Did Macaulay Culkin father Michael Jackson’s son Blanket?

Since the somewhat unexpected death of Michael Jackson in June, many peripheral characters have stepped forward to claim parentage of Michael Jackson’s three children.

Debbie Rowe, Jackson’s second wife, is known to be father to Prince Michael, Jackson’s eldest son, and Paris, Michael’s daughter and middle child. After Jackson’s death, several of Jackson’s friends and associates have claimed to have provided the sperm that begat Jackson’s three children. Now The Sun is claiming that Blanket (Prince Michael II), Michael’s youngest son, was fathered by none other than Jackson’s young friend Macaulay Culkin.

Blanket, the child the world met when he was dangled from a European balcony as an infant, is now seven. 29-year-old Culkin would have been in his very early twenties when Blanket was conceived. The Sun says:

“…Jackson and Culkin were best friends. He was one of the few people Jackson really trusted and Mack never let him down.

“Really, Jackson idolised him – that’s why he asked Mack to donate sperm.

“Deep down, I think he always wished Mack was his son. Creating Blanket was the next best thing.”

Jackson’s brother Marlon hinted yesterday that the children were not biologically Michael’s, but that the family considered them “his” regardless of their biological parentage. Michael Jackson is set to be buried in Hollywood Hills on Thursday.