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December
1 – Jermaine Jackson stirred up controversy
twice during a World AIDS Day press conference at United Nations headquarters.
Jackson, surprise guest hip-hop star Ashanti and
Muhammad Ali’s daughter Laila Ali
were there to announce their “Battle of Hope” concert
and boxing event in Abuja, Nigeria. During the briefing, a U.N. senior
correspondent tried repeatedly to ask Jackson how he felt about the
fact that though there are many press conferences about AIDS, this
one drew the media because there were celebrities present. The U.N.
chief of protocol wouldn’t allow the question, and the stars
even got annoyed, and the journalist left the room in a huff. At that
point, female boxer Ali put her fist up, imitating her father’s
famous pose. Once the briefing – and protocol rules –
ended, Jackson was pursued down the corridors and out the door by
reporters and camera crews shouting questions about his younger brother,
accused child molester Michael Jackson. The Battle
of Hope event is on January 11. |
