During his lifetime, the king of pop carefully protected his children from annoying public attention. If the musician's family 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 the memorial ceremony, and after that everyone wanted to know more about them than ever before.
Historical background
The fact that the legendary singer has three children has been known for a long time, but the details were clearly not enough. Their birth was not secret and was covered in the press. Michael Jackson's first son was born on February 13, 1997. His mother was an old friend of the pop king - Debbie Rowe, whom he nevertheless married at the insistence of his pious mother Catherine. The boy was named Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. Literally a year later (April 3, 1998), his sister Paris Michael Katherine Jackson was born. And a year later, Michael and Debbie officially filed for divorce.
The singer's fans, and indeed the entire world community, were very surprised when at the beginningIn 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 king of pop claimed that he did not even know her, and the insemination was artificial. Prince Michael II's father named Blanket (which means "Blanket"). From the performer's point of view, such a name meant love and care.
Unsimilar
The children grew up with their father on his Neverland ranch, the biological mother of Prince and Paris did not take any part in their lives and did not claim them in any way, but they had as many as 6 nannies, and Michael himself gave them everything your time. Actually, this is almost everything that was known about the younger Jacksons before the death of their parent, but secrets are always overgrown with gossip.
Most of all, the media discussed the color of the children's skin and ranted with might and main that Michael was not their real father. That the eldest son of Michael Jackson, that the youngest, and even more so the light-eyed Paris, are white, it was considered strange for the children of an African American. At the same time, journalists were not embarrassed by the many similar children from other mixed marriages.
After the tragedy
When the masks were finally dropped after the singer's death, the gossip about fatherhood subsided a bit. If the first-borns of the weather still raised questions, then the youngest son of Michael Jackson, Blanket, turned out to be practically a copy of his father, except perhaps in a lighter version. From that moment on, the children came under the watchful eye of the lenses of the ubiquitous reporters. Gossip, rumors, litigation for a long timebrought public attention to the Jackson family. Their grandmother Catherine became the guardian of the heirs of the pop king, and it was also revealed that back in the early 2000s, Debbie Rowe was deprived of any rights to her biological children.
The family tried to hide, 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 the case for Paris, who went through severe depression and several suicide attempts, which, of course, got into the press.
Successors of family traditions
Years passed, and the hype around the orphaned offspring of the idol of millions faded away. Although the same Paris has repeatedly found herself on the pages of popular publications, but now thanks to her success. She played in the series, took up 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 up to the press, gave a long heartfelt interview, in which he warmly recalled his father, his instructions and boundless love, about the hard times when his father was slandered by allegations of pedophilia (which were completely refuted after the death of the musician).
Michael's firstborn does not want to be promoted by the glory of the pop king, but also decided to go into the world of show business. He has always been interested in making music videos, producing and directing. At the age of 20, Michael Jackson's son created his own company, King`s Son Production, does what he loves, filmedseveral clips, graduated from television journalism courses and tries himself in this field, more and more often flashes on TV. I recently got a tattoo in honor of my father (like Paris, by the way). He hopes to live up to his famous parent's legacy.
Junior has the hardest time
Prince Michael II is still at school, by the way, recently, as he was previously homeschooled. Relatives believe that he suffered the most from the tragedy, matured early and became withdrawn. The paparazzi began to catch him more often, noting also that this son of Michael Jackson is 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. The teachers praise the young man, but his peers do not really like him. 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, he is not very interested in a musical career yet, but he is fond of martial arts.
Bastard son, friend, protégé?
Interestingly, journalists and other gossips are actively identifying more and more illegitimate children of the king of pop. The most famous among them is the Norwegian dancer Omer Bhatti. The guy is 25, according to the estimates of those interested, he was born 9 months after the singer's tour in Norway. Fueling the rumors is the fact that the potential son of Michael Jackson (photo above) sat in the front row at the memorial service among the rest of the relatives,family, and the resemblance to the late musician is simply amazing. The Jackson family does not comment on the rumors in any way, and the dancer's mother pointedly stated that Michael was more than a pop king for them.
