Michael Jackson’s fitness trainer has revealed the late superstar was unable to lift even the lightest of weights in the run-up to his comeback tour.
Lou Ferrigno, who had previously trained the singer for his History World Tour, was brought in to get Jackson in shape for his 50 concerts at London’s O2 arena.
Ferrigno admitted that Jackson found even the smallest dumb-bells too much for his frail body.
“He didn’t want to do these,” Ferrigno said, pointing to a tiny weight. When asked if it was too heavy for the King of Pop, Ferrigno admitted: “Yes.”
He added: “No, but 20 years ago, he used it, it’s light, but he just loved being here.”
Ferrigno, who played the part of The Incredible Hulk in the 1970s TV series, demonstrated the abdominal exercises and light resistance work using an elastic rope he had instructed Jackson to do in preparation for the comeback tour.
The unlikely pair became close after meeting 20 years ago, and the former actor revealed that Jackson was able to relate to his TV alter ego.
He said: “He was a huge fan of the Hulk because it’s about power, he had that power through music and I have that power through the Hulk. Because every one of us has a little Hulk inside of us, Michael felt like a little Hulk he told me because of all the pain and anger.”
Australia just can?t get enough of Britney Spears as tickets for the Perth and Sydney stops of the pop star?s Circus tour sold out in minutes. It shouldn?t be much of a surprise as this visit actually marks Britney?s first ever trip down under. It?s no wonder that those tickets went fast. The singer and her camp had since added extra dates to the Australian leg of her tour. Britney?s two engagements in Sydney have now been extended to four and one extra show was tacked onto her appearance in Perth. A recession apparently doesn?t slow down Britney that much. Good for her!
Sir Bob Geldof, David Gilmour and Chrissie Hynde have joined forces to record a song in an appeal to Barack Obama to stop the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US.
The song calls on President Obama to stop the autistic computer hacker from being forcibly removed to the US to stand trial.
The rockers join dozens of celebrities and politicians who have already given their support to a campaign against McKinnon’s extradition for hacking into Pentagon systems in search of evidence of “little green men”.
Geldof, Gilmour and Hynde have recorded a version of Chicago (We Can Change the World) by Graham Nash.
McKinnon’s mother Janis Sharp said: “We need to reach him and ask him to help Gary as I think that is what it’s going to take to change all this by standing up for Gary’s human rights and justice for autistic people.
“I thought music would be the best way to do that. David Gilmour has been a family friend for a long time and he’s asked Sir Bob to get involved because he’s the sort of person you need to tap into governments and politicians.”
The Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers said that he wanted the band’s shows to become more Las Vegas.
He said: ?We had met Jimmy before, at a Comic Relief gig, then we bumped into him again at a party a couple of weeks ago.
?We were just throwing ideas around and having a comedian as part of the show sounded like a Las Vegas thing to do ? it used to be common in the Sixties and Seventies.
?Jimmy seemed to like it so we are giving it a go.?
Few have come forward to try and set the record straight about the rumors surrounding Michael Jackson?s sudden death. However, on Good Morning America, reported real father of the 3 children and the singer?s dermatologist, Arnold Klein, spoke to Diane Sawyer about the allegations. The doctor offered an ambiguous denial that he is the father of the Jackson children saying ?To the best of my knowledge, I am not the father of these children. I can’t answer it in any other way. I don’t want to feed any of this insanity that is going around.? He also firmly denied ever prescribing the late King of Pop any powerful painkillers.
