On prime of being a world-class singer and performer, Michael Jackson was well-known for donning some iconic trend statements. From crimson leather-based fits and lengthy black hair to his white glove, Michael stood out within the music trade.

The American singer roughly first began carrying the glove on his proper hand in 1983 whereas he was on tour and making TV appearances.

However, the Mirror has now identified that the star's glove alternative was really a method of hiding one thing he was ashamed of.

Actor Cicely Tyson spoke about Michael's glove at his memorial service in 2009, after he died on June 25.

Cicely claimed she shared a dressmaker with Michael, and the dialog turned to the King of Pop's glove throughout one go to.

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Cicely stated: "All of a sudden, [my designer] said to me: 'I'm doing this glove for Michael.'"

She went on to say that Michael's Vitiligo had simply began, and that the glove was a method of masking up what he was struggling.

Vitiligo is a pores and skin situation that Michael was coping with starting within the Nineteen Eighties by to his dying in 2009. The NHS describes it as: "Vitiligo is a long-term condition where pale white patches develop on the skin. It's caused by the lack of melanin, which is the pigment in skin."

"Michael was beginning to develop the vitiligo," Cicely stated. "And it started on his hand ... The glove was to camouflage it. That's how that glove came into being."

When pressed on how she knew this, she went on: "I was there when he was creating it."

Michael was as soon as requested why he solely wore one glove. He replied: "I felt that one glove was cool… wearing two gloves seemed so ordinary."

Oprah Winfrey quizzed Michael on his pores and skin color within the Nineties when she interviewed him.

She identified: "The colour of your skin is obviously different than it was when you were younger ... is your skin lighter because you don't like being Black?"

Michael defended himself: "This is the situation, I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin. It's something I cannot help, okay? ... But when people make up stories that I don't want to be what I am it hurts me ... It's a problem for me. I can't control it."