Why is it that individuals who become stars in the entertainment field are always blaming someone else for their failures? Since the age of drugs became acceptable, we’ve had two huge stars, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.
You would think they were strapped to a table and forced to swallow an assortment of pills. Of course, that’s not true, but they always have someone else to blame.
Why not simply face the truth? They apparently loved the highs they supposedly got — the more you took, the higher you got. Why not call them both just what they were — druggies, plain and simple.
Elevated to “the King” by the TV and movies, they actually believed it. In fact, they were drug addicts. They got what they deserved: a rotten life brought on by themselves.
JIM HALE/Grand Rapids