Cicely Tyson told Larry King (CNN): 'Michael Jackson's white hand glove was to cover the skin disease vitiligo'!

Cicely Tyson reveals to CNN: ‘Michael Jackson’s white hand glove was to cover the vitiligo! Last week Emmy Award winner Cicely Tyson – who has been a friend of Michael since the 80′s – told Larry King (CNN) about how Michael Jackson came to wear the glove and saying that it was due to Jackson having vitiligo. Tyson told Larry King that the two shared a fashion designer and she was there when the glove was being created. And it all does make sense: The ‘single white glove’ (later covered in silver sequins) made its television debut on Michael’s left hand during his stunning performance of “Billy Jean” at Motown’s 25th anniversary TV special in 1983 – and it was also featured in the “Billy Jean” videoclip. And both his ‘white fingertape’ and the ‘white armbrace’ can be related to the same purpose – for, there have several related theories about the true purposes of these wicked attributes! Vitiligo is known for manifesting first on the hands – see the picture below (Michael Jackson’s hands are not included). Nevertheless, Michael Jackson was able to create some magic around the hand & arm features by telling his audience some ‘Wacko Jacko’ stories. Michael was once asked why he was wearing the piece of stage clothing offstage (actually in a hospital burn unit) and in a most innappropriate circumstance and he replied, “this way I am never offstage.” Cicely Tyson revealed to CNN that she and Michael Jackson shared a fashion designer in the 1980s: “All of a sudden, he [the designer] said, ‘I’m doing this glove for Michael’. Michael was beginning to develop the vitiligo and it started on his hand. The glove was to cover the vitiligo; that’s how that glove came into being.” The glove design and reason for it were not just hearsay for Tyson, she said. “I was there when he was creating it.” SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER READING: In memoriam: ‘The hands of Michael Jackson’! • Michael Jackson’s hand cast at Madame Tussauds! • Michael Jackson’s hands: a clue to his sudden death? • Michael Jackson’s single white hand glove! • Michael Jackson’s hands: a manicurist’s worst nightmare! Over the years the “King of Pop” used many hand gloves.

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