After making some revelations in his autobiography, in a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey Michael openly admitted that his father Joseph physically and mentally abused him as a child. He alleged that his father name-called, hit and whipped him – experiences which still haunt him. Michael recalled one moment when Joseph climbed through his bedroom window screaming and wearing a horror mask to teach his son not to leave his window open.
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