Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland

A somewhat self-congratulatory interview, but a decent companion to the documentary

I know people all over the world are going to be in an uproar and debating whether or not Michael Jackson did these things, whether these two men are lying or are not lying. But for me, this transcends Michael Jackson. It is much bigger than any one person. This is a moment in time that allows us to see this societal corruption. It's like a scourge on humanity. It's happening now, it's happening in families, we know it's happening in churches and in schools and in sports teams everywhere. So if it ge__ts you, our audience, to see how it happens, then some good will have come from it. Child sexual abuse - even the word "abuse" lacks accuracy. I've been saying this for years and years, it's confusing; the word "abuse", when you say "sexual abuse", because as young boys, these two men did not feel abuse until much later on in life. And when you are a child, and this is a message I want every parent to hear, you don't have the language to explain what is happening to you, because you've been seduced and entrapped.

• Oprah Winfrey; Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland; HBO (March 4, 2019)

Screened on HBO following the broadcast of the second half of Leaving Neverland on March 4, Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland is a 60-minute interview with Michael Jackson-accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck, and director Dan Reed. Recorded on March 2, the interview took place after a screening of the full four hours of the film, shown to a studio audience made up entirely of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. And really, there isn't a huge amount to say about it. It's your standard Oprah Winfrey interview, elaborating on some of the film's themes, and allowing Winfrey to pre-empt some of the criticisms that would be aimed at it (primarily, why did Wade lie so often, repeatedly denying anything sexual had ever taken place between himself and Jackson, including on t...