Millennials, How Did The World React To The Controversial MJ Baby-Dangling Incident?

[Puppy]

I remember thinking he was trying to get the baby to perch on the ledge but blanket kept kicking around and struggling. I felt a little bad for him since Michael was being genuine the whole time, he just didn’t know. 
 

Honestly, just like Britney, it was blown out of proportion cuz I remember my mum left my baby bro unattended while she is cooking in the kitchen only for him to roll off the bed slamming to ground with a loud thud. How should little old me blasting Britney Spears music know any better when she comes screaming at me that I should be watching out for him? 

 

[Stefani]

I remember it being a really big deal and basically the first real sign of MJ's downfall imo. Most people were willing to look past the 1993 ***ual abuse allegation, but I remember a lot of people permanently turning on MJ in 2002 because of the balcony incident. 

Honestly though, to me it looked like MJ had a tight grip on Blanket, so I don't believe that he was ever in any real danger of falling. Obviously MJ should have used better judgment, but I remember thinking that the media really overblew the story.

[BUWYGF]

I think I was like.....11 back then? It was really weird tbh, I know everyone who was old enough to grasp the seriousness of the situation was quite shocked. I was a kid so I was like, he aint doing anything bad? lol

 

[ObsessedBritFan1]

I mean, he's a rap*** what else would you expect? 

[jordeezy river red]

I thought he was trying to do a Simba moment 

[nthenwkiss]

5 hours ago, ObsessedBritFan1 said:

I mean, he's a rap*** what else would you expect? 

i go back and forth with the thought - i dont want to believe that is true.

[Oprah Winfrey.]

17 hours ago, Blackout2006 said:

Sorry for making yall feel old  But I am really curious on how the world reacted to this very very controversial incident.

Mind answering @PokemonSpears?

How old are you, I’m 21 so I too wanna know what the elderly thought of this initially. Did the media blow it out of proportions? I can’t say I wasn’t in the crowd of people begging to see Michael but the whole situation looked extremely dangerous regardless and mj didn’t seem to be holding him Securely too. Regardless babies are not toys, THEY MOVE. That baby could’ve start wailing and throwing it body all around and mj could’ve easily dropped him if that happened.

Those are my thoughts as a member of gen z

[nthenwkiss]

it wasn't a great idea - but new parents make mistakes, he was excited and made a terrible mistake that thankfully didn't end in catastrophe.

its like when Britney drove with her kid on her lap, it was a rookie mistake and she was heavily criticized as was Michael - what Britney did is wrong too, but as mentioned, new parents make mistakes.

I have a friend from high school who's suffered from breathing problems his whole life and his nose bleeds a little from time to time because when he was a baby his dad was playing with him and by accident hit him in the nose with a door...

it happens.

[car]

It was shocking and all over the news and really poor judgement. people did not take it lightly, it was all over on Covers of tabloid magazines. To be fair, the baby never looked like it was gonna fall (as some have said in this thread). 
 

see video; 

 

[Doja Kitten]

How did I not know about this 

[MeNowAlways]

It was also a sense of how did he have a baby. Where did it come from who is the mother is it really his baby etc. 

[Snesh]

I spent years thinking "Blanket" was a name given by the media because of that incident and not a name Michael himself gave to him

[Rojo]

33 minutes ago, Snesh said:

I spent years thinking "Blanket" was a name given by the media because of that incident and not a name Michael himself gave to him

[nthenwkiss]

7 hours ago, car said:

It was shocking and all over the news and really poor judgement. people did not take it lightly, it was all over on Covers of tabloid magazines. To be fair, the baby never looked like it was gonna fall (as some have said in this thread). 
 

see video; 

 

It’s weird that he then covers his own face when throwing the blanket at people.

[Alexanda]

 

10 hours ago, nthenwkiss said:

i go back and forth with the thought - i dont want to believe that is true.

It's another example of "right in front of our eyes", but we see only the stardom. 

[Blackout2006]

10 hours ago, Britman512 said:

How old are you, I’m 21 so I too wanna know what the elderly thought of this initially. Did the media blow it out of proportions? I can’t say I wasn’t in the crowd of people begging to see Michael but the whole situation looked extremely dangerous regardless and mj didn’t seem to be holding him Securely too. Regardless babies are not toys, THEY MOVE. That baby could’ve start wailing and throwing it body all around and mj could’ve easily dropped him if that happened.

Those are my thoughts as a member of gen z

Well I am pretty much 15 and I asked millennials as they were more older by the time it happened and thus it would remember it better

[Princess Britney 007]

I was in my diapers so moonwalking...

[HairFullOfSecrets]

I dont really remember having that much of an opinion, I only began getting into music in 2003 with ITZ and Britney, I just remember it was something that was very talked about. Ive just checked the video because of this thread and damn the way he holds his baby is crazy. 

 

I like what Britney said when defending him that he had a weird childhood that made him do some things.

[HairFullOfSecrets]

48 minutes ago, Alexanda said:

 

It's another example of "right in front of our eyes", but we see only the stardom. 

Watching this makes me realize how sane Britney is. MJ wasnt in a conservatorshop , but Britney is? Mysoginy at its best.

[Haha-Hehe-Haha-Ho]

For those of you that “don’t want to believe” he was a pdf file, I wonder if you also chose to believe him when he says he’s had almost no plastic surgery. I’m fascinated by people that choose to believe the opposite of what mountains of evidence suggest.