I have a phobia of Michael Jackson — people don’t take it seriously

He gives her the cree-hee-ps.

The late Michael Jackson remains beloved by millions of fans around the globe — but not by one woman, who has claimed she suffers from a paralyzing case of King Of Pop-phobia.

A video of the teenager’s visceral reaction to spotting a Jackson impersonator went viral this week, drawing more than 10 million viewers on TikTok.

“It wasn’t until half an hour in that I heard the start of ‘Thriller’ playing and I instantly started panicking,” Ruby Marriott, 18, told South West News Service of her Jackson-prompted panic attack. The native of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in the UK, said she has “a genuine fear of Michael Jackson,” which can be triggered by something as innocuous as hearing an MJ song.

The most recent traumatic episode reportedly occurred on Monday, while the student was celebrating her aunt and uncle’s recent marriage while on vacation in Cyprus, according to SWNS.

“It was my first night in Ayia Napa and funnily enough, the first bar we went to was really quiet so not many people there,” Marriott explained. “We had no idea about any tribute acts so we went in and had a few rounds of drinks.”

She had, “I was enjoying it a lot, we were all dancing, taking photos and having a laugh.”

That all changed when the MJ lookalike took the stage. “I turned around and saw a Michael Jackson impersonator dancing around on the dance floor next to me,” recalled Marriott — who quickly collapsed into a meltdown for the internet ages.

In the accompanying clip, shot by Marriott’s sister Macey, 19, the fear-stricken woman can be seen sobbing in her seat as the tribute artist performs an animated cover of “Thriller” on stage, complete with pirouettes and the pop icon’s signature kick.

“I couldn’t even look at him,” she said. Family attempted to console her at the time, but the Jackson’s ghostly image stuck with her through the night.

“It took me a while to get to sleep,” said Melissa, adding that she kept her boyfriend on the phone until she could pass out.

Several viewers on TikTok commiserated with Marriott’s bizarre phobia, claiming they, too, suffered from “Michaelphobia,” as described by Urban Dictionary.

“I couldn’t watch tv for days when he died because they would show his videos on repeat and it would give me nightmares,” admitted another.

This was far from the first Jackson-induced freakout for Marriott, who has reportedly dreaded the Gloved One since she was five years old.

“ ’Thriller’ is the main song that scares me, mainly because of watching the music video when I was younger and it is one of his biggest hits so it’s played around me a lot,” she told SWNS.

“My sister and my cousin used to show me creepy edited videos of him that people made and conspiracy theories that he’s alive, like photos of him in the background of photos and in people’s windows,” Marriott explained. “If a family member plays his songs, I have to walk out of the room.”

The jokes her family played only fed her phobia, including one prank they pulled during a family vacation years ago.

“There was a door with about eight padlocks on it and one of my family members jokingly said ‘what if Michael Jackson is hiding in there?’ knowing my phobia of him,” Marriott remembered. “Every night for three weeks, I had the same nightmare of him creeping out of the wardrobe and coming for me while I was asleep. It was awful!”

To this day, images of Jackson “takes me back to him crawling out of my wardrobe,” she said.

In spite of Marriott’s waking nightmare, a few in her audience couldn’t help but themselves.

“I’m so sorry but this is the funniest thing I’ve seen,” declared one unsympathetic follower.

Quipped another, “Annie are you okay, are you okay Annie?”