Washington, September 28 : Michael Jackson hated his appearance, and likened himself to a lizard.

The late King of Pop had made the revelation to confidante Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in taped chats between 1999 and 2001, explaining why he dodged photographers.

"I look like a lizard, I look like, it''s horrible. I don''t like it, I never like it,” Contactmusic quoted Jackson as saying.

“That''s why I wish I could never be photographed or seen and I push myself to go to the things that we go to. I just don''t want to look old. I hate to see people grow old, Shmuley," he added.

Boteach alleged that he also confronted the singer about his surgery addiction.

He told TV host Meredith Vieira, "I used to always tell him that he had to stop. He swore to me he did. But he didn''t." (ANI)