{"id":141,"date":"2007-11-07T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/news\/?p=141"},"modified":"2007-11-07T21:19:02","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T20:19:02","slug":"ebony-interview-behind-the-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/11\/ebony-interview-behind-the-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony Interview: Behind The Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>Harriette Cole, the creative director of \u201cEbony\u201d magazine, said that was the impression she got after spending a day and a half with Jackson while he was being photographed and interviewed for a story that will appear in the periodical\u2019s Nov. 12 issue. But Cole insisted it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the time that I spent with him, what I got is that he\u2019s a man,\u201d Cole said. \u201cHe\u2019s 49. He\u2019s a grown-up. If you learn from your challenges, then you become stronger. He certainly seemed like that. His voice is a bit lower. He came across really as kind of normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Meredith expressed incredulity that the word could be used to describe Jackson, Cole replied, \u201cHonestly, Meredith, he was normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole further observed that the man who was once photographed dangling his infant son from a balcony is a very good father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few days ago when we were with him, he was with his youngest son,\u201d she said, referring to Prince Michael Jackson II. \u201cThey call him \u2018Blanket\u2019 \u2014 he\u2019s 5 years old. He is a regular 5-year-old boy. The interesting thing to me was, Michael was parenting him. Very quietly, with very few words, he was able to communicate with his son what was appropriate to do and what not. 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