Even though she renounced custody both in court eight years ago and in an interview with News of the World last week, Michael Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe is now saying she plans to fight for custody of Prince and Paris Jackson. According to Us Weekly

“I want my children,” Rowe said during a 90-minute phone conversation Thursday morning with NBCLA.

Katherine filed a 22-page petition seeking legal guardianship of the children. A guardianship hearing scheduled for Monday has been postponed until July 13 at the request of attorneys for Rowe and Katherine Jackson.

Rowe also said she was willing to submit to any testing, including DNA to prove that she is the children’s true biological mother, [and] would submit to psychological testing.

“I am stepping up,” Rowe said. “I have to.”

Well, of course she has to. The will very clearly states she gets nothing:

“I have intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife, Deborah Jean Rowe Jackson,” the [document] states.

… while the kids will get almost half of his estate. TMZ says

Katherine Jackson will get 40% of the assets. Michael’s 3 kids will get another 40%.
And the remaining 20% goes to several children’s charities.

Sure sounds different from Debbie’s testimony eight years ago, in which she said,

“I had the children for [Michael]. I did it for him to become a father, not for me to become a mother. You earn the title ‘parent.’ I have done absolutely nothing to earn that title.”

Of course, that was before there was a $200 million dollar estate up for grabs. That changes everything. It’s just a matter of time before her eyes turn into bulging dollar signs and her tongue starts lolling out of her mouth any time she gets near a courthouse. Yep, Saturday morning cartoons have taught me practically everything I know about the legal system. That’s why I always dress as a sexy bunny when I have my probation hearings.

Watch video of his final dress rehearsal two nights before his death after the jump

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In an interview earlier this week where she renounced any interest in custody, former wife Debbie Rowe revealed that the late Michael Jackson’s three children were not biologically his own. But the big shocker? They’re not biologically hers, either. Dun dun DUN! TMZ says

Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two kids she bore for Michael. All three children were conceived in vitro. Debbie’s eggs were not used. She was merely the surrogate, and paid well for her services.

Well, if Michael Jackson’s not their dad, then who is? According to Us Weekly

Their biological father is Arnold Klein, Jackson’s L.A.-based dermatologist and Rowe’s former boss.

Okay, so they’re biologically Arnold Klein’s, but legally they’re still Michael’s kids, right? Um, not exactly:

Jackson never filed legal papers to adopt any of his children.

As for why Jackson didn’t formally adopt — at the time the kids were born there was no third party whom he believed would try and claim custody. For some reason, Jackson never thought [anyone] would mount a custody challenge.

In other Michael Jackson news, the drug Propofol — which is only available to medical personnel and whose sole use is to put people under anesthesia before major surgery — was discovered at the his home. TMZ says

Propofol can only be administered with an IV. Propofol [produces an intense burning sensation] and the drug Lidocaine is used to reduce the pain associated with the Propofol injection. Interestingly, Lidocaine was found near Jackson’s body [at the time of his death].

One of the major side-effects of Propofol is cardiac arrest if it’s taken in combination with narcotic painkillers; however, Propofol is so powerful it can stop someone’s heart on its own.

Sources say the drug is so inappropriate and reckless for home use, if a doctor facilitated it for Jackson, he or she could be prosecuted for manslaughter.

Stayed tuned for tomorrow’s episode of “As the Michael Jackson Turns,” in which Dr. Rip Studwell reveals that John Black is actually the real Michael Jackson but doesn’t yet know it because of a mysterious case of amnesia, and that the Michael Jackson who died was actually an evil clone engineered by Stefano DiMera in an attempt to take down the Bradys once and for all.

Disturbing facial transformation video here.

Now that Michael Jackson is dead, ex-wife and surrogate mother Debbie Rowe is no longer bound to the confidentially agreement he paid her to sign. Her first order of business? Revealing that Michael was not the biological father of the children. She told News of the World

“I went to the… medical clinic [and] they impregnated me. It’s just like I impregnate my mares for breeding. Just like I stick the sperm up my horse, this is what they did to me. I was [Michael's] thoroughbred.

[But] it wasn’t Michael’s sperm.”

So how did their equine-metaphor-laden romance come to such an untimely end?

“We never had sex. He never wanted to live with me. That’s why he bought me a house. There was always ‘my house’ and ‘his house’, never ‘our house’.

The [second] delivery was so hard. My insides were all torn up and I was barren. When he knew I couldn’t have any more babies he didn’t want anything to do with me. He took the kids. The settlement was written up, and he just wanted me to be quiet.”

Which was probably a good thing, because she said of the children:

“I never felt any attachment to them. I got paid for it, and I’ve moved on. I was never cut out to be a mother. I don’t want these children in my life. My [horses] are my children.”

You know the kids are relieved to hear that. There’s a good chance if one of them had broken a leg that she would’ve taken them out back and shot them.

UPDATE: Us Weekly is now reporting that Michael’s mother Katherine Jackson has been granted temporary custody of the children.