Bubbles the Chimp: From Michael Jackson's Sidekick to Sanctuary Life

0:00It's April 24th. I'm Corey with The Story. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, driven by AI and built for the culture. With the Michael Jackson biopic dropping in theaters, everyone's buzzing about his wild pet days, especially Bubbles the Chimpanzee. Born in 1983 at a Texas Lab, Bubbles got adopted quick by the King of Pop and became his ride or die sidekick, hitting tours. Studios and Hollywood bashes together. They mashed outfits head to toe, shared a bedroom and neverland with Bubbles in a crib, and tabloids went crazy with fake death stories, like getting. Hit by a Jeep in 1989 or dying in a fire the next year. He even crashed weddings, suited up as Ringbearer for MJ's lawyer in 1987, impressing folks like Quincy Jones with his manners. But as Bubbles hit Chimpanzee years around age 10, aggression kicked in. So MJ sent him to live with trainer Bob Dunn in California, after nearly a decade. Jackson kept visiting, even with his kids in toe, showing that bond never fully broke.

1:04Fast forward to 2005, Bubbles lands his forever spot at the Center for Great Apes in Florida, and at 43 he's thriving in. Retirement painting wild art he won't hand over till it's done. Playfully splashing visitors, and leading his crew of chimps like a boss. The biopic nods to Bubbles and MJ's other pets with slick CGI, skipping real animals entirely, so his chill sanctuary life rolls on undisturbed.