Michael Flatley made millions from being Lord of the Dance… but has his addiction to high living wiped out his fortune?
Daily Mail
After his rise to stardom, Flatley, who retired from dancing in 2016, went through a long list of handlers, including publicist Mark Borkowski.
Borkowski has a wry respect for the former client who left him to take on Hollywood. ‘I have worked with many famous people but Michael was a complete one-off,’ he says. ‘An extraordinary talent who built a phenomenal brand and kept it alive and he has made a huge amount of money from it.’
But he warned: ‘If you are going to work with Michael Flatley, you had better play by his rules. He is tough.’ As regards Flatley’s courtroom battles, Borkowski said: ‘We say in showbiz that where there is a hit, there is a writ. I think he misses the adulation of being on stage, the sense of showmanship and having adoring fans.
‘The show is his baby and if you are placing your child under the care of someone else, that is the problem.