Michael Jackson’s youngest son, formerly known as Blanket, is all grown up — but he’s hardly ever seen in public, preferring to stay out of the spotlight.
But Blanket, now 21 and known as Bigi, has made a rare appearance in a social media post, posing alongside Jermaine Jackson’s four sons Randy, Donte, Royal and Jermajesty and Norwegian rapper Omer Bhatti.
The group appeared to be hanging out at a bar or nightclub, with Bigi standing at the far right of the picture.
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Sporting longish black hair, he poses with hands clasped and wearing a button-up black shirt and black pants.
The picture, posted to Instagram by Bhatti, was simply captioned: “Lately.”
It’s the first major sighting of Bigi since he attended a Cirque du Soleil performance last year on what would have been his father’s 65th birthday, accompanied by older siblings Paris and Prince Michael Jackson.
Blanket, who was born in 2002, was initially given that name because, as a child, his father would cover his face in public to hide him from paparazzi photographers.
But in 2015 he decided to start going by a different name, fed up with being teased about the name Blanket.
The mother of Bigi has never been publicly identified.
It’s believed he was conceived via a surrogate mother using sperm donated by Jackson.
Only seven years old when his famous father died, a source later told People that of Jackson’s three children, Blanket had had the most trouble adjusting, saying the child seemed “very lost”.
“The kids live like Michael is constantly looking down upon them,” one source told the publication.
“(Blanket) has had the most problems adjusting after Michael died.”
After Jackson’s death, Bigi was raised by his grandmother, Katherine Jackson.
But he now lives in his own luxury home in California, worth an estimated $4 million.
When the new picture of him appeared on Instagram, Omer Bhatti’s followers were quick to recognise who it was.
“Omer and Bigi 🥰🥰 cute,” one follower wrote.
“😍😍😍 Bigi,” wrote another.
“Thank you for sharing! Lovely to see Bigi!!! ✨️💎✨️” added a third.
In 2012, Bigi appeared in a documentary called Jacksonology: Our Story, saying he wanted to become a director and revealing he already made “little movies when I’m at my house with cousins and friends”.
So far, his directorial efforts have mostly been limited to YouTube, but a short film he wrote and directed called Rochelles is due to screen at the Santa Monica Film Festival next month.
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