\'I SLEEP WITH CHILDREN\'
Michael Jackson has revealed how he likes sharing his bed with children.
The pop megastar said he once slept with Home Alone actor Macauley Culkin and his brothers and sisters.
But Jackson insisted there was no sexual motive.
His revelation came during an interview with Martin Bashir on ITV1 documentary, Living With Michael Jackson.
The singer has formed a close friendship with a 12-year-old boy called Gavin who regularly spends the night at his Neverland mansion in California.
Strange
Jackson, 44, filmed holding the boy\'s hand, said there was nothing strange about the arrangement.
He said: "It\'s very loving. What\'s wrong with sharing a love?"
Jackson said he always slept on the floor when Gavin was there.
Asked if they ever shared a bed, Jackson replied: "No. But I have slept in a bed with many children."
They include former child actor Macauley Culkin, his brother Kieran and their sisters. They all slept in the same bed together with Jackson, the star said.
He said it was always the children\'s choice to sleep in his bedroom and he was happy to oblige.
\'Not Sexual\'
He said: "It\'s not sexual. We\'re going to sleep. I tuck them in and I put a little music on and when it\'s story time I read a book.
"We go to sleep with the fire on and I give them hot milk and cookies. It\'s very charming and very sweet. It\'s what the whole world should do."
When told many people would think it inappropriate for a 44-year-old man to share a bed with a young boy, Jackson dismissed them as "ignorant" and "wacky".
"Why can\'t you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone," he said.
"It\'s a beautiful thing. It\'s very right, it\'s very loving. Because what\'s wrong with sharing a love?"
Accusations
Jackson said he would be happy for his own children to share a bed with his male friends - naming Bee Gee Barry Gibb as an example.
Jackson was questioned on accusations made in 1994 that he molested 13-year-old Jordy Chandler.
He has always denied the claims and paid the boy\'s parents £18 million to drop a civil case against him.
He became visibly upset when asked about the Chandler case and said he had only paid the family off to avoid "a long, drawn-out thing on TV like OJ".
The self-styled Peter Pan said that he adored being with children and that they were the inspiration for his work.
"If there were no children on this earth, if someone announced all kids were dead, I would jump off the balcony immediately," he said.
Blanket
Jackson also told of his three children - his five-year-old son, Prince Michael I, four-year-old daughter Paris, and his baby boy.
Jackson disclosed for the first time that the baby - whom he calls Blanket - was conceived by a surrogate mother he has never met.
He insisted there was nothing wrong with dangling "Blanket" over a balcony, saying the baby had enjoyed it.
He also vehemently denied his face had been remoulded through plastic surgery, and said he had undergone only two operations on his nose "to help me hit higher notes".
The singer, who told how he was beaten by his father, said he would now love to adopt two kids from each continent of the world.
"That is my dream," he added.
