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Joe Jackson is firing back at his critics who are accusing him of beating Michael as a youngster.  The patriarch of the Jackson family recently held an interview with ABC News correspondent Chris Connelly, and balked at claims that he was an abusive tyrant that physically and emotionally battered his nine children – most notably, his late son Michael.

“Michael was never beat as they call it,” Jackson says during Primetime: Family Secrets – The Jackson Family: Life After Michael, airing tonight @ 10PM on ABC.

“And everyone spanked their kids when they did wrong. But not beat. Katherine spanked Michael more than I did, ’cause I was workin’ two jobs and she was at home with him the most,” the 79-year-old former stage dad explains.

While Joe admits he may have been a tough manager – and father – he insists that has always love his son.

“I do what’s right. And I love my family. My son. And that’s about it. I try to perfect everything I do.”

“I was very demanding, but I got things done,” he added.

Joe also slams Michael’s most painful claim against his father – the belief that infamy in youth robbed him of the chance to have a normal life.

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“There was a lot of times I’ve been hearin’ on the news that Michael say he didn’t have a – a childhood. He had his brothers. He had all his sisters to perform with. You know, to play and have a good time with…”

And when asked if he has any regrets about the way he raised the late King of Pop, Joe says: “No. I don’t have any regrets. Yeah, we brought him up the right way.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/goodlife1222/ goodlife1222

    After I saw the movie, i let towels by the pool, by the tub by the couch, in the kitchen, even outside. My parents thought I was weird though. Never got whooped. For a couple hundred million dollars i’ll take some whoopins.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ChocolateEskimo/ ChocolateEskimo

    i don’t believe it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Imasexyred/ Imasexyred

    Joe knows he did beat down on Michael with things other than a belt. We understand, Joe, that you wouldn’t want to hurt (MJ) his fans nor damage your chances of raising your grandkids.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Pocahontas_/ Pocahontas_

    Joe Jackson is such a Liar. He knows he physically and mentally ABUSED those kids all of them. He was more than ‘tough’ as he puts it, he was a Monster and obviously is so, still to this day. He will reap what he sows.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DaintyJen/ DaintyJen

    booo hooo we all went thru some bulls**t…..next topic, MJ dead, if he did beat him thats something that he is going to have to live with, some people car and some don’t…what are u to do?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kitten1029/ kitten1029

    If Joe didn’t whip Michael maybe he would have left him something in his will. I just hate people who think they can get away with all kinds of stuff.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/USBABYGIRL70/ USBABYGIRL70

    EVERYONE NEEDS TO STOP BEING SO JUSDGEMENTAL AND KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR DUMB ASS MOUTHS TO SAY ANYTHING IN JOE’S FAVOR , NEED TO PURCHASE MJ’S AUTOBIOGRAPOHY. NOW I SAY TO YOU IF JOE DIDNT DO WOULDN’T HE HAVE WROTE A REBUTAL TO THE CLAIM. PLEASE, AFRICAN AMERICAN OR EVEN MJ FANS, GET EDUCATED. MJ WOULD LOVE THAT. GOD BLESS ALL WHO JUDGES

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/USBABYGIRL70/ USBABYGIRL70

    SORRY WASNT FINISHED, LET’S ALL TALK ABOUT KATHERING, WHAT MOTHER WHO SO CALLS LOVE HER CHILDREN SO MUCH WOULD LET THIS CONTINUE. NOT ME, MY ASS WOULD GET BEAT BY MY HUSBAND BEFORE HE PUTS HIS HANDS ON MY CHILDREN, NOR WOULD I STAND FOR MY HUSBAND OR ANYONE TO PUSH MY CHILDREN TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN, WHEN MJ WAS READY HE WOULD HAVE SHINED IN HIS TIME NOT JOE’S. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHO AGREES WITH ME. NOT BEING RUDE, BUT VERY UPSET, I WAS A KID WHEN I MET MJ AT A PERFORMANCE OF THE WIZ AND STILL HAVE MY PIC. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT DAY. I LOVE YOU MJ AND WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN IN MY PRAYERS. GOD BLESS ALL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/VirtuousBeauty84/ VirtuousBeauty84

    These claims have been out for a while and imma need for people to stop acting surprised. No celebrity child whether the child is the celebrity or if the parent is the celebrity will lead a healthy life. At the end of the day, Michael is gone….What done is done….He was a phenomenal, incredibly talented entertainer…..He was a very disturbed individual but triumphed over that. LET ALL THE NEGATIVITY GONE AND JUST REMEMBER HIM FOR THE MAN THAT WE KNOW AS THE KING OF POP!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/USBABYGIRL70/ USBABYGIRL70

    NO DIRESPECT VIRTUOUSBEAUTY84 AND PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS AS AN ATTACK, BUT YOU HAD ME UNTIL YOU SAID HE WAS DISTURBED. I’D LIKE TO KNOW DID YOU MEET HIM TO FIND HIM DISTURBING, WHAT THE MEDIA? TELL ME WHEN AND HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPENT WITH HIM AND I’LL RESPECT YOUR WORDS, NOONE CAN SAY HE WAS DISTURBED, BECAUSE WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE DOESNT THINK WE ARE DISTURBED FOR SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WE DONT EVEN KNOW NOR KNOW IF THE PIC WE SEE IN FRONT OF OUR EYES IS REAL.PLEASE BE A LADY AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackCasper2001/ BlackCasper2001

    I have to look back at the fact that in the movie about the Jackson 5, they portrayed Joe as mean. It seems like he is spending more time on personal ventures and “clearing the air” then to show sorrow for Michael not being here. That is quite suspect.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/USBABYGIRL70/ USBABYGIRL70

    THANK YOU BLACKCASPER2001. THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE SEEING THIS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tinker44/ tinker44

    Well, none of the other Jackson children disputed Michael’s claim.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLUNTBLAZER/ BLUNTBLAZER

    Honestly im kinda torn on if i like or dont like joe but asa dad i recognize that you have to be tuff on boys make um tuff its a crazy world out there i got my a$$ whipped and i was scared of my pops and still am even tho im taller/bigger than him he taught me respect. anyways mike+joe=mj the great .
    mike-joe= mj the animal doc or workin at a plant in geary like his dad did. i like mj the great his pops need to fall back but his pops made mj the perfectionist he was rip jus IMO

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chocolate-Huni/ Chocolate-Huni

    Joe is in denial. He know’s he could have done better. Nuff said

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/german_cutie_13/ german_cutie_13

    i hate him why doesnt this mofo die of a effin heart attack? but when ur cruel and evil u survive everyone else, ive seen it too many times.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/german_cutie_13/ german_cutie_13

    i wish michael would finally have the chance to rest in peace but i guess that wont happen for a while

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hotep6/ hotep6

    The way I see it, no Joe means no “thriller”. No Joe means no Janet.I loved MJ and I love Janet so I guess I’m in your debt Joe. Thanks for giving us michael, janet, and the J5, now sit yo’ krazy @zz down and shut up!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/addictive4_08/ addictive4_08

    NICE MOVE JOE TRYING TO PUSH IT ALL ON YOUR POOR WIFE,WHAT A COWARD.
    YOU DID IT AND YOU KNOW IT!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kaelabby17/ Kaelabby17

    He’s a effin liar!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blue_AKA_LisaJsawoo/ Blue_AKA_LisaJsawoo

    wtf are you serious, now all of a sudden he never hit Michael,he needs to stfu and die…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SR1G/ SR1G

    I agree with the comment german_cutie_13 made. Let the man rest in peace. Lord knows he didn’t have any peace in this life. I think he deserves it. Don’t pay any attention to what this crazy man has to say. I don’t mean to disrespect him, but he cheated on his wife and he wasn’t a very loving father. Why would MJ lie on his own father? He’s just doing this to get attention.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Whos_GiNa/ Whos_GiNa

    I agree with hotep6…if joe hadnt been the domineering, abusive, greedy jerk that he was to his kids i guess the world may have been a little worse off for not ever getting to enjoy the wonder that His kids have brought ..but in the same sense, someone really needs to make this man stay in the house bc it seems to me everytime he gets in front of a tv camera he says something real stupid…”it wasnt me..it was Katherine” C’mon Joe…man up!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BestYr_88/ BestYr_88

    Joe jackson need to go sit his ass down somewhere and watch some tv, stop running your mouth and making yourself look crazy in interviews. Go watch sum soap opera’s like regular people your age

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