He denied tabloid rumors that he had bought the bones of the Elephant Man, slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, or bleached his skin, and stated for the first time that he had vitiligo.
Han benægtede sladderbladenes rygter om at han havde købt Elefantmandens knogler, sov i et hyperbarisk iltkammer eller afblegede sin hud, og udtalte for første gang at han havde vitiligo.