Michael Jackson Doc: 'I Once Donated Sperm'

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Michael Jackson's dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, opened up on Wednesday in a new interview with Larry King about whether he fathered Jackson's children.

On CNN's "Larry King Live" Klein repeated the assertion he told "Good Morning America" earlier in the day, saying, "I think to the best of my knowledge I am not the father," but also mentioned that he had "once donated sperm" to a sperm bank. He also pointed out, "It's no one's business."

He said that he wanted the mother of Jackson's children, his former nurse, Debbie Rowe, to be involved in raising them, along with their nanny Grace Rwaramba. He said of Rowe, "She can be a very loving person." He said that the children are the "brightest" and "most well-behaved" children that he's ever met.

When asked if Jackson and Rowe had consummated their brief marriage, Klein responded, "I think they did have sex. Yes, I really do."

Klein also touched on the sleeping drug Diprivan, which is reported to have been found in Jackson's home following his death. "I knew at one point that he was using Diprivan when he was on tour in Germany. He was using it with an anesthesiogist to go to sleep at night." He told King that he discouraged Jackson from using the drug: "I told him specifically the dangers of the Diprivan." He also said he never saw intravenous drug paraphernalia or Diprivan in Jackson's home. "I am very shocked by it but I have to tell you that it's not something that would be unheard of," he said of hearing that the drug was reportedly found in Jackson's home following his death.

He also explained that Jackson's skin became paler over the course of his life due to the skin condition vitiligo, which causes skin to lose pigmentation. He said that after Jackson began to develop patches of de-pigmented skin: "We basically used creams that would even out the skin color." He also said that Michael "was very proud of his black heritage," saying of the treatment, which involved whitening remaining dark patches, "That's ultimately what the decision had to be. … He couldn't really go out in public without looking terribly peculiar."

Klein told King he wants the "carnival atmosphere" following Jackson's death to stop and said he hopes that Jackson is buried in a place where he would have wanted to be buried.

Published 7/8/09 by the Insider

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  • michael was acussed for many things we will never knw if there true but one thing we know is that he had talent but knw its time to let him go
    Anonymous 11/8/09 Reply
  • no matter what anyone says good or bad michael jackson will always be the king of pop. memorial service at the palms hotel in las vegas on aug 29 2009 r.i.p. my friend i will miss you.
  • no matter what anyone says good or bad michael jackson will always be the king of pop. memorial service at the palms hotel in las vegas on aug 29 2009 r.i.p. my friend i will miss you.
  • I read that the rapper Kayne West said that he is now the King of Pop. Later I heard that he didn't say that. I don't know what is true. But any rapper, singer, dancer, have to understand that this KING will live forever, and NO ONE, I MEAN NO ONE...
    Anonymous 8/9/09 Reply
  • Those kids are worth alot of MONEY!!!!!! Now everybody wants to be the daddy. Wonder why???? Now this guy over in London who was a friend of Michael said he is Paris Jackson father. He will be willing to take a DNA test. Is he willing to keep his...
    Anonymous 8/9/09 Reply
  • I WILL FOREVER MOURN YOU MICHAEL AND I WILL LISTEN TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TILL THE DAY I DIE.IF YOU CAN'T DANCE TO YOUR MUSIC YA JUST CAN'T DANCE. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT AND THE SEXIEST MAN EVER TO DANCE .R.I.P. MY SWEET MAN AND MAY THEY...
    djdb 8/9/09 Reply
  • i don't care what color or what shape nose or who donated what -what's the point-he's gone forever our beloved MJ and i have mourned other greats but he has affected me so I'm still crying over his death.Greeed from these doctors who took a...
    djdb 8/9/09 Reply
  • Arnie Klein, my have, and I said may have donated his sperm, but he is not he father of those kids. He wasn't there to change a diaper,to blow a nose, comfort them back to sleep when they had a bad dream, or read a book to them, or feed them, etc,...
    Anonymous 7/11/09 Reply
  • PRINCE AND PARIS LOOK'S JUST LIKE THIS MAN, WE DON'T NEED MAURY TO TELL US THAT ARNOLD K YOU ARE THE FATHER.
  • PRINCE AND PARIS LOOK'S JUST LIKE THIS MAN, WE DON'T NEED MAURY TO TELL US THAT ARNOLD K YOU ARE THE FATHER.
  • IF Michael Jackson's kids were black i wonder if the question of paternity would have even been an issue.So what if Michael is not the biological father, do you think that on top of every thing that those kids are dealing with that they need to deal...
    shyone45 7/11/09 Reply
  • i do believe what Dr. Klein what he said that he is not the father of the Jackson kids, and he is the one who Introduce Debbier Rowe to Michael Jackson and if not for Debbie Rowe there will be no Jackson kids
    Anonymous 7/11/09 Reply
  • All I can hear is this guy donated sperm. What else did he say? Remember how people went after Michael because they said he didn't want to be Black, he wanted to be White. I'm sure that hurt Michael. Now this doctor, said that Michael suffer from...
    Anonymous 7/10/09 Reply
  • I'm sick of all this circus B.S., I could careless if this guy donated sperm. I and so many others are trying to deal with the fact that Michael is gone. It still hurts. This man have been a part of my life for over 35 years. And I am so sorry to...
    Anonymous 7/10/09 Reply
  • With the Fame comes not being able to live a "Normal" life. These entertainers know this... it was a choice THEY make. As the saying goes, "You made the bed, now lie in it!"
    Anonymous 7/10/09 Reply