Michael Jackson's Family Speaks Out Against 'Leaving Neverland' HBO Documentary

Michael Jackson‘s family is defending the late singer against the upcoming HBO documentary Leaving Neverland.

During an interview that aired on Wednesday (February 27), Tito, Marlon, and Jackie Jackson, as well as Michael’s nephew, Taj Jackson, sat down with CBS This Morning‘s co-host Gayle King to slam the documentary.

“I don’t care to see it,” Jackie said. “No, because I know my brother. I don’t have to see that documentary. I know Michael. I’m the oldest brother. I know my brother. I know what he stood for. What he was all about. Bringing the world together. Making kids happy. That’s the kind of person he was.”

In Leaving Neverland – which premieres on HBO in March – Wade Robson and James Safechuck accuse Michael of molesting them as boys.

Gayle then asked if any of the Jacksons found it “odd” that Michael “share a bed or have slumber parties with young children” – to which Taj said no.

“I grew up in it, so for me it wasn’t odd,” Taj said. “You know, I think, to the outside world, yes, I think it can be odd. I mean, I’m not oblivious to what it sounds like. But when you’re actually there in that atmosphere and you’re around it, and you’re watching movies, whether, with his kids, whether it’s Little Rascals or Three Stooges, and you’re watching these things, it’s like, it’s very innocent.”

Taj continued: “But I think, the fault on my uncle was he just, he didn’t have that bone in his body to look at it the other way. And I think that was the thing, is that his naiveté was his downfall in a way.”

The two-part, four-hour Leaving Neverland documentary debuts on HBO on March 3 and 4.

You can watch a clip from the Jackson family’s interview below.