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Rupert Everett: Michael Jackson was a freak

Actor thinks it's 'fortuitious' that the Thriller star died

Rupert Everett believes Michael Jackson is now out of his misery

Rupert Everett says Michael Jackson can finally be at peace now he’s dead.

The actor is convinced the Thriller star was unable to lead a normal life because he was hounded by photographers.

‘I think it was fortuitous that he died,’ says Rupert. ‘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.’

Rupert thinks it was a shame that Michael had to resort to plastic surgery.

‘He was a freak,’ he tells the Daily Mirror. ‘He looked like a character from Shrek.

‘He was a black to white minstrel. 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.’

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