The Real Reason For Michael's Transformation

Indexed: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]The color of your skin is obviously different than it was when you [music] were younger. It has caused a great deal of speculation and controversy as to what you have done or are doing. Are you bleaching [music] your skin? And is your skin lighter because you don't like being black?

[00:00:15]>> I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin. It's something that I cannot [music] help. It is a decision on your part some way. Where does it come from?

[00:00:26]They used to make fun of me. You ain't all black. You don't look like my child.

[00:00:31]God, you know this baby. You didn't get it from me. What does that do to someone who's going through adolescence?

[00:00:38]You want to die. God, this is hard. I would have been happier wearing a mask.

[00:00:43][music] I would always try to be perfect.

[00:00:46]Trying to impress my father. And I wanted him to be proud of me, but he would never say it. Michael had spent so long searching for approval from one person that he never truly saw what he was giving [music] to everyone else.

[00:00:58]And on June 25th, 2009, he ran out of time.