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"Michael Jackson&amp;#039;s father Joe has said that he is glad that he hit his children. Speaking on CNN&amp;#039;s Piers Morgan Tonight, the 84-year-old said that his tough love helped form the stars that were so well-loved by fans.   &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m glad I was tough, because look what I came out with,&amp;quot; said Joe. &amp;quot;I came out with some kids that everybody loved all over the world. And they treated everybody right.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no such thing as beating a kid. You whip them or punish them over something they did and they will remember that. &amp;quot;I had to be like that way because during those times, it was hard, and you have a lot of gangs there, you know, in the area where we were living.&amp;quot;  [Joe and Katherine Jackson outside the LA County Courthouse] Joe has said in the past that he never &amp;quot;beat&amp;quot; Michael, adding: &amp;quot;Everyone spanked their kids when they did wrong. But not beat.&amp;quot; He has also previously claimed that his treatment of Michael prevented him from getting into trouble with gangs or going to jail. In 2003, Joe told Louis Theroux for the BBC: &amp;quot;I whipped him with a switch and a belt. I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick.&amp;quot;  Recordings of Michael which surfaced after his death saw the popstar claim that his father was &amp;quot;rough&amp;quot; with him. &amp;quot;The way he would beat you, you know, was hard,&amp;quot; Jackson told Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on the tapes. &amp;quot;He would make you strip nude first. He would oil you down. It would be a whole ritual. He would oil you down so when the flip of the ironing cord hit you, you know... it was just like dying.&amp;quot; Watch Joe Jackson on Piers Morgan Tonight below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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