Michael Jackson's former bodyguard has spoken out about his failed £7.5m bid for a lighthouse-inspired 'saddest ever' Grand Designs home. Matt Fiddes, who was a minder for King of Pop over several years, tabled the multi-million pound offer for Chesil Cliff House but saw it rejected by owner Edward Short.
The home on the North Devon coast in Croyde featured on the hit Channel 4 show twice in the past and was dubbed its 'saddest ever' project. But Matt, 44, who runs a martial arts company worth £120m, failed in his efforts buy the art deco lighthouse, which is now being split up and sold as two properties.
He said: "He should have taken my offer as I would have turned one section into luxury apartments and the other into an Airbnb. If it does come on sale for a realistic price I will buy it but not as it is right now as he’s (Mr Short) flogging a dead horse.”
