Michael Jackson's three children graced the red carpet together for a special event in honor of their late father’s legacy.
All grown up and gracefully living out their early adult years, the three children — Prince Jackson, 27, Paris Jackson, 25, and Bigi Jackson, 22 — were seen at the Prince Edward Theatre in London for a preview performance of 'MJ: The Musical' on Wednesday.
The Tony Award-winning musical is based on the life of the late king of pop, whose character in the show is being played by Myles Frost.
Prince Jackson, 27, Paris Jackson, 25, and Bigi Jackson, 22, were seen on the red carpet in London for the preview night of 'MJ: The Musical'
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The siblings made the rare public appearance together in honor of their father’s memory. Prince Jackson exuded elegance in a classic black suit, complemented by a burgundy button-down and a sleek black tie, while Bigi, formerly known as Blanket, mirrored the formal aesthetic with his own black suit ensemble but chose a crisp white shirt instead and forwent a tie.
Michael’s only daughter, Paris, made a statement of her own and dazzled in a copper-colored dress.
The siblings made the rare public appearance together amid Bigi's ongoing dispute with their grandmother
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The heartwarming family moment with the three siblings came amid a legal battle involving Bigi and their grandmother, Katherine Jackson.
The youngest son of the award-winning singer is seeking to prevent Katherine from utilizing funds from the late pop icon’s estate to finance her ongoing legal dispute.
Bigi joined the pop star’s family with his birth via surrogacy in 2002, while Prince and Paris were born to Michael’s ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, in 1997 and 1998, respectively.
"My dad was really good about making sure we were cultured," Paris Jackson said about her father in the past
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“My dad was really good about making sure we were cultured, making sure we were educated, and not just showing us like the glitz and glam, like hotel hopping, five-star places,” Paris was quoted telling Naomi Campbell about her father in 2021.
“Growing up, it was about earning stuff. If we wanted five toys from FAO Schwarz or Toys R Us, we had to read five books,” she went on to say. “It’s earning it, not just being entitled to certain things or thinking, ‘Oh, I got this.’ It’s like working for it, working hard for it — it’s, it’s something else entirely. It’s an accomplishment.”
Paris once spoke about how people see her late father in her. "It’s almost scary," she said
When she was 18, Paris spoke about how people see her late her father in her.
“He is my father,” she was quoted saying in a Rolling Stone interview in 2017. “He will always be my father. He never wasn’t, and he never will not be … People that knew him really well say they see him in me, that it’s almost scary.”
Pop legend Michael said he felt "blessed" after he welcomed his first child, Prince, in 1997.
“Words can’t describe how I feel," the late singer said in a statement at the time "
He said he would work at being "the best father" he could possibly be and doesn't want his children to grow up "in a fish bowl" like he did.
"I have been blessed beyond comprehension and I will work tirelessly at being the best father that I can possibly be. I appreciate that my fans are elated, but I hope that everyone respects the privacy Debbie [Rowe] and I want and need for our son. I grew up in a fish bowl and will not allow the to happen to my child. Please respect our wishes and give my son his privacy," the Black or White singer said.
When Michael Jackson became a father, he said in a statement that he would work to be the "best father" he could possibly be
The late singer also spoke about fatherhood in a speech in 2001 and said he wanted his children to remember him for always trying to put them first.
“ ... Now I am a father myself, and one day I was thinking about my own children, Prince and Paris, and how I wanted them to think of me when they grow up," he said. "To be sure, I would like them to remember how I always wanted them with me wherever I went, how I always tried to put them before everything else. But there are also challenges in their lives. Because my kids are stalked by paparazzi, they can’t always go to a park or a movie with me. So what if they grow older and resent me, and how my choices impacted their youth?”
Michael, in 2003, claimed he concealed his children's faces to protect their identities in public because his kids mean "everything" to him.
“I love and adore my children. They mean everything to me," he said. "When they’re in public, though, I conceal their faces, ’cause I want my children protected. At home, they have a normal life, they play with other kids and they have a good time, they’re laughing a lot. They run around, they even go to school. It’s a normal life for them. But in public, I must protect them. I love my children very much, and I’m proud to be their dad.”