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Verity Sulway

Peter Andre announces controversial West End role as Katie Price is hit with cocaine scandal

Peter Andre has landed the lead role in the Michael Jackson musical, Thriller.

The 46-year-old will appear in the controversial musical about Jackson for two weeks in December, and has been forced to defend his choice to play the singer.

Peter announced his new role on Instagram , where he posted a video of him performing I Just Can't Stop Loving You last year for the Prince's Trust.

Earlier this year, a documentary called Leaving Neverland alleged that Jackson sexually abused Wade Robson and James Safechuck when they were children.

Peter Andre was forced to defend playing Michael Jackson in a musical about the singer (Ken McKay/ITV/REX)
He said the accusations against Jackson were not proven (Ken McKay/ITV/REX)

The powerful documentary left a lot of Jackson fans feeling like they could no longer listen to his music.

But speaking on Good Morning Britain, Peter insisted the musical was just "about the music".

He said: "I have always said that we’ve got to keep the music separate.

"The reason I say that, one is because if you’re going to go there and say you can’t listen to the music because there’s allegations, do you listen to the music pre any supposed allegations, where do you go with it?

He posted a video of him performing a Michael Jackson song last year (Instagram)
The musical has been heavily criticised after allegations of sexual abuse against Jackson came to light (Instagram)

"Someone was listening to Rihanna the other day and there was a sample of a Michael Jackson song, and she was telling me she was unsure about listening to Michael Jackson.

"So where do you draw that line?’"

He added: "This show is about the music. ‘I always have to say that they are allegations.

"It doesn’t mean there’s no truth in it or you can in any way ignore it.

A documentary called Leaving Neverland alleged Michael Jackson sexually abused two children (Getty Images)

"But we’re not at that point where we know what happened."

Jackson's estate have denied the claims against the singer, who died in 2009.

Meanwhile Peter's ex wife Katie Price has been rocked by claims from her ex lover Charles Drury, 22.

Charles claims that on the first night they met they binged on drugs and drink before sleeping together hours later.

Charles claimed he took drugs with Katie and she trashed their hotel room (charlesdrury1/Instagram)
Charles Drury has said Katie Price took cocaine with him and stayed up for days (Brett D. Cove / Splash News)

When he woke up the next morning she hadn't been to sleep and had trashed their hotel room, he said.

He said Katie is "all over the place" and sometimes disappears for days at a time.

Within two weeks Charles was living in her mucky mansion after she dumped Kris Boyson for him.

They would sleep in the annex because her house is currently "unlivable".

He believes she cheated on him during their fling, but she would never admit to it.

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