Jackson Made Himself Sick, Says Nurse
July 1, 2009 by Amber
Filed under Celebrity, Michael Jackson
The speculation surrounding Michael Jackson’s death is rife, but the most shocking report so far has come from a former nurse who cared for the ailing singer in his last months, who claims that the King of Pop was forcing illness upon himself to avoid tour commitments.
Cherilyn Lee, a nurse for over 20 years, has told CNN how the Thriller singer demanded she give him the powerful sedative Diprivan. Lee refused, but not before both Jackson and his entourage had hounded her about obtaining the drug so the 50-year-old could “get some sleep.”
“I told him this medication is not safe,” Lee said.
“He said, ‘I just want to get some sleep. You don’t understand. I just want to be able to be knocked out and go to sleep.’
“I told him – and it is so painful that I actually felt it in my whole spirit – ‘if you take that you might not wake up.’”
According to Lee, Jackson’s staff contacted her just four days before the singer’s tragic death, requesting the drug again. It had been more than three months since she’d ceased employment with the popstar.
While Lee couldn’t account for why any of Jackson’s entourage would contact her after so long to make such a request, a source from inside the singer’s camp has revealed that Jackson was “trying to make himself sick” in order to avoid playing the complete set of 50 shows his people had signed him up for.
“Like a child who doesn’t want to go to school, Michael thought he could get away from his obligations if he had a ‘note from the doctor,’” entertainment reporter Gerald Posner explained.
Jackson knew, according to Posner, that he would not be “financially penalised” for missing performances if he was medically unfit to go on stage.
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