means the world to him (And MJ admitted that Diana did indeed mean the World to him). He can't even hide how much she means to him. His whole being is alive, and drawn to, her..
Now look below, He is POSING for the camera NOT thinking about Lisa at all. In 2 and 3 His lips are closed tighter than a vault in Ft Knox! It's STAGED Just like GM said it was.
In Pic 4 you can see some Genuine affection, but not much else.
He certainly cared about Lisa, but the great love her fans dream of is for the woman on TOP, it was never for Lisa....
Short answer - NO< Of course not.
Long answer- It's more complicated than that....
Don't walk away song here.
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Seeing what's actually there....
Alot of Lisa Stans want desperately to believe Mike wrote songs about her, and loved her very much. They get extremely angry when you present evidence to the contrary. But I just believe in keeping it real. Besides, all that photo shop they do, should let them know what's up. That is if MJ getting another woman prego 3 mos after faux vows, refusing to LIVE with Lisa, ignoring her till she cried to his Mama, didn't tell them...
He WAS attracted to Lisa, so what went wrong?
MJ cared for her, and at first seemed very attracted to her. She was a very pretty woman, and was very interesting. And of course, her last name made her even MORE interesting. At first they were good friends, and MJ told Ebony, he was touched by the way she would cry at how the press treated him, and how she always called to check on him. He said she called constantly, and would get upset if she couldn't reach him. ( though, later on, Lisa claimed HE was the one calling her constantly- Ofc, she lied bc she was very prideful )
MJ seemed to feel, at that time, that she was on his side, and was someone he could count/depend on. Someone, who would have his back. SADLY< HE WAS WRONG!!...
Lisa later, became something of a nightmare to Mike, when he tried to end things, she trashed him endlessly, for over a DECADE!! Let that sink in!! She made mocking jokes of him, implied he might have been guilty of inappropriate actions, talked a/b him constantly. (even though they had an agmt NOT to discuss each other. MJ held up his pt of that agmt, she never did She even stalked him, while having the audacity to claim he was following Her!!
Before it all went bad.....
In the beg'ng when Brett introduced them, they became friends, but Lisa was so enamored with MJ that she was willing to leave her then husband-Danny to do a faux marriage with MJ.
Yes, Lisa KNEW it was a ROLE, and not a marriage. There was just NO way for her not to know... It had 0 chc of working if they kept her in the dark.. + She got PAID! Let that sink in. So she KNEW...
Why did he worry about Lisa turning against him?
MJ had strong reservations when it came to doing the faux marriage. His Mgmt begged him to do it, and he knew he needed the diversion so he could fight the false chges, But. he feared Lisa getting hurt. He worried, bc she had such strong feelings, for him. He also worried she'd become a hellcat if she got angry or felt disrespected.
This is why he asked Brooke to do it, AFTER LISA had already said YES. because he DID care for Lisa, and did not want her to get hurt. He KNEW he wasn't over Diana, but he was struggling to move on. His Mgmt kept assuring him it would all work out fine, and she would KNOW everything. That it was to last only 2 yrs. They would have separate homes, lives , interests and accts. Lisa's only job was to look pretty, behave like a loving wife, and accompany him to preset events. They were going to have STAGED pics and give the world something to focus on, while he fought the false chges.
That which he feared came upon him....
But I think what when down between them is exactly what MJ feared. After DR, he expected her to abide by the terms of their agmt. and she decided she wanted MJ to be her husband, FOR REAL. He didn't see it that way. Once she fell for him, She became needy and obsessed.She called his mgmt Co daily. Crying, screaming, demanding to know where he was! But MJ threatened to fire anyone who told her! So they didn't. and she began calling all of his companies, his lawyers, his family etc. Then she began almost stalking him. Fol'wg and seeking him out, turned him off, and he seemed to lose alot of attraction to her. When he didn't reciprocate her feelings, Lisa grew more angry and desperate. MJ gave an interv in Aug of 94 , a few short months after DR, and seemed almost Desperate to end the sham marriage. He told Niles Rogers He just wanted OUT... and that he'd made a horrible mistake. Niles suggested Annulm't since he KNEW the marriage was not valid. ..
MJ was asked specifically in 3 different intervs if he loved Lisa, all 3 times he said he cared, he LIKED her, and wished her well. but it was clear (to anyone with a brain, that he was NOT in love with her) When it comes to men, I think most women know they can and will often SAY ANYTHING, they deem necessary, but their body language and ACTIONS will give them away every time.
MJ put love notes on cds to ANOTHER woman! He did shout outs saying he loved ANOTHER woman. He spent a fortune on that OTHER woman, Named things for her, Called OTHER woman his soulmate and his world, said Most of his songs were for her, and Put her in the Wifey Spot of his will!! While his alleged "Wife" was EXCLUDED!!
What do you THINK His actions were saying??
Who MJ REALLY WANTED TO MARRY....
Consider this. In the mid 80s, MJ thought he was going to marry Diana, He had planned to do it at the St Romaine Church in Switzerland (where he had always planned to marry Di)
He had chosen the most prestigious church in all of Switzerland, he had planned an unlimited budget in the area of 3 Million dollars! he was going to spare no expense and give Diana the wedding of her dreams, all the bells and whistles ... When his Atty brought up Prenup, he said MJ nearly fired him! and said NO Prenups period. .
He planned to invite his ENTIRE family and fly them in if nec. to see him marry his 'dream girl' Of course Diana got cold feet due to age harassment by media, and she ran away, sadly...
Why the tacky, trailer park wedding?
But compare that to the 99.00 trailer park special, wedding he gave Lmp!! Notice when he 'married' Lisa, NO family, not even his mom was invited (becuz he knew it was fake, so why invite his mom n fam to a fake event? Notice also the cheap tacky motel, No cake, No decorations, No confetti, not even rice! Completely NO frills. and No family, just a cheap motel rm and MJ in street clothe, and chewing gum! (In the melanated community, this is considered very disrespectful! But basically a 10 yr old child, could have thrown a nicer wedding, than he gave Lisa. But since it was completely fake, He probably figured it didn't matter..
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Michael made sure marriage was NOT legal:
MJ did 5 specific things to make sure he was NOT MARRIED to LMP
1. He took her to DR KNOWING her divorce was only 1 month prior. He knew about DR having an 11 month post -divorce moratorium before remarriage because he had studied the laws before he went there. He knew anything less than 11 months was Unlawful = VOID
2. He paid Hugo Alvarez (The Minister ) to officiate the ceremony 4 and 1/2 HOURS outside his jurisdiction. Meaning OUTSIDE of where he was Legally allowed to marry people. IOW,s Doing a ceremony OUTSIDE his jurisdiction = VOID -Not married
3. MJ filled out ppwk with erroneous information and had his mother's occupation listed as a 'domestic!' He misspelled names, and left off mandatory info. He was warned that missing or falsified info would be grounds for immediate dismissal of marital application, and he reportedly said that was 'fine'.. Of course ppwk was rejected and voided..(obviously this is what he WANTED to happen)..
4. He had the ceremony filmed at the tacky little motel rm with all the IDENTIFYING items on full display, Knowing they put on the ppwk that they were being married several hrs away at the home of Alvarez! One may ask, 'But didn't he know by filming it, it was easy to SEE he was at the motel and NOT at Hugo's home?
Answer - Yes. that was the whole point in filming it! If Lisa had come after him for so much as a single marital asset, He KNEW once the video was seen, it would be obvious it took place at the motel and NOT at Hugo's home.. And because the motel was 4 hrs OUTSIDE Hugo's jurisdiction = Automatic Void..
5. MJ deliberately went to a country OUTSIDE the US so that Lisa could not enact any American laws on her behalf. America could NOT help her fleece Michael in anyway, since the ceremony did not happen here, and was NOT subject to any American rules. People think Lisa was so benevolent she didn't ask for anything in the divorce. Truth is, she Couldn't. A. she knew too much scrutiny would reveal a fraudulent marriage. and B. Too much scrutiny would prove she was still married to Danny when she went to DR! Danny had flown in a month before Lmp in order to get divorce, but he had mocked DR laws by NOT following Any lawful mandates, and his divorce had been denied! He and Lisa were still married when Lisa /MJ flew in to 'supposedly marry' IOWs of course this more than voided it, It made it Illegal!..
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So WAS it for Lisa?
Of course, DWA was NOT for Lisa. MJ was RUNNING AWAY from her! He was also asking ppl to make her stop fol'wg him, and harassing his family.
What fool in their right mind would want to work it out with a vindictive woman with a thirst for hate and revenge. Lisa trashed MJ so badly, The prosecutor put her on THEIR list to testify against him!! She trashed n bashed him on Stern, RS Mag/ GQ/ Mirror Mag, Playgirl / newspapers/ indiv reporters/ and on and on. She was giving trashing intervs 12 deep at a time!!! MJ didn't just WALK away he RAN AWAY From her and all her toxic hate! Then after he passed, Lisa had the nerve to try to step in, and PRETEND SHE was his widow, and the love of his life!! After trashing him for over 10 yrs!! She even had the nerve to say she loved him desperately! Seems she has a very strange definition of love! She stalked him, fol'wd him, ran around screaming he was on drugs (Even after he passed Sev'l drug tests! ) She still kept lying on him. She tried to have him arrested in 95, for drugs even though he was nowhere near her! & she had no idea what he was doing! In 95, the police gave them Both DTs, and as expected, LISA is the one who failed! (shocker) Lisa later claimed to love MJ, but we ALL saw her JOIN the world in bullying him bc she was angry he REFUSED to take her back!! WE all saw her torment, harass, follow, lie continuously, and Malign him just because she saw he was still very much in deep, and endless love with Diana, and it obviously pissed her off. But there was a time, when she had a REAL chc with MJ, at one pt, he was feeling her, but she acted so ugly and vengeful, he was completely turned off. That's why when ppl kept trying to get him to talk about Lisa, he kept REFUSING to comment, saying he just wished her the best.... He knew better than to feed into the nonsense.. DWA about Lisa? What a joke!! Lisa was a nightmare for him, and the last thing MJ planned to do, was take her back! That's why he NEVER DID! All her stalking, harassing, and bullying did nothing but let him KNOW he made the right choice when he dumped her....
DWA was about Diana Ross and his inability to get over her.. MJ never made ANY songs for Lisa.
Just like NO dedications for Lisa, No Naming anything for Lisa. No shout outs for Lisa, No houses/Cars/Boats/and diamonds for Lisa. But Diana got ALL that and more! Just what Lisa deserved, after the way she trashed him....
So WHO walked away?
In 1999, Diana called MJ crying. She said she was divorcing Arne. and that she needed him. MJ was with Debbie, who was in the backgrd begging him to hang up. Of course he didn't. He pushed Debbie away, and told Di to hang on, he was on his way. He told his staff to get his bags stat and told his secretary to clear his entire sched. Debbie said it was very difficult to even get 5 minutes of his time, yet when Di called, he dropped everything else, and flew to her side. He was there an Entire Week! Letting her know he loved her and would always be there for her. On the way back at the airport, he called his Atty and told him to start the ppwk to divorce Debbie! At this point MJ thought for sure Diana would be his. He wined & Dined Diana, loved her and spoiled her, and let her know he'd always love her. But Di decided AGAIN She could not marry him, and to just be secret lovers (Again walking away from him)
This is why he asked "How he could begin again, and how was he to understand. He had tried for yrs and yrs to live without Diana and it had been horrible on his psyche. He had asked a thousand times why she left him, and why they could just not be a happy married couple
He couldn't understand why DIANA kept walking away.... To tell the truth, I don't understand either! I think Diana was trippin....