I have a phobia of Michael Jackson — people don’t take it seriously
on TikTok.“It wasn’t until half an hour in that I heard the start of ‘Thriller’ playing and I instantly started panicking,” Ruby Marriott, 18, told South West News Service of her Jackson-prompted panic attack. The native of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in the UK, said she has “a genuine fear of Michael Jackson,” which can be triggered by something as innocuous as hearing an MJ song.The most recent traumatic episode reportedly occurred on Monday, while the student was celebrating her aunt and uncle’s recent marriage while on vacation in Cyprus, according to SWNS.“It was my first night in Ayia Napa and funnily enough, the first bar we went to was really quiet so not many people there,” Marriott explained.