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Wacko Jacko Back on TV?

Posted Oct 7th 2007 10:02AM by TMZ Staff

Transformational Peter Pan fan Michael Jackson will be back on TV in early December as a part of Simon Cowell's British show "X-Factor." The UK talent fest has signed the controversial King of Pop to pop up as a mentor for contestants -- some of whom are as young as 14 -- reports The Sun.

The "X-Factor" stint will be Jackson's first TV appearance since his disastrous 2003 Martin Bashir interview, which preceded Jackson being charged with child molestation and conspiracy, of which he was acquitted in 2005.

It was recently rumored that Jackson would appear in a Las Vegas comeback -- that hasn't happened. Perhaps Simon can lure the gloved wonder out of his self-imposed exile.

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1. Go Michael!

Posted at 10:35AM on Oct 7th 2007 by Pink

2. FIRST.NEVER BEEN BEFORE, NEVER POSTED ANYTHING BEFORE, KINDA COOL.

Posted at 10:35AM on Oct 7th 2007 by supadupa

3. Yeah...I would like to see the old Michael. But...man...doz' beez' some stentions' he gotz' own' dat' head a' hiz'. I think he was a good looking black guy before all the plastic surgery. You gotta' admit... now he makes Andy Warhol look like a good ol' country boy from Iowa.

Posted at 10:45AM on Oct 7th 2007 by Purrrple

4. Why in the world doesn't this freak just go away? No one will ever convince me that he is innocent of child molestation. He is so sick and he has no business having the kids. It is heartbreaking to see them dressed the way they are, with the names he has given them and then the business of him dangling the one over the balcony. Gee it is funny how he didn't have all his familys support in Santa Maria. Of course Janet put in her token appearence and Jermaine, who has had no career and rides the coattails of his brother was there. The Jackson family is a mess and he is the worst...the only one you never hear about is Rebbie....she must have been smart enough to run for the hills. Michael Jackson is sick.....and a criminal too. Hopefully he will someday not beat the rap because once a child molester...ALWAYS A CHILD MOLESTER! He should be in prison where he can be some thugs little boy and he can find out what sharing a bed with a grown-up is really like. Go away Jackson...just go away for good.

Posted at 10:52AM on Oct 7th 2007 by disgusted

5. Broke and totally disgraced sexual predator is going to be unleashed on young boys to help them, isn't this how it started in the first place. Stay in exile, because your time has come and gone, and who knew they Billie Jean really wasn't lover, well all of us.

Posted at 10:54AM on Oct 7th 2007 by Lenn K.

6. The picture of "Senorita" MJ is priceless, but really, they didn't have to do alot to it. He hasn't looked like a man since 1983. Come to think of it he hasn't looked like a black man for about a decade either.

Posted at 11:03AM on Oct 7th 2007 by Not a fan

7. This will be a good look for him. I'm sure we will all be on youtube searching for clips after it airs.

Posted at 11:15AM on Oct 7th 2007 by Tara

8. Talk about trainwreck TV. Michael Jackson, Britney and Lindsay should replace the judges on American Idol. It might be entertaining at that point.

Posted at 11:35AM on Oct 7th 2007 by Juicy Couture

9. He would be a good mentor for young stars. Obviously, he is not going to be alone with them, there will be cameras and producers monitoring his every move.

But he has advice to give to help others avoid the mistakes he has made.

One of us saw him and his brothers in their FIRST EVER television performance after signing with Motown.

They appears with Stevie Wonder in August 1969 at the First Ever National Miss Black America Pageant in Madison Square Garden.

They had not release their first record yet, but the audience was intrigue and watched their performances in awe.

Everyone knew they were going to be big.

When 'I WANT YOU BACK' debuted on the radio in November of 1969, it was an immediate hit. But their voices were even better in person than on that record.

Posted at 11:30AM on Oct 7th 2007 by * MISS UNIVERSE

10. AWESOME! HE NEEDS TO BE ON TV IN THE UNITED STATES. We miss you Michael Jackson! NO matter what his personal life has been like, there is NO DENYING THE TALENT OF MICHAEL JACKSON. BE FAIR TO HIM AND ADMIT THAT.

Posted at 11:32AM on Oct 7th 2007 by YAY!

11. #11- I agree with you he is talented and should be on television. Folsom has a television station for kid-touchers and he would be a star afterhours with the big boys!!!

Posted at 11:41AM on Oct 7th 2007 by Lenn K.

12. these were "our" stars...

Posted at 11:59AM on Oct 7th 2007 by my80's

13. I am still waiting for a reality show with him. That would be amazing. I wonder if he would ever do anything like that. I would tune in for sure.

Posted at 12:02PM on Oct 7th 2007 by ConsumerTreehouse.com

14. F R E A K!

Posted at 12:25PM on Oct 7th 2007 by Dontclaimtobeperfect

15. This is wrong in so many ways !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 12:12PM on Oct 7th 2007 by jimcan

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