Lionel Richie
Michael Jackson Stunk So Unhealthy …
He Was Nicknamed ‘Smelly!’
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Michael Jackson could also be remembered because the ‘King of Pop’ … however his pal Lionel Richie remembers him as being one smelly dude — actually nicknamed ‘Smelly’!
The “American Idol” choose talks all about it in his new memoir “Truly,” which debuted Tuesday. He writes the late Quincy Jones is the one who provided up the distinctive nickname … and MJ did not take it too personally as he laughed alongside, “realizing that he was oblivious to the fact that he hadn’t changed or washed his clothes for a couple of days or so.”
Lionel says it wasn’t the “Thriller” hitmaker’s fault — he was continuously on the street and he could not merely rent a dry cleaner, ‘trigger they’d usually steal his garments as a memento! He additionally could not simply drop by a division retailer for brand new garments as a result of his stage of fame, he additional causes.
The “All Night Long” singer writes in “Truly” that Michael due to this fact “got into the habit of wearing the same pants until they were unwearable.”
He additional remembers Michael’s apparel once they’d hang around, penning … “Whenever Michael came to visit me, he was wearing whatever — jeans and a t-shirt. And the jeans were either falling off him or too short to even be jeans and, well, smelly.”
He provides he helped his pal out one time when he observed he was “smelling particularly unkempt” and snuck him house so he may bathe for the primary time in days. He additionally gave him a clear pair of underwear and denims.
Clearly, his hygiene did not have an effect on his skill to churn out hit after hit or his celeb standing. As Lionel writes, all of us have our quirks!
