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Rebecca Cook

Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee was ‘hit across room’ when he ‘misbehaved’, new doc claims

Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee Bubbles “was hit when he did something wrong”, claims primatologist Jane Goodall in an interview with Ross Kemp.

The former EastEnders star investigates what happened to the famed musician’s animals at his Neverland ranch, which included elephants, giraffes and tigers, as part of a new ITV documentary.

The Beat It hitmaker had a pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, who was reportedly “hit across the room” in order to discipline him, conservationist Jane Goodall, 87, has claimed in a new interview with Ross.

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