{"id":10039,"date":"2013-02-08T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2013-02-08T16:01:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:01:17","slug":"tommy-mottola-talks-invincible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/02\/tommy-mottola-talks-invincible\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Mottola Talks Invincible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-13-at-07.37.15.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2012-08-13 at 07.37.15\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Michael Jackson was the most brilliant artist of our time. He went through tons of abuse in early childhood that scarred him for life,   monumentally overwhelming success,   public scrutiny, and various surgeries. That can take over someone\u2019s psyche and isolate him. 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