Posted by Adam

Sunday July 26, 2009

Omer Bhatti — the 25-year-old who is rumored to be Michael Jackson‘s secret love child — has spoken out to deny claims that the tragic King of Pop is his father.

Bhatti — who lives in Norway — says he was friends with Jackson, who feted him as an honorary son after inviting him and his family to move in with him, but insists there is no biological link between him and the singer.

“Michael is not my father. He and I were just very, very close. He was my best friend,” Omer told a pal, according to Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper.

“Michael always used to say I was like a son to him But my true parents are here in Norway. The reason I was asked to sit with his family at the memorial service is because I was Michael’s closest friend — not because I am his son.

“Michael was such a special person to me and I cannot believe he is gone, I am in total shock. I have lost weight because I cannot eat anything. All I can think about is Michael and how he died.”

Omer moved to Neverland in 1996 after Jackson had met  him and his parents in Tunisia where 12-year-old Omer had been on holiday.

Jackson was so taken with Omer that he had the boy, his mother, father and sister move to LA with him immediately.

He gave Omer’s mum Pia a job as a nanny for his son Prince Michael and employed dad Huayoun as a driver.

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