Michael Jackson's Secret Second Family: Who Are the Cascio's?
Michael Jackson's Family Secrets Play Out on 'Oprah'
Dominic and Connie Cascio befriended Jackson 25 years ago when Dominic was a manager at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City. Jackson began visiting the family at their suburban New Jersey home and continued to hang out with the family as they raised their children- Eddie, Frank and Marie Nicole.
If you think this story is strange, it gets stranger. The Cascio's say Michael would just show up at their house unannounced, sometimes knocking on their door in the middle of the night. Indeed there was video footage and photos of Jackson and a young Cascio family horsing around in their pajamas.
Connie Cascio told Oprah that she cooked all of Michaels' favorite foods like homemade pizza, turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing and the family even created a movie theater-style "candy counter" for when Jackson came to visit. Connie also said Michael- who was known to have problems sleeping- had no problems sleeping at her house. The family created a "cave" for him in their basement. And Jackson even took out the family's trash.
As the Cascio children got older, Jackson mentored and then wrote and recorded music with Eddie in the family's basement recording studio. Some of the never before heard tracks will be released on the upcoming Jackson album, "Michael". Eddie Cascio assured fans that Michael would be excited that the music was being released because he did it for his fans.
The Cascio's said Jackson would sometimes leave his children with them- and they were even with him for the birth of his children. And before you go thinking mama Katherine Jackson would be mortified to hear that her son had a secret second mom, think again; the Jackson family knew all about his relationship with the Cascio's.
It was just most of his fans that didn't.
Published by Victoria Leigh Miller - Featured Contributor in Arts & Entertainment
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Most of Michael's fans were well aware of the Cascio family and knew how devoted they were to him! And we thank them for their loyalty and their respect for his privacy
Thanks for this article, although I'm tired of everything related to MJ being described as 'strange' or wierd. He was a superstar, hounded throughout his life by the media and opportunists of all kinds - no wonder he would savour a releationship with a 'normal' family. By all accounts, that is what he craved - doing ordinary, normal things, with 'normal' people. By the way, it's not only "most of his fans" who didn't know of the relationship with the Cascio's, it's ALL OF THE MEDIA, which goes to show how lame all of the biographies and article about him over the years were. Shame on them.
The information in your article is accurate, but allow me to add; however, that many of Michael Jackson's fans, like myself, have for many years known about and been grateful to the Cascios, Michael Jackson's "Family of Love".
I thank you for writing this article.
As Michael says it help us: "Come into the LIGHT".