{"id":10658,"date":"2024-09-06T21:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistkoala.com\/?p=10658"},"modified":"2024-09-06T21:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:00:25","slug":"elton-john-claims-michael-jackson-was-disturbing-person-to-be-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devserver.pw\/twistkoala.com\/elton-john-claims-michael-jackson-was-disturbing-person-to-be-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John Says Michael Jackson Was A \u2018Disturbing Person To Be Around\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elton John previously described\u00a0Michael Jackson\u00a0as a \u2018disturbing person to be around.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John and Jackson have had music careers that other artists could only dream of and on occasion, their lives intertwined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his 2019 memoir \u2018Me,\u2019 the \u2018I\u2019m Still Standing\u2019 singer, 77, made shocking comments regarding the King of Pop, who died in 2009 aged 50.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elton John described Michael Jackson as \u2018the most adorable kid you could imagine.\u2019 Credit: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In an astonishing excerpt, obtained by Radar Online<\/a>, John revealed that he had known Jackson \u2018since he was 13 or 14\u2019 and the singer was \u2018the most adorable kid you could imagine.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He claims this changed when Jackson began hiding from reality as his mental health worsened, particularly in the later years of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Alluding to Jackson having a painkiller addiction, John questioned \u2018what prescription drugs he was being pumped full of.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Rocket Man\u2019 singer concluded that by the 2000s, Jackson had \u2018totally lost his marbles.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elton John claims Michael Jackson began hiding from reality as his mental health worsened. Credit: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Yet John also insists Jackson\u2019s troubles began long before this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On one occasion, in the \u201990s, John said he and the \u2018Billie Jean\u2019 singer were having lunch when he noted the pop icon appeared sick, donned in a face of makeup and plaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe poor guy looked awful, really frail and ill,\u201d John claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Rocket Man\u2019 singer said the lunch took a turn for the worse when Jackson disappeared from the table \u2018without a word.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John alleges Jackson was later found in the cottage of John\u2019s housekeeper, \u2018quietly playing games\u2019 with her 11-year-old son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere in the memoir, John summarized his thoughts of Jackson, claiming: \u201cHe was genuinely mentally ill, a disturbing person to be around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elton John claims Michael Jackson was a \u2018disturbing person to be around.\u2019 Credit: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Although Jackson has millions of fans worldwide, his legacy suffered following allegations made in the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The doc, directed and produced by Dan Reed, focuses on Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who allege they were s**ually abused as children by Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Following the release of Leaving Neverland<\/em>, the Jackson family sat down with Gayle King on CBS This Morning<\/em><\/a> and responded to the allegations that the \u2018Thriller\u2019 singer s**ually abused young children at his Neverland Ranch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jackson family claims Robson and Safechuck came forward for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The singer\u2019s brother, Marlon Jackson, stated: \u201cI want them to understand and know that this documentary is not telling the truth. There has not been not one piece of evidence that corroborates their story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Michael Jackson died aged 50 in 2009. Credit: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jackson died on June 25, 2009, due to a lethal combination of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Los Angeles coroner\u2019s office said the singer died due to acute propofol intoxication, with benzodiazepine effect being cited as another condition contributing to his death, according to ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coroner also ruled Jackson\u2019s manner of death to be homicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson\u2019s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011. He served half of his four-year prison sentence, reports People<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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