Michael Jackson's ex-wife has confessed the late star is not the biological father of their two children, according to a UK news report.
Deborah 'Debbie' Rowe, the mother of Prince Michael I , 12, and Paris, 11, has spoken of her "sham marriage" to Jackson in her first public interview with British tabloid newspaper News of the World. Jackson, 50, died on Friday following a heart attack in his Los Angeles home.Rowe, who married Jackson at the Sheraton Hotel Sydney in November 1996, said she was artificially inseminated by an anonymous donor and likened herself to one of the thoroughbred mares she now keeps on her California ranch."I was just the vessel. It wasn't Michael's sperm," Rowe told News of the World."I got paid for it, and I've moved on. I know I will never see my children again."Rowe revealed she and the Thriller singer never had sex and did not share a bed during their three year marriage, describing the union only as a friendship. Prince and Paris now face an uncertain future, effectively orphaned, although they and their younger brother Prince Michael II born to an anonymous surrogate mother were reported to be in the care of Jackson's 79-year-old mother Katherine at the family estate in Los Angeles.Rowe, who met Jackson when she was a receptionist at a Beverly Hills dermatology clinic, where he went for skin treatments, said Jackson was lonely and desperately wanted children."Michael was divorced, lonely and wanted children. I was the one who said to him, 'I will have your babies'."It was a place in both of our lives when we were both very lonely. We both loved animals. That's how we got talking."He started letting me into the treatment rooms, letting me help the doctor with him. He would come in three or four times a week. I started talking to him about his divorce from Lisa Marie (Presley, his first wife)."I offered him my womb...it was a gift. It was something I did to keep him happy."No longer bound by a legal agreement following Jackson's death, Rowe has revealed Jackson had nothing to do with her babies' births."I went to the 'office', which is what we called the medical clinic. They impregnated me. It's just like I impregnate my mares for breeding. It was very technical," she said."Just like I stick the sperm up my horse, this is what they did to me. I was his thoroughbred."However Jackson wanted nothing more to do with Rowe after the birth of her second child Paris, which left her unable to have more children."The delivery was so hard. My insides were all torn up and I was barren. When he knew I couldn't have any more babies he didn't want anything to do with me," she said.Rowe reportedly then gave away her parental rights to the children in exchange for a $US8.4million payout over nine years.Rowe said their's was a shotgun wedding."He wanted to pretend that we were a family."She was 37 and pregnant and he was 38. Their best man was an eight-year-old boy."We never lived together as a couple. We never had sex. He was on the road, doing his thing."He never wanted to live with me. That's why he bought me a house. There was always 'my house' and 'his house', never 'our house'."We would jump in bed together and read magazines and watch movies, with all the animals around us before the kids were involved. We used to hang out with each other."But that was his life. That's Michael. That was what it was like."Rowe said she was "never cut out to be a mother"."I was no good. I don't want these children in my life. My children are my animals now."Britain former child acting star Mark Lester, who is godfather to Prince and Paris, has indicated he would be happy to assume guardianship.However, the Jackson family lawyer Brian Oxman has already indicated that any court decision would probably be made in favour of grandmother Katherine.





















Michael Jackson, the reclusive pop star who dominated
the pop charts in the 1980s, passed away yesterday
after suffering from cardiac arrest.
Many knew Jackson as the King of Pop, the moonwalker
whose soulful music defined a generation.
But few were aware of Michael Jackson's connection to Islam.
Although he was raised as a Jehovah's Witness,
Jackson reportedly converted to Islam in 2008.
Jackson's brother, Jermaine Friday -- who converted to
Islam in 1989 -- reported that Jackson took
a great interest in Islam after being shown books from
his trip to Mecca.
"When I came back from Mecca, I got him a lot of books,
and he asked me lots of things about my religion,
and I told him that it's peaceful and beautiful," Friday said.
Although Jackson never confirmed his conversion himself, Muslim readers from around the world paid their respects to the deceased
pop star.
"Abi here from Cape Town South Africa. As a Muslim,
I was very touched by his recent reversion to ISLAM. May
ALLAH (God Almighty) grant him a high place in paradise... Amen,"said ABDURAHMAAN BAILEY."He will stay the star #1 in our hearts . You federate people all over the world through your music. May Allah put his rahma in you.Rest in peace From all your Belgians fans," wrote Nanou "Inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji'oon From God we
come and to HIM we shall return! Rest in Peace, Mikaeel.
You are a shining beacon testifying to the fact that
ALLAH guides whom HE wills. Allah bestow HIS
choicest blessings upon you in the Hereafter.
Ayaad Almaas South Africa,"
wrote Ayaad Almaas.
"dear michael rest in peace may Allah have mercy on
you brother and i hope that you will finally find the
happiness, comfort and true love that you were seeking
in this world but never found. i'm not sad that you died
for i'm sure that you are now more comfortable by the will
of Allah. praise be to Allah the all mighty for guiding this
good man to the right path before he died,"
said zach salem.
-- Brendan Bigelow
Photo: Michael Jackson walks into the Santa Maria Superior Court in March, 2005. Cedit: Carlo Allegri / Getty Images

A funny thing happened during Dizzee Rascal's Saturday afternoon
set on the Pyramid stage. "As everyone knows," Dizzee said,
"we lost a legend this week." At this point he left a space for the
crowd to commemorate the passing of Michael Jackson, ]
ut the response was a muted cheer. But that was a cue for
Dizzee's DJ to race through a Jackson medley. Suddenly,
the cheers rose.
The mixed reaction – a reluctance to celebrate the man matched
by a genuine love for his music – seems to capture the mood of the
festival. While there was obvious shock at the news of Jackson's death
on Thursday night, there were also jokes: RIP Wacko banners and
stalls selling Jackson 4 T-shirts.
The confused response has been mirrored in the
musical tributes. Mike Skinner did his version of
Billie Jean on Friday night (as did Soulwax on
Saturday). Little Boots covered Earth Song in the
Guardian lounge. Q-Tip asked for a moment's
silence (partially observed) and Spinal Tap
claimed "without Michael Jackson there would be
no Tap". But musical appreciations have hardly been
the rule.
There are different explanations for this:
the uncertainty among festivalgoers about
Jackson the man for one. But it's also true that
incorporating a Jackson number into a set is
more difficult for rockers such as Neil Young and
Bruce Springsteen, than for hip-hop artists such
as Dizzee. Finally there is also an unavoidable fact about
Glastonbury: the festival remains in a world of its own.
Mchael Jackson might be gone, but people had a festival
to get on with.