In the midst of their mourning over the loss of Michael Jackson, the singer’s family is also reportedly struggling to deal with the loose cannon that is their family patriarch, Joe Jackson.
According to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker, the family was "horrified" at the red carpet behavior of Joe during Sunday’s BET Awards pre-show coverage on CNN – particularly when he began plugging his new record label.
As previously reported, CNN’s Don Lemon asked Joe Jackson how his children were holding up in the wake of Michael’s death. He replied, "They’re all doing fine," before launching into a promotion of his new Ranch Records label.
Zwecker wrote in his Tuesday column: "Catching up with a top BET insider backstage, I was told, ‘You know, it probably shouldn’t come as a big surprise. Well, that’s just Joe. He cares about Michael for what he can do for him — dead or alive.’"
