Here are some of the CRAZIEST things Michael Jackson actually owned!
Wait until you hear the REAL story about Michael and his hyperbaric chamber!
12 - Edward Scissorhands How much stuff does someone have to be on
to come up with a story of a dude with scissors for hands?
And who’re the execs who actually said okay to the project?!
Well, apparently when Tim Burton comes calling, and he gets Johnny Depp to sign on, ANY idea
is good.
The risk paid off because the film made almost 90 million dollars on a budget of 20 million.
Edward scissorhands came straight out of Tim Burton’s imagination.
Surprisingly, the story of a guy with scissors for hands was something people were into.
Unsurprisingly, The movie also won the Academy awards for best makeup.
And Michael was one of the people who LOVED Edward Scissorhands.
And when he’s someone with a bank account that had a lot of commas, he bought the iconic
scissor gloves right away.
Allegedly, Michael had expressed interest in playing Edward Scissorhands, but Tim Burton
wasn’t having it.
To be honest, it would have been a totally different movie!
11 - Macaulay Culkin collectibles If there’s ONE person with Macaulay Culkin
collectibles, that person would have to be Micheal Jackson.
You guys remember Home Alone?
That’s what made Macaulay Culkin a household name, juuuuuust in case you didn’t know.
Guess how much money Home Alone grossed?!
476 million dollars!
And it only cost 18 million dollars to make!
It might have been a little weird for most people since there was a 22 year age difference
between Michael and Macaulay Culkin.
But, Macaulay Culkin did come out and say that Michael was one his quote, “legit best
friends”.
He said that Michael was his best friend for a stretch of his life growing up.
And no, Culkin said nothing weird happened between them.
Just like any good friend, he was supportive of Culkin’s professional endeavors.
Apparently, he used to pay whatever money was charged for Home Alone collectables.
He bought signed tapes, posters and even a finger painting made by Macaulay Culkin as
a sign of their friendship.
10 - Batsuit Michael DC Comics fans Unite!
Or is that something only Marvel fans are supposed to say?
Anyways, the greatest pop icon was a big Batman fan.
He was such a huge fan that if it wasn’t for his tough concert commitments and busy
schedules, he would’ve definitely worked as a music composer and singer for the iconic
1989 Batman movie.
He even expressed his desire to play the Riddler in the 1995 Batman Forever movie.
So it really shouldn’t surprise you by him showing his love for the Batman franchise
with a statue of Batman with him underneath the mask.
A little weird maybe?
Or is this just Michael being Michael?
Here’s another interesting story.
According to Stan Lee, in the 90’s Michael wanted to buy the rights to Spiderman.
Why?
Just so he could star as Spiderman in a Spiderman movie!
9 - Pied Piper Michael Michael Jackson was a global star and for
a lot of his life, he was probably the most famous celebrity at that time.
However, Michael was still quite mysterious.
In case you didn’t know it, he also used to love shopping.
He would roam around museums and expensive auctions in order to find expensive stuff
that he could buy.
The paintings he collected were collectively valued at a whopping $900 million dollars.
However, there WAS one oil painting he owned that definitely turned some heads.
It was a painting of Michael Jackson himself, leading a group of kids…..somewhere.
just like the Pied Piper.
The painting was basically the Pied Piper as Michael Jackson.
Let’s just say….it’s not a good look considering all the stories that came out
about Michael.
Well, at least in Michael’s mind, he was doing good for the world and it shows here
that he wanted to portray that in a painting.
8 - Michael Jackson Robotic Head Well, Michael Jackson might have thought of
himself being something of a Tony Stark guy.
Because he had a robotic head made to look like him.
Obviously, Tony Stark’s head armor or robotic head was a lot more relevant and didn’t
look like his face on the outside.
So why does this head exist?
This robotic head was inspired by his movie, Moonwalker.
Well, it’s hard to call Moonwalker a movie, because there’s kinda no plot.
We won’t even bother saying “spoiler alert”, because…..there IS no spoiler.
Here’s basically what happens.
Michael turns into a robot, defeats some enemies, and THEN turns into a spaceship and flies
away.
Did that make sense to you?
Yeah, it didn’t to us either.
Legend has it that whenever this movie is watched by someone, Christopher Nolan cries
in the corner.
Amazingly, the VHS of Moonwalker was #1 on Billboard’s Video Chart for a whopping 22
weeks.
7 - King Michael Apparently Michael having himself painted
was a thing.
He had a lot of different paintings of himself.
And this one was of himself dressed as a king.
Maybe it showed how obsessed he was with his success and how he considered himself to be
the undisputed king of the music world?
Or maybe he just had the mindset of being a king, and it wasn’t about his success
nor material wealth?
There IS a big difference, but that’s a different story.
This particular painting was signed by Michael Jackson himself back in 1995.
Apparently, back in the day, the walls of his Neverland ranch were adorned with many
kitsch, self-mythologising portraits of himself.
Just take a look at some of these other crazy paintings of himself!
Here’s one of him as a knight, and another one of him on another horse.
Yeah, Michael liked paintings of himself.
6 - The white glove Everyone probably remembers Michael with a
white glove on.
Well, that and some other things, such as his red leather jacket, or white socks, or
even the fedora.
His one white sequined glove is probably THE Michael trademark and it’s really its own
thing.
He’s worn the glove in countless concerts, shows and music videos.
But why?
No doubt, the glove was expensive, but it was apparently something that meant a lot
to Michael.
Allegedly, he first started wearing the white glove because it hid his skin condition.
Apparently, Vitiligo first affected Michael on his right hand.
And that’s how Michael became known as “The Gloved One”, and why he owned a sequined
white glove.
Well, he probably had a bunch of em, because who wants to wear the same sweaty glove?!
5 - Stretch Rolls Royce Okay, we don’t need to go into all the expensive
cars that Michael had, because that would be tedious and kind of boring.
But we do have to highlight THIS particular car, since it’s a ridiculously styled stretch
Rolls Royce limo.
It makes sense that Michael wanted to ride in style, but just how much drip DID he want
to have?!
The interior looks like it’s part of the Versace collection.
A lot of 24 karat gold, white leather, and walnut accents.
Basically it’s a rolling Palace of Versaille!
The crazy thing is, he didn’t have just this one stretch limo, but he had 4 more!
How many stretch limos does someone need?!
This reminds of us athletes going broke.
And Michael supposedly was deep in debt.
Find out the reasons why this happens to athletes all the time in this video!
4 - Peter Pan Michael Golf Cart Like we said before, Michael liked to paint
himself.
And that extended to golf carts.
Oh yeah, he also liked Peter Pan, soooo he painted himself as Peter Pan on a golf cart.
Why?
Well, Michael said that he related to Peter Pan.
Michael never had a childhood, so he never had the chance to be a kid.
Peter Pan was a kid who never grew up and it seems like Michael just wanted to always
be like a kid.
Jackson turned his home to Neverland Ranch.
Of course, that was named after Peter Pan’s home of Never Neverland.
His obsession with Peter Pan and all things kids related had the media saying Jackson
had "Peter Pan Syndrome."
Yeah, this golf cart didn’t help.
3 - Michael and Friends Can paintings get any weirder?
Not with Michael.
This painting is just hard to describe.
It can be really weird, really funny, really strange, or even just……really cool.
He had a painting made of himself with icons such as Mona Lisa, Albert Einstein, and Abraham
Lincoln.
And they’re all wearing sunglasses and his trademark one glove.
Why was this made?
Who knows.
We’re still trying to figure out why he put E.T. on there.
Was E.T. really that influential?!
Maybe Michael was working on his humor and was just trolling people by adding E.T. to
this painting.
2 - Hyperbaric Chamber You guys know what a hyperbaric Oxygen chamber
is right?
Basically, it’s a pressurized tube where someone breathes in pure oxygen.
It’s normally used for decompression sickness.
That’s an illness someone gets when they go from one pressurization environment into
another way too quickly.
The machine cures the condition by reducing the size of gas bubbles in the patient’s
blood.
Michael had supposedly had a different motive with the Hyperbaric chamber.
He wanted to live for as long as he could.
And he used a lot of different methods to slow down his aging process.
Allegedly, Michael had said quote “I believe if I treat my body properly I’ll live to
be at least 150.”
So was this one of the therapies Michael tried to use to extend his life?
Did he even own one at all?!
In a 1993 interview with Oprah, Michael Jackson flat-out said that he had never had an oxygen
chamber in his house.
He said that the chamber that he’s seen in was for his charity, “The Michael Jackson
Burn Center.”
He basically said it was a stupid rumor that was completely made up and he was actually
embarrassed about it.
It’s probably safe to say that Michael actually never owned a hyperbaric chamber, since he’s
on tape saying it!
1 - Mannequins Okay, mannequins has to be up there for the
weirdest things Michael owned.
Especially when the mannequins are of kids.
Yeah, the discovery of various mannequins of kids in one of his rooms at his ranch didn’t
exactly help his reputation.
Why were some of these mannequins seated together like they’re in a conversation?
Why were other ones propped up like they’re in a weird yoga pose?
What exactly were the mannequins used for?
Watch this next video to find out about the real reason why athletes go broke!