Did Jackson live with his parents at their family home, on Hayvenhurst Drive in the Encino section of Los Angeles, even after “Thriller” took off?
Yes. Although Branca helped Jackson buy a three-bedroom condo in Encino in the early ’80s, the King of Pop could not bring himself to leave his mother, so he remained at the family home until buying Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., in 1988.
Did Jackson keep exotic animals, including Bubbles the chimpanzee and a giraffe, at the Hayvenhurst home?
Yes. The Jackson family accumulated peacocks, tigers, lions, ostriches, dogs and a parrot, as well as Bubbles, who wore OshKosh B’Gosh overalls and learned how to fetch Häagen-Dazs ice cream from the freezer. As for the giraffe, The Los Angeles Times reported that California game officials removed the six-month-old animal, who lacked a permit, from the Jacksons’ home in 1986.
Did Joseph Jackson intercept his son at home, after Michael’s face was bandaged from his first nose job, and say, “Oh, my God, Michael”?
No. In his 2011 autobiography “You Are Not Alone: Michael Through a Brother’s Eyes,” Jermaine Jackson says it was him, not Joseph, who intercepted Michael. “What in the hell happened to you?” Jermaine recalled asking. While Michael didn’t respond (or say it was for his sinuses, as he does in the movie), Jermaine was later told his brother required rhinoplasty after falling in their family home.
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