How well do you know your favorite celebrity?
During a recent podcast interview, Michael Jackson's ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes shared his version of who the King of Pop allegedly was behind closed doors. He claimed,
"Michael Jackson was a real womanizer, but he was suppressed from expressing or showing any kind of interest in women because of his music label. They believed it wasn't good for his career and would ultimately impact his female fans."
And continued,
"We went to great lengths to hide his girlfriends and wives from the public. He was brainwashed by Motown to not be seen with a girl because if you sing with a girl, your fan base would be gone."
This isn't the first time Matt Fiddes - who has also claimed to be the biological father of Michael Jackson's now 22-year-old son Blanket - has dished on his former boss. In 2021, he said the "Billie Jean" artist had a brief affair with Whitney Houston in 1991, which happens to be the same year her ex Bobby Brown proposed.
Matt Fiddes continued in the latest interview,
"Towards the end of his life, Michael started to get more open, which led to the fatal decision to work with Martin Bashir. They hoped it would help him, but it only highlighted his issues with women. In the Living With Michael Jackson documentary, Bashir promised him things that never happened, and the footage was manipulated to fit a negative narrative."
Before he noted his belief that the allegations of child abuse Michael Jackson faced were possibly financially motivated, Matt Fiddes said,
"If you watch the documentary, there's a part where female fans ask Michael for a hug, and he responds warmly, saying, 'I'll give you more than a hug.' However, Bashir's commentary overshadowed these moments to maintain the program's narrative."
He added,
"The guy was into women. If you're gonna go after someone and bring them down, child molestation, murder, rape, those are the things. And once you've been accused of that, you're over, aren't you? Michael never recovered from that."
During his life, Jackson married twice; once to Lisa Marie Presley in 1994, and again to Debbie Rowe in 1996. However, both relationships ultimately came to an end.
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