LA TOYA REVEALS MORE DETAILS OF FINAL MOMENTS: New interview discusses reaction of Jackson's kids.

(July 27, 2009)
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       *La Toya Jackson has done yet another paid interview with a British tabloid, this time revealing detailed information about the immediate reaction of Michael Jackson's children to his death.

       In the interview with "News of the World," La Toya reveals how she led Paris, 12, Prince Michael, 11, and seven-year-old Blanket to Michael's side to say goodbye to him just after he died.       

       "It was Paris who said she wanted to see her daddy one last time," says La Toya. "So I took them into the room. There was a towel over his face. I lifted it and Paris said, 'Oh Daddy, I love you'.       

       "We hugged, and I kissed him on the forehead and the children lifted up his hands. He just didn't look like he was gone. His eyes were half open, it was as if he was resting.       

       "The kids had been screaming - but once they were in that room and saw Michael they stopped and became calm."       

       Once inside the room, "I asked them, 'What do you want to say to Daddy?' and they said private things to him," says La Toya. "Paris was holding his hand. We were all sitting around the bed.       

       "His chest was very red from the attempts to revive him but he was wearing no make-up and looked fine. He was not bald as some reports have said. Everything looked fine.       

       "We all said prayers out loud over him. We did that quite a few times over half an hour. When we walked out that room the kids didn't cry. They were silent. They had closure." Since then, Paris has taken her father's death harder than her brothers. She wears Michael T-shirts every day and the walls of her room are covered with posters and pictures of her daddy.'      

       "She still writes him letters - sweet lovely letters about how much she loves him," says La Toya, holding back tears, according to the tabloid. "Michael told us Paris always wrote notes for him."       

       One, written last week, says: "Daddy, I don't think I was doing very well today. I noticed that when I looked over at Blanket he looked a little sad. I wanted to know why he was sad but he wouldn't tell me. Do you think you can help me figure out why he was sad, because I want him to be as happy as I am and you are."       

       The boys, she says, are trying to cope. "Prince Michael is not breaking down like Paris. After he'd seen his father's body at the hospital, I saw him get stronger as we walked away down the corridor," says La Toya.  "He hasn't cried since that day. But I want him to cry. I've told him, 'It's OK to cry'.       

       "Blanket is adorable and is coping fine." La Toya says. She reveals how Jackson's youngest son came from a donor egg and donated sperm. She says: "Michael didn't want to know who the biological parents were. They took eggs from a donor and I believe the sperm came from one of five donors picked from a book. I don't know who carried the child and if the surrogate knew whose child she was carrying.  Michael was proud of Blanket and of all of his children. They were his prime concern."      

       Read La Toya's entire interview here.
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