Iain Lee blasts Michael Jackson fans who accuse ‘victims’ of lying as he recalls keeping his own abuse hidden for 25 years
IAIN Lee has hit out at Michael Jackson fans who have accused his alleged victims of lying, recalling that he kept his own abuse hidden for 25 years and even denied that it ever happened.
The comic has previously opened up about being sexually abused as a child, with the 45-year-old sharing that he felt "humiliated" after suffering at the hands of his Scout master at the age of eight.
Iain took to his Twitter page last night while the first half of the controversial Leaving Neverland documentary aired on Channel 4, urging any people who believed that Michael is innocent called in to his talk RADIO show.
In the two-hour film, with the second half due to air tonight, James Safechuck and Wade Robson detailed the horrifying sexual abuse that they allegedly suffered at the hands of music icon Michael.
One cynic tweeted Iain: "@iainlee Wade is a LIAR. He swore under oath MJ never abused him and for 20 years said MJ was a wonderful generous man and great friend...
"In 2012 MJ estate didn't give him a job he wanted and suddenly he remembers being abused and wants money."
Iain retweeted the message and added: "I didn't tell anyone I was abused as a kid for 25 years, I denied it happened. Lying am I?"
However, he then retweeted another cynic without comment, which read: "But Iain, did you go out of your way to defend your abuser... Did you love your abuser and sing nothing but their praises for years?
"If they died would you give a eulogy highlighting how much they meant to you and how the world is a much worse place without them?"
Later in the evening, the I'm A Celeb star added: "Fascinated by the Jackson fans defending him."
When a fan pointed out that there was no evidence to support Safechuck and Robson's claims, he replied: "No evidence I was abused. I could be making it up."
Taking to his social media page again this morning, Iain wrote: "A few people saying [Jimmy] Savile is different as he had 100s of people come out after he died so I wonder what the tipping point would be for Jackson? 10? 50? 200?
"What number of victims need to speak up before they're believed?"
Replying to another cynic who said that the men only wanted money, Iain said: "You know what, if someone who was raped as a kid wants a few quid, I think they probably deserve it."
Last year, Iain opened up about his own experience with sexual abuse during Channel 5's Me and My Mental Health.
He said in the documentary: "A lot of my depression comes around self-loathing, shame and guilt. How do I say this?
";There was a bit of sexual abuse that went on as a kid. A Scout master and stuff, which kind of weighed heavily on me.
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"It is the most horrendous messed-up scenario, it was humiliating and it was shameful, and I remember getting home to my mum and dad and never telling them. I never told them.
"I think it certainly played a part in my depression, what happened to me at the age of eight.
"I can see that as the starting point for it. Because up until then the memories I do have are generally quite happy.
"Now I feel embarrassed and ashamed talking about it, it was 35 years ago."
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