During his life, the king of pop music carefully guarded his children from the annoying public attention. If the family of the musician was caught by the paparazzi, the faces of Jackson's heirs were always covered. But everything changed after the tragic death of Michael. The faces of his children were revealed to the world at a memorial ceremony, and after that everyone wanted to know more about them than ever before.
History reference
The fact that the legendary singer has three children was known for a long time, but the details were clearly not enough. Their birth was not secret and was covered in the press. The first son of Michael Jackson was born on February 13, 1997. His mother was a longtime friend of the pop king - Debbie Rowe, whom he still married at the insistence of his pious mother Catherine. The boy was given the name Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. Literally a year later (April 3, 1998), his sister Paris Michael Catherine Jackson was born. And a year later, a couple of Michael and Debbie officially filed for divorce.
Fans of the singer, and indeed the entire world community, were very surprised when in early 2002 he announced the birth of his third child. The youngest son of Michael Jackson was born from a surrogate mother, whose name is still a mystery. The pop king claimed that he didn’t even know her, and fertilization was artificial. Prince Michael II called his father Blanket (which means “Blanket” in translation). From the point of view of the artist, such a name meant love and care.
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Children grew up with his father on his Neverland ranch, the biological mother of Prince and Paris did not take any part in their lives and did not pretend to them, but they had as many as 6 nannies, and Michael himself devoted all his time to them. Actually, this is almost everything that was known about the younger Jackson before the death of their parent, but secrets are always overgrown with gossip.
Most of the media discussed the skin color of children and they ranted on the topic that Michael is not their real father. That the eldest son of Michael Jackson, that the younger, and even more so the light-eyed Paris - are white-skinned, this was considered strange for the children of the African American. Moreover, many of these children from other mixed marriages of journalists did not bother.
After the tragedy
When, after the singer’s death, the masks were finally dropped, the gossip about paternity calmed down a bit. If the first-born weather still raised questions, then the youngest son of Michael Jackson Blanket was practically a copy of his father, except in a lighter version. From that moment on, the children fell under the watchful eye of the lenses of ubiquitous reporters. Gossip, rumors, litigation for a long time riveted public attention to the Jackson family. The guardian of the heirs of the pop king was their grandmother Katherine, and it was also revealed that in the early 2000s, Debbie Rowe was deprived of any rights to her biological children.
The family tried to lie low, and besides, they could not recover from grief, but they failed to attract attention. Children very painfully endured the death of their beloved father. This was especially true for Paris, which experienced severe depression and several suicide attempts, which, of course, went to the press.
Family Traitors
Years passed, and the hype around the orphaned offspring of the idol of millions died away. Although the same Paris has repeatedly hit the pages of popular publications, but now thanks to its success. She played in the series, embarked on a musical and modeling career, becoming the face of the Calvin Klein brand. But the son of Michael Jackson, Prince for the time being remained in the shadow of his older sister. Only recently he opened to the press, gave a long soulful interview in which he warmly recalled his father, his instructions and boundless love, about the difficult times when his father was slandered by accusations of pedophilia (which were completely refuted after the death of the musician).
The first-born Michael does not want to PR due to the glory of the pop king, but also decided to go into the world of show business. He was always interested in creating clips, producing and directing. At the age of 20, Michael Jackson’s son created his own company King`s Son Production, is engaged in his favorite business, has shot several videos, completed television journalism courses and tries himself in this field, more and more often appears on TV. Recently I got a tattoo in honor of my father (like Paris, by the way). He hopes to be worthy of the heritage of his famous parent.
The youngest is hardest
Prince Michael II is still in school, by the way, recently, since he was previously at home schooling. Relatives believe that he suffered the most from the tragedy, matured early and became withdrawn. He was more often caught by the paparazzi, noting also that this son of Michael Jackson was becoming almost a copy of his star dad. According to relatives, not only in appearance, but also in character.
He wears long hair, as his father wanted. Teachers praise the young man, but peers do not really favor. Due to ridicule and bullying, Blanket changed his name to Bigi and asked his family and everyone else to call him that only. By the way, his musical career is not very interested in him yet, but he is interested in martial arts.
