Former bodyguard claims Michael Jackson had a secret girlfriend
One of Michael Jackson’s former British bodyguards claims that he had a secret girlfriend. Matt Fiddes declines to identify her, and also talks at length about Michael’s drug addiction. Problem is, the guy seems to be lying. Sky news has a short clip of their interview with him, and he comes across as dishonest. At several points he has pronounced pauses and “um”s combined with looking downward, one of the classic signs of searching for something to say. And Fiddes doesn’t say anything that hasn’t already been reported in the media in terms of the drug use.
Michael Jackson’s former British bodyguard says the star had a girlfriend in the months before he died, and recalled “confiscating” bags of prescription medicine from the singer out of fear that he might die. Matt Fiddes, a 30-year-old martial arts expert from southwest England, laid full blame for Jackson’s death on doctors who supplied him with prescription medicines, which many suspect lead to heart failure. Fiddes said the doctors had Jackson’s “blood on their hands”.
Fiddes was introduced to Jackson by magician Uri Geller about a decade ago, according to his interview with CBS News’ partner network Sky News. “I never witnessed him actually taking drugs but I knew they were there, and I confiscated packages, and Uri did too,” said Fiddes. “Uri confiscated injection equipment from his room… Uri would scream at Michael, you know, intensely, to stop doing this but we were getting pushed out (by the doctors).”
“We went to great efforts to keep the doctors away. But as soon as we said anything and it got back to Michael, Michael would have a screaming fit that we were interfering with his private life, that he knew what he was doing,” said Fiddes, adding that he believes the star was “in denial.” … “As far as I’m concerned they have Michael’s blood on their hands,” he said of the doctors. “They know what they’ve done and there’s people out there who could have helped, could have stepped in, but didn’t do for financial reasons.” … Fiddes said Jackson was not a “druggie,” and did not use illicit narcotics like cocaine, but that he was addicted to pain killers.
Fiddes would not name Jackson’s alleged secret girlfriend, but said she was “someone special” to the global pop star, and that they had known each other for some time. “I’m not going to name who she is but I think the family were aware that there was someone special in his life who he loved and adored and had his ups and downs with.
“I don’t know how long they’ve been a couple. I know she’s been with him for some time in different capacities but… it’s up to her if she wants it to come out or the family to speak about this very private information.”
[From CBS News]
I’m assuming the person Fiddes is referencing is Grace Rwaramba, one of the Jackson children’s former nannies. It’s been rumored off and on for years that they were secretly together, though nothing ever came of it. But that would make sense given Fiddes comment about Jackson being with the secret girlfriend in “different capacities.”
It sounds to me like this guy is doing nothing more than repeating rumors – both those about Michael’s health and person life. He’s jumping on board and capitalizing while he can, like a lot of other people have done and will continue to do. He seems shifty and like he’s working far too hard to answer relatively simple questions. Especially considering you’d think the guy had talked about Michael a lot lately – this stuff shouldn’t take so long to come to him. He also paints himself in a really heroic light, in terms of trying to save Jackson and keep him away from drugs, while castigating others. It’s like he pulled out the most recent “News of the World” and decided to repeat pages 4 -6 and see if anyone bought it.
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