Los Angeles, March 22 Actor Robert Pattinson, who is preparing for the release of his upcoming film ‘The Drama’, has revealed that he once got into trouble for lying that his father was Michael Jackson.
As a schoolboy, the star played a song by the late King of Pop, who died in June 2009 at the age of 50, during show and tell, and Robert lied to his classmates that it was his father, Richard, singing because he had "been taking this medicine called ginkgo biloba", according to ‘Female First UK’.
Appearing on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’, Robert, 39, shared that he has lied since he was a child, as he said, "I kind of thought it was something I did when I was older, just because of interviews, but I did get into a lot of trouble for doing that”.
Jimmy, 58, pressed Robert on where he "got into trouble", to which the actor replied, "I got into trouble at school. I told my classmates that my father was Michael Jackson during show and tell. Do you know ginkgo biloba? I always really liked the name of the pills. And then I guess my parents were both taking that, and I had this tape, I just recorded a tape, Michael Jackson's actual album, recorded it, and said, 'My father has been taking this medicine called ginkgo biloba, and this is him singing. And I got in a lot of trouble for that’”.
As per ‘Female First UK’, Jimmy joked that Robert could now lie "all the time" to his 34-year-old wife, actress Suki Waterhouse, and her two-year-old daughter, whose name has never been publicly revealed, about Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, and the Easter Bunny.
However, the actor believes his daughter will see through the lie. He said, "I don't think she'll believe me. Already, I can tell, she can see through me very, very easily”.
Jimmy suggested that perhaps the actor's daughter also has a penchant for lying. The actor revealed, "She could find it very easy to lie to herself. She'll walk into a room, she's like, 'I see… a giraffe!' And I'm like, 'You do?' And it's incredibly convincing. She's either got a sixth sense, or she's a fantasist”.
In 2022, Robert shared how he lied to his classmates that he was "importing drugs on floppy discs" to impress older children at school.