Born into a family of world-famous stars, Blanket Jackson – Michael Jackson’s youngest son – has received worldwide media attention since his birth. However, the boy has made people feel sorry for him because of his lonely life.
Blanket – real name is Prince Michael II, from birth, Blanket was a child without a mother because his father or his family never revealed the identity of his biological mother. He is completely different from his two older siblings, Prince and Paris – two children born in the marriage between Michael Jackson and dermatologist Deborah Jeanne Rowe.
The appearance of Blanket in the Jackson family in 2002 caused a stir and curiosity in the Hollywood media. When Blanket was born, Michael Jackson declared that this was his beautiful and lovely son and refused to say who the baby’s mother was. Michael once revealed that he named his youngest son Blanket (meaning blanket) with the meaning of blessing and that the boy was the warmth of the whole family.
At that time, Michael Jackson said, Blanket was the result of in vitro fertilization from a woman and his sperm. And Blanket grew up in a life without the care of a mother like that.
At just 9 months old, Blanket Jackson became the center of public attention when his famous father, the King of Pop Michael Jackson, pushed him out of the window of the Adlon Hotel in Berlin, Germany and dropped him in front of hundreds of horrified fans.
Accordingly, in November 2002, when Blanket was just 9 months old, Michael Jackson carried his son to the balcony of the 4th floor of the Berlin hotel to wave to the public. The weak boy Blanket was covered by a thin towel to cover his face by his eccentric father and swung on the balcony in the fear of many people. Jackson later apologized for the incident, calling it “a terrible mistake”. A bodyguard also revealed that Jackson was very depressed about the incident and then locked himself in his room for a day to reflect.
That was also the rare time Blanket became the center of media attention, of course this memory was not very happy. After that incident, Michael Jackson also limited the publicity of his young son to the media. Later, when Blanket grew up a little, the boy was always known for his long hair and face like his father. Every time he was with his youngest son, Michael Jackson always took care of him very carefully.
On June 25, 2009, the sudden passing of the King of Pop – Michael Jackson shocked millions of fans. Not only that, his passing also left 7-year-old Blanket, who was the one who suffered the most from the loss of a loved one. At that time, Blanket silently shed tears while leaning on his brother and his father’s relatives.
After Michael Jackson passed away, Blanket and his two siblings were left to their grandmother to care for and raise until they were adults. While Prince and Paris were strong, mature and quickly overcame the pain of losing their father, Blanket was not able to do so easily. It took many years for Michael Jackson’s youngest son to be able to forget, stop being haunted by the passing of his father and live a normal life like everyone else.
Because his grandmother was old and weak, Blanket had to live a “here and there” life among his relatives in the Jackson family since he was young. Because everyone was so busy, Blanket was sometimes forgotten to take him to school. The media revealed that due to the lack of love, Blanket lived a very closed life, and the images taken by paparazzi were also very rare.
While Blanket Jackson’s older sister became a model and his brother a television producer, the teenager struggled with bullying at school and loneliness. Blanket rejected the name his father gave him and wanted to be known as Biji.
Michael Jackson left his son enough money to live a comfortable life, but it did not make him smile happily during his childhood years. As of April 2020, Blanket’s total net worth is around $100 million.
An acquaintance of the Jackson family revealed that after Michael Jackson passed away, Blanket lived alone, played by himself and rarely received adequate care from his relatives. When he grew up, the youngest son of the King of Pop chose a closed, simple life. Although the relationship between the three sisters was still good, both Prince Jackson and Paris had their own lives so Blanket could not demand care from his older siblings.
And in recent photos, Blanket has been highlighted by his long black hair and facial features that resemble his father. Blanket is considered the child who resembles his father the most compared to his two famous siblings, Prince and Paris, and many people expect the boy to become a star.
However, compared to his siblings, Blanket chose a quiet and almost “invisible” life. His father’s brilliant aura in the past was not enough to pull Blanket out of his own comfort zone. The boy lived a closed, simple life and almost avoided all noisy rumors. At 18 years old, Blanket did not use social networks and did not communicate with the noisy public. Perhaps that is why he has the nickname “invisible boy”.
It can be said that, although born and raised as the son of a famous star, Blanket had an unfortunate childhood, being the most unfortunate boy. Blanket often spent hours playing video games and making friends with gamers online, and every day went to martial arts classes to exercise.
Recently, on August 29, Blanket Jackson made a surprise appearance at the 65th birthday celebration of his late father. At the age of 21, Blanket surprised everyone with his mature appearance. He has a beard and shoulder-length hair parted in the middle. Jackson’s youngest son wore comfortable clothes with a loose black shirt and black trousers. Blanket still maintained the calm style of his childhood. He only smiled when posing and signing autographs for the audience.
