Michael Jackson - the man who blew a billion.

Daily Mail ^ | 11-24-08 | Alison Boshoff

[dynachrome]

Michael Jackson, the 50-year-old king of pop, defending himself against an Arab sheik claiming that Jacko owes him £4.6million.

The Jackson circus had been due to arrive yesterday.

The singer and his children were understood to have been planning to fly in to Luton Airport by private jet and were reportedly booked into the Dorchester Hotel with his permanent detail of five bodyguards at around £7,000 a night.

Then last night came dramatic nnews that Jackson had reached an out-of-court deal to avoid a potentially humiliating showdown.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Yeah, I thought they’d left a word out of the title myself.

[SGCOS]

...Yes, he’s fifty, but his nose is about two years old.

You're thinking of his weekend nose. His weekday nose is pretty much a standard.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I bet within a couple years, he’ll work a deal to perform in Vegas to repay most of his debts like Celine Dion did to pay off her husbands massive gambling debt owed to Ceasers.

It's already rumored he'll be replacing Barry Manilow at the Las Vegas Hilton when Manilow's run there ends.

[Revolting cat!]

[Emmett McCarthy]

That’s been the route for some of the many folks who woke up one day bankrupt after years of success in the music business. There are several who could have actually opted for bankruptcy, but admirably did not do so and worked a hard Vegas (or Branson, Mo.) schedule to make good on their debts. I don’t think Michael Jackson will do that, but he could surpise.

[AmusedBystander]

Wonder if he maxed out his credit card(s) .... does he have a black AmEx card????

It used to be black, but now it is nearly white.

[Alex Murphy]

Picture of Michael Jackson, 50 years old - how he would have looked without the plastic surgery.

[WildcatClan]

How does he have white children and why does he make them wear masks? He named one of them Blanket, they do not know their mother and they have to be at least some part of all his strange behavior. I just hope they beat the odds and don’t end up as messed up as he is.

[MarineBrat]

He doesn't belong on a starship. He should be squatting on a mushroom.

...oh wait, wrong metaphor.

[Revolting cat!]

Not to worry, the Bush Administration will bail Jacko out!

[bigbob]

Have you heard about the Michael Jackson Sale at JC Penneys? Little boys pants are half-off...

[dynachrome]

Now I have to scrub my brain of that image! LOL

[Peanut Gallery]

now we know why he converted to islam.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

Oh my goodness, he would have been a handsome man. But no, he opted for freak instead.

[Paved Paradise]

I know. He was very handsome when he made the Billie Jean album but he opted for the ET look (and I don’t mean Entertainment Tonight).

[dfwgator]

Michael Jackson - the man who blew a billion.

"Little Boy Blue.....He needed the money!"

[Valpal1]

Man, that’s just sad, he would have been quite handsome by normal standards. Jackson would have remained a huge powerhouse in the music industry if he hadn’t succumbed to his narcissism.

[diverteach]

Actually he was already offered a Vegas show and turned it down.