Michael Jackson's Nanny:"I Had to Pump His Stomach Many Times"

Us Magazine - June 28, 2009 2:40 PM PDT
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The nanny who cared for Michael Jackson's three children is providing new insight into the King of Pop's battle with prescription drugs.

In an interview with The Times of London, Grace Rwaramba - who worked for Jackson for more than a decade - reveals that she had to pump Jackson's stomach "many times" after he'd taken a dangerous combination of drugs.

"He always mixed so much of it," Rwaramba, 42, is quoted as saying. "There was one period that it was so bad that I didn't let the children see him. He always ate too little and mixed too much."

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Distraught over Jackson's drug use, she once proposed an intervention, contacting his mother Katherine and sister Janet for help, only to find herself fired by the King of Pop.

"He didn't want to listen; that was one of the times he let me go," says Rwaramba, who started out as an office assistant.

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Rwaramba, who was last fired in December, also sheds light on Jackson's debt (he was reportedly awash in about $400 million in debt at the time of his death).

Last April, when she visited Jackson's children -- Prince, now 12; Paris, 11; and Blanket, 7 -- she had to buy balloons for Paris' birthday because the singer was so broke.

Says Rwaramba, "Michael had no idea about money."

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On Friday, the day after Jackson died, Rwaramba says the singer's mother Katherine called her from Michael's rented L.A. house and asked where he kept his money. "She said, 'Grace, the children are crying. They are asking about you. They can't believe that their father died. Grace, you remember Michael used to hide cash at the house. I am here. Where can it be?'"

She told Katherine to look "at the garbage bags and under the carpets," Rwaramba recalls. "She said, 'Grace, where are you? Come. I will pick you up from the airport.' She sounded so strong. So strong!"

Rwaramba is now meeting with Los Angeles detective investigating Jackson's death.

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  • Pam
    R.I.P. michael and people leave him alone and let him be in god's hands he is free of all the tradgies in his life so let him rest we love u and will remember u always god bless his family and especially his kids i know how hard it is to lose your daddy he was 42 when he died i was only 8 years old and how im 55 and i still think about him all the time so hang in there michael k
    report abuseposted July 2, 2009 10:50 PM PDT
  • Pam
    R.I.P. michael and people leave him alone and let him be in god's hands he is free of all the tradgies in his life so let him rest we love u and will remember u always god bless his family and especially his kids i know how hard it is to lose your daddy he was 42 when he died i was only 8 years old and how im 55 and i still think about him all the time so hang in there michael k
    report abuseposted July 2, 2009 10:50 PM PDT
  • janicel
    dan your a sad lil man let micheal RIP for god sakes!!!!!!!!!!!
    report abuseposted June 29, 2009 9:25 PM PDT
  • dan
    HE SUCKED COOOOOOOK
    report abuseposted June 29, 2009 5:22 AM PDT
  • dan
    HE WAS A %@!*#
    report abuseposted June 29, 2009 5:22 AM PDT
  • dan
    MIKE WAS PRETADOR FOR KIDS
    report abuseposted June 29, 2009 5:21 AM PDT
  • dan
    HE FAKED HIS DEATH
    report abuseposted June 29, 2009 5:20 AM PDT
  • dan
    MJ IS IN HELL
    report abuseposted June 29, 2009 5:15 AM PDT
  • dan
    THE %@!*# WAS HUNG WITH A SHOE STRING
    report abuseposted June 29, 2009 5:14 AM PDT
  • Arnold
    A STAR WAS SENT TO SHINE AMONG STARS ON EARTH AND THE STAR HAS BEEN CALLED BACK TO TAKE ITS PLACE IN THE GALAXY OF STARS MAY YOUR LIGHT CONTINUE TO SHINE UPON THE UP COMING STARS ON EARTH LIKE US WE'LL ALL MISS YOU MJ..i still can't believe u've gone so soon..I grew up wit MJ's songs in my heart everyday at home and at school even now at work my favourite "
    report abuseposted June 28, 2009 11:15 PM PDT
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