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Michael Jackson Admits to Sharing Bedroom With Kid
Michael Jackson has admitted he still shares his bedroom with youngsters despite allegations of child sex abuse made against him a decade ago. Jackson's revelation to British journalist Martin Bashir came in a much-publicised documentary broadcast on the UK's ITV1 channel yesterday.
During the programme it emerged that children still slept overnight at Jackson's house, despite the allegations of abuse - that the singer always denied - made in 1993. Jackson said he sometimes slept on the floor while giving the children his bed, which he said was a "beautiful thing", "charming" and "sweet".
"Why can't you share your bed? That's the most loving thing to do, to share your bed with someone," he said.
Jackson introduced Bashir to a 12-year-old named Gavin, who he befriended as the youngster fought cancer. The boy said he battled his illness with the help of Jackson and that his parents were happy with their friendship, and saw nothing wrong with him sharing a room with the star. Jackson insisted his love for children was entirely innocent and had nothing to do with sex.
"My greatest inspiration comes from kids... it's all inspired from that level of innocence. I just love being around that all the time," he said.
Bashir had "unprecedented" access to Jackson for the 90-minute ITV1 documentary, Living With Michael Jackson. He followed the star for eight months, interviewing him several times and spending time at his Californian ranch, Neverland, which includes a zoo and a full-scale fairground. Jackson was also filmed spending $6m (?3.6m) on a shopping excursion during a stay in Las Vegas.
The singer grew emotional as he described his hard-working childhood - singing with his brothers in the Jackson Five group - and his "hated" violent father. He said his father had made him self-conscious about his appearance, saying he had a "fat nose".
But when Bashir asked him about reports of multiple plastic surgery, he denied having more than two operations on his face, saying only: "Oh God, oh please... it's stupid, none of it's true."
Jackson said he was giving his own children - Prince and Paris, aged five and four, and baby Prince Michael II - as "normal" a childhood as possible, even though they never saw their mothers. He blamed the ever-present paparazzi for meaning his children were always masked in public.
He said his third child had been born to a woman he had never met, saying he had not cared who she was as long as she was healthy. Prince and Paris' mother is Debbie Rowe, Jackson's former dermatology nurse who he married in 1997. Jackson said she had handed over the two children to him as "gift" and that she was not involved in bringing them up.
Bashir was present during the infamous "baby dangling" incident in Germany recently when Jackson held his baby son over a balcony to show waiting fans beneath. Jackson denied that had been wrong, saying any criticism was "ignorant" - a word he also used to describe media criticism of any other aspects of his life.
"We were waiting for thousands of fans down below, and they were chanting they wanted to see my child, so I was kind enough to let them see. I was doing something out of innocence.
"I love my children, I was holding my son right and strong... I wasn't going to let him fall," he said.
He said he wanted more children and was considering adopting two from each continent.
The singer said he wanted to "live forever" and "totally" identified with the immortal children's fiction figure Peter Pan.
Questioned about the apparent change in his skin tone over the years, Jackson said he had the condition vitiligo, which made him lose skin colour and meant he was allergic to the sun.
Michael Jackson has admitted he still shares his bedroom with youngsters despite allegations of child sex abuse made against him a decade ago. Jackson's revelation to British journalist Martin Bashir came in a much-publicised documentary broadcast on the UK's ITV1 channel yesterday.
During the programme it emerged that children still slept overnight at Jackson's house, despite the allegations of abuse - that the singer always denied - made in 1993. Jackson said he sometimes slept on the floor while giving the children his bed, which he said was a "beautiful thing", "charming" and "sweet".
"Why can't you share your bed? That's the most loving thing to do, to share your bed with someone," he said.
Jackson introduced Bashir to a 12-year-old named Gavin, who he befriended as the youngster fought cancer. The boy said he battled his illness with the help of Jackson and that his parents were happy with their friendship, and saw nothing wrong with him sharing a room with the star. Jackson insisted his love for children was entirely innocent and had nothing to do with sex.
"My greatest inspiration comes from kids... it's all inspired from that level of innocence. I just love being around that all the time," he said.
Bashir had "unprecedented" access to Jackson for the 90-minute ITV1 documentary, Living With Michael Jackson. He followed the star for eight months, interviewing him several times and spending time at his Californian ranch, Neverland, which includes a zoo and a full-scale fairground. Jackson was also filmed spending $6m (?3.6m) on a shopping excursion during a stay in Las Vegas.
The singer grew emotional as he described his hard-working childhood - singing with his brothers in the Jackson Five group - and his "hated" violent father. He said his father had made him self-conscious about his appearance, saying he had a "fat nose".
But when Bashir asked him about reports of multiple plastic surgery, he denied having more than two operations on his face, saying only: "Oh God, oh please... it's stupid, none of it's true."
Jackson said he was giving his own children - Prince and Paris, aged five and four, and baby Prince Michael II - as "normal" a childhood as possible, even though they never saw their mothers. He blamed the ever-present paparazzi for meaning his children were always masked in public.
He said his third child had been born to a woman he had never met, saying he had not cared who she was as long as she was healthy. Prince and Paris' mother is Debbie Rowe, Jackson's former dermatology nurse who he married in 1997. Jackson said she had handed over the two children to him as "gift" and that she was not involved in bringing them up.
Bashir was present during the infamous "baby dangling" incident in Germany recently when Jackson held his baby son over a balcony to show waiting fans beneath. Jackson denied that had been wrong, saying any criticism was "ignorant" - a word he also used to describe media criticism of any other aspects of his life.
"We were waiting for thousands of fans down below, and they were chanting they wanted to see my child, so I was kind enough to let them see. I was doing something out of innocence.
"I love my children, I was holding my son right and strong... I wasn't going to let him fall," he said.
He said he wanted more children and was considering adopting two from each continent.
The singer said he wanted to "live forever" and "totally" identified with the immortal children's fiction figure Peter Pan.
Questioned about the apparent change in his skin tone over the years, Jackson said he had the condition vitiligo, which made him lose skin colour and meant he was allergic to the sun.
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