Culkin 'the father of Jackson's son'

Macaulay Culkin is the biological father of Michael Jackson's 7-year-old son Prince Michael II, it has been claimed.

According to The Sun, Jackson asked Culkin to donate his sperm for the child, also known as Blanket, after the pair formed a close friendship in the 1990s.

A source said: "It is well known Jackson and Macaulay shared a unique bond. This isn't just chitter-chatter, even Culkin suspects he's Blanket's father.

"Jackson and Culkin were best friends. He was one of the few people Jackson really trusted and Mack never let him down."

They added: "Really, Jackson idolised him - that's why he asked Mack to donate sperm. Deep down, I think he always wished Mack was his son. Creating Blanket was the next best thing."

The newspaper said that Culkin, who is the godfather of Jackson's other two children, was not available to comment on the rumours.

Culkin appeared in the video for Jackson's 1991 single 'Black Or White', and also took the stand in the singer's 2005 child abuse trial to deny that he had been molested by the star.