“Who, me?”
Posted on 07/11/2009 2:45:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Joe Jackson wants to teach his grandkids the ABCs of showbiz.
The notoriously hard-driving stage dad said he sees star power in Michael Jackson's two youngest children.
"I keep watching Paris. She maybe wants to do something," Joe Jackson, 80, said on Friday in an interview with "Good Morning America."
"And Blanket, he can really dance."
The comments by Jackson's father - who said Thursday he suspects foul play in his son's untimely death - came as British tabloid The Sun reported today that Jackson had lethal levels of painkiller Demerol and heroin substitute methadone in his body when he died, as well as high levels of anti-anxiety drug Xanax.
The paper said preliminary toxicology findings submitted to the Los Angeles county coroner's office reveal the drug cocktail.
Jackson's father had a famously rocky relationship with the King of Pop - who took great pains to shelter his own kids, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7. Michael Jackson's doctor Arnold Klein - whose former medical assistant, Debbie Rowe, is the mother of the two older kids - is concerned about Joe Jackson's influence. "I worry about the Jackson family [getting custody] only because I worry slightly about the father, from what Michael told me about that father," Klein told CNN's "Larry King Live.
A Monday hearing on Katherine Jackson's temporary custody of Michael's kids was postponed to July 20, sparking speculation a settlement with Rowe was in the works.
"[The delay will] allow us to privately and amicably resolve this most important matter in a dignified manner for the benefit of the children first and all involved," Jackson family lawyer Londell McMillan said.
sad.. po’ ‘blanket’.
now, who the heck names their kid blanket? geesh.. I know I know.. considering his older bro is Prince... I hope Paris is not home schooled is all I have to offer on that.
“Who, me?”
Grandaddy Joe’s wanting to get that belt out, again. What a POS.
Oh ...GOD...Here we go again......Please protect these children from this oppertunistic monster....These kids would be better off getting the heck out of LA and living with some random family in America than any of the Screwed up Jackson family. Sad to say that Paris and Blaket will be having major problems in the future. Paris was so cute and the funeral I hope she doesn’t end up like another famous Paris.......
It’s the kid’s nickname. Having had a kid that loved his blanket and took it everywhere when he was a year old, he might have gotten called “Blanket” too, but he already had a nickname. (And it had nothing tod do with blankets or diapers, either.)
You can’t get what you want (till you know what you want.)
"Why should I have to change my name, he's the one that sucks."
Lol.. I hear ya,, I had a godson , we called him ‘creep’.. another nephew was goober.. one is now a LEO, the other a car mechanic
He already screwed up MJ with his insatiable, cruel GREED.
They’re already screwed up!
They were the being raised by WACKO and his weird ways.
NOW, is the time to place them with a NORMAL FAMILY and undo the dysfunctional Jackson family contribution.
do ya think that joe jackson had something to do with the everlasting pre-pube high-pitch voice of mikey?
Blanket is no worse a nickname than Miley, another exploited child star.
I think Michael knew that.
Joe was “cut out” of the will. Money and custody.
That Diana Ross thing was strange. The kids seemed very attached to Janet.
There. Edited for accuracy.
I know people who get upset about Blanket...until I told them it was a nickname. Given Michael Jackson’s weird life, I don’t think it is reckless to assume he gave Blanket as a legal name. Giving both his sons the first name “Prince” is weird enough.
Marvin’s father was a fine man, of good reputation. He had to stop his son from beating up his own mother and father while Marvin was in a crack induced rage.
Wow, ole Joe certainly is the ULTIMATE PIMP Mac DADDY, isnt he?
After whoring out the entire family for the sake of $$$, he’s ready to start on his grandkids.
what a piece of work this guy is...
Yeah, go ahead and put them through the same non-childhood that ruined Michael.
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