My favorite Queen story involving Michael Jackson......
Bubbles the chimp delayed Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury's duet | Daily Mail Online
The Queen frontman, who was famed for his tempestuous nature, finally stormed out of the recording after telling friends: ‘I’m not performing with a f****** chimp sitting next to me each night.’
‘Freddie got very angry because Michael made Bubbles sit between them and would turn to the chimp between takes and ask, “Don’t you think that was lovely?” or, “Do you think we should do that again?” After a few days of this, Freddie just exploded.
‘He phoned his manager and told him to “get me out of this zoo”. Freddie then flew back to London, leaving the track musically unfinished.’