Michael Jackson was married twice, having two children with his second wife, Debbie Rowe. After this, Jackson had a third child with an anonymous surrogate, but only a short time after this he died. The children have had to forge their own way in the world ever since – but where are they now and what are they doing?
Michael Jackson had his first child, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (commonly known as Prince) on February 13, 1997.
After this Prince’s sister Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson was born on April 3, 1998.
In 1999 Jackson divorced his wife, Debbie Rowe, and it was reported she conceded custody of the children as part of their settlement, though she did return to court after more child abuse allegations were made against Jackson in 2005.
After this, Jackson had a third child, Prince Michael Jackson II, on February 21, 2002, with an anonymous surrogate through artificial insemination.
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Since then the children became almost as famous as their father, despite the singer keeping them out of the limelight.
However, after his death in 2009, they stepped into the spotlight after previously being shielded from the public gaze.
But what are Michael Jackson’s children doing now?
Paris Jackson
Paris Jackson is a model and actress who first appeared in TV series about her father called Living with Michael Jackson. Her first acting role came in 2017 when she played Rachel in TV series Star.
After this, and after appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone in 2017, Paris played Nelly in the movie Gringo in 2018, and has landed the role of Cory in new movie The Space Between.
She is in a controversial new movie, Habit, in which she stars as a “lesbian Jesus”, which has sparked outrage among certain groups in the USA.
Some have even called for the film’s release to be halted and even cancelled, in a series of petitions to both the US government and the film’s production company.
However, more recently she has stepped into her father’s shoes as a singer, going on tour with band The Sound Flowers.
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Blanket Jackson
Blanket, who is now known by his new nickname, Bigi, has always been the most reclusive of the Jackson siblings.
Fans may remember his first famous outing was in 2002 in Berlin when he was an infant after his father dangled him over the railings of a hotel balcony.
Now a teenager, Bigi posts film and TV reviews on YouTube along with Prince and their cousin Taj, but is a high school student at present, and is rarely seen out in public.
The threesome discuss movies such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Birds of Prey on their YouTube channel Film Family.