Rashida Jones and Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee Bubbles have history — and the actor has a scar to prove it.
During a July 10 appearance on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, Jones shared that she once got bitten by Bubbles when she was younger.
"I have a scar," she told co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager while showing off the area where the chimp had left his mark.
According to the Center for Great Apes in Florida, Bubbles currently lives at its sanctuary and "enjoys quiet moments and painting." When Hoda and Jenna asked Jones if she would go to Florida to visit Bubbles, she jokingly replied, "No, I think we're good."
As for her memories with the late singer, Jones, who is Quincy Jones' daughter, recalled when Jackson and other celebrities got together at A&M Studios in Los Angeles to record their charity benefit song "We Are the World."
The making of that song is told in Netflix's 2024 documentary "The Greatest Night in Pop."
"No one was allowed to be in the room, but we were around before and after," she told Hoda and Jenna.
"I remember the big room. I remember Michael was recording his solo," Jones continued. "The next day, he came back to perfect it. I remember my dad being extremely tired. They made a whole song in like a night, it's so crazy, with the biggest people in the world."
Having the record producer as her dad, Jones often got to see Jackson when he visited their house.
“He was like a kid, so he was kind of like my dad’s son," she said of the "Thriller" singer.
Thanks to her father, Jones had a very eventful childhood. She told Hoda and Jenna that she cherishes those days when she was younger.
"I didn’t know anything else," she said. "But I do have a deep appreciation now for what we were exposed to. Just like the best music, the best artists, the coolest family vibe. And I do feel like my sense of music and how meaningful it is to my life really started then. It's like deeply embedded.”
