Being celebrity makes me a target: Jackson

Michael Jackson said in a television interview that many of the news reports about him are ‘‘fiction’’ and that his celebrity status makes him a target.

Jackson was barred by a gag order from talking about the molestation charges he faces. But he said in a wide-ranging interview with the Fox News channel’s At Large W/Geraldo Rivera programme to be aired on Saturday that he believes the truth about him will ultimately come out.

‘‘The bigger the star, the bigger the target. I’m not trying to say I’m the super-duper star, I’m not saying that,’’ Jackson said in the interview.— AP/PTI