Irish newspaper "The Sunday World" was claiming last week that Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson's former wife, had made shocking declarations.

According to the publication, Mrs. Rowe allegedly said:

"Michael knows the truth - that he is not the natural father of Prince Michael Jr and Paris. He has to come clean. I have no information whatsoever about the identity of the semen donor for either child as such (semen) was obtained anonymously from a semen bank under an agreement of confidentiality."

But now Mrs. Rowe firmly denies having said so. She says she was in the US with the flu when the interview allegedly took place, according to the "New York Daily News".

Her lawyer, Iris Finsilver, also declared for the above mentioned publication that she would never make such a statement, as it could affect her right to visit the children.

He said: "Rowe never spoke to any newspaper."

Deborah Jeanne Rowe was Michael Jackson's dermatologist nurse.
They got married in 1996 and divorced later in 1999. Rowe declared that she wanted Jackson to have the children as a "gift", so she gave up her parental rights, but, from 2005, a family court case is under way regarding visitation rights.