Hi All,

I found this while trawling through amp - I almost pissed myself!


Here, without any further ado, is my
favorite Prince-related article EVER!



From the National Enquirer (approximately thirteen years ago):

Michael Jackson: Prince Using ESP to Drive My Chimp Crazy

Michael Jackson is furious at Prince because he's convinced the rival
rock superstar is using ESP to communicate with Michael's pet chimp
Bubbles -- and that's why the mild-mannered monkey has gone on a reign
of terror!
The trouble with Bubbles is the latest and wackiest chapter in a
long-standing feud between the two bizarre singers.
"Bubbles has been acting strangely the past few weeks. He bared his
teeth and acted like he was going to bite Michael," revealed a mutual
friend of the two singers.
"Next, the chimp went on rampages around Michael's home for three
straight days, knocking things over and terrorizing everyone.
"Then Michael heard Prince had mentioned to a friend that he's been
dabbling in extrasensory perception -- ESP -- lately and can
communicate with animals. Prince told the friend, ‘I can even
communicate with Michael Jackson's monkey if I want to.'
"When Michael heard about Prince's comment, he freaked out! He
immediately said it was Prince who was causing Bubbles' erratic
behavior. Michael screamed: ‘Prince has gone too far this time!' "
Convinced Prince is monkeying with his monkey, Michael ordered his
staff to scour the world for an ESP expert who can block Prince's
mental messages to Bubbles -- and told them price is no object, say
sources.
He told friends: "I don't care how much it costs or how long it takes,
I'm going to stop Prince from messing with Bubbles. It's sick. Bubbles
is defenseless and Prince is turning him against me.
"What kind of sicko would mess with a monkey? This is the final
straw!"
The feud between the two singers began in the early 1980s when
Michael, an avid Jehovah's Witness at the time, asked Prince to join
the church -- and Prince just laughed in his face, say insiders. Then
in 1985, when a group of top singers recorded the song "We Are the
World," Prince didn't show up for the recording session. Prince called
the song, which Jackson co-wrote, "trash."
Michael tried to ease the tensions by penning a duet for himself and
Prince. But Prince turned him down. Although the song, "Bad," was a
smash solo hit for Jackson, he never forgave Prince for rejecting him.
And bad blood really began flowing between the two when Prince, who's
had a few career setbacks over the past year, recently fired his
attorney and advisers -- and hired Michael's lawyers.
"When Michael heard about this, he called the firm and made every
lawyer get on the phone and personally pledge their loyalty to him,"
said a source close to Jackson. "This phone call lasted for more than
an hour!"
Jackson also was livid when he heard through mutual friends that
Prince is planning to found his own religion, say sources.
In recent months, Prince has become obsessed with religion. He's
stopped in the middle of some of his concerts to deliver long,
rambling sermons.
He thinks he is the Messiah, sent here to bring a message to man. And
he has told his attorneys he is starting a new religion -- with
himself as the head, confided sources close to the singer.
Prince plans to build a church and preach there. He's ordered his
staff to buy land and have the building plans drawn up, insiders say.
When Jackson learned about Prince's plans, he angrily told the source:
"It's sacrilegious! He's going to burn for this one!"
Confided the source: "Michael thinks Prince is trying to elevate
himself to a God."
But when Prince heard about Jackson's reaction, he told a pal: "I
don't care what he thinks. He's a fossil."
Said a pal of Jackson: "Nobody knows what to expect next from these
guys. Both are talented -- but boy are they weird!"

It reads like a John Waters movie.

Its fantastic!

Years ago I might have laughed at that but knowing the way MJ is now I wouldn't be surprised if he really did think Prince was using ESP on his monkey.

Well, considering MJ's supposedly into voodoo, shouldn't he have been able to hex Prince back for messing with his monkey?

When I saw the title of this thread, I just knew it had to be this article! If I recall correctly, the original article also had photos of MJ & Bubbles on one side of the page, with Prince on the other side, facing them & sticking his tongue out at them!
Journalism at its finest.

Pepina said:

yeah what a load of fucked up shit i read in the paper 2day...
this is meant 2 be from some VanityFair magazine...
MJ & David Geffen in a blood bath ritual 2 put a hex on steven spielberg.

fuck me!
they r digging the bottom of the barrel these mags r now!
so pathetic...