LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson feared his father so much he would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room -- even when the pop singer was an adult, according to a book written by a former Jackson confidant. 

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Michael Jackson's confidant, sat down with the King of Pop and taped 30 hours of interviews. 

"The Michael Jackson Tapes" includes Jackson talking about his fear of growing old, his relationship with children, his friendships with Madonna and Brooke Shields, and his remarkable shyness around people that made his surround himself with mannequins. 

Jackson opened up to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for 30 hours of interviews, which were taped nine years ago and intended for a book Jackson wanted written, Boteach said. 

"He was trying to reclaim his life," Boteach said Friday in an NBC "Today Show" interview. 

Jackson, who died on June 25 of what the coroner found to be a deadly combination of drugs, "lost the will to live, I think he was just going through the motions of life toward the end," Boteach told NBC. 

CNN has not independently confirmed Jackson's quotes in the book, but Boteach was known to be a spiritual adviser to Jackson for several years beginning about 1999. 

Ken Sunshine, spokesman for the family, including the singer's father, Joe, issued a statement on the book. "We are not going to dignify this with a comment," he said. 

The book was not published during Jackson's lifetime because of the pop star's child molestation trial, which ended with an acquittal in 2005, the author said. The author said Jackson's arrest ended any interest in a book about him. 
Who interviewed Jackson?
Who is he?
How long did the tapes last?
When did they record them?
Why?
Who was Joe?
What did he have to say about the book?
What happened to Michael when Joe came in?
Did this stop as an adult?
Who was Michael?
What fear does he mention?
Does he speak about his friends?
Who are they?
How does he feel around people?
What does he like to have around instead?
Who was his spiritual advisor?
When did that begin?
What stopped the book from getting printed?
How did that turn out?
In what year?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Michael Jackson's confidant, sat down with the King of Pop and taped 30 hours of interviews.
Michael Jackson's confidant.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Michael Jackson's confidant
30 hours.
 sat down with the King of Pop and taped 30 hours of interviews. 
Nine years ago
Jackson opened up to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for 30 hours of interviews, which were taped nine years ago 
For a book Jackson wanted written
Jackson opened up to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for 30 hours of interviews, which were taped nine years ago and intended for a book Jackson wanted written
Joe
Ken Sunshine, spokesman for the family, including the singer's father, Joe
We are not going to dignify this with a comment
Ken Sunshine, spokesman for the family, including the singer's father, Joe, issued a statement on the book. "We are not going to dignify this with a comment," 
He would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room
Michael Jackson feared his father so much he would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room
No.
he would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room -- even when the pop singer was an adult,
A pop star.
The book was not published during Jackson's lifetime because of the pop star's
growing old,
Jackson talking about his fear of growing old,
yes.
includes Jackson talking about his fear of growing old, his relationship with children, his friendships with Madonna and Brooke Shields
Madonna and Brooke Shields.
his relationship with children, his friendships with Madonna and Brooke Shields
Shy.
and his remarkable shyness around people
Mannequins.
and his remarkable shyness around people that made his surround himself with mannequins. 
Boteach.
Boteach was known to be a spiritual adviser to Jackson for several years beginning about 1999. 
About 1999.
Boteach was known to be a spiritual adviser to Jackson for several years beginning about 1999. 
The pop star's child molestation trial
The book was not published during Jackson's lifetime because of the pop star's child molestation trial
It ended with an acquittal.
because of the pop star's child molestation trial, which ended with an acquittal in 2005
2005.
the pop star's child molestation trial, which ended with an acquittal in 200