The father of Michael Jackson, Joe Jackson walked the red carpet at the BET Awards in Los Angles today and had his assistant read a prepared statement.
“Our family sincerely thanks all of you around the world during our time of grief,” the statement read. “Our beloved son Michael Jackson loved you all. Michael’s children are our first priority. We will have further announcements to discuss our plans gong forward. Until such time however, we have the personal and legal authority to act and solely Katherine and I have authority for our son and his children. We wish to handle his memory and legacy with dignity”.Joe told CNN, “I wish the world had of recognised him when he was living but right now he is bigger than ever. I wish he was here to see all this, to hear all this”.
As for the scenario with the autopsy, Joe said “I have a lot of concerns. I don’t like what happened”.
Watch what happened here:
