One of the people closest to Michael Jackson, his manager and business advisor Dr. Tohme Tohme, has opened up publicly about the passing his late friend.
And he won’t stop yapping!
Although Dr. Tohme has been subjected to media scrutiny, he wants the public to realize that he’s not a total skeezeball, rather he is a “private man.” He says: “A lot of people like the media and I don’t. I respect the privacy of other people but lately nobody respects mine.”
Enough of Dr. Tohme, onto the good stuff!
Tohme first met Michael to discuss the King of Pop’s finances but slowly grew closer to the pop legend. “I saw him with his children and I had never seen a better father… I saw how kind he was and what a wonderful human being,” the doctor gushed.
He tried to set up a protective “fence” around Jackson in order to keep control of his finances, which included firing numerous staff members, security guards, and nanny Grace Rawaramba. “We had an agreement… I would never interfere with his creative decisions and he wouldn’t interfere with my business decisions,” continued Tohme.
Tohme was completely taken aback by Jackson’s death, recalling that Michael appeared to be in perfect health when he saw him two days before his passing at the Staples Center rehearsal. He said that Jackson always ate healthy, never touched red meat or alcohol and to his knowledge never took drugs, although that would now appear to be devastatingly untrue.
“He wanted to be remembered as a great human being and he wanted to create as many happy places for the children of the world as he could,” said Tohme. He said that over the past few months, both he and Michael had been planning to create “a special place ten times bigger than Graceland” for fans to take a peek at his numerous awards and memorabilia.
And yes, Tohme is upset that the family has not decided to bury Jackson at Neverland Ranch! “He deserves to be buried in the wonderful world he created.”
It’s where he belongs, right?
[Photo via AP Images.]
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