# Michael Jackson's daughter interviewed on "Ellen" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276 "2011-12-15T04:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/1 "2011-12-15T04:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > "Michael Jackson’s daughter says she was inspired to be an actress after seeing her father in the film “Moonwalker.” [http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/tv/jackson-daughter-tells-ellen-about-acting-dreams/article\_c6339b80-d5bb-5068-a897-6752921175d3.html#ixzz1gZkUtydS](http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/tv/jackson-daughter-tells-ellen-about-acting-dreams/article_c6339b80-d5bb-5068-a897-6752921175d3.html#ixzz1gZkUtydS) So she’s going to be in a film based on a new children’s book, “Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys,” Does this girl look like she’s 1/4 African American to you? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/2 "2011-12-15T06:09:47Z")
How do you figure 1/4? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/3 "2011-12-15T07:05:32Z")
Michael Jackson was her father legally and in every other way that’s important but biologically- no way in hell. The DNA evidence would have to be examined by a team of 12 impartial geneticists before I’d even come close to believing it. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/4 "2011-12-15T07:26:54Z")
My google-fu isn’t working. Where is a picture of her and M (or family member who’s not surgeried) that can be compared? _Her_ features are consistent but there’s nobody I can find with their original face, sans make-up, lighting and angle interfering. I’m beginning to think those tv show reconstruction experts and such are exaggerating their abilities! ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/5 "2011-12-15T09:36:47Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Does this girl look like she’s 1/4 African American to you? yes, she does. look at that [rashida jones](http://content9.flixster.com/photo/11/66/32/11663203_ori.jpg), they have about the same skin tone. but really, why do you care if she’s biologically his? does it impact your life in any way?? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/6 "2011-12-15T11:58:33Z")
> [@clarkstar](#): > > yes, she does. look at that [rashida jones](http://content9.flixster.com/photo/11/66/32/11663203_ori.jpg), they have about the same skin tone. but really, why do you care if she’s biologically his? does it impact your life in any way?? On the other hand, how does it impact your life? This gay man was a fraud in so many ways. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/7 "2011-12-15T12:30:51Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > On the other hand, how does it impact your life? This gay man was a fraud in so many ways. Well, this thread is about to go downhill fast. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/8 "2011-12-15T12:36:26Z")
She seems like a sweet kid. Hopefully her life will have success but less of the weirdness of her dad’s. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/9 "2011-12-15T13:13:06Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > How do you figure 1/4? I’m curious about that too. I don’t think anyone disputes that both of Michael Jackson’s parents ([Katherine and Joe Jackson](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46317000/jpg/_46317375_jackson_parents_466.jpg)) were black. So Michael Jackson’s children, regardless of their mother’s race, would be at least half-black. If the insinuation is that Michael Jackson isn’t Paris Jackson’s biological father, why assume she’s a quarter black? ---
**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/10 "2011-12-15T14:05:23Z")
Maybe Micheal had her bleached. On second glance, no - she’s not 1/2 or I’d say even 1/4. I could be wrong but I’ve never seen a 1/4 or 1/2 that had hair like that. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/11 "2011-12-15T14:13:46Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > On the other hand, how does it impact your life? This gay man was a fraud in so many ways. That’s ignorant. You’re being ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/12 "2011-12-15T14:28:57Z")
Michael Jackson’s dad has blue or green eyes, which is a typical indicator that there’s some European heritage in there somewhere, but that’s kind of neither here nor there. The Jackson kids would be half-and-half by most people’s estimations. I have always wondered about the Jackson kids. It’s idle curiosity, of course, and impacts my life not at all, but I’d still like to know who their biological parents are. I was originally of the opinion that the oldest kid, Prince, with his blond hair and Caucasian features, could not possibly be half-Jackson genetically. However, there’s been pictures of Prince published where he has a very large, obvious vitiligo spot on his arm, which would be a pretty odd coincidence if Michael Jackson isn’t his bio-dad. The daughter, Paris, seems very pretty and poised. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/13 "2011-12-15T15:04:32Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > The daughter, Paris, seems very pretty and poised. I agree. I think Paris is absolutely gorgeous and looks very much like her biological mother, Debbie Rowe. The youngest kid, “Blanket”, what is his parentage anyway? The tabloids have so many theories… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/14 "2011-12-15T15:12:42Z")
Moderator Note > [@clarkstar](#): > > yes, she does. look at that [rashida jones](http://content9.flixster.com/photo/11/66/32/11663203_ori.jpg), they have about the same skin tone. but really, why do you care if she’s biologically his? does it impact your life in any way?? > [@madsircool](#): > > On the other hand, how does it impact your life? This gay man was a fraud in so many ways. > [@Enderw24](#): > > That’s ignorant. You’re being ignorant. OK let’s cool it. If you feel people have no right to discuss a celebrity’s parentage, fine, you’re entitled to your opinion, but not to threadshit here at the Straight Dope. I recommend you stay out of such threads and voice your objections in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/15 "2011-12-15T15:22:13Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > OK let’s cool it. > > If you feel people have no right to discuss a celebrity’s parentage, fine, you’re entitled to your opinion, but not to threadshit here at the Straight Dope. I recommend you stay out of such threads and voice your objections in the pit. FYI, the “That’s ignorant. You’re being ignorant” line is from South Park. They did a parody of Michael Jackson and he kept saying this to the other characters. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/16 "2011-12-15T15:29:35Z")
Ah. Gotcha. Well, the “play nice” directive still stands. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/17 "2011-12-15T18:45:04Z")
> [@Bloodless\_Turnip](#): > > Maybe Micheal had her bleached. > > On second glance, no - she’s not 1/2 or I’d say even 1/4. > > I could be wrong but I’ve never seen a 1/4 or 1/2 that had hair like that. Really? Here is a closer picture of [her](http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/2609929/paris-jackson-ellen-02/). Now look at some other famous people who are biracial (half Black): [Mariah Carey](http://www.poster.net/carey-mariah/carey-mariah-photo-mariah-carey-6200326.jpg) [Wentworth Miller](http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/awwm2__oPt.jpg) [Slash](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ea0HjopkdaY/S_F22j-0xBI/AAAAAAAAAao/JGQUakqKJdo/s320/slash-velvetrevolver2.jpg) [Jason Kidd](http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2011/03/gcelebrities/Jason_Kidd-1.jpg) [Rashida Jones](http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2009/03/19/previews/Rashida%20Jones-ALO-061869.jpg) Paris doesn’t look too different from many of them. I don’t really see a reason to doubt that it’s MJ’s kid. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/18 "2011-12-15T18:58:30Z")
she does look a bit like debbie rowe. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/19 "2011-12-15T19:10:05Z")
> [@Bloodless\_Turnip](#): > > Maybe Micheal had her bleached. > > On second glance, no - she’s not 1/2 or I’d say even 1/4. > > I could be wrong but I’ve never seen a 1/4 or 1/2 that had hair like that. Hair can be straightened. I think you put a 'fro on her, she’d suddenly look at lot more “black”. I actually thought her brother (the older one) looked a lot more dubiously part black than she did. Having said that, she comes across as amazingly normal considering the nuttiness she must have grown up around. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276/20 "2011-12-15T19:17:29Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > [http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/tv/jackson-daughter-tells-ellen-about-acting-dreams/article\_c6339b80-d5bb-5068-a897-6752921175d3.html#ixzz1gZkUtydS](http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/tv/jackson-daughter-tells-ellen-about-acting-dreams/article_c6339b80-d5bb-5068-a897-6752921175d3.html#ixzz1gZkUtydS) > > So she’s going to be in a film based on a new children’s book, “Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys,” > Does this girl look like she’s 1/4 African American to you? Of course not. Whenever we niggers mate with white folks, the offspring bear unmistakable signs of it until at least the sixth generation. Mark of Ham and all that. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jacksons-daughter-interviewed-on-ellen/606276.md?page=2)