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Janet Jackson gave a moving speech at the 2009 BET Awards.
"My entire family wanted to be here tonight but it was just too painful, so they elected me to speak to all of you. I'm going to keep it very short. To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family. And he will forever will live in all of our hearts. On behalf of my family, and myself, thank you for all of your love. Thank you for all of your support. We miss him so much. Thank you so much."
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LAura says:
ABSOLUTELY CLASS ACT. Janet, you are very brave in doing this. it was apparent you 2 had a close relationship, and regardless of how joe spoke, you spoke with such class, and i am very sorry indeed.
steve paul says:
Irreplaceable,indispensable,and indormitable lion King of all Pop/Soul,am speechless,dumdfounded with severe shock that my King is no more.a King that unites black and white,yellow and green,you are indescribeably wonderful with love,you spread your love to dick and harry,but your hadnt no time to love yourself,we love you Mike,you will always always be remembered,Adieu the Kings of Kings
someone says:
Janet did a wonderful job of expressing her grief..unlike her father Joe, who was more interested in promotong his record label than mourning the death of his son. Joe said he was doing "great", and mentioned losing an icon and superstar, not a son..what a dirtbag!
beelzebub says:
Interesting that any of them would be there ... you'd think that they would be mourning. I am sure that another, more appropriate tribute would be put together later ...
Rachelc says:
I find it odd and inappropriate that any of the family members are even there. Janet's speech was just weird and she should not have been there. I won't even get started on the father - that man can just rot in hell. Michael just died days ago and they show up to the BET awards show and get all dressed up and in full makeup and hair? Are you kidding me? This has always been a very strange family. How they are conducting themselves after MJ's death really shows more insight.