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Pop star Michael Jackson and his new wife Debbie Rowe pose for a wedding photo minutes after the ceremony in California - Source: Reuters -
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Debbie Rowe has claimed Michael Jackson wasn't the biological father of their two children.
The former nurse - who was married to the Thriller singer from 1996 to 1999 - has alleged Prince Michael, 12, and 11-year-old Paris were conceived through artificial insemination using sperm from an anonymous donor.
Speaking about her relationship with Michael - who died on Friday after a suspected cardiac arrest - she told journalist Rebecca White: "Michael was divorced, lonely and wanted children. I was the one who said to him, 'I will have your babies.'
"I offered him my womb - it was a gift. It was something I did to keep him happy.
"I was just the vessel. It wasn't Michael's sperm. I got paid for it, and I've moved on. I know I will never see my children again.
"I was never a good mother, I never felt any attachment to them. It was a better feeling giving them to him than it was keeping them as my own."
Debbie says Michael split from her soon after the painful birth of Paris, which left her unable to have any more children.
The 50-year-old blonde - who claims she didn't have sex with Michael throughout their relationship - added: "He wanted to pretend that we were a family. But we never lived together as a couple. We never had sex. He was on the road, doing his thing.
"The delivery was so hard. My insides were all torn up and I was barren. When he knew I couldn't have any more babies he didn't want anything to do with me."
Michael got full custody of the children after he reportedly paid Debbie $NZ10.73 million (4.2 million pounds) over nine years and gave her a home in Beverly Hills.
Debbie is now set to cash in on her relationship with Michael after reportedly agreeing a deal to write a tell-all book.
As well Prince Michael and Paris, Michael went on to have a third child, seven-year-old Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket, but the identity of his mother remains unknown.
Michael Jackson's doctor has denied administering a painkiller which is believed to have led to his death.
Dr Conrad Murray - the pop legend's personal cardiologist - says he didn't give the singer an injection of the powerful painkiller Demerol, which reportedly triggered his suspected cardiac arrest last week.
Dr Murray's lawyer Edward Chernoff insists the physician never prescribed nor administered Demerol - one of the cocktail of prescription drugs reportedly found in the star's body after his death - to Jackson.
Chernoff said: "There was no Demerol. Not ever. He just happened to find him in his bed and he wasn't breathing. Mr Jackson was still warm and had a pulse."
It is thought 50-year-old Jackson went into cardiac arrest and his heart stopped beating around an hour after being given a shot of Demerol.
It was claimed on Monday that in an attempt to revive the singer, Dr Murray later gave him a shot of adrenalin straight into his chest and performed CPR.
Leaked information from the initial autopsy on Jackson reportedly shows he was jabbed in the heart four times, thought to be the attempts to get adrenalin to his heart. He also had several broken ribs from the CPR. Jackson's family are said to be desperate to speak with Dr Murray and get his full account of the time he spent with the star and the procedures he took to revive him.
It has further been reported by a family source it took 50 minutes before an ambulance was called for Jackson, while desperate attempts to resuscitate him were made.
Reverend Jesse Jackson said: "There is a concern about what happened the last 12 hours of Michael's life.
"The doctor has showed some bizarre behaviour. Apparently, the doctor was with Michael, maybe administering to his back pain. And then, the next thing that happens is there is a 911 call.
"He hadn't talked with the family. He didn't sign the death certificate. He didn't talk with the coroner. And then he was missing in action."
Dr Murray reportedly went "missing" soon after Jackson's death. He was questioned by Los Angeles police investigating Jackson's death yesterday, although their investigation is not criminal. Police also made it clear Dr Murray was questioned as a witness and is not a suspect.
It is believed Jackson was being treated by a number of doctors at the time of his death.
