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Jackson’s Dermatologist Talks Michael’s Drug Use, Acne Problem

11/6/09, 12:36 pm EST

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Dr. Arnold Klein, Michael Jackson’s personal dermatologist and a subject of scrutiny in the months following the singer’s death, sat down with TMZ’s Harvey Levin for a 90-plus minute interview that revisits Jackson’s alleged prescription drug use and his insecurity over his acne.

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“He was in the hands of doctors who didn’t know what they were doing,” Klein told TMZ, adding that Dr. Conrad Murray, the focus of the investigation into Jackson’s death, was both unqualified to administer Propofol and shouldn’t have been offering the drug to Jackson in the first place. TMZ asked Klein about medical records showing that Klein himself administered Demerol to Jackson at a frequent rate — at one point, there were 179 procedures in three months — but Klein responded by saying the treatments were necessary as he attempted to “rebuild” Jackson’s face.

“Do you know how terrible his acne was? He wouldn’t go to school. He used to tell me he would scrub his face with brillo because he thought it would help his acne. He had some really severe acne scarring,” Klein said, adding later, “Do you know how many weekends I spent doing this, trying to rebuild his face? It’s not easy.” Klein reiterated that it was Jackson’s Propofol addiction that caused the singer’s premature death, which was eventually ruled a homicide.

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Dressed similarly to Joe Jackson, Klein also took a shot at everyone from the Jackson family to law employment agents who are looking to profit in the wake of Jackson’s death. “That’s why this whole thing bothers me, because you get a famous person who dies, and everybody wants to be in front of the spotlight. It becomes really appalling to me,” Klein earnestly said — in an interview with TMZ.

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Bondo | 11/6/2009, 12:44 pm EST

Including you Dr. Klein.

Estila | 11/6/2009, 12:46 pm EST

Klein seemed like he was drunk or high. It seems like this ia smoke screen for his past involvement with MJs prescription drug use a few years back.
Klein wants attention so bad. If he thinks his client list has shrunk before I think most celebs will run far away from this strange character.

Oh no! | 11/6/2009, 12:55 pm EST

When will he stop?

What a publicity hound!

“That’s why this whole thing bothers me, because you get a famous person who dies, and everybody wants to be in front of the spotlight. It becomes really appalling to me,” …

LOL!!!

francie | 11/6/2009, 1:02 pm EST

i watched 10 minutes of the interview and couldn’t continue. Klein is an idiot — talking a mile a minute, speculating, postulating. i doubt there was a fact in that interview. even the TMZ guy was getting frustrated and rolling his eyes – so you know it’s gotta be bad if even they can’t fathom what the guy is talking about. idiot people. talk about vultures — the whole lot of them!

Anonymous | 11/6/2009, 1:03 pm EST

The question is to Klein is…

Are you or are you not the actual sperm donor for two of the 3 kids?

Parasite | 11/6/2009, 1:04 pm EST

Klein is a parasite. He loves the spotlight just as much as Jermaine, Latoya and the rest money-hungry Jackson family (with a few exceptions).

I cannot wait to see him in a aronge jumpsuit…He is like a bad rash…Just cannot get rid of him.

Anonymous | 11/6/2009, 1:14 pm EST

This guy makes me sick, when will we ever get rid of him, he is such a hypocrite saying people are out looking for the soptlight because Michael died well guess what? your one of them, get lost. Don’t believe a word this idiot says, he was no friend of Michael’s.

Anonymous | 11/6/2009, 1:29 pm EST

NO friend is RIGHT what a jerk!!!! He said should keep his Damn mouth shut and go back the corner he drug himself out of If you ask me HE had alot to do with MJ death

angie | 11/6/2009, 1:42 pm EST

come on!! there is a reason MJ felt so damm lonely, with this friends and super brothers who have no problem going oput to the media to spread more crap on MJ reputation, and enemy could not have done the job better!!!! if you pay attention, his true friends, grace, chris, liz have been very reserved.

A fan | 11/6/2009, 1:47 pm EST

I look forward to hearing AK’s day in court.

Steph | 11/6/2009, 1:53 pm EST

Please don’t post any news articles with TMZ as the source or Arnold Klein. It’s trash and RS is above that type of reporting. Too bad MJ attracted this type of person in his life, who is willing to spew anything just to get in the limelight.

Karen John | 11/6/2009, 1:58 pm EST

Klein is exactly the kind of parasitic leech Michael Jackson talked about. How right Michael was!

Murphy | 11/6/2009, 2:07 pm EST

(Finger to throat.)

intentions | 11/6/2009, 2:07 pm EST

TMZ sucks!!!

bh in ut | 11/6/2009, 2:09 pm EST

Yeah Dr. Klein all those around MJ are trying to profit off of MJ, Dr. Klein, do you mind if TMZ takes your pic Dr. Klein. How much for an interview, Dr. Klein. You know so much about MJ’s acne, we need to know more Dr. Klein.

intentions | 11/6/2009, 2:10 pm EST

and Klein talks shit.

Em | 11/6/2009, 2:13 pm EST

I watched/listened to the entire 90 minute interview. What was appalling is that he name dropped (other physicians, patients), placed blame on these people for poor procedures, claimed he was the BEST dermatologist that could be had, stated that he couldn’t have “helped” Michael more than he had … I honestly believe in some ways he did try to explain Michael’s weaknesses in an informative manner as a friend and he definitely extolled Michael’s virtues, however, the whole motive behind the interview is questionable. He definitely had a bone to pick with one doctor in particular and Debbie Rowe. Seemed pretty personal.

No clue | 11/6/2009, 2:31 pm EST

This guy really has no clue. I can’t imagine him having much of a practice left. What ever happened to doctor-patient confidentiality? Doesn’t it still apply after the patients death?

Guy | 11/6/2009, 2:39 pm EST

…and how much were you paid…..???

Make it stop | 11/6/2009, 2:40 pm EST

Good grief! How much is TMZ paying him for this crap? Next he’ll be on “Dancing With The Stars” dancing to “Beat It”…which is what I wish he would do. Please make it stop!…:-o

Annonymous | 11/6/2009, 2:46 pm EST

Michael will have his day in heaven and all the haters,lairs they are going to suck salt

Andrea | 11/6/2009, 4:36 pm EST

Dr Arnold Klein………
” SHUT UP !!!!!! “

Anonymous | 11/6/2009, 5:15 pm EST

TMZ may suck, but they were first to accurately report MJ’s death.

They are right more often than they are wrong.

Hmmmm | 11/6/2009, 5:17 pm EST

“lairs are going to suck salt”

Pardon?

Meghan Collins | 11/6/2009, 6:43 pm EST

Dr. Klein contradicted himself repeatedly. He offered stories as new and untold that had been in the cheap tabloids for a long time. He talked about the first allegations against MJ as if the DA had a case which they did not. Chandler did NOT give an clear account of MJ’s body — that was one of the holes that left them unable to bring charges against him. Klein told the Prince and MJ possible team on Beat IT as if it were new info – He even said this was a story nobody knew. Well I have a CD with Quincy Jones telling the story. I was very sad to see that Klein was just one more person willing to sell out Michael’s trust and bastardize his name with tabloid sensational lies. If one compares Klein’s TMZ interview with the one he gave Larry King right after MJ’s death – we see two very different personas. With the drug investigations into Klein’s own conduct -we suddenly see a man who is willing to charm and dance around the truth – tossing pieces of mud all over MJ in the hope of somehow clearing his own name. I was not impressed with Klein’s comments about how much he loved MJ. If that is love it’s an Iscariot type of love.
I found this very sad indeed. If he and Liz Taylor are still good friends I hope she makes some statements to him and then to the world about how off the mark and laced with damning 1/2 truths he’s cutting words about Michael were. Klein showed himself to be a coward. I had originally thought better of this man.

Gabriella -- | 11/6/2009, 7:21 pm EST

I wonder how much TMZ paid that bitch to say those things

TMZ “SUCKS” You can’t believe what those guys say.

Rachel | 11/6/2009, 8:34 pm EST

Guess Dr Klein doesn’t know the meaning of HIPPA..confidential medical info..do you know what that is Dr Klein? Sad..BTW, Dr Murray is an idiot..I take comfort in the fact that we have MJ’s music to remember him by..This is it is a great film but we the true fans miss him..may the vultures disappear forever..RIP MJ love you..

mercy | 11/7/2009, 1:08 am EST

Quack Quack Quack looks like a duck walks and talks like a duck gee must be a duck. Quack Quack Quack that s all I gotta say about that.

Wendy | 11/7/2009, 3:20 am EST

Harvey did what he had to do to get people to his website so Verizon and Blackberry would get customers from the adds on TMZ’s page. Well, I already have Verizon and a Blackberry, Harvey. You wasted your money on that 90 minutes Arnie Klein crap. Dr. Klein couldn’t focus on one subject for more than 30 seconds. I hope all of his patients saw that interview and decided to go to a different doctor, one who can concentrate on one issue at a time. He comes across as a lonely old man who wants to tell stories of the old days, not a valid source.

stacy | 11/7/2009, 4:23 am EST

He is telling some of the truth!
The man tried to help but could not. Michael was a secretive, stubborn. He had many secrets that we do know about. I do not think MJ was honest to his family or friends.
I am a fan but I wonder why he did not help his family financially. He was the king of pop why not transfer the title of Encino home to his mother. that shows that he was selfish and wanted all the fame and did not want to share with his brothers. May be God will forgive him.

Heather | 11/7/2009, 4:54 am EST

I follow Elizabeth on Twitter and I couldn’t find Klein on her twitter list anymore unless I’m mistaken.

coachmaddog | 11/7/2009, 9:15 am EST

Pathetic drug addict

claeice | 11/7/2009, 10:23 am EST

I think Klien and Nurray are both quacks. A lot of others are too. As for as family thier must be a reason, he loved his mother so much, she is probably the only one who allowed him to be himself, Joesph did not. He didn’t put the house in her name because he had children.

mi | 11/7/2009, 5:33 pm EST

that picture is gonna give me nightmares

Get your fact straight | 11/7/2009, 6:56 pm EST

@stacy | 11/7/2009, 4:23 am EST
“he did not help his family financially”?

Michael BOUGHT Encino home FROM HIS FATHER and rebuilt it for the Jacksons. His parents and siblings all lived there.

He went on Victory Tour for his brothers. He could perfectly have gone solo then.

Michael is still paying the Encino home (his estate pays the mortgage) and providing his parents (through his mom), which he always did.

Tell us about any celeb or non-celeb who did for his/her family anything like anyone of all the things Michael did for his family.

He lost his own home and left behind 3 children, do you think Encino home should go to his parents and siblings instead of his children?

liz | 11/8/2009, 2:52 am EST

stacy,

if anything MJ owned the title of that Encino compound because he bought it from JOe. and Mj always paid all the bills,taxes, maintenance for it–as well as giving his mother a monthly stipend.

what more can anyone want?

and MJ also bailed out the brothers so many times in his lifetime.

Joe more often than not only went to see his son to accost him for some dubious business deal and nab him for money.

as for Klein– true, he did help Mj with his acne and skin problems which made Mj beholden to him and probably made it difficult for Mj to rid him out of his life even if he wanted to.

Bebe | 11/8/2009, 10:42 pm EST

For stacy, Michael did support his family financially. It appears that whole clan was living off Michael. Had he given the title of the Encino home to his mother, his father or brothers would surely have conned her into mortgaging it. Eventually she would have lost it. Michael was doing his best to protect her. Remember, this was a woman who allowed her husband to beat her children.

JB | 11/9/2009, 11:57 am EST

Pot. Kettle. Black.

mjweloveyou | 11/9/2009, 4:42 pm EST

Arnold Klein has just been added to the hit list.

Gombus | 11/10/2009, 8:58 pm EST

Yikes…Look at that pic! The skin tone almost implies this pic was taken very recently…

Quintessential | 11/17/2009, 9:32 pm EST

I wonder if MJ had survived the “overdose” in June 09 would the comments over the past months made by so many people expressing their love and understanding of his situation be the same today. MJ’s message was clear: Look in the Mirror – Take a Look at Yourself and Make That Change then and only then will we be able to Heal the World to Make it a Better Place.

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