But for many years, public opinion believed that Debbie was just a surrogate mother for the American pop king , because the genetic material came from another woman.

Michael Jackson – Debbie Rowe with two children, during their days together.

Not long after the birth of her son Prince and daughter Paris, in order to have a huge amount of money, Debbie quickly gave up the right to take care of the two little angels . What is the truth about Debbie Rowe’s relationship with Michael Jackson and what is the celebrity’s current life like?

Michael Jackson – Debbie Rowe and the Random Patchwork

Debbie Rowe and Michael Jackson met by chance at the dermatologist’s office of Dr. Arnold Klein, where the King of Pop was being treated for his vitiligo. Rowe was working as a nurse at the clinic. It was 1996, and Jackson had just gone through a divorce from Lisa Marie, daughter of legendary pop king Elvis Presley, and was grieving over not being able to become a father.

Debbie Rowe with her husband Michael Jackson.

The nurse, 7 years older than Jackson, was secretly a huge fan of the famous artist and also longed to have a child. Through a broker, she sent a message to her idol: she was willing to cooperate.

As Jackson’s first wife Lisa Marie later confirmed, Rowe had long secretly loved the King of Pop and was waiting for an opportunity. Not long after, Jackson and nurse Rowe became husband and wife.

The wedding took place on November 14, 1996, shortly after Michael Jackson’s performance in Sydney, Australia, as part of his History World Tour. “At the marriage registration, there were only a few friends of Jackson’s, as well as staff from the Sydney Town Hall. The procedure was simple and everything went very quickly. I had flown in from New York about an hour earlier, and Michael had just finished a concert. We were both exhausted,” Debbie Rowe recently recalled.

Not long after their wedding, the couple welcomed their son Prince (February 13, 1997) and a year later, their daughter Paris was born (April 3, 1998).

Two mysterious creatures

However, both the new marriage, Rowe’s pregnancy, and the birth of the king of pop’s two children were immediately stirred up by mixed public opinion in the world media.

Rumor has it that, despite giving birth twice, Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the famous pair of children. Simply put, Rowe is just a surrogate mother. The mother does not even know whose children she is carrying.

In fact, both times they gave birth, Prince and then Paris were separated from their mother (before Rowe was discharged from the hospital) and taken straight to “Neverland”, Michael Jackson’s famous mansion, where the legendary artist lived until the day he passed away.

It is rumored that, despite giving birth twice, Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the famous children.

Rowe appeared in family photos, on the covers of many magazines, and accompanied her husband to official events, always standing next to Jackson.

Unfortunately, the marriage lasted only 2 years, and the two children received sole care from their father. At the request of the King of Pop, in 2001 Debbie Rowe publicly voluntarily gave up her parental rights to Prince and Paris. In return, Rowe received 8.5 million USD and a mansion in Beverly Hills, which she later sold for over 1.3 billion USD.

Despite their separation, years later, when Michael Jackson was convicted of sexually abusing underage boys, Debbie Rowe still strongly defended her ex-husband in various court cases. When called to court as a witness, Rowe said only good things about Jackson.

Unfortunately, Rowe’s relationship with her ex-husband became increasingly tragic. Having cut off all contact with his ex-wife, Jackson wanted nothing to do with Rowe. Family members explained that the reason was because Rowe had been too greedy when she set conditions for a divorce.

In addition to the $8 million and the Beverly Hills mansion mentioned above, Rowe also demanded an additional $2 million to keep Michael Jackson’s private life and the divorce agreement a secret. However, because Rowe violated the contract (giving press interviews about her two children Prince-Paris and her relationship with Jackson), the King of Pop did not pay the $2 million. That’s not all.

Worse, in the final will made in 2002, Debbie Rowe was completely absent from the list of heirs to Michael Jackson’s estate when the artist passed away. The care of Prince and Paris was given to their grandmother Katherine (Michael Jackson’s mother).

Happy ending?

Where is the once-famous woman now and what has she been doing? For many years Rowe enjoyed a quiet life on her ranch in Palmdale, California, where she raised horses and avoided the media.

Rowe and Mark Schaffel.

In April 2014, Rowe suddenly announced that she was engaged to Mark Schaffel, a music producer who once worked as Michael Jackson’s cameraman. Schaffel was Jackson’s only associate who was allowed to see Rowe after their divorce in 1999.

In late 2016, Rowe was diagnosed with breast cancer. In misfortune, there was a blessing. It was the news that Rowe had an unfortunate accident that helped restore the mother-daughter relationship between Rowe and her two children who had been separated for many years. Paris Jackson, Rowe’s daughter, posted on her personal Instagram page a photo of her mother smiling at her hospital bed after chemotherapy. Talking to a reporter for “People” magazine, Debbie Rowe happily shared that her daughter Paris had become her strongest support during this time.