{"id":156,"date":"2007-11-21T22:42:48","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T21:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/news\/?p=156"},"modified":"2007-11-21T22:42:48","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T21:42:48","slug":"frank-dileo-the-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/11\/frank-dileo-the-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Dileo &#8211; The Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>Michael Jackson&#8217;s former manager Frank Dileo gave a rare interview in which he talked about life, acting and of course Michael Jackson. Here is what the great man had to say:<\/p>\n<p>Dileo harbors no ill will toward Jackson over his firing in February 1989. \u201cIt\u2019s a shame it ended,\u201d Dileo says. \u201cI really like Michael. It ended for a lot of reasons. First of all, Michael and I spent every day together for five-and-a-half years. A lot of people were jealous of that. And at that point in time, we had a lot of power between us. There was one or two record executives, and a lawyer, possibly two lawyers, that sort of needed me to get out of the way, so that they had more control with Michael. And it also was a way for them to get rid of Yetnikoff, who had a lot of power and was my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not hard to imagine why a bunch of industry suits wanted to get their hands on Jackson. But how was Jackson convinced? \u201cUnfortunately, they talked Michael into it,\u201d Dileo says, \u201cby promising him\u2014now this is according to Michael, and I believe this\u2014by promising him that if he fired me and hired Sandy Gallin, that he\u2019d be able to make movies in Hollywood. Now the truth be told, Michael never made a movie. The only movie [besides 1978\u2019s The Wiz] he\u2019s ever made was with me, and that was Moonwalker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Jackson went on trial in 2005, Frank stayed in Los Angeles for over three months, on his own dime. \u201cI know that he is innocent,\u201d Dileo says. \u201cA lot of people attack him for a lot of different reasons. One is, everybody would love to get their hands on the Beatles\u2019 publishing. And he\u2019s just one of those guys, he\u2019s real kind and real nice and he can easily be taken advantage of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this particular case, this kid had cancer, he found him a doctor, they didn\u2019t have any money, he allowed them to live on his ranch. And when it was over, they didn\u2019t want to leave. It was like blackmail. That\u2019s all it was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked at each and every break,\u201d Dileo continues. \u201cI wanted to let him know that I know he didn\u2019t do it. In fact, when I went there, he didn\u2019t know I was coming. It was very emotional. He went, \u2018Frank, I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re here.\u2019 And he started to cry. And I went over and I hugged him and we got on the elevator and he told [defense attorney] Tom Mesereau, \u2018This is Frank Dileo. He used to manage me. I\u2019ve had nine managers since then. He\u2019s the only guy that showed up, or even called to see how I\u2019m doing.\u2019 That was a very rough thing on him, a very emotional thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=1602\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">read full interview &#038; discuss<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=1602\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson&#8217;s former manager Frank Dileo gave a rare interview in which he talked about life, acting and of course Michael Jackson. 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