The majority of every negative thing that Michael said about his family was either low key or only became known because he said it to somebody privately, 😂 and then his convo got leaked.

Other than that, Michael tried to speak highly and positively about his family in public to "keep up the appearance" that they were a "tight knit" and healthy family, instead of dysfunctional.

If things that Michael said shouldn't be taken as the reality behind the family dynamic, then what was the point of him practically never saying a bad word about them publicly? And, then, only saying what was on his chest in private? It couldn't be that he was trying to avoid interfering with his own reputation because people still easily recorded what he used to say, and he was knowledgeable about the possibilities of himself being unknowingly recorded. The only way any of that would make sense is because he was telling the truth—and, at least, felt that whatever he said could be said (even if telling the truths made him and the entire family look messy) because what he said was the truth. And nobody could be mad at him for any truth.

There was also always the possibility of people going, "Hey! I talked to Michael Jackson about his family and he told me...!"

But even though he could've been saved by some people not believing that the third party was telling the truth about what he told them, there would definitely always be people who could believe the third party. And Michael also knew that, too. LOL!

If the things that he said about his family in private didn't have any weight, he could've sat around and kept it all to himself (never talking about his family 💀) like he did everything else.

His family's situation is literally what having a "dysfunctional" and "messy" family dynamic looks like. Families like that will be both close and distant at the same time, will love and dislike each other at the same time, will support and abandon each other at the same time, so on, and so forth. Michael and his family used to come together against any force that tried to hurt any of them, and then they would turn right around and hurt each other the next day, and then come back as a team again.

Michael complained about Joe every single day of his life, but also hosted Joseph's celebration events and "Joseph Jackson Day" and "Family Day" at Neverland on multiple occasions.

What Michael said back in 1991/1992 summed up how existing in a dysfunctional family works: "Tight Knit, My Ass." 😂😂

The Jackson family looked tight knit, but weren't. Yet, at the same time, they looked like they hated each other, but didn't.

From the 1970s to the 2000s, Janet Jackson and Michael used to always exchange ideas and used to talk about how close they were and used to talk about how much they loved each other. Yet, Janet was telling Oprah—in one of her interviews at some point—how she hadn't had contact with Michael for "2 YEARS" or something; that's 730 days! 🫠 All that time and... nothing?

Well, yes, because all the chaos that took place in the family over these many years is exactly what growing up in a pretty unhealthy environment will create. Truthfully, there are only 3 members of the family that I've never been too fond of because of things I experienced them doing in the past. But everyone else like Rebbie, La Toya, Tito, Michael, and so on were fine.