Jackson compared himself to the `` Elephant Man , '' a 19th-century Englishman who became a circus sideshow curiosity because of severe disfigurements , she said . NEW : ` ` I almost lost my life ! '' Debbie Rowe testifies . Ex - wife of Michael Jackson 's skin problems , pains and drug use . ` ` Everyone says he bleached himself , but he did n't , '' Debbie Rowe says . Doctors had ` ` a pissing contest '' over who could make Jackson ` ` the better " , '' she says .
NEW : ` ` I almost lost my life ! '' Debbie Rowe testifies . Ex - wife of Michael Jackson 's skin problems , pains and drug use . ` ` Everyone says he bleached himself , but he did n't , '' Debbie Rowe says . Doctors had ` ` a pissing contest '' over who could make Jackson ` ` the better " , '' she says .