300 push-ups a day Jacko 'happy in Middle East'
Michael Jackson is happy in his new life in the Middle East – and is doing 300 push-ups a day, according to his brother Jermaine.
The superstar has been living a reclusive existence in Bahrain, where he is a guest of the king’s son, since leaving the US for the Gulf island after being cleared of child sex abuse charges last year.
Jermaine Jackson told CNN’s Larry King Live his brother was “doing wonderful“.
“He’s gained some weight,” Jackson said.
“He’s happy and he’s running on the beach. I spoke to him.
“He’s doing 300 push-ups a day and doing sit-ups. He’s getting those muscles back and he’s getting ready.”
The singer’s family was also “rebuilding“, Jackson added.
“We are getting back to our lives and we got a lot of good things in store,” he told King.
The Middle East was a “very peaceful place“, he said.
Jackson also denied reports that he had planned to write a sensational tell-all book about his brother, and said he would take legal advice over the claims.
The only book he had wanted to write was an account of his family through the years called Legacy, but publishers had turned it down because it contained “no negativity“, he said.
“There was nothing of any sort of what’s being said now,” he said.
Jackson continued: “I stand behind him 1,000%, like I said, since day one and he’s still that wonderful person that he’s always been.”
His brother would be making music again, including the song he has done for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
“It’s coming along well,” Jackson said.
“It’s been taking a bit of time to get out there but it’s going to be released.”
