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On October 29, 2016 Shana Mangatal created the Michael and Me Book Discussion group on Facebook. The group is private and members can only join after being accepted by Shana, the Group Administrator. Discussion within the group isn’t limited to the book, but also covers a wide variety of topics concerning Michael Jackson which could easily be considered gossip. Some members of the Michael and Me book club have been disturbed by various posts made in the group.

The following screen shots have been shared by both current and former members of the private group. This information was not on Shana’s personal public Facebook page. It was posted in her private Facebook Group exactly as posted in the group. Nothing has been altered in any way.

In 2017 there were several inappropriate drawings posted on the internet depicting a chapter in Michael and Me which originated from this book club. These pictures were seen by Paris Jackson, Michael’s daughter, who was very offended by them (See Thoughts From Those Who Knew Michael Jackson Well).

*Please note: The content below is graphic in nature and may not be appropriate for young viewers in the book club as well as those viewing this site.

Shana promotes a video on YouTube that contains these offensive drawings

While Shana was happy to promote that video and those pictures, she was quick to shoot down a question by one member of the group that she deemed too personal.

Another book club member stated her opinion about Shana’s response and reminded her that Michael would NOT BE HAPPY about the chapter in her book those pictures were depicting.



This is the picture the above book club member was speaking about and what Paris Jackson saw on the internet

Response from Paris Jackson, Michael’s daughter”

From what we know about Michael, he would be embarrassed about people discussing his private parts. Shana has no problem inviting discussion of sensitive subjects with book club members She has even given a few members of her club the title “Gutter Girls” and enjoys engaging in discussions with them.





On one occasion Shana asks members to volunteer to ask Michael Bush if Michael Jackson wore anything underneath his stage outfits.

Behavior such as this demonstrates how Shana conspires with others to get information she wants to know or puts information out there that she wants people to think (See The Emails),

Questioning Taj and Paris Jackson’s sexual abuse claims

Michael and Drugs

Shana’s book describes Michael as having unnecessary surgery only to obtain pain medication (See Shana Mangatal Friend or Foe?) and she has no problem inviting discussion of this and other sensitive subjects with book group members.

Shana insinuating that Michael is under the influence of drugs

Michaels’s “12 step program” from MJFacts

Oprah Winfrey

The MJ community is well aware of Oprah’s involvement with Leaving Neverland and support of the “documentary” as well as her support of James and Wade. David Geffen had a private screening of Leaving Neverland on his yacht for Oprah on her birthday:

After the private screening of Leaving Neverland on her birthday, Oprah posted this on her Instagram:

Michael’s family including his nephew, Taj Jackson and niece Brandy Jackson, were very upset with Oprah.

Oprah also held a televised show called After Neverland, on the final night Leaving Neverland aired publicly. Her guests were, Dan Green, Wade Robson and James Safechuck

Book club members were also very upset with Oprah. How does Shana feel about Oprah after her support of Leaving Neverland and it’s “victims”? She states that Oprah is “wonderful” and a “sweetheart”.

Conrad Murray

Just as Shana encourages members of her book club to watch Leaving Neverland, she also encourages them to read Conrad Murray’s book about Michael Jackson. Conrad Murray murdered Michael. She claims to have not been able to read anything based on the last few years of his life but had no issue reading Murray’s book

Gossiping about items found in the bedroom Michael passed away in, Conrad Murray’s book:



Shana complaining about Michael Jackson fans

“…It’s always black women who are the main ones trying to tear me down” If one puts themselves in the spotlight, there will be people both for you and against you. It’s just the way it works.

While Shana shows a different side in her private book club, some things still remain the same. Whenever she is asked questions about her relationship with Michael outside of work, she usually doesn’t respond.

Shana never returned to give the answer

If she does respond, she gives a generic answer with minimal information or states something but still doesn’t give specific examples, such as what kind of “private dates” she and Michael went on.

She does continue to share moments that were special to her while on the set of Ghosts.

For those who may not know, Shana explains in her book that “freedom” is the name Michael used to reference the passing of gas.

Discussions about Michael’s songs including those which were very personal to him

“We want to hear sexy MJ- not “save all children” and I hate press songs.”

In January 2018 Shana went live on Facebook and shared more of her thoughts and opinions on Michael’s music:

Ghosts -End of filming and when Shana next heard from Michael

Ghosts is a common topic in the book club. Many questions are asked and Shana responds with the usual answers, however, sometimes her answers reveal new information. A member asked Shana how long after shooting did it take for her to hear from Michael.

According to her book, the first time Shana heard from Michael after filming wrapped was a few weeks and that was the day they had their first alleged sexual encounter. She writes “I hadn’t seen or heard from him since our last day on the Ghosts set. It had been a few weeks and I was missing him badly.” She goes on to say that, “it was late one Sunday evening when he called…” Her response below states, she heard from Michael a couple months after filming ended which means that Michael wasn’t in the United States at that time. Filming for Ghosts ended May 12, 1996. Michael was out of the country from July 13-August and then left for the HIStory tour.

Another member asks Shana if she was certain that Michael received the gifts she sent him since they were usually delivered to him by his driver, Gary. Shana states she is only sure that he received the autographed picture of herself because several people told her they saw it hanging on Michael’s bathroom wall. Why would she need confirmation from others that Michael received that picture if she personally gave it to him on the last day of filming Ghosts as written her book which reads “Before we left I gave Michael an autograph picture to remember me by. I wrote on it, “To Michael. I love you, Shana.”

The simple answer to that question is Shana never gave Michael the autographed picture of herself on May 12, 1996 because Michael was in London on that day.

“Trolls” and Mods,

In her book club Shana labels people as “trolls” when they challenge her or ask critical questions. Members have also complained about the way they are treated by the Moderators of the group.

Kimberly is no longer a member of the private book club



This is a response from Kimberly in regards to being banned from Shana’s private book club and responses from those who both supported her and also tried to warn her about Shana. Some also share their experiences with the book club and it’s Moderators.

Shana calls a different book club member a “TROLL”

Markus is no longer a member of the private book club

Shana calls yet another book club member “disrespectful and rude” for expressing his own opinion

Cam is no longer a member of the private book club



Book Club members share pictures of rare MJ items and memorabilia they have within the group. One member shares that she has a life size cardboard cut out of Michael. Shana has the same one which she stores underneath her bed.

In November 2019, the information on this page as well as the page criticizing Michael’s appearance went public. After reading this information, Michael Jackson fans and advocates were shocked. Many took to social media to express their opinions about Shana’s comments on Michael’s appearance, Leaving Neverland, Rebuttal Documentaries; Leaving Neverland: The Aftermath and Square One, as well as the Chandler allegations. Some challenged her comments and rightfully so, but in true Shana fashion instead of listening to what was being said and realizing what she said may have been wrong, she decided to once again declare that she was being bullied and unfairly mistreated.

In December 2019 Shana posted the following in her book club before deleting 1400 + members from the group:

Michael and Me Book Club Membership prior to content going public: 1662 Members

Michael and Me Book Club Membership after content went public: 179 members

Before massively reducing her book club membership, Shana also went through the book club group page and deleted all of the posts and comments that were in question. She also restricted her other social media accounts to “clean them up” as well. If Shana truly feels she did or said absolutely nothing wrong, why did she delete everything?

Shana posted the following on her public Facebook after making drastic changes to her private book club and social media accounts:

It should be noted that nothing posted on this site from the book club or otherwise was taken out of context or altered in any way as Shana claims. Everything posted on this site are Shana’s exact words as she wrote them pertaining the posts in her book club group or whatever the topic may be. Those outside of the book club who read her comments once they went public could easily see that fact. The following tweet confirms this and is in response to Shana’s public Facebook post above

Four months later, on April 8, 2020, Shana extends an open invitation for Michael Jackson fans to join her private MJ Facebook group once again. Shana still feels there was nothing wrong with the previous content of the private group and blames “a few bad seeds” for turning her “fun chats” into something negative. The full context of her “fun chats” and disparaging remarks about Michael Jackson’s appearance and other topics were included when the comments went public in spite of Shana’s continuous denial of that fact.

The Book Club group also contained discussions about the allegations against Michael Jackson as well.