Bubbles is a Common Chimpanzee, known for his association with the American recording artist Michael Jackson, who adopted the three-year-old chimp from a cancer research clinic in Texas in 1985. The pair enjoyed a close relationship, which many media sources mocked. The association—along with other factors—led the public to think of Jackson as a bizarre eccentric, obsessed with recapturing his childhood, and he was subsequently dubbed "Wacko Jack...
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Bubbles is a Common Chimpanzee, known for his association with the American recording artist Michael Jackson, who adopted the three-year-old chimp from a cancer research clinic in Texas in 1985. The pair enjoyed a close relationship, which many media sources mocked. The association—along with other factors—led the public to think of Jackson as a bizarre eccentric, obsessed with recapturing his childhood, and he was subsequently dubbed "Wacko Jacko". Among several outings during his time with the entertainer, Bubbles sat in for the recording sessions of the Bad album and escorted Jackson for the filming of the "Bad" music video. During Jackson's accompanying world tour, the chimp and the singer shared a two-bedroom hotel suite in Japan.
Bubbles had initially resided at the Jackson family's Encino home, but moved to Neverland Ranch in 1988, where he slept in a crib at the corner of Jackson's bedroom. Bubbles was allowed to use Jackson's private toilet at the ranch, although the chimp...
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