lt Was an immense pressure to be in the public eye
总是在大众的注目下 造成了他无比的压力
and he kept wanting to look better and better.
他很期望让自己愈来愈好看
He was very, very self-conscious.
他对自己的长相很敏感
Michael felt under pressure
迈克尔的形象
where his image was concerned
让他倍感压力
because of who he is.
因为他的出身
He was a black guy, he was an inner-city guy.
他是个贫民区长大的黑人
How could he be the darling of white society?
怎么可能受到白种社会的青睐?
He had to change.
他必须要改变
l think all that was what led to the first plastic surgery, in 1978.
我想这就是他1978年接受第一次整形手术的主因
l went to interview Michael at his home in Encino
我到迈克尔位于伊幸诺的家中访问他
and he showed up at the door with bandages on his face
他开门时一脸的绷带
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.
我还以为他跟人家打架
He explained to me that he had fallen on stage
他说他从舞台上摔了下来
and broke his nose.
摔断了鼻梁
This was why he had that first surgety.
所以才进行第一次手术
His next major one was in 1981
下一次大手术是在1981年
and he stayed with me for four weeks. l took care of him.
他在我家住了一个月 由我照顾他
l always felt that he looked so good after that second one,
我一直觉得第二次手术后的他 真的很好看
he never needed to do more.
其实不用再动刀
And then after that, there were all kinds of other things that were going on
之后又发生了许多事
that it was really hard to determine,
很难去评断
you know, what he was doing and when he was doing it.
他在做什么以及何时去做的