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    Mark Ronson has recalled the bizarre night he spent in Michael Jackson's hotel room when he was 13

    The producer was introduced to the late King of Pop though his friend Sean Lennon - son of Beatles legend John Lennon and Yoko Ono - and revealed the singer enjoyed throwing lumps of wet toilet paper out of the hotel room window but he's been forced to "re-examine" the events since allegations of child sex abuse were levied against the singer


    In his new book Night People, Ronson writes: "I think Michael hung out at Sean's house and then the next night we went to see the Bad Tour. And then Michael had a big after-party in his hotel room.

    "He was just obsessed with throwing these soggies out the window - like taking big mounds of toilet paper and making them damp and then throwing them at parked cars. It's so crazy to say it out loud.

    "Even at that time I already loved being in the studio. That was my obsession. I wanted to get a cool hook from Michael Jackson to take back.

    "Like: 'You guys go play and run around like kids, I am going to use this Michael Jackson meeting to like get something, get a song out of it'."

    Prior to his death in 2009, Jackson was accused of abusing young boys - he always denied any wrongdoing and was acquitted at a trial in California in 2005 - but Ronson admits the accusations made him look back on the party differently.

    He added: "Obviously with allegations that came later, of course it made me re-examine that event too many times. I wouldn't say it's a highlight of my childhood, but it was certainly one of the most memorable experiences.

    "And of course I put it back through that lens a hundred times. I was like, for whatever reason, there was nothing weird or untoward on that night."

    In the book, Ronson also opens up about his friendship with Sean after the pair went to school together in New York and admitted being his pal was "wild".

    He wrote: "It was wild being friends with Sean because he was so charismatic and also, you know, he carried this presence of his dad, and his dad was so beloved.

    "His dad obviously died when Sean was only five. I remember Steve Jobs once came over because he'd made a new Apple computer and he wanted to show it to Sean."

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