Two years after the devastating loss of their father, Michael Jackson's children are opening up about how they've coped with Jackson's death and what their lives are like now. In an exclusive interview with 'Good Morning America' host Robin Roberts, Jackson's mother, Katherine, commends her grandchildren's strength, saying, "It was kind of hard at first, but they've adjusted pretty well."Despite the media frenzy that surrounded them while their father was alive, Jackson's three children, Prince, Paris and Prince Michael II, are embracing the normalcy of their current lives while hoping to keep their father's memory alive. Paris Jackson, who told the audience at her father's memorial service that Jackson was "the best father you could ever imagine," says that much like her father, she's developed a flair for performance. "I'm thinking about auditioning for a play," she tells Roberts.





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Incorrect. His biological chlrn. Prince has Vitiligo. Highly unlikely, mere coincidence.
I would like to say..my heart goes out to the children! I wish everyone would leave them alone...let them be..allow them room to grow..They've been through alot and don't need us to judge..I do hope & pray that they are getting the mental help they need to get through this & I hope their Grandma & Michael's siblings are loving on them & helping them walk through this aweful mess..The kids don't need to be parade on tv right now..they need time to heal! Justice needs to be served on the so called Dr. who killed Michael & took those precious kids father from them!
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i'm sorry but those are children are not Micheals but other then that
there being used, I almost believed that they were really trying to join some famous foundation that wanted to help people, but its actually quite the oppisite. Katherine is in no postion to have these children in her care....please please somebody take them away... put them with a white family, or somebody anybody.
this is too much omg.
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You are obviously a racist pig.
Appalachia.
I KNEW DEBBIE ROWE WAS NOT THEIR MOTHER....
at first I really thought that she was but her actions were very questionable when she acted she was going to get custody of them but then gave up after katherine got them.
how sad they never had a normal life....they were factory made white children Micheal jackson had. they were isolated didn't play with other children their age, they alson were forced to wear veils over there little faces, they were raised by the nannies didn't even have a mother....they never had a normal life.
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Chlrn are where, by law, as per will, are supposed 2 be. With their grandmother. Thank God Michael had a will, 2 prevent his chlrn winding up having 2 B raised by a dolt. Like U.
He has no children,just kids he bought and paid for. It was a freak show, and how anyone would allow these kids to wind up with this pathetic creature should be looked into. Somebody got big bucks to let it happen.
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Oh so Paul.. I guess your mother and father were pathetic creatures as well! God bless the king of pop who has done more good for the world than you will ever do!
I hope they do continue his humanitarian work :) The world needs good people like Michael.
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Ok, first off Michael Jackson had vitiligo, yet he was still black, and he had these kids with debbie who is white. I have friends who have very black fathers yet they are themselves very white. It's all genetics and will someone explain to me how Prince developed vitiligo if he is not his father's son? Prince has white patches on his upper arm and on his fingers!
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Seriously, to say that Debbie Rowe is not the mother of those kids is laughable. Paris looks just like her. She looked more like her when she was little, but she still does. Both Paris and Prince got that Rowe chin.
Prince has vitiligo. He is Michael's biological son.
Blanket looks just like him. That's no coincidence.
Why would he have 2 biological children and use a sperm donor to create his daughter?
People need to stop eating the garbage the media serves them.
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It really doesnt matter to the general public whether there was some big coverup as to whether or not the kids are his biologically. He raised them since birth and treated them well so that makes them his children. Other than that they are going to be in the spotlight for awhile because of their famous father so I don't see why its bothers people to hear about them or see them on tv. I dont think its excessive. From my knowledge they've only done this and Oprah so how bad can that really be. I believe Katherine is doing a good job and the rest of the family does care about these kids alot.
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Zelma Baker aren't you the wicked stepmother that dismembered Zara Baker? I didn't know that you were still being allowed to send email's from prison. Maybe you are just a close relative of this wicked diabolical stepmother, I heard she had a sister who made frequent visits to the prison. Maybe the Enquirer would be interested in your perceptions of child rearing, I'm not. Also take a grammar course along with child psychology 101.
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You know that Katherine is doing something good with the children. It isn't the children that is making money for her it is what the court set up for her to take care of the children and what money she is getting everytime Micheals songs are played, recorded, and videos sold.
I think it is a good thing getting the kids a little touch of the media. Because all during those kids lives they are going to be in the spotlight. The media doesn't have michael to riducule now that he is gone so they are going to find another media to use. So it is a smart thing for the kids learn how to handle the press and the stories that Micheal had to endure during his lifetime. I read that people say yes they are micheal's kids then no they aren't. So it is starting RUMORS and some of the blame is the fans that gives fuel to the media to try and dig something up on them. I like to hear how the kids are doing from time to time because they are a part of Michael. But please lets not try to make something out of nothing. Even just a little bit. Let the kids be proud of their father let them remember him they way he wanted them too. Let them be JACKSON'S because they deserve that much.
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I'm just glad to see the children growing. They are stronger than before and I think they will make it pretty good. Blanket was always somewhat 'shy' and he seems to still be, but getting better. Just like anyone else after losing someone close, they need time. All races are adopting all races nowadays, Michael just wanted his from scratch, though the flavor is different. I'm glad they will reap the benefits, that's what Michael would have wanted. And Prince looks like a strong young man, so if anyone is doing anything wrong, I believe he will not hide it and will do all he can to see to it that he and his little brother and sister are not taken advantage of.
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Katherine is doing an admirable job with her grandchildren. The threesome are supportive of each other and happy and playful and intelligent and loving. What more could you want? This is how MICHAEL raised them to be as well and their charitableness is marvelous and EXACTLY what MJ would have liked to see.
Blanket is Michael's BIOLOGICAL child which everyone should be able to clearly see. Prince INHERITED vitiligo from his BIOLOGICAL father, Michael, and that should be enough to convince anyone. Paris looks like her BIO mom, Debbie, which should be no surprise and her BIO dad is MJ whom she adores. Case closed.
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@Ashley. Put the pipe down! Those are not his blood children.
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How do U know? Another fly on Jackson's wall I presume. They are his chlrn. What would U say IF U R wrong? Why raging debate, whn by law, they R his? U people need 2 shut up. No matter what color posters R, chlrn belong 2 KOP. NOT any of us.
You people are all so ignorant of genetics. Michael Jackson had vertigo which made his skin color white. Plus MJ's father was mixed himself making MJ at somewhere between 1/8-1/4 mixed. These facts mostly affected his children's appearance and one of his children does resemble him in the eyes. Americans are so stupid. Wrapped up in your "race" obsessed minds that you refuse to recognize the children of a tragic father. Learn something about genetics and then talk. Fools. Have you even studied the effects of a person with vertigo and the resulting offspring from that person? No probably not.
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