New rumours are swirling over the paternity of Michael Jackson’s youngest son, Blanket, with some suggesting he was fathered by Hollywood icon, Marlon Brando
Hollywood legend, Marlon Brando, may be the father of Michael Jackson’s youngest son, according to explosive new claims.
Mystery has surrounded the paternity of the superstar singer’s three kids, Prince, 28, Paris, 27, and Blanket, 23, for decades, with many claiming Michael was not their biological father.
After the Billie Jean star’s devastating split from Lisa Marie Presley, former nurse, Debbie Rowe offered to have his children. They married in 1996, she became pregnant and then they divorced in 1999 before Michael took full custody of the kids. The Thriller legend’s youngest son, Blanket, now known as Bigi, was later born via an unknown surrogate in 2002. And it’s now been claimed that he was secretly fathered by Godfather star, Brando, through sperm donation.
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Claiming it’s “all kicked off” at the Jackson estate, after it was claimed that Michael was “unable” to father children himself, a source told The Sun: “People have said for years that Michael used sperm donors. And that’s pretty much accepted as a fact these days, despite what the Jackson family might have said publicly in the past.
“But what hasn’t been said until recently is that Marlon Brando was among the people who helped him become a dad because he was unable do it himself. They were both megastars and very close, so they had a lot of trust between them. That’s why it has stayed quiet for so long, but a handful of people close have always known.
“It has all kicked off within the wider Jackson estate quite recently. Everyone is trying to get their heads around it.”
Brando, who is known to have fathered at least 11 children of his own, had complex personal life — and, like Michael, chose to keep his kids away from the spotlight, instead bringing them up on his secluded private island in Tahiti.
The new paternity bombshell surrounded the screen legend is said to stem from sources close to the Jackson family, who claim that Brando, who died in 2004, may have stepped in to help his close pal, Michael.
There’s no denying that the actor bears a striking resemblance to Bigi, who was born via surrogate in February 2002.
Marlon and Michael, who who died of acute propofol intoxication in 2009, were famously close. The actor’s son, Miko, had worked alongside the singer as a bodyguard for many years and also appeared in his 2001 music video for You Rock My World.
He has revealed how much of his father’s later years were spent at Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in California with his Smooth Criminal pal.
Thanking Michael for helping his father before he died, he said: “The last time my father left his house to go anywhere, to spend any kind of time, it was with Michael Jackson. Michael was instrumental helping my father through the last few years of his life. For that, I will always be indebted to him.”
