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Off the wall gran is a wannabe Jacko

5:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010 in


A 50-YEAR-OLD gran is hoping to hit the big time with her new career as a Michael Jackson impersonator.

Cleaner Christine Guntrip, of Waldegrave, Basildon, has always had an obsession with Michael Jackson and his music.

But it wasn’t until she lost more than five stone last year that she began to realise she could emulate his famous moves.

Christine, who has four grandchildren, is set to perform her first professional booking, a birthday party at the Towngate Theatre, this weekend.

She said: “When I lost the weight I had a new found confidence and I started dancing around.

“I can even do the moonwalk.

“It’s then, I got the idea to become a female Michael Jackson impersonator.

“I could always sing, as I am semi-professionally trained, but I could never dance.

“But to my amazement when I tried, I found I could perform a lot of his moves.

“I then bought a costume to wear out to events and got a great response from the public.

“I’m hoping to get enough bookings so I can give up my day job as a cleaner.”

Christine’s routine involves her dancing and singing some of Michael Jackson’s most famous hits including, Man in the Mirror, the Way You Make Me Feel and Thriller.

She perfected Jackson’s best known dance move, the moonwalk, by practising on the decking in her back garden.

Christine has been through a tough time after being widowed last year.

She said: “It’s been hard, but since I went from a size 18 to a size ten I feel like a new person.

“I’m so full of energy.

“I hope people think I’m really good, but at the end of the day I’m having a great time, doing something I never thought I’d have the confidence to do.”

Comments(15)

torridpiper says...
5:25pm Thu 2 Sep 10

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks more like Al Johnson.

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SARFENDMAN says...
5:33pm Thu 2 Sep 10

Strewth! I thought The Thriller Video was scarey. This is definitely not one for the kids....or the adults!

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Vernon Carter says...
7:58pm Thu 2 Sep 10

at you, not with you!!!

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essex beaufighter says...
8:21pm Thu 2 Sep 10

I like the scouser bubble perm......all right, calm down, calm down!!

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el caballero de la noche says...
6:06am Fri 3 Sep 10

Poor kids, she should see a Doctor and get a cure.

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Alice in Her Own Land :P says...
6:13am Fri 3 Sep 10

Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley probably turn in their graves on a regular basis because of people like this. Let them rest in peace (and spare the rest of us) it's embarrassing.

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anon anon says...
7:23am Fri 3 Sep 10

'Off the wall' ?
more like off her head !!!!!!!!!!

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Jose El Mezclador says...
7:54am Fri 3 Sep 10

"Why did you do it nan? at school the kids call us names and beat us up"

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APR says...
7:55am Fri 3 Sep 10

I fail to see why anyone would want to impersonate that freak ?

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SENSIBLEMAN says...
8:53am Fri 3 Sep 10

Why would anyone want to dress up and look like someone who addmitted sleeping with around 14 children. Is this person also a peodophile

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Aint it just the truth says...
10:06am Fri 3 Sep 10

Scary. Does she also interfere with young boys like the real wacko Jacko?

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SENSIBLEMAN says...
12:37pm Fri 3 Sep 10

Answer to last pos. Dont know but she certainly dont condemn the acts of peodophiles and shes got grand children.. makes me suspicious cos she may like peedos. why should she wanna look like one ? If i dressed up as gary glitter could i get in the echo news ?

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frank & monty says...
1:27pm Fri 3 Sep 10

Looks like she's watched a fair bit of Bo Selecta. Yo! Mo-Fo!!

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frank & monty says...
3:20pm Fri 3 Sep 10

Or Yo! Grand-Mo-Fo!! to be precise.

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SaySaySay says...
9:20am Wed 8 Sep 10

Well, it seems a lot of you only trawl newspaper websites just to make sh!tty derogatory comments. What harm is this woman doing? She lost a load of weight, she has a new found confidence and she's living her dream. She's trying to better herself and to raise a little extra money to live a little more comfortable. Fair enough, she may not be the best impersonator but she isn't claiming to be, but why pull her to bits for doing something she believes in? Calling her disgusting names from behind your computer screen is very big of you. If you people had half the drive that she has, then you'd probably find time in your miserable little lives to actually get on with something constructive rather than coming on here just to slag her off. Get over yourselves people! She is harming nobody! She's having a little fun and enjoying her limelight. What is wrong with that? You should be ashamed of your comments. Oh and MJ never did any child any harm, get your facts straight before you start cursing him out because it makes you look stupid and ill informed. Do some actual research and stop believing everything you read in the pathetic tabloid papers. smh..

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