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Wanna Be Starting Something: Liberace’s Gay Lover Says He Had A Freaky Down Low Six-Year Relationship With Michael Jackson

Was MJ moonwalking on some man-backs?? Liberace’s Lover Says He Has Gay Relationship With Michael Jackson Liberace ‘s former lover is opening up about an affair he had with Michael Jackson. Via NY Daily News reports: Scott Thorson, whose memoir about his relationship with the rhinestone-loving Liberace inspired HBO flick “Behind the Candelabra,” claims that he and the King of Pop had a years’-long romantic relationship. “Liberace introduced me and Michael in the late 1970s,” Thorson, 54, told The Sun. “It was right around the time ‘Thriller’ was coming out and Michael and I became lovers.” Thorson also says that Jackson joined Liberace at his compound in Palm Springs to heal after undergoing plastic surgery at the same time. He first spoke out about the affair to The National Enquirer in 2004, when he described his initial sexual encounter with Jackson at the home of the late British female impersonator Danny La Rue. “I was standing only a few feet away from Michael when he motioned with his hand to come over to him and join him in bed,” Thorson told the tabloid. “I climbed onto the bed. Our lovemaking session lasted about an hour.” (At the time of the report, Jackson’s attorney Steve Cochran denied the report to the Daily News, calling Thorson’s story is “false trash.”) But Thorson’s interview for The Sun maintains that the extent of the affair was much longer than a few quick trysts, as he once said. “Our relationship went on for six or seven years,” Thorson told the newspaper. “Michael was very generous, too. He treated me well.” Though Thorson is enjoying a moment of recognition, thanks to HBO’s Liberace biopic, he was only able to see the Hollywood representation of his life after a brothel owner bailed him out from jail last Sunday. This guy sounds like an attention slorin’ bitter beyotch. This story is patheitc. A shabby, bitter old fool longing for his salad days with long deceased lover, Liberace, lashes out by hurling ugly, unproven accusations at a second equally deceased man. Deadbeats Attacking the Dead coming to a bookstore near you! RON GALELLA, LTD./WIREIMAGE

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WATCH: Will ‘Behind The Candelabra’ Convey Liberace’s Cultural Impact?

The new trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra   sure is compelling, but will the HBO movie do justice to Liberace ?  The clip leaves little doubt that  Michael Douglas , who plays the flamboyant entertainer in this tragicomic love story, and Matt Damon , who portrays his much younger lover, Scott Thorson , are going to be memorable, and that Soderbergh has taken a measured approach to the camp aspects of this story. But what I can’t tell from the footage is whether  Behind The Candelabra will give Liberace his due as a pioneering postwar performance artist. Liberace’s Cultural Impact It’s easy to mock Liberace’s extreme sequin & fur vibe and lifestyle, but, the reality is, he was a show-business maverick who had an incredible influence on American pop culture. For better or worse, you can trace jump-suited Vegas-era Elvis , Elton John , 1970s glam rock, Siegfried & Roy , Madonna , Lady Gaga and even elements of   The Incredible Burt Wonderstone   to Liberace’s show-business DNA. Way back in the conservative 1950s, he was swanning into American homes via a syndicated television show and mesmerizing audiences with a combination of shock and schmaltz. Even if he never did come out of the closet, he still broke down a lot of barriers just by letting his freak flag fly. I’m sure that Liberace’s cultural significance is not lost on Soderbergh, but I do hope Behind The Candelabra acknowledges it in some smart way. Even if it doesn’t, I’ll be watching when the film premieres on HBO on May 26. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter.

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