Leaving Neverland director says Michael Jackson was ‘worse than Jeffrey Epstein’ as fans rush to see new biopic
Dan Reed, the filmmaker behind the explosive 2019 Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland, has hit out at the new biopic starring Jaafar Jackson as his uncle. Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua, opened in theaters on Friday to a 96 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes from more than 1,000 ratings despite being widely panned by critics. The film charts The King of Pop’s rise from Jackson 5 child star to 1980s icon, ending around 1988 and omitting the later abuse allegations he denied and was acquitted of. “It says that people don’t care that he was a child molester. Literally, people just don’t care,” Reed told The Hollywood Reporter of the film in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I think a lot of people just love his music and turn a deaf ear. And short of having actual video evidence of Michael Jackson engaged in sexual intercourse with a seven-year-old child, I don’t know what would be sufficient to change these people’s minds.” Reed’s film focused on two men, Wade Robson and James …
