Pouring out her grief on her Twitter page, Elizabeth Taylor
says she’s going to skip Michael Jackson’s memorial – and
she feels the pop star would have approved of her decision.

“I just don’t believe that Michael would want me to share my
grief with millions of others. How I feel is between us. Not
a public event,” she writes.

Taylor, 77, one of Jackson’s closest friends, says she was
asked to speak at the Tuesday event at the Staples Center in
Los Angeles. “I cannot be part of the public whoopla,” she
writes. “And I cannot guarantee that I would be coherent to
say a word.”

Instead, she’s expressing herself in writing. “I will always
love Michael from the depth of my being and nothing can
separate us.” And, she adds, “My love goes out to Katherine
and Michael’s beloved children.”