Plastic surgery stalwart
Michael Jackson
wore a prosthetic nose and it went AWOL as he lay in a morgue, according to a bizarre new report.
A witness who saw the late King of Pop's body lying in a Los Angeles morgue said there was "a small hole where the singer's nose should have been."
The singer's face had been left ravaged after years of plastic surgery, and he apparently had the prosthetic fitted to hide the evidence, according to
Rolling Stone
magazine.
Prosthesis
We're no stranger to the tattle talk that Jacko had a doctored schnoz - that rumour's as old as the hills. But what is new is the gum flapping that the gloved one had a hooter he could whip on and off at his leisure.
Regardless, back to the fable, folks.
The total red alert drama here is that the star's hooter has reportedly gone 'missing'. (Shortly to appear as a centrepiece on eBay no doubt).
A snitch who reportedly witnessed Jacko's body lying in state said: "The prosthesis he normally attached to his damaged nose was missing, revealing bits of cartilage surrounding a small dark hole." Totally hideous.
Word is Jacko's repeated bouts under the knife destroyed his nose - until it caved in and disappeared completely.
"Jackson's face which he had so painfully reworked and concealed from the public for decades now lay out in the open undisguised under the harsh lights," the witness added.
The snitch's claims were backed up by one of Jackson's former housekeepers, Adrian McManus. (Don't you just love how these peeps crawl out of the woodwork at the mere flicker of media attention. Fame floozies, the lot of them.)
The former housekeeper said:"Michael's nose was always a problem. Now and again, he
to cover or support it - it was severely caved in.
*This is where things get a little weird...
"
In his closet, he had a jar of fake noses and stage glue, which he told me he used for disguises. But some were similar to his real nose, just without the hole
."
Now, to say that Jacko had a penchant for plastic surgery is a bit like saying
Madonna
has a thing for dropping her bra straps - painfully obvious. But what's fascinating about Jacko's nip/tucking is the amount of work he had done. While he was still alive he only ever conceded to having two procedures, making him the ultimate poster child for denial.
You've only to look at his transformation over the years to know he was but one scalpel swipe away from morphing into the
.
Poor bugger.
Video: Jackson's face transformation
What catalysed Jackson's body dysmorphia is anyone's guess. But insiders close to the late star believe he caught the surgery bug after he broke his nose in a stage fall in 1979. Snitches say he liked the result so much, he opted for several more surgeries over the course of several years.
Reports say the
Beat It
star had his second nose job in 1980, followed by another in 1984, 1986, and two more in the early nineties to "complete his look".
Another theory is that Jacko went under the knife as a result of childhood bullying. Friends of the star also suggest he was desperate to change his appearance and not resemble his father. Which is altogether tinged with pathos.
A snitch said: "Michael was elated about the fact that with the second nose job he looked less like his father.
"If he couldn't erase Joe from his life at least he could erase him from the reflection in the mirror."
Work in progress
It's also been claimed that Jackson once told an associate that the "greatest joy I ever had was in knowing I had a choice about my face". And that he would regularly describe himself as a "work in progress".
This isn't the first anatomical story to emerge following Jackson's death. First came the report that his brain was removed for pathalogical testing and to help determine his cause of death. Grim.
But it gets weirder still...
A US company is said to have got its mitts on some of the late star's hair burned during the
...and plans to turn it into a set of limited edition diamonds. We kid ye not.
A company spokesperson said: "Our plan is to give people an opportunity to own a diamond made from Michael Jackson's DNA.
"We are currently evaluating Jackson's hair sample to determine how many diamonds can be created.
"This will be a limited collection and we anticipate great interest."
Details
The kid's not my son
The dancer widely believed to be Jackson's secret love child has piped up and denied the tragic King of Pop is his father.
Omer Bhatti
, who was at the centre of love child rumours after he was
snapped sitting with the Jackson clan
at the star's LA memorial, insists Jackson was no more than a "best friend".
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