Just add it to the list.
Michael Jackson is being accused of cruelty.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals told the US Agriculture Department he has been neglecting giraffes, elephants and crocodiles at his Neverland estate.
I am sure Wacko would love to have his friend Bubbles the Chimp to defend his honor. After all, rumor has it that Wacko treated him very well. Some might say a bit too well.
Bubbles was reportedly rescued by Michael Jackson from a cancer research facility in Texas in 1985 and for the next decade appeared at Michael’s side, often in matching outfits.Living with Michael Jackson meant that Bubble’s existence was unique, unusual and rarely out of the public eye. USA Today once claimed the cheeky monkey had his own bodyguard and, on Jackson’s insistence, attended recording sessions for the album, Bad.—-Outtakes from Martin Bashir’s documentary, Living With Michael Jackson, shown to the jury in the current trial revealed that Bubbles would go to the toilet by himself in Michael’s private bathroom, knew how to eat with cutlery and was made to wear a diaper around the Neverland Ranch.Jackson was also seen admitting that he’d considered hosting a celebrity animal party for Bubbles with the likes of Lassie, Benji and Cheeta from the Tarzan films. Not that Bubbles didn’t come into contact with celebrities of a human kind.
Although….
Actor Corey Feldman admitted in an interview, “I met Bubbles and all kinds of chimps.”Feldman could well have been referring to the chimps Jacko admitted employing to clean the Neverland ranch. The revelation that monkeys were made to dust, clean windows and clean toilets was unveiled to the jury in excerpts from Bashir’s documentary. Jacko explained, “They are very smart. Their DNA is identical to humans when you look under a microscope.”
But what exactly happened to Bubbles?
It’s not known whether Bubbles was made to earn his keep in such a manner. What is known though is that Jackson’s relationship with Bubbles soured as the chimp grew older. A former maid of Jackson’s testifying at the trial admitted that Bubbles had bitten her twice and Chris Ayres reported in The Times that Bubble’s ex-keeper had admitted Bubbles had been made to leave Neverland after becoming violent. Further testimony at the current trial revealed that Bubbles was replaced with a chimp called Max.
Or perhaps even worse..
Sources told me last year that Bubbles the Chimp, Michael’s most famous non-human friend, died from neglect.
I personally always thought that Wacko replaced Bubbles with Shmuley Boteach.
