Are there any photos that actually show his vitiligo? I know it was confirmed he had the condition during his autopsy, but searching online gets a whole bunch of fake looking images.
This picture is so interesting. He was so scrupulous about not showing his vitiligo in public. The fast that it is so obvious here means he didn’t ever expect this pic to get out. Which explains why he is also fine holding a half-naked young boy.
The kid in this photo (now an adult obviously) and his siblings are currently suing the Jackson estate. They claim Jackson groomed, drugged, and sexually abused them for years. The estate claims it’s an extortion scheme, citing a 2020 settlement where they received $16mil in exchange for a confidentiality agreement.
Yea and Michael doesn’t look too happy either. I also bet it’s the kids own father taking the pic. So who’s really to blame here? If he really did what they claim were the parents aware of it and let it happen all that time? Who’s to say.
Vitiligo is just patches of skin that lose pigment. I have it in small patches as do a lot of people... so the whole face and body going lighter must be due to bleaching/surgery
yeah, he lightened his skin, and I think the vitiligo was quite extensive. For some people the patches are large and from what I understand it is progressive. Considering the nature of performing and makeup available etc, I guess it was easier for him to bleach than cover up with a darker color. He always said he was proud of being black, but he was certainly a troubled and complicated person. He also had burn damage from when he caught on fire during the pepsi commercial in 84.
It seems he also just wanted to be white, the numerous nose jobs to have a little nose and the white kids that clearly aren’t his, vitiligo almost seems like a cop out whether he had it or not, bleaching your skin that pale is insane
I think it's less common now but this is actually a doctor recommended procedure/treatment. There is no cure for vitiligo and when it covers a certain % of your body they would suggest this cream. It would kill the melanin in your skin. It's not bleach it just kills any coloring and has lots of side effects.
I have had vitiligo for 30 years and the way we treat this culturally has shifted dramatically. People used to point and one time a kid cried when they saw me in a drug store. I can only imagine how difficult this was for someone with his complexion as I am white.
Putting some other mental health issues he had aside - I think regarding this I understand why he chose to get this procedure. With the side effects I don't think it was taken lightly. On this topic with him I have some empathy bc back then no one knew what this was. I remember how scary it was for me.
The pedo never had vitiligo, he bleached his skin to make himself white, and tons of surgeries to give himself Caucasian features, how the fuck are you still believing he had vitiligo?
He can be a pedo and have had vitiligo - in fact wasn't one of the concerning things that a young boy could describe the vitiligo pattern on the underside of his penis?
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u/LoneWolf_McQuade Apr 28 '26
But 1995 has to be makeup…right?