Peter Andre reveals he hasn’t watched Leaving Neverland as he’s too scared it’ll ‘break my heart’
SINGER Peter Andre has said he refused to watch documentary Leaving Neverland because he's afraid it will "break his heart".
The two-part Channel 4 programme, which aired on the broadcaster last week, documents child sex abuse allegations made by Michael Jackson's two alleged victims, Wade Robson and James Safechuck.
However, the Insania hitmaker, who has always been a huge Jackson fan and friend of the family, explained why he has decided to snub the harrowing documentary for the time-being.
He wrote in his column: "I chose not to watch the film.
"I will eventually, but it's going to be very uncomfortable and the thought of any of it being true is going to break my heart."
He added: "We cannot and must not ignore the voices of any victims, but what if he didn't do it? For me, this is where the problem lies. Shouldn't we wait for some sort of evidence?"
The singer went on to highlight that the Bad hitmaker was previously acquitted of f any wrongdoing when faced with sex abuse claims in 2005 and said that if Michel is ever proven to be guilty then "it's absolutely terrible".
The 46-year-old star's comments comes after he revealed he's still devastated that he didn't get to meet his idol Michael after losing a dance competition against sex abuse accuser Wade.
The Mysterious Girl singer, then 11, was in the final of the contest that Wade claims led to years of sickening sexual abuse at the hands of the King of Pop.
Pete was spotted in the first episode of the controversial two-part documentary alongside Wade wearing a pink and red bow tie and hat.
Speaking for the first time about the moment he almost met Michael, Pete told The Sun Online: "I remember that day like it was yesterday," said Peter as he reminisced about the contest held in Brisbane, Australia, in 1988.
"I was sad for months and months afterwards because the prize was to meet him and I never did - Michael's album Off The Wall was the first I ever bought. We all had to do a video for Michael to tell him why wanted to meet him."
11-year-old Pete came very close to Wade in the dance competition.
He continued: "I felt devastated because I was very close to winning and, obviously, I wanted it to be me.
"I remember talking to Wade at the time, but I never realised it was him [who went on to accuse Michael] until someone pointed it out to me recently.
"The audience went crazy for him because he was very good and he deserved to win it, even though he wasn't the right age. He was just brilliant."
Quizzed on whether he has ever thought about what could have happened if he had won that day, Peter added: "My mind has never gone to that, ever.
"I just wanted to meet him. It was every kid's dream back then to meet Michael and that's what the competition was all about."
Channel 4's Leaving Neverland features the testimony of Wade and fellow accuser James Safechuck.
Wade claims he was just seven when he was first abused by Jackson, and says the singer kept an eerie full-sized replica of Peter Pan next to his bed and he was forced to bend over while being masturbated on from behind.
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Both men swore under oath in 1993 they had never been abused by Michael, but Wade later claimed he had lied in court because the Thiller singer had threatened him and "brainwashed" him into believing the relationship was normal.
TV watchdog Ofcom has received 31 complaints about the documentary's first part, which split Michael's die-hard fans.
Radio stations around the world have been pulling the star's songs from the airwaves amid claims he groomed the young boys.
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