The one-hour special will air simultaneously on HBO and OWN on March 4 at 10 p.m. The special, titled Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland, will be taped before an audience that includes survivors of sexual abuse.
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1 problem in Hollywood," appeared to suggest in a tweet that the allegations against the King of Pop were false.Oprah Winfrey will interview Michael Jackson accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck in a TV special that will air after the premiere of HBO’s upcoming documentary Leaving Neverland. Jermaine Jackson, one of the pop star's brothers, tweeted after the broadcast debut of the first installment that the media, including Winfrey, was "blindly taking #LeavingNeverland at face value, shaping a narrative uninterested in facts, proof, credibility."Ĭorey Feldman, the former child star who was close friends with Jackson as a child and said in 2011 that pedophilia was "the No. Jackson's defenders, including what the New York Times described as the singer's "tenacious" legion of online fans, assailed the documentary, deluging Twitter with disparaging comments. Rose McGowan, an actress and prominent voice in the #MeToo movement, said Robson, Safechuck, Reed and Winfrey were all "brave" for taking part in the film. Rosie O'Donnell tweeted that the documentary, which premiered to a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival in late January, was a "haunting" viewing experience. "I hope everyone watches this," Ellen DeGeneres tweeted during Winfrey's interview with Robson and Safechuck, which aired on HBO and Winfrey's cable network, OWN. "Neverland" aired over Sunday and Monday nights, provoking emotionally charged responses on social media from high-profile celebrities and shaken viewers. Jackson, who was acquitted on the child molestation charges in 2005 and died in 2009, long professed his innocence.īut the detailed, graphic allegations in the documentary nonetheless threatened to permanently tarnish Jackson's artistic legacy, forcing fans to reckon with disturbing claims that might be impossible to reconcile with the singer's inspirational music. Jackson's family has condemned the documentary, calling it a "public lynching," and his estate has filed a $100 million lawsuit against HBO. They are appealing after their suits were dismissed due to the statute of limitations. But they have since filed lawsuits against the Jackson estate. Robson testified in Jackson's defense at the 2005 molestation trial. Robson, who claims the abuse started when he was 7, and Safechuck, who claims it started when he was 10, had previously told authorities there had been no sexual misconduct. The 236-minute film also explores the trauma they say they experienced as adults and features interviews with some of their family members, including both of their mothers. "Neverland" is largely made up of unflinching testimony from Robson, 36, and Safechuck, 40, who both claim they were befriended by Jackson and then sexually abused by him when they were children. It was also sexual seduction," Winfrey said, adding that Reed was "able to illustrate in these four hours what I tried to explain in 217." I tried and tried and tried to get the message across to people that sexual abuse was not just abuse. Kelly denies allegations of sexual abuse in emotional interview: 'This is not me' theater diversity dips slightly but remains near historic high, report finds Netflix defends itself in wake of Steven Spielberg's proposed Oscars ban R.
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