Michael Jackson went from looking sick to ‘great’ days before death

He does look really skinny here  I don't see how he can go from looking like this to looking "Fantastic" in one day, I think he's lying.

Michael Jackson went from looking sick to ‘great’ days before death: concert CEO By Nancy Dillon / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

6/15/13

During testimony in the Michael Jackson wrongful death suit, AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips seemed to agree that a photo of the pop star six days before his death made him look emaciated and unwell, but claimed he looked ‘fantastic’ at an appearance the following day.

The concert honcho who promoted Michael Jackson's doomed comeback concert series admitted to jurors Friday he couldn't explain why the King of Pop appeared sickly and disoriented six days before his death but seemed "great" at a meeting the next morning.

AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips was asked what happened in the 12 hours between Jackson's disturbing display at his failed June 19,2009, rehearsal and his "fantastic" appearance the next day.

"Did he get a lot of protein shakes?," asked Brian Panish, the lawyer representing Katherine Jackson in the wrongful death lawsuit claiming AEG Live negligently hired and supervised the doctor convicted of overdosing her son.

"I was confused as anybody," Phillips answered.

Panish showed jurors a June 19 wardrobe fitting photo in which Michael appeared pale and emaciated in a white v-neck tshirt.

"He looked great when I saw him. He wasn't dressed in a T-shirt," Phillips said, seeming to agree the photo made Michael look emaciated and unwell.

"He had his hair, his makeup. He did not look like that on the 20th," Phillips said.

Panish also grilled the concert honcho over rehearsal footage that showed Michael using only single 360-degree turns in his "Billy Jean" choreography for "This Is It," as opposed to the "multiple" 360 spins he used in prior shows.

Phillips said he believed Jackson was holding back because it was a rehearsal, not a "full-on" performance.

Katherine Jackson sat in the front row Friday but did not speak to reporters.

A source told the Daily News that her granddaughter Paris Jackson, 15, was still "receiving treatment" following her attempted suicide last week.

The source shot down a report the troubled teen would be released from the hospital Friday

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