You can make jokes about so many things, why not do something brave?" "It got some laughs because it was part of his bit about cancel culture … I never said to cancel Michael, there’s nothing in the documentary that says people need to stop listening to his music. "I think that mocking the victims of child sexual assault isn’t a particularly clever thing to do," Reed said. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter at the awards show Saturday, director Dan Reed condemned Dave Chappelle's new Netflix special "Sticks & Stones" for its "revolting" commentary on Jackson accusers Robson and Safechuck, with Chappelle claiming in the special that they lied about Jackson.
Through gut-wrenching interviews, Leaving Neverland crafts a portrait of sustained exploitation, deception and complicated feelings that have led two men to tell their story of abuse by Michael Jackson. "Not one shred of proof supports this completely one-sided, so-called documentary which was made in secrecy and for which not one person outside of the two subjects and their families were interviewed." Leaving Neverland - Part 2MA15+ Documentary. Part one of HBOs controversial documentary about Michael Jackson, Leaving Neverland, aired on March 3, and. "For a film that is a complete fiction to be honored in a nonfiction Emmy category is a complete farce," the estate told Entertainment Weekly and Yahoo in a statement. Warning: This story discusses graphic elements from HBOs documentary Leaving Neverland.
"Leaving Neverland" won best documentary or nonfiction special at the ceremony this week. The documentary, which aired in March on HBO, tells the story of Wade Robson and James Safechuck, two men who were part of Jackson's inner circle as children and alleged that he began sexually abusing them when he was at the height of his fame. While the team behind the Michael Jackson documentary "Leaving Neverland" is celebrating the film's victory at the Creative Arts Emmys Saturday, the Jackson estate is again condemning its content. View Gallery: Creative Arts Emmys: Kim Kardashian, Angela Bassett hit the red carpet