Michael Jackson Moves To 12-Fireplace Mansion In Bel Air

LOS ANGELES — The King of Pop is back _ in town, that is.

Michael Jackson has signed a yearlong lease on a mansion in the swanky Bel Air area of the city, a spokesman for the singer said Wednesday.

Jackson has been staying in the estate for about a month, said spokesman Tohme Tohme, who called the property "a little bit more than an average home."

The lease agreement is for $100,000 a month. The home has seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and 12 fireplaces.

Jackson, 50, relocated to the city with his three children to be closer to Hollywood and the entertainment industry, said Tohme, promising that "the second half (of his career) will be better than the first."

Comments

[CoderX]

Maybe Michael and Phil Spector could team up for a movie. Call it Creep and Creepier.

[WFV]

I have been a fan for years. It's too bad his whole lifestyle became so bizzarre. If he can stay with the adults and find companionship,he might be ok. He may still have some music left to share. Time will tell.

[rhubardpi]

This cat needs a new taxidermist......or vice versa..

[Seven7s]

KING of POP. Hated for no other reason than his looks and other people's jealousy that they will never achieve what he has in the music industry or in life period. I dont own any albums except for his greatest hits and the man can put out a double CD of hits maybe even a triple CD set.

So many hateful comments from complete losers whos only recourse is repeating corny jokes they got from their teenagers.

Please do get a life. Im not saying you have to love the man. But you're only embarrassing yourselves with outdated "kiddy-white woman - and other corny jokes about a man far more talented and greater than you.

Ask yourself this question haters. After your ignorant rants are you any less of a loser? NOPE. So stop it and do something more constructive. Like die.

[chip6bass]

So he's back in Bel Air after p'ing off his arab backers? i somehow thought he'd be comfy on the Palm Jemiragh and we could all just forget him.

[Skeptiqone]

Maybe Fantasia could move in.

[UncleJimbo]

As long as the police don't find any Big Wheels in the Driveway,he's OK!

[marymansour]

Michael is mostly likely chilly. He just returned from Bahrain - that place is a scorcher.

[Horus]

Whatever! You can dog on Michael all day but personally I like drinking Wine out of coke cans.

[ABCD]

Why that's just Jesus Juice.

[MarkInVA]

HIDE THE KIDS...QUICK!

[MoeJava]

$100K a month rent? With this bad economy and all sorts of houses being foreclosed, you'd think he could find something cheaper....... I'll just bet his rich friends and enablers are footing the bill - sort of like all those millionaires who used to pay Ron+Nancy Regan's rent.

Wasnt MJ near filing bankruptcy?

Wonder what he did to get booted out of the Middle East?
Did the wrong person encounter him whilest he was hidden by one of those Burkas?

[JScott]

And I have seen a few homes in Bel Air that could be nothing but foreclosures-remodeling stopped midway, untended landscaping, no window coverings.

[rmosey]

Its interesting that most comments are targeted to how he looks like, instead of what he's done in the music industry. OOH wait a minute, i've been hearing for years now that he is broke/close to file for bankruptcy.

Lots of negativity from most media outlets. Whether you like it or not, he is the KING OF POP, and no one will take that away from him.

Just live with it haters

[WilliamProc]

HE says he's the King of Pop, whatever that means! I stopped listening to him when Thriller was released. He has no relevance to R & B, Pop, or Hip-hop anymore! He's a booger drying on the wall of music history!

Just live with it!

[rmosey]

hahaha, no relevance???? Look at all pop, r & b, hip hop artists of today. They all idolize MJ.

Just leave him alone and go on with your life. He will never be broke because of the smart investments he made. He doesn't need another album to prove a thing. He is a living legend.

Truth hurts huh!!!

[Horus]

Dude Michael will always be the self-proclaimed king of pop. No matter how many alleged kids he rapes.

[one4obama]

A newly registered name. Let me guess, you don't want anyone to see what hate filled comments you have made about others???

[grailknight]

Most over-rated performer--ever! Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Christopher Walken have shown better moves.

[ColoradoDan]

As scary as Heath's Joker is ... suddenly popping out of your bedroom closet at midnight, which of these two would scare you most ?

The Joker ... or M J?

[LMPE]

Given all those wildfires in So Cal, wouldn't 12 fireplaces be kind of dangerous?

No matter, Jacko looks like a dastardly genetic experiment gone horribly wrong. I can't understand why anyone wants to be associated with him.

[JScott]

Well starting Mar. 2009 there will be a SCAQMD rule that in all new construction and remodeling (if a fireplace is involved) that there will be no more woodburning fireplaces (particulate matter) only gas logs or no fireplaces at all, but actually it's one of the last places in Calif. to do this, most of the rest of the state already has this rule.

[rhubardpi]

This poor devil needs to go on a nice hunting trip with that great chicken hawk dick cheney......