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- Michael Jackson, “The King of Pop”, was married twice throughout his life
- He was married to Lisa Marie Presley for 2 years and to Debbie Rowe for 3 years
- Michael welcomed two youngsters with Debbie Rowe
Michael Jackson was one of many greatest stars on the earth and is remembered as a pop legend. With 13 Grammys to his identify and an award in his honor (the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award given on the MTV Video Music Awards), he really embodies his nickname as “The King of Pop”. Unfortunately, his private life was far much less profitable.
Michael was married twice in his life; as soon as to the late Lisa Marie Presley and as soon as to Debbie Rowe. Both marriages lasted three years or much less. Read on to find out about each of Michael Jackson’s marriages.
Michael Jackson And Lisa Marie Presley
Talk about music royalty. Michael Jackson and the one daughter of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, walked down the aisle in a personal ceremony on May 26, 1994 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The couple was very public about their relationship and was photographed jet-setting round Europe following their big day. They made headlines in Sept. 1994 after they locked lips on the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards.
“I’m very happy to be here. Just to think, nobody thought this would last,” he smiled earlier than planting a passionate kiss on his spouse on the occasion. “He knew I didn’t love that,” Lisa recalled in a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey following Michael’s tragic demise in 2009. “I would be there, uncomfortably. And his hand was blue after we got off that stage. … I had squeezed it so hard.”
There have been rumors surrounding their relationship virtually as quickly as they have been married. When requested by journalist Diane Sawyer if that they had a intercourse life, Lisa Marie responded enthusiastically, seemingly denying the rumors. “Do we have sex? Yes! Yes! Yes!” she replied, per The Washington Post.
However, by Sept. 1995, they have been by way of. “Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley have mutually agreed to go their separate ways. However, they remain good friends,” the “Thriller” hitmaker’s publicist, Lee Solters, advised The Washington Post in Jan. 1996. Their divorce was finalized in Aug. 1996. In her sit-down with Oprah, Lisa confessed that she left the wedding as a result of she noticed “drugs and the doctors coming in,” which “scared” her.
During her Oprah sit-down, Lisa spoke concerning the highs and lows of her sophisticated and quick marriage to the pop sensation. “I loved taking care of him,” she remembered. “It was one of the highest points in my life when things were going really well, and he and I were united. It was a very profound time of my life.”
She additionally addressed the rumors that her marriage was staged. At occasions, she thought it truly could have been. Describing her concern, she famous that Michael was at all times “creating and puppeteering” for the media, however she later discovered that was merely what he did to make it within the business. “I always confused that manipulation thinking that it meant he didn’t love me,” she admitted. “But I understand it better now. The manipulation was a survival tactic for him.”
Lisa and Michael by no means had youngsters, but it surely’s one thing he wished together with her. Sadly, it turned a bitter level of their relationship. “I did want to [have kids], but I just wanted to make sure. I was looking into the future and thinking, ‘I don’t ever want to get into a custody battle with him,” she recalled.
According to Lisa, Michael already had his eyes on his second spouse, Debbie Rowe, throughout their marriage and even threatened her saying he would impregnate her. “She was there the whole time telling him that she would [have his child],” she claimed. “He would tell me, ‘Debbie said she’ll do it.’ That’s how he knew to handle it, ‘If you’re not going to do it, this person will.’”
Michael Jackson And Debbie Rowe
Just months after Michael and Lisa’s divorce, in Oct.1996, the information of Debbie Rowe and Michael’s being pregnant was introduced. They married in Australia on Nov. 13, earlier than welcoming their son, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., also referred to as Prince, on Feb. 13, 1997 in Los Angeles. They went on to welcome a daughter, Paris, on April 3, 1998. Sadly, they break up in 1999, and the “Beat It” singer was awarded custody of their youngsters.
In a 2003 interview obtained by ABC News, Debbie admitted that she determined to have Michael’s youngsters on a whim. “I was trying to console him, because he was really upset. He was upset because he really wanted to be a dad. I said, ‘So be a dad,’” she recalled. “He looked at me puzzled. That is when I looked at him and said, ‘Let me do this. I want to do this. You have been so good to me. You are such a great friend. Please let me do this. You need to be a dad, and I want you to be.’”
“We were very excited. Michael was definitely more excited than I was,” she added. Once she went into labor, Michael stayed by her aspect your complete time. “He was so excited when we had a contraction, and he was there,” she gushed. “He was there the whole time. Held my hand, stroked my head.”
She went on to color Michael as a father who did all of it: He obtained up in the midst of the night time to console a crying toddler, modified diapers, and accomplished all of the troublesome parenting work. That’s why Debbie mentioned she relinquished parental rights following their divorce. “I did it for him to become a father, not for me to become a mother. You earn the title parent. I have done absolutely nothing to earn that title,” she said throughout their custody listening to. She filed to reverse that call in 2004.
As of 2021, Paris, 24, and Debbie have a relationship. It is unclear if Prince, 25, is shut with Debbie. Michael, in fact, had a 3rd little one, a son named Bigi Jackson (born Prince Michael Jackson). He was born by way of surrogate in 2002.