Michael Talks To Oprah(February 10,1993)-(9)

Oprah: Are bạn angry with him for doing that? I think that's pretty cruel actually.
Michael: Am I angry with him?
Oprah: Because adolescence is hard enough without a parent telling bạn that you're ugly.
Michael: Am I angry with him? Sometimes I do get angry. I don't know him the way I'd like to know him. My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection. I just wish I could understand my father.
Oprah: And so let's talk about those teen years. Is that when bạn started to go inside yourself? Because obviously bạn haven't spoken to the world for 14 years. So bạn went inside, bạn became a recluse. Was it to protect yourself?
Michael: I felt there wasn't anything important for me to say and those were very sad, sad years for me.
Oprah: Why so sad? Because on stage bạn were performing, bạn were getting your Grammies. Why so sad?
Michael: Oh, there's a lot of sadness about my past and adolescence, about my father and all of those things.
Oprah: So he would tease you, make fun of you.
Michael: Yes.
Oprah: Would he...did he ever beat you?
Michael: Yes.
Oprah: And why would he beat you?
Michael: He saw me, he wanted me...I guess, I don't know if I was his golden child hoặc whatever it was. Some may call it a strict disciplinarian hoặc whatever, but he was very strict, very hard, very stern. Just a look would scare you, bạn know.
Oprah: And were bạn scared of him?
Michael: Very. Like there's been times when he'd come to see me, I'd get sick, I'd start to regurgitate.
Oprah: As a child hoặc as an adult?
Michael: Both. He's never heard me say this. I'm sorry, please don't be mad at me.