Jackson sends his love to Jade after hammer incident

MICHAEL JACKSON sent his “love” to Jade Goody and asked if he could visit her in hospital, her publicist said yesterday.

The terminally ill reality star was “exhausted” and under 24-hour security protection after being confronted by a woman with a hammer, Max Clifford said.

But he added that cancer-stricken Goody had been cheered by messages of goodwill from the Thriller singer, who recently announced plans to perform in London.

Clifford said: “Michael Jackson phoned her over the weekend but couldn’t get through. He wanted to pop in and see her but instead sent her his love and said he was thinking about her.”

Goody spent the majority of yesterday sleeping with Jack Tweed at her bedside, he added.

Goody woke up to find the woman leaning over her clutching a hammer at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital.

Police were called and arrested the 41-year-old suspect, but she was released from custody with no further action.

Jackson appears to be a fan of Big Brother. He watches it and his brother and sister have taken part in the celebrity version of the show in Britain.

In 2007, Goody returned to the Big Brother house to take part in the celebrity show.

Among her housemates was Michael Jackson’s brother Jermaine Jackson, who performed with his superstar sibling in The Jackson 5.

As he entered the house, Jermaine told host Davina McCall that Michael would be watching the show.

“Michael’s in Vegas right now but he has a way of seeing everything,” he said.

Another Jackson family member, LaToya, was in the latest Celebrity Big Brother series.