Rumored Fourth Child Denies Family Connection
We told you a few days ago about the media frenzy surrounding Omer Bhatti, the young man rumored to be a possible love child of Michael Jackson. Bhatti spoke out yesterday, denying these claims and labeling himself simply as a “best friend” of the late singer.
Bhatti-gate started when reporters noticed that the Norwegian man sat at the front row of Michael Jackson’s memorial event, surrounded by the rest of the grieving family members. From the Mirror:
Omer Bhatti has revealed how Jackson feted him as an honorary son after inviting him and his family to move in with him.
Omer, 25, from Norway, who lived with Jackson at his Neverland ranch for eight years, hails the tragic pop legend as his “best friend”.
But he says there is no biological link between him and Jackson, despite widespread rumours he is the King of Pop’s illegitimate child, fathered during an alleged fling with Omer’s mum in 1983.
Omer, who lives in Norway, has revealed Jackson always used to say that he was like a son to him and he thinks that that must be the reason for all the rumours.
Confiding in a close friend from Oslo, Omer said: “Michael is not my father. He and I were just very, very close. He was my best friend.”