The famous women Michael Jackson ‘loved’

Michael Jackson claimed to have relationships with some of Hollywood’s most beautiful stars — but the women themselves tell a very different story.

At the height of his fame, Michael Jackson was often seen in public with a beautiful woman just as famous as him on his arm.

He took Madonna as his date to the 1991 Oscars, sang on stage with Cher and attended parties with Diana Ross.

But according to one of his alleged child sex abuse victims, Jackson’s rumoured romances with famous women was all an act, designed to hide something more sinister.

The singer, who died in 2009, is facing renewed claims he sexually molested boys, with James Safechuck and Wade Robson detailing their alleged experiences in Leaving Neverland.

“I remember Michael saying to me that he’s going to have to have these public relationships with women so that people don’t think anything,” Mr Safechuck said of Jackson’s marriage to Lisa Marie Presley in May 1994.

“He would always say that he is going to get married, he said he would have to get married at some point but it wouldn’t mean anything.”

Michael Jackson and Madonna at the 1991 Oscars. Picture: Ron Galella/WireImage

Michael Jackson and Cher in 1983. Picture: Barry King/WireImage/Getty Images
In addition to allegations he was a paedophile, Jackson’s claims he had relationships with some of Hollywood’s most beautiful women was never believed by his close family and friends.