Fifteen-year-old Paris says in an interview that she’ll forsake show business to help people and would like to turn her former home, Neverland Ranch, into a haven for sick children.
All the King of Pop wanted for his children was something he never had: a normal upbringing.
While the world saw Michael Jackson for his eccentric lifestyle and ever-changing appearance, he was known by his children as a doting dad who made them wear masks for a good reason, said his 15-year-old daughter, Paris Jackson.
“He didn’t want anyone to see what we looked like,” she told the Daily Mail’s Sunday magazine. “That way we could have what he didn’t, which was a normal childhood.”
In a wide-ranging interview, Paris said she’s hoping to turn Neverland Ranch into a haven for sick children when she’s older. She and her brothers, Prince and Blanket, now 16 and 11, spent part of their youth at the once-iconic estate before their father died in 2009.
The sprawling ranch has been abandoned since 2005, and is now owned by a private equity firm.
Paris made an emotional pilgrimage there two years ago and was saddened to see its famous Ferris wheel had been removed.
“I cried and cried,” Paris said. “It’s beautiful there. It still has good energy.”
On the road as children, she added, her father would make an effort to share special moments with them. At hotel rooms, he would build a makeshift cinema using a projector and bed sheet. With Paris’ growing interest in music, her famous moonwalking father would give her dance lessons.
“He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death,” Paris said.
Source: Dailynews / MJ-Upbeat.com
Michael Jackson is truly the king. Anytime i listen his songs i feel like he is still alive. Absolutely one of the biggest pop music celebrities ever!