Rupert Everett Attacks Michael Jackson: "I Think It Was Fortuitous That He Died"
Posted on Jul 23, 2009 @ 12:13PM
British actor Rupert Everett has launched an astonishing attack on Michael Jackson, as millions of fans around the world continue to mourn the superstar's shocking death.
Everett - the star of My Best Friend's Wedding and the voice of Prince Charming in Shrek --reportedly told the UK Daily Mirror newspaper: "I think it was fortuitous that he died. He was supposed to be doing 50 concerts in London - it wouldn't have mattered how good or bad he was, he wouldn't have managed to do all of them and the press would have destroyed him."
Everett - a long-time pal of Madonna's - believes that the 2005 sex abuse charges that the singer was eventually cleared off really killed the famous singer.
"He was a freak - he looked like a character from Shrek - he was black to white minstrel," Everett told the Mirror.
"Jackson was crucified by the court case when he was accused of child molestation - that killed him. He personified the pain and anxiety of a black man in a slave country - we all watched as he changed from black to white - he was living performance art."
Autopsy reports are still pending into Jackson's death at his Holmby Hills mansion on June 25 after he suffered cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead on arriving at the hospital.
Following his untimely death Everett predicts that it could mark the end of modern day celebrity.
"You cannot divide the music from the person," added Everett. "I think his life - and death - is a great lesson. I think we are going to see the end of celebrity as we know it. Show-business is not an honest profession.
It's like the last days of Versailles - I do wonder how much more (expletive) people can take about celebrities. We're living in very strange times. We have Michael Jackson, a black man who has gone white, and we have President Barack Obama, who is a half white man gone black - it's fascinating to watch."
Openly gay Everett, 50, did confess that he understood the attraction people had to Jackson in his heyday.
"I would have lept at the chance of sleeping with Michael Jackson when I was 14," he joked.
His comments are sure to infuriate a lot of Michael Jackson fans but he is known for his outspoken nature and controversial remarks.
The actor has talked in the past about how he worked as a rent boy to fund his drugs habit when he attended stage school in London in the past.
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A gay bitter old man is what he is.
Posted Fri, 07/24/2009 - 7:52am
Rupert Everett's blunt remarks about Michael Jackson were a breath of candid fresh air on a musty subject. Everett is not only talented but courageous -- and we thank him: Bravo!
Posted Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:35am
The music industry comes with many pressures and michael was dealing with those many pressures the best he thought.
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 4:50pm
rupert is an ass, no one is perfect, Michael was battling skin problems and wanted to look as normal as possible.
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 4:48pm
Rupert YOU are the freak! Looked in the mirror lately?
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 1:12pm
Rupert who?! Oh, you mean that washed up gay actor that had really bad plastic surgery. He's pathetic!
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:17pm
what was mj taking to get 'going' everyday that he needed something so strong to come down off of. where do you go to the bathroom if you get knocked out for 72 hrs. do you wear depends? this is bizaar..
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:54am
I'm not sure that this is truthfully what he said either. However, if it is, perhaps he's looking for quick publicity. I don't know how busy he is with work since his plastic surgery gone wrong. He is hardly recognizable!
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:37am
Yea and we all believe every word that rag, The Mirror prints. They have a tendancy to print a lot of non truths. I'm sure he said some things but they just sensationalized it to make it sound bad.
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:35am
Michael Jackson was a confused person,he wanted to be a whiteman. During the 2005 trial, he found out that in the whiteman's eye he was still a" N#**@%", after they threw him under the bus. That was the beginning of the end for Michael.
Posted Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:27am