Elizabeth Taylor has taken to her official Twitter page to tell her fans her feelings about the pending Michael Jackson memorial.
Tuesday 7 July, thousands of people will be in attendance at the event (whether they won the lottery or scalped the tickets on eBay). Many celebrities and MJ’s famous bezzies will be going and mourning on the red carpet, in between pimping out their new albums. (Don’t side eye me. Days after MJ passed, his dad was on the BET red carpet pimping out his record label). One person who has made it clear that she will not be attending, is the real Queen. Dame Elizabeth Taylor.
Taylor took to Twitter to say that she was expecting a “media hoopla” and that she did not want to grieve in public.
- I wouldn’t go to the Staples Center and I certainly don’t want to become a part of it. I love him too much.
- I just don’t believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others. How I feel is between us. Not a public event.
- I’ve been asked to speak at the Staples Center. I cannot be part of the public whoopla.
The memorial will be televised on most major networks at 10am Pacific. So far, the list of performers and speakers include: Usher, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer, Rev. Al Sharpton, Shaheen Jafargholi (from Britain’s Got Talent), Lionel Rich Tea Biscuit, Smokey Robinson and Brooke Shields.
you mean this ancient relic has twitter and i don’t. i need to get on th ball and sign up…lol
She got the twitter about two months ago or something like that. By all accounts, it’s the real deal. The attrition rate on Twitter is astonishing. If you’d set an account the last time we talked, you would have bored of it by now!
I really don’t understand Elizabeth’s comment, how can she claim to have loved him so much and not attend his memorial public or not, if you love someone it does not matter whos there as long as you are. Does anyone know if they were even in touch as of lately? Because Brooke Shields claimed to be his good friend, but the last time she saw him was in 1991.
Welcome to the site Tania – you make some really great points. I think perhaps it’s a celebrity thing where you are “best friends” with anyone you have ever spent five minutes in a room with. The last pictures I’ve seen of them together was from over ten years ago, so who knows.
She’s saying she wants to keep her grief private and that she’s too ill/drugged/befuddled to make a statement. This candor is very admirable as far as I’m concerned. Public, emotional grandstanding is not a measure of love. Maybe it’s a guy thing, IDK.
This whole affair reeks of the aftermath of Princess Di’s sad passing. Not attractive. People can do their public homages and tributes for the world these days w/o creating stadium events for the sake of “BIG”. For all of his fame, he was a very private man and his memorial should reflect his real self, not the one he put on show for the public.
That’s some good points you make there, my dear. She is too shy to not grandstand (which I despise) but she can still finger f*ck her BlackBerry. Sigh. Put down the booze and the wireless devices Liz.
He would be shaking his fists with rage if he could see how people are peeing all over his memory, speaking ill of him and using his passing as a platform to get themselves back in the spotlight.
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