John Fardy
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You absolutely don't.
And, you know, that statement that was issued from the Jackson estate, you know,
is very handy and I don't mean to be cruel but saying that there was an NDA they discovered in this out-of-court settlement with this young man Jordan Chandler so thereby we can't mention anything to do with his clearly strange relationship with children and it's more pointed at times because you may know there was three and a half hours of this and apparently
And now it's just over two hours, but apparently it went on.
So it now stops in 1988 where he's on the stage at Wembley.
Sorry to give a spoiler, but he's broken free from Joseph, let's say, and he's out on his own and that's where it ends.
Now, apparently there was, as I say, nearly two hours more of footage that went in.
to all these things that happened in the 90s and noughties around accusations of child abuse.
And that's all been left on the colouring room floor.
But as a result of it, you have this really strange scene where he's in a toy shop, Toys R Us, I think it is, and he's buying some toys and all these kids come up to him and he starts signing autographs.
And the vibe you're getting is that the makers of the movie are saying, look, he was just out by himself and then he sees all these kids and he was happy to share his fame with them.
and it leaves an awful taste in your mouth.
And the thing is, right, people are going to pile on in now as we have this conversation, Clare, and say, you know, he was found guilty of nothing, right?
And that is true, absolutely, right?
He was never charged with anything.
There was plenty of out-of-court settlements and all, but there is a huge amount of evidence to suggest that he had a strange relationship with children, right?
And by his own admission, he shared beds with people, with children who weren't his own.
So aside of accusing him of anything, that is really strange.
I mean, even in a very basic level, he went through a trial.
You know, we all saw him going through a trial and being tried in relation to some of these allegations.