During treatment, Jackson made two close friends: a dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, and Klein nurse Debbie Rowe. Rowe eventually became the second wife of Michael Jackson and mother of two eldest children. Far before it became a romantic relationship with him, Jackson is very dependent Rowe emotional support. It is also very dependent on the Klein, for medical advice and trading.
He became the subject of reports of increasingly sensational. In 1986, the tabloid published an article claiming that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to slow the aging process, he describes lying in a glass box. Although the claim was not true, according to tabloid reports which are quoted, Jackson has been spreading false stories themselves. When Jackson bought a chimp called Bubbles the laboratory, it would be more and more separated from reality. It is reported that Jackson had offered to buy the bones of Joseph Merrick (the Elephant ") and even if it is not true, Jackson does not deny the story. Although initially he saw these stories as an opportunity to advertise, it stopped leaking lie to the press, they become more sensational. Consequently, the media have begun to formulate their own stories. These reports have been rooted in public consciousness, inspiring the nickname "Wacko Jacko" Jackson, who came to hate. Responding to rumors that Jackson told Taraborrelli:
Why not tell people I'm an alien from Mars. Tell them I eat live chickens and do the voodoo dance at midnight. They believe what you say because you're a journalist. But if I, Michael Jackson, ie, "I'm an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do the voodoo dance at midnight," people will say "Oh, man, that Michael Jackson is crazy. He cracked. You can not believe a word coming out of his mouth. "
Jackson has worked with Francis Ford Coppola in the film 3-D EO 17 minutes, the captain, which began in September 1986 both the original Disneyland and Epcot in Florida and Disneyland in March 1987 atTokyo. $ 30,000,000 movie is a popular attraction at all three parks. Captain EO attraction then perform at Euro Disneyland after the park opened in 1992. All four parks "Captain EO facilities remain open until the 1990's: move to Paris is the last to close in 1998. Attractions at Disneyland and then return after the death of Michael Jackson in 2010.
In 1987, Jackson broke with the Jehovah's Witnesses, in response to their disapproval of the Thriller video. With the industry expecting another major success, the first Michael Jackson album in five years, Bad (1987), highly anticipated. This is not the triumph topThriller commercial or artistic, but Bad is still a huge success in itself.
Bad album spawned seven singles in the United States, five of them ("I Just Can not Stop Loving You," "Bad," "How You Make Me Feel" "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana ") reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. This is a record for most number one Hot 100 single of the album one, including Thriller. Although the title song of the video was probably from the video for "Beat It" earlier single, "Bad" video was shown as one of the iconic moments of Michael Jackson. It was epic, but colored sand on the bottom of New York City Subway system, with costumes and choreography inspired by West Side Story. In 2008, the album has sold 30 million copies worldwide. Thanks to the Bad album Bruce and Humberto Gatica Swedien won a Grammy in 1988 for Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical and Michael Jackson won a Grammy for best music video, short version of "Leave Me Alone" in 1989. In the same year Jackson won the Award of Excellence at the American Music Awards, because Bad is the first album produced five number one singles in the U.S., the debut album up in 25 countries and best-selling album throughout the world in 1987 and 1988. In 1988, "Bad" won the American Music Awards Favorite Soul / R & B single.