Jackson's fury over magazine's spoof

Michael Jackson has demanded an apology from a magazine that published mock photos of him.

The singer also wants the issue of GQ in question to be taken off the shelves.

The offending photos show a Jackson look-alike in various situations, including one of him sitting in a dark cinema with a row of children. Another shows him in the desert, wearing a black cloak and headscarf and his trademark glittery white glove.

Jackson's representative Raymone K. Bain released a strongly-worded statement last week.

"Mr. Jackson is furious that his image has been used in such a misleading way, and is demanding an apology from the editors of GQ, and its publisher, Conde Nast," it said. "Mr. Jackson is also demanding that the magazines be pulled from newsstands."

GQ's editor-in-chief Jim Nelson said it was clear the photos are not real, so he does not see the problem. "It is very clear that the pictures in the story ... are satirical," he explained. "Whether it's a picture of a Michael Jackson imitator sitting in a Bahraini cinema or an image of The Gloved One standing flamboyantly in the desert.

"Mr. Jackson may feel that the person in the photographs is an `impostor,' but he is merely an imitator."

The photos accompany an article titled Where's Michael?, in which Devin Friedman reveals his exploits in Bahrain trying to find the star.