When your cousin who you grew up with your entire life is battling cancer, and still wanting to perform as a Beach Boy as long as he could despite needing oxygen breaks during the shows, I DON'T think the way to show caring and concern involves sending your corporation a letter with an ultimatum saying essentially either he leaves or I leave. I'm guessing most normal, rational people wouldn't do that in similar circumstances. I'm sure the fans who saw Carl's last tour are glad Mike didn't get his way that time.
Interesting too how Mike's book makes no mention of his letter/ultimatum at all. If it were coming from a place of "tough love" or whatever Lott was calling it during damage control mode, I'd think Mike would have included it in his book.
I totally agree. All the years of playing in the same band and being cousins didn't mean much to Mike. All that counted was that at that time he didn't want Carl on stage, and he ruthlessly went about achieving that, no matter what. How Carl felt about being basically discarded didn't matter to Mike.
For me this is not about "hating Mike Love no matter what". It is about how you treat a terminally ill long time band member and cousin with dignity.
The fact that Mike love in his book didn't mention the ultimatum shows me that he is not an honest person, either.