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Old Oct 04, 2021, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed View Post
In my book on him it says that was just his stage voice. Kinda like Gilbert Godfreys and the women who played Edith in All In The Family. They don’t/didnt really talk like that. MJ talked regularly to his family and in private.
I agree with Moose. This is interesting. I will say that I'm skeptical that Michael Jackson had bipolar disorder. He obviously had other issues, though.

I read something similar about Robin Williams in a biography on him, meaning that he acted a bit differently in private than in public. Apparently he was much more "normal" with friends and family, whereas in public he was constantly exhibiting a figurative "Star of the Show Syndrome", as I call it. And though he sometimes appeared manic, the biography never brought that up as a diagnosis. Again, I can't help but assume it was more the "Star of the Show" deal I referenced. Or even a type of anxiety, of sorts. He also abused cocaine, at times, too.
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Thanks for this!
Nammu