Debbie Rowe, who was once married to the late Michael Jackson, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is scheduled to undergo surgery soon, TMZ reports.
The 57-year-old nurse is the mother of Paris and Prince Jackson. The daughter, now 18, had severed all ties with Rowe about a year ago.
Michael Jackson raised all three of his children without their mothers present. Upon his death in 2009, guardianship was awarded to the singer’s mother, Katherine, who grew close to Rowe after his death. This eventually created friction among the Jackson family. Although Rowe was apart of the children’s lives, many drifted apart following Paris’s suicide attempt in 2013.
The teen recently talked about her troubled past and posted pictures of her tattoos on social media with the caption: “the craftsmanship of tattoos will always be a controversy. some people like them, some people absolutely hate them. i appreciate art, i always have. especially when that art means something to me.”
It continued: “today i can look at my inner forearms and see art that has meaning for me, i don’t see a dark past anymore. my scars and self-hatred have been covered up by loving marks, creativity , ingenuity.. and depth. sure i will always carry my past with me, but i see ink as a way of changing for the better , always improving. they represent the strength for me. i look back at my old self and then i look in the mirror, and i see a fighter looking back at me.” Several of these tattoos pay tribute to her late father.