Is it a stretch to say that these pursuits of modern boy-manhood failed him? That male adulthood without responsibility in the traditional sense is disorienting, anchorless, and potentially fatal?Now, I never met the man--though we probably were at the same party once. The party was for the son of one of his very close friends--who attends the kids' school--it was both a typical kiddie party and an atypical one. The atypical part was that it was so over the top, they probably spent tens of thousands of dollars on a 4-year-olds' birthday. But it was all about the kids that day.
I also know that DJ spent a lot of time around those kids, and even drove them to school in the morning.
My point is, it is easy to look at the public face of people like this. They intentionally leave their private lives out of the public eye. They might make the tabloids for their romantic shenanigans, but what they do with their friends and family usually remains very private. And often it is very different from their image in public.
This man had loyal and devoted friends to whom he was also devoted. He was very much a part of their families.
Bottom line is, you can't really get to know what a person is really like by reading TMZ.
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