OH GOOD GRIEF... IT'S AN OPEN GOAL, INNIT?

It's not so much the news that Michael Jackson fell over in a crowd outside a London theatre. It's what he was going to see. With the whole of the West End at his disposal what does he choose? Billy Elliot, that's what.

Now, when Elton John originally wrote the musical version of Billy Elliot, Have I Got News For You got themselves into a load of homophobic hot water by making an "Elton John said he could imagine a bit of himself in Billy" joke. If only they'd kept their powder dry for Michael...

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