Marc Walberg, singer, actor and host of the new "reality television" show Temptation Island, spoke about single young people who dread getting married or those who are worried about having kids. He says his main job is to stay married and raise his children, and that is his most important job. Even as the host of a show such as Temptation Island, he feels that it is a shame when people take their relationship for granted and give into temptation. Single people do not know the value of their relationships, Mr. Walberg said, they don't think of it as a jewel and they take it for granted.

Need is a very important part of every relationship, in Mr. Walberg's opinion, because if each partner needs the other, then they cannot live without each other. He finds that most often, men want to have everything in line when they get married, such as their job and house, but Mr. Walberg believes that restrictions such as this leave no room to grow as partners and to be able to put everything in line together and consequently to need each other. To Mr. Walberg, having kids is a blessing. Even though your life ends to some degree, a new life begins. You give up that life for a number of years because you are busy arranging with your child with all the education that they need.

After Mr. Walberg spoke there was a chance for the audience to question the panel; queries included those on the Britney Spears phenomenon in relation to early puberty, one standard of beauty, single mothers raisng sons into men, the sexual abstinence of children today and the media's role in that issue.

Some answers dealt with how the image of the perfect woman is destroying women and young girls today because they see themselves as beautiful by someone else's standards, and in terms of the media, they sell sex because that is what they think people want to see. Mother Love and Judith Regan both said they raised sons into men, but Mother Love said that no matter what no woman can raise their son into a man. In Mother Love's opinion, a mother can create a good person, but they will not be able to create a man. Ms. Regan got a little angry, seemingly taking offense at such a sensitive opinion.

When Michael Jackson came out for his second appearance to thank everyone for coming, the audience rushed to the stage yet again, screaming and throwing presents. When the panel discussion was over and Mr. Jackson made his closing remarks, the audience rushed outside Carnegie Hall to see if they could get a glimpse of the superstar as he left the building. Some of those who stayed behind received autographed posters and booklets.

Outside Carnegie Hall, 31-year-old Darnell Derm, a father of three, said that after hearing the different perspectives of each panel member, he was inspired to make a better effort to make a contact with his children. He also thought, as a result of the forum, that fathers should be more responsible and make better choices. He was very excited because as a fan of Michael Jackson since childhood, it was his first time getting as close as he did.

Upon exiting , a number of people were buzzing about waiting to see if the rumor was true that Michael Jackson really would be exiting through the front of the building. After about fifteen minutes of waiting, there was a large commotion to the right of Carnegie Hall as Michael Jackson exited from an adjacent building, into a grey van waiting on the edge of the sidewalk. The fans and photographers stood peeking in the van, screaming, and even rocking the car slightly.

One woman left her child on the sidewalk , ran to the front of the van, and proceeded to chase after the van with Michael Jackson inside, down Fifty-Seventh Street .

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