lt Was an immense pressure to be in the public eye
總是在大眾的注目下 造成了他無比的壓力
and he kept wanting to look better and better.
他很期望讓自己愈來愈好看
He was very, very self-conscious.
他對自己的長相很敏感
Michael felt under pressure
邁克爾的形象
where his image was concerned
讓他倍感壓力
because of who he is.
因為他的出身
He was a black guy, he was an inner-city guy.
他是個貧民區長大的黑人
How could he be the darling of white society?
怎么可能受到白種社會的青睞?
He had to change.
他必須要改變
l think all that was what led to the first plastic surgery, in 1978.
我想這就是他1978年接受第一次整形手術的主因
l went to interview Michael at his home in Encino
我到邁克爾位于伊幸諾的家中訪問他
and he showed up at the door with bandages on his face
他開門時一臉的繃帶
and his eyes were black and blue,
眼睛又黑又紫
and l thought that he had been in some kind of a fight.
我還以為他跟人家打架
He explained to me that he had fallen on stage
他說他從舞臺上摔了下來
and broke his nose.
摔斷了鼻梁
This was why he had that first surgety.
所以才進行第一次手術
His next major one was in 1981
下一次大手術是在1981年
and he stayed with me for four weeks. l took care of him.
他在我家住了一個月 由我照顧他
l always felt that he looked so good after that second one,
我一直覺得第二次手術后的他 真的很好看
he never needed to do more.
其實不用再動刀
And then after that, there were all kinds of other things that were going on
之后又發生了許多事
that it was really hard to determine,
很難去評斷
you know, what he was doing and when he was doing it.
他在做什么以及何時去做的