Paris and Prince Jackson leaving the Beverly Hills Hotel (5/15)
Well that didn't take long. The first exploitation of Michael Jackson's grieving children is scheduled to air in December. From
Us Weekly:
The Jacksons are at odds over the inclusion of Michael Jackson's three children in an upcoming A&E reality show about the famous family, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue. A source tells Us Weekly the buzzed-about program will include Michael's kids -- Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7 -- though not everyone's happy about it. Eldest sister Rebbie, 59, who has refused to be in the series (called The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, tentatively set to air in December), "feels Michael would spin in his grave if he knew his kids would be on this show."
While Janet, 43, is on board, mom Katherine "is just going along with things," the source continues. Still, one of the creators of the program -- which will be either five one-hour episodes or 10 half-hour episodes -- says the family shines on the series. "We have 23 cast members with the last name Jackson," executive producer Jodi Gomes tells Us Weekly. "They've done a great job opening up about losing a brother." (A Jackson family rep couldn't be reached)
Michael wouldn't "spin in his grave" if he knew his kids were being exploited -- he'd rise from it faster than the zombies did in Thriller to join in. Besides, exploiting kids is a Jackson family tradition. If these kids were actually allowed to grow up out of the spotlight, that would mean only one thing:
the Jacksons finally realized that children should be treated like children and not a cash cow Joe Jackson was dead.
Macaulay Culkin might be the father of Michael Jackson's son The Sun is claiming that Macaulay Culkin is the real father of Michael Jackson's 7-year-old son Blanket. Culkin became close friends with Jackson after appearing in the 1990 hit
Home Alone. The two had a falling out in the late '90s when Culkin's voice deepened and he started growing facial hair. From the tabloid:
Now sources close to Jackson say the Thriller star asked Culkin for the donation to help him complete his "perfect" family.
The source added: "This isn't just chitter-chatter, even Culkin suspects he's Blanket's father. So many names have been mentioned as prospective dads, and this is probably the wackiest yet. But Jackson and Culkin were best friends. He was one of the few people Jackson really trusted and Mack never let him down. Really, Jackson idolised him - that's why he asked Mack to donate sperm. Deep down, I think he always wished Mack was his son. Creating Blanket was the next best thing."
Wow, talk about an awkward phone call.
Michael: "Macaulay, I need your sperm."
Macaulay: "But Michael! You said that last time would be . . . *sigh* . . . fine, pour me a glass of wine and put
The Wiggles DVD on that scene I like."
Michael: "No, no, it's not like that this time."
Michael Jackson, son Prince and daughter Paris, leaving Tom's Toys in Beverly Hills (5/15)
Michael Jackson never put his sperm in any of his three kids . . . wait, that sounded really bad. I mean to say he's not the biological father. And his ex-wife Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother to the two children she gave birth to, Prince in 1997 and Paris in 1998. All three kids were test tube babies. From
TMZ:
Multiple sources deeply connected to the births tell us Michael was not the sperm donor for any of his kids. Debbie's eggs were not used. She was merely the surrogate, and paid well for her services in the births of Michael Jr. and Paris.
In the case of Prince Michael II (the youngest), we're told the surrogate was never told of the identity of the "receiving parent" -- Michael Jackson. Three days after Prince was born at Grossmont Hospital in San Diego County, Jackson's lawyer came to the hospital to pick the baby up and deliver him to Michael.
We do not know if Jackson chose the sperm or egg donors or if he even knew who they were.
Hate to say I saw this coming but I did. Just looking at their skin color and feathers, it's pretty obvious they were conceived by another man.
