Britain's Daily Star wins the prize for the most absurd Michael Jackson story thus far, claiming that The Forge's Al Malnik is the biological dad of Jackson's youngest child, Prince Michael II, aka Blanket. The rag took Malnik's statements out of context, of course, to wrongfully assume he was the dad. Malnik, who gave an on record interview to the New York Times over the weekend had said "[Michael] asked me, if anything happened to him, I would become godfather and parent to Prince Michael." Ok, so Malnik was the godfather, no pun intended to those who know about his past alleged ties to Al Capone. But the rag goes even further saying how photos show a resemblance between Jackson's older child Paris and Malnik's own daughter with wife Nancy. A shady source told the Daily Star, "Malnik has made no secret of the fact that he has a special relationship with Michael. And now he claims he is the father of his third child. If you look at pictures if Michael's daughter Paris and Malnik's own daughter, they both have a very similar look about them." Of course Malnik's spokesperson has dismissed these claims as ridiculous and frankly so do we. [Insert "the kid is not my son/Billie Jean" joke here]. The only truth to the entire absurdity may be the fact that Malnik, who helped bail his famous pal out during his financial/legal firestorm in the early 2000s, first met Jackson in a Beverly Hills plastic surgery clinic. Now that would make some sense but as for the rest, the only thing we believe Malnik donated to Jackson was money and even friendship, not, dare we say, sperm.
only a matter of time until this becomes a Jerry Springer episode
Posted by: anon | June 30, 2009 at 12:19 PM
As if it wasn't Jerry Springer-esque already, only this time it's the uncut, unedited, uncensored version! Yikes.
Posted by: Lesley Abravanel | June 30, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Being a godfather has no relevance in custody of the child. This is a common myth. A godfather is just a term for someone who will guide the child religously. Its not a legal title.
Posted by: Joe | July 01, 2009 at 03:18 PM
Zzzzzz. time to move to NYC or LA. watching rain is getting old.
Posted by: anon | July 02, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Speaking of Godfather's. Isn't Al Malnik a mobster?
Posted by: yuck | July 09, 2009 at 11:26 AM