The crazy world of Wacko Jacko

Feb 4 2003 By The Evening Chronicle

Pop oddball Michael Jackson has disclosed that he still shares his bedroom with children, despite the child-sex allegations which nearly destroyed him.

The singer has formed a close friendship with a 12-year-old boy who regularly spends the night at his Neverland mansion.

Jackson, 44, said there was nothing strange about the arrangement, adding: "It's very loving. What's wrong with sharing a love?"

His comments were made in an interview with Martin Bashir screened on ITV last night.

Elsewhere in the programme the star made a series of disclosures about his life, his appearance and his three children - his five-year-old son, Prince Michael I, four-year-old daughter Paris, and his baby boy.

Jackson disclosed that the baby called Prince Michael II - whom he calls Blanket - was conceived by a surrogate mother he has never met.

He said the mother of his first two children, Debbie Rowe, had given them to him "as a present".

He said he snatched Paris from hospital seconds after her birth and fled. He insisted there was nothing wrong with dangling "Blanket" over a balcony, saying the baby had enjoyed it. He also vehemently denied his face had been remoulded through plastic surgery.