Jackson’s Personal Chef Speaks Out
The late Michael Jackson’s personal chef Kai Chase gave the Associated Press an interview this week, giving readers a glimpse into the final, frantic moments of Michael Jackson’s life and the chaos that consumed the Jackson household on June 25.
Read the gripping account here:
In the morning, when she arrived for work, Chase said she would see the doctor coming down the steps carrying oxygen tanks. When Murray didn’t come downstairs the morning of June 25, “I thought maybe Mr. Jackson is sleeping late,” Chase said.
“I started preparing the lunch and then I looked at my cell phone and it was noon. About 12:05 or 12:10 Dr. Murray runs down the steps and screams, ‘Go get Prince!’ He’s screaming very loud. I run into the den where the kids are playing. Prince (Jackson’s oldest son) runs to meet Dr. Murray and from that point on you could feel the energy in the house change.
“I walked into the hall and I saw the children there. The daughter was crying. I saw paramedics running up the stairs.”
At that point, Chase said, the small group that was gathered — the children, their nanny, a housekeeper and Chase — held hands and began to pray. As paramedics raced up to the room, Chase recalls, “We were all praying, ‘Help Mr. Jackson be O.K.’
“Then everyone was very quiet.”
At about 1:30 p.m. she said security guards told her and other staff to leave the property because “Mr. Jackson was being taken to the hospital.”
When she came outside, she said, ambulances were in the courtyard and a crowd had gathered.