David Gest
David Gest
David Alan Gestwas an American entertainer, comedian, producer and television personality. Gest produced the highest-rated musical television special in history, Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration: The Solo Years in 2001, which was the last reunion of Michael Jackson and the Jacksons in 17 years, and Jackson's last solo concerts. Gest appeared on the 2006 series of the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! He became the first American to have three prime-time series in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReality Star
Date of Birth11 May 1953
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I did try to leave, and she came running after me.
I was naive enough to think that I could make the difference.
Yeah, she was hitting me hard. She was drunk and she was hitting me hard.
Because I would give it all back to have my health.
But I thought love would more than prevail.
Basically what happened was, she decided to remedy the problem and she checked herself in and it saved our lives.
I had just done a Michael Jackson 30th anniversary celebration. We did well over $20 million. And we owned that, Michael and I.
I didn't care if she worked. I never cared if Liza worked. I said, be a housewife. Go out and shop. Take the credit card.
Here we are on a vacation and out of nowhere she starts going to the mini-bar. And I come in and she's violent. And I was stunned.
I bought up the first two nights thinking if you can pack them the first two nights, by the time the reviews came out, she'd be able to sell tickets.
Nothing can repay me for what has happened to my health. No $10 million, no $20 million, no $30 million, no $40 million.
She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him.
She just - when she wants a drink she goes and gets a drink.
She took basically a year and a half of my life away, and I didn't know if I would ever be able to stand up for a few years.