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Freddie Mercury refused to work with Michael Jackson after King of Pop brought pet llama into studio

Freddie Mercury refused to work with Michael Jackson after the King of Pop brought a pet llama into the studio.

He told them that, in 1983, when Queen was taking a break before Mercury gave his iconic performance at Live Aid 1985, and Jackson was between Thriller and Bad, they had a joint recording session that was left unfinished because of a llama. The Post noted that, in the 2012 documentary Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender, Queen's manager, Jim "Miami" Beach said the artist reached out to him about the unwanted guest in Jackson's home studio in Encino, Calif. Jackson, who died June 25, 2009, of acute propofol intoxication, was known for having many exotic pets, including a chimp named Bubbles, an elephant called Ali, and tigers Thriller and Sabu.

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