{"id":402154,"date":"2026-04-28T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/402154\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:43:09","slug":"michael-jacksons-chimp-bubbles-was-not-visited-by-jaafar-online-pics-are-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/402154\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson’s Chimp Bubbles Was Not Visited by Jaafar, Online Pics Are Fake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Jackson’s Chimp
\n Bubbles’ Sanctuary Says No Jaafar Visit
\n … Viral Pics Are A.I.!!!<\/p>\n

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\n April 28, 2026
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Michael Jackson<\/a>‘s pet chimp Bubbles is still living his best life at the Center for Great Apes … but the sanctuary’s had it with the internet running wild with the A.I.-created buzz tied to the late icon’s biopic “Michael.”<\/p>\n

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The Wauchula, Florida-based sanctuary released a statement obtained by TMZ on Tuesday … saying those viral pics of MJ’s nephew Jaafar Jackson<\/a> hanging out with Bubbles are fake — not real, never happened. They add Jaafar’s never even visited … though the invite’s technically open.<\/p>\n

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The sanctuary made it crystal clear — they’re legit, accredited, and not in the business of turning their animals into meet-and-greets. No touching, no interactions … their chimps and orangutans stay protected within secure habitats.<\/p>\n

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They say they appreciate the renewed interest in Bubbles with the biopic — in which MJ’s pet makes an appearance via CGI — but they’re not here for the Hollywood circus — they’re only about care, respect, and protection.<\/p>\n

Bottom line … no visit from Jaafar, no cozy chimp selfies … and no big-screen cameo either — so yeah, the internet might wanna stop monkeying around with the facts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson’s Chimp Bubbles’ Sanctuary Says No Jaafar Visit … Viral Pics Are A.I.!!! Published April 28, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-402154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}