Conrad Murray, the doctor at the centre of investigations into Michael Jackson’s death, has taken the unusual step of releasing a YouTube video to thank his supporters and assure the public that he has told the truth. But it looks like he might have been taking autocue lessons from Chris Brown…

In the one-minute message Dr Murray, who was Jackson’s physician when he died of a heart attack at the end of June, explains to supporters how he is too scared to reply to emails or phone messages. What does he think is going to happen? For those of you who don’t remember it, here’s Chris Brown’s not-wooden-at-all YouTube apology to Rihanna. They should both take lessons from a YouTube master like Gordon Brown - all you have to do is give a little bit of a smile, lads!