Debbie Rowe Interview
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Kelly Lange [of KNBC news]: She is Mrs. Michael Jackson, Debbie Rowe. She
has never given and interview about her marriage or her baby until now.
Tonight Debbie Rowe speaks exclusively with our Chuck Henry about her life, her
baby son, and Michael. Chuck Henry got the story and he's here now with
all the details.
Introduction:
Chuck Henry Interviewer
Debbie Rowe works as a nurse in a Dr's Office. Keeps her job, goes to work
every morning, she really is an ordinary woman. But, she's involved in an
extrodinary situation.
Debbie: I haven't abandoned him, a lot of people think I have abandoned him.
I haven't abandoned him. I haven't abandoned my husband. I'm there! It's
not like I'm that far away, I can be there in 13 hours.
Interviewer: And Debbie flies to Paris twice a month for a weekend visit.
Do you miss your son?
Debbie: Sure. And I miss Michael a lot too. But I don't feel like I have
to be there. I don't think being there 24 hours a day makes a better
relationship.
Interviewer: Debbie says there was no prenuptual agreement, and no financial
payoff for her carrying Jackson's child. Which she says was concieved
naturally.
Debbie: I would never do this for money. I did this because I love him.
That's the only reason I did this.
Interviewer: Giving all the stories about Michael Jackson does Debbie feel
totally comfortable about this arrangement?
Debbie: Obviously I wouldn't have had a child if .....
Interviewer: And you wouldn't leave your child....
Debbie: And I wouldn't leave our child there.....
Interviewer: If any of those things were true.
Debbie: If any of them were true. If I even suspected any of them were true.
He feeds him, he changes his diapers, he reads to him, he sings to him, if
he's on the phone the baby's in his arms, if he's having a meeting the baby's
there. He takes naps with him. He, he, he's....the.....I don't need to be
there. I don't need to be there. Cause Michael's.....I've got nothing to do.
Interviewer: On her visits to Paris Debbie says the three of them just.....
Debbie: Get up in the morning. Watch cartoons...cause I like
cartoons....play with the baby all day....just hang out.
Interviewer: Having the baby was her idea. It was a subject that was talked
about before Jackson's marriage to Lisa Marie Presley.
Debbie: He did love her very, very much, still does. Still cares about her
very, very much. But, um, it didn't work out. And, uh, he was devastated.
Interviewer: After the divorce, Debbie, who met Jackson while working in a
Dr's Office again brought up the subject of children.
Debbie: Well, I said, I said, you know, my offer still stands....
Interviewer: So, if you want to be a parent ....
Debbie: So I said, I said...If you want to be a daddy...I want to do it.
Interviewer: A week after the story broke Debbie got a call from Jackson...
Debbie: Asked me if I would get married to him, and I said "you really want
to?" And he said, "yeah". And I say, "that's not gonna affect our
friendship? We're still gonna be friends, right?" And he said, "I promise!"
And I say, "the first time this marriage interfers with our friendship,
we're goin' back to being friends, and forget this other stuff." And he
says, "it won't happen, I promise!"
Interviewer: So now you've had the baby,
Debbie: It was the world's best experience.
Interviewer: And through it all, Michael never left her side.
Debbie: He did not let go of my hand the whole time. It's like no, no go
see what he looks like. No I'm not gonna leave ya, no you have to go, you
have to go!
Interviewer: Do you want to have more children?
Debbie: Yeah
Interviewer: Does Michael want to have more children?
Debbie: Yeah
Interviewer: You will have more children?
Debbie: We hope so, yeah.
Interviewer: Sooner, Later?
Debbie: Well, depends on our scheduling. (giggle)
Interviewer: Interesting story! Debbie says that she and Michael also plan
to have a home together....someday.
Debbie: People say this is your job. It is not my job, it is not my duty.
And he understands that...and he understands that I need my independence
that I still need to be Debbie.
Interviewer: Yes, she is Mrs. Michael Jackson. Yes, she is the mother of a
14-week old baby. So why isn't she living full-time with her little boy?
Debbie: We're untradional people. He works there and I...I work here. And
I think that it's better that a baby's with his parent whether it be his mom
or his dad more than the child would be with a nanny. If the baby were here
he'd be with a nanny, because I do work...every day.
Interviewer: Now, I notice that there are no pictures of the baby anywhere
in this apartment. Why is that?
Debbie: Well, my apartment had been broken into and pictures were stolen of
Michael and I. I don't want that to happen again. I also am basically a
very selfish person when it comes to certain things. And this is one of
them. I don't want to have to share my child with the way he looks, or what
he looks like, or adorable moments with anybody.
Interviewer: Debbie says there are just a few people that either of them can
really trust, so they end up living a very quiet life together.
Debbie: I don't like to go out to dinner....I don't like to go to affairs
and things like that. I like to stay home and I like to spend time with him
and the baby.
Interviewer: Do you consider yourself Michael Jackson's best friend?
Debbie: I consider him MY best friend. I would hope I'm one of his closest
friends.
Interviewer: But Debbie also says that anyone who knows her, knows that
money is the last thing on her mind. She says that she and Michael have no
financial arrangements whatsoever. She also says that they may have another
child.
Interviewer: First of all, lets address the speculation.
Debbie Rowe says she was not paid to have Jackson's child, this child was
conceived the old fashion way, and there was no pre-nuptial agreement.
Debbie Rowe is probably unlike any woman Michael Jackson has ever known.
Michael Jackson's wife loves to ride her Harley. An outspoken woman who is
independent and self reliant.
Interviewer: Have you ever got Michael Jackson on this thing?
Debbie: Yes, a couple of times.
Interviewer: Why is it that you and Michael don't live together?
Debbie: I'm really independent and Michael understands that. And I'm
really fortunate to have a husband who does understands that...who knows
that I need to work and I need to have my own self...because he is so big
and he is so Michael. I don't need to live with him 24 hours a day. He's
working right now. When he comes home we'll have time and we'll be
together more. I don't wanna give up my job. I...I don't wanna do that.
I don't wanna be that...part of that lifestyle.
Interviewer: For Debbie not being with her 14 week old son is not a bad
thing.
Debbie: It is unusual...but, I don't think it's weird.
Interviewer: There are no pictures of the baby anywhere in the apartment.
Why is that?
Debbie: No...well, my apartment had been broken into and pictures were
stolen of Michael and I. I don't want that to happen again.
Interviewer: What would you say to people that would say...well, you and
Michael must have had some sort of a financial arrangement. That this was
the way it was always meant to be. That you were gonna have the baby...
Debbie: Money....I don't need money. I would never...I would never do
this for money. I did this because I love him. Michael Jackson is an
entertainer. What he does on stage is everyone's business. What he does
with me is my business. Our life is our business and no one else's.
Interviewer: This week tabloid papers are once again speculating. This
time they are speculating that Mrs. Jackson is pregnant again. She says
that is simply not true.