MICHAEL JACKSON'S DAUGHTER

MICHAEL JACKSON'S DAUGHTER: WHY MY DAD MADE ME WEAR A MASK

MICHAEL Jackson’s daughter Paris has told how she finally understands why her eccentric father made her wear a mask in public.

The 14-year-old opened up about her life with the pop star, who died three years ago, to American television host Oprah Winfrey.

The striking dark-haired teenager confessed to Oprah that she found Jackson’s insistence that she and her two brothers have their faces covered odd at the time.

But she said she now realises it helped her and Prince Michael, 15, and 10-year-old Prince Michael II – nicknamed Blanket – have a childhood.

“I was really confused,” she told Oprah.

“I didn’t get why I was wearing a mask. I understand it now. My dad wanted us to be covered. He wanted us to have a childhood.”

She said the bizarre disguises did at least allow them go to venues such as the Chuck E. Cheese chain of pizza restaurants which also features rides, arcade games and entertainment, without being mobbed.

“Chuck E. Cheese was one of our most favourite places to go,” she said.

Jackson died aged 50 on June 25, 2009, from an overdose of the powerful anaesthetic propofol.

Since his death his children, whose lives were once shrouded in mystery, are out in public frequently – and don’t wear masks.

Speaking of her grief, Paris told Winfrey: “It never gets any better.”

Paris, whose mother is Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe, is a budding actress and is due to make her debut in the fantasy film Lundon’s Bridge And The Three Keys.

She revealed she was inspired to go into the movies by her father.