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OMG! Paula Abdul: Jacko put aftershave on Bubbles

Former American Idol judge was target of Thriller star's jokes

Paula Abdul says Michael Jackson always had fun at her expense

Michael Jackson once sprayed his pet chimp with cologne, according to Paula Abdul.

The ex-American Idol judge says the star was always playing pranks on her while she choreographed his Victory tour in the 80s.

‘I was always the butt end of jokes,' says Paula, 48. ‘I always bought into everything that he was saying. He punked me with Bubbles the chimp.

'Bubbles smelled very strange to me and I love Bubbles, but he smelled really strange and [Michael] said, "That's just the way monkeys smell." I believe... he doused [Bubbles in] Christian Dior.'

Michael, 50, also fooled Paula with a motorbike.

‘When mopeds first came out, he put me on a moped, didn't tell me how to work it,' she tells Access Hollywood.

‘I fell right into the rose bushes, thorns everywhere!'

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