Today, the Staples Center in Los Angeles will be filled with thousands of people for Michael Jackson’s memorial, but his bestest friend Elizabeth Taylor won’t be there. Liz Twittered that she didn’t want to be a part of it.

“I’ve been asked to speak at the Staples Center. I cannot be part of the public whoopla. And I cannot guarantee that I would be coherent to say a word. 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. I said I wouldn’t go to the Staples Center and I certainly don’t want to become a part of it. I love him too much.”

And, for the record, she also writes she’s “not on suicide watch.”

The memorial will be televised on most major networks at 10am Pacific. So far, the list of performers and speakers include: Usher, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer, Rev. Al Sharpton, Shaheen Jafargholi (from Britain’s Got Talent), Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson and Brooke Shields.