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MIJAC WAS SUPPOSED TO PRESENT DIANA WITH BET AWARD: Plus, is the King of Pop moving to be closer to his primary advisor?
*Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman is reporting that BET had tapped Michael Jackson to present his mentor, Diana Ross, with her Lifetime Achievement honor at the BET Awards last month, but producers were told by his people that he was "too incapacitated to appear."
"Jackson's people will go crazy when they read this today, but it's 100 percent true," wrote Friedman in his column Tuesday, adding that BET producer Ron Weisner had also planned to include a "25th anniversary of 'Thriller'" segment on the show featuring Jackson.
"It's the best-selling album of all time and should have been acknowledged," Friedman quotes a source as saying. "But there was too much drama. Michael could not make it. He's isolated and he's failing."
Friedman is also reporting that the singer has decided to relocate to Virginia following his time in Las Vegas. As previously reported, the singer moved out of his $1 million rental in Sin City last week after his lease expired.
"Some have speculated that Virginia Beach has been the locale of many recording studios, including those of Teddy Riley and Timbaland," wrote Friedman. "Still, the betting money is on [Jackson's publicist Raymone] Bain, who works in Washington, D.C., keeping a closer eye on her main client and goose that used to lay the golden egg."
MiJac housing update ...
Now, Raymone Bain is confirming that Michael Jackson is indeed looking at properties further north along the East Coast, but not just in Virginia as Roger Friedman reported.
In Wednesday's Washington Post Bain said that Jackson has been looking for real estate on Maryland's Eastern Shore as he searches for a vacation home.
Jackson visited the rural peninsula last week "for about 24 hours," but has not made a purchase, Bain told the Post.
Jackson, 48, is not limiting his search to the Chesapeake region. He has since "gone up the coast" to look elsewhere for a vacation place, Bain said.
"He's always admired the properties on the East Coast because they have a lot of land," Bain said in the story published Wednesday. "Neverland has 3,000 acres - he likes privacy. You can't find as many properties like that on the West Coast."
Jackson came east with his children about 10 days ago for meetings because "the majority of his advisers and attorneys are on the East Coast," Bain said.
She would not elaborate on the purpose of the meetings, but said that Jackson was dealing with "a laundry list" of issues. "He's head of a vast corporation," says Bain.
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