Michael Jackson HIT BACK at 'sensationalism' stories in unearthed rant

Michael Jackson was perhaps the most looked-at star in the industry. While he continued to create incredible, record-breaking music all the way up to his tragic death, fans were still witnessing a plague of stories surrounding his personal life which the star himself deemed “untrue”.

While a number of these stories were never truly unearthed, he did go on record a few times to condemn them.

Over the course of his enormous career, Jackson was accused of a number of things – including secretly fathering a round of quadruplets.

However many of these stories never surfaced officially, and simply left the star denying all manner of stories in the meantime.

2005 saw the iconic star being interviewed by FOX News’ Geraldo Rivera for his show At Large.

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During this interview the star hit back at the number of outlandish stories aimed at him.

Rivera began: “Is the family closely knit despite all the tabloids?” to which Jackson replied: “That’s sensationalism.”

Going on to detail how he dealt with it, the star continued: “It’s not true, it’s like looking at a fictitious movie, because it’s fiction.

“It’s like watching science fiction it’s not true. And I know myself. And it’s sad when other people have to read those things and they believe it.”

Jackson went on to speculate: “The bigger the star the bigger the target.

“I’m not saying I’m a super duper star, I’m not saying that. People come at celebrities, we’re targets.

“Truth always prevails, and I believe in that, I believe in God.”

The star unfortunately dealt with a number of false claims up until he tragically died, but he was always helped along by his dear friend Elizabeth Taylor.

source: express.co.uk