As the star-studded tribute to the King of Pop concluded, Michael Jackson's own children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II (Blanket), 7, took the stage during a group performance of "Heal the World."
After the song, Paris gave an impromptu speech from the stage surrounded by the Jackson family.
"I just want to say ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine," she said through tears. "And I just want to say I love him so much."
During Tuesday's memorial service, Michael Jackson's daughter, 11-year-old Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, went from a sheltered child to a worldwide celebrity. Her tearful speech.
Thousands of fans packed the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday — and millions tuned in worldwide — to watch a bevy of superstars pay tribute to the late Michael Jackson. But among a lineup of perennial celebrities.
The day that the world said goodbye to Michael Jackson was also the day it was formally introduced to the reclusive singer's three young children. Most prominently in the spotlight was his 11-year old middle child.
Carefully laid out as it was, Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson was indisputably stolen by the impromptu moment when the late pop star's 11-year-old daughter.
Many blogs have speculated that Paris Jackson's speech at her late father's memorial was planned. But Rev. Al Sharpton insists it was impromptu. "That touched everyone.
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