Michael Jackson doc?<em>Leaving Neverland?</em>debuts to mixed reactions on Twitter

The highly anticipated and controversial HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, which focuses on allegations by two men who say Michael Jackson abused them as children, has debuted to mixed reactions on social media.In the two-part documentary, which premiered Sunday night, Wade Robson, now 36, and James Safechuck, now 40, are interviewed about their experiences with Jackson at the ages of 7 and 10, respectively, and visiting his Neverland Ranch in California. https://t.co/fF0OgYXUBz— Taj Jackson (@tajjackson3) March 4, 2019Rosie O’Donnell took to Twitter to call the documentary “haunting,” while Amber Tamblyn, a former child actress, wrote, “I can’t help but watch this documentary and think about how wrong it is for children to be put in the position of performing for the sole purpose of pleasing adults. Responding to those fans, A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay tweeted, “Michael Jackson super fans are really going hard in my comments for simply sharing an article by a cultural critic who shared his opinion on the doc.”michael jackson docu is on now on HBO – haunting …— ROSIE (@Rosie) March 4, 2019As a former child actress, I can’t help but watch this documentary and think about how wrong it is for children to be put in the position of performing for the soul purpose of pleasing adults.