CNN anchor and former WMAQ-Channel 5 anchor Don Lemon was practically speechless -- and quickly changed the subject back to thoughts of the King of Pop -- after Joe's blatant boost of his new Ranch Records label. "We've got Blu-ray technology," boasted Papa Jackson, who seemed more interested in introducing his business partner to Lemon than talking about his son's unparalleled career.
• • Catching up with a top BET insider backstage, I was told, "You know, it probably shouldn't come as a big surprise. Well, that's just Joe. He cares about Michael for what he can do for him -- dead or alive."
• • As Katherine Jackson, as expected, filed for and received temporary guardianship over her grandchildren Monday, two reliable Jackson family sources told me they don't expect Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of Michael Jackson's two oldest children, will initiate any kind of big legal battle to win custody.
Reportedly, there already have been quiet conversations between Rowe's camp and the Jackson family -- basically boiling down to her continuing to observe her non-involvement with the children, per the original agreement with Michael when they divorced.
"Debbie's made it pretty clear that mothering isn't her thing anyway, and besides -- you can bet she will be further compensated not to do anything," said a longtime Jackson family friend.
• • However, both my sources say there could be some kind of interference from Grace Rwaramba, the children's former nanny, who has been quoted in the British press about regularly pumping out Michael's stomach, claiming he had taken too many prescription drugs. That's an allegation the Jackson family has firmly denied. While there is evidence Michael had talked about Grace getting custody of the kids (or perhaps sharing it with his mother), I'm told several members of the Jackson family have said they never liked Grace, nor trusted her even when she was still the nanny.
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