Prince Rivalry Kept Jackson Up At Night

Perhaps stress was responsible, but not caused by Prince.Remember around 2007, Michael went to Prince for help regarding his comeback. Michael was worried that the media would yet again attack him, and wanted to prove he wasn't past it.Prince suggested that he came back with unplugged shows in a Las Vegas residency. Not only would the pressure be less on him without having to worry about everything around him, also, that the media are less critical of performances without gimmicks/props etc. He suggested "No gimmicks, no costume changes, no smoke or mirrors, just his voice."To prove he was really and truly up to it.A gimmicky performance could have been criticized as covering up an inability to match up to his past.They were pretty close anyway. There are been numerous sightings of MJ at Paisley park (Princes home), with the two of them playing sports with eachother, they've also been seen backstage at eachothers concerts many a time.Seeing as Princes religion of the past decade is the same as Michaels since childhood to 1991, and from 2005 onwards, tied with the fact Michael always attributed his talent as a gift from God, having the same God, is probably the reasoning behind the final comment - 'You don't understand - if I'm not there to receive these ideas, God might give them to Prince.'It's not very fair on Prince, who even despite being notoriously shy in front of the press, came forward to stand up for Michael at points in his life when the media, and Michaels so-called 'friends' turned against him.Unfair especially - when Princes more toned down suggestion for Michaels comeback, with much less to lose, would not have amounted the same stress on him. He might even be alive today.RIP Michael