Former child actor Mark Lester believes he\u2019s the biological father of deceased superstar Michael Jackson\u2019s children Prince Michael, 16, Paris, 15, and Blanket, 11, and he\u2019s will to undergo DNA testing to prove it. <\/p>\nFormer child actor Mark Lester believes he\u2019s the biological father of deceased superstar Michael Jackson\u2019s children Prince Michael, 16, Paris, 15, and Blanket, 11, and he\u2019s will to undergo DNA testing to prove it. <\/p>\n
The Oliver! star alleges the Prince of Pop asked him to donate sperm one year prior to the births of the children, whom Lester claims now closely resemble his own four teenagers.<\/p>\n
The Daily Mirror reports the 54-year-old even delivered an impassioned message to the children, with whom he\u2019s remained out of contact since Jackson\u2019s memorial service in 2009: \u2018I\u2019m here, come and visit England, we\u2019ll look after you.\u2019<\/p>\n
Lester asserted he briefly blocked thoughts of the donation process, which occurred in the early 1990s: \u2018After Michael asked me to donate sperm for him I completely forgot about it.\u2019<\/p>\n
Yet speaking to the outlet apparently jogged his memory, as he continued: \u2018I remember Michael ringing and saying, \u201cOh, you don\u2019t have any fertility difficulties do you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Then out of the blue about a year later, he mentioned sperm donation and I agreed.\u2019 He explained of the slightly uncomfortable process: \u2018Michael set it up for me to turn up to a clinic in Harley Street, London to do it. It was weird.<\/p>\n
\u2018I went in a couple of times to donate but we never talked about it ever again\u2019. \u2018It was a really strange request but while Michael was alive I never gave it another thought. I didn\u2019t \u00addonate to get something out of it.\u2019<\/p>\n
The two friends met in 1978 after a Jackson 5 concert at London\u2019s Rainbow Theatre. Both grown child stars, they got along swimmingly.<\/p>\n
Lester gushed of their relationship: \u2018We ended up great friends. Michael had so many people and security around him but had very few people that knew him really closely. I became one of those lucky few.\u2019<\/p>\n
Their friendship endured through decades, with Jackson even naming Lester the godfather to his three children, born in 1997, 1998 and 2002 with ex-wife Debbie Rowe, to whom the hitmaker was married between 1996 and 1999.<\/p>\n
Lester\u2019s own four children often spent holidays and weekends with Jackson\u2019s offspring. He reminisced: \u2018Every time Michael came to the UK, which was at least six times a year, I used to take my children to see his. They always got on really well.<\/p>\n
Still, Lester maintains he never doubted the paternity of Jackson\u2019s progeny while the Beat It singer was alive.<\/p>\n
Only after Jackson\u2019s drug-induced death at 50 did the lifelong pal entertain the idea that he may be the father of the grieving youngsters.<\/p>\n
He continued of Jackson: \u2018He was a great dad to them, brought them up and was brilliant with the kids so I just didn\u2019t go there but there is obviously a good possibility (that I could be the biological father).\u2019<\/p>\n
After Lester raised the question to the Jackson family, the clan severed ties with the scorned godfather in a move that he deems \u2018not what Michael would have wanted.\u2019 <\/p>\n
The family has not responded to Lester\u2019s resultant pleas despite his insistence that he remains willing to undergo DNA testing to confirm whether he is the children\u2019s biological father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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