Debbie Rowe reportedly left the parenting of her children with Michael Jackson to the legendary singer as she had no desire to be a mother.
The King of Pop had two children with Debbie during their three year relationship - Prince, born in February 1997; and Paris, born April 1998.
Michael was given full custody of the children when he divorced Debbie and she said that she never had any intention of being a mother to her children and that her pregnancies were a 'means to an end' to satisfy Michael's desire to have children.
Speaking in a TV interview in 2003, Debbie explained the arrangement of her marriage to Michael and why she was happy for him to have full custody and to do all the parenting.
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