GMB viewers gobsmacked at Michael Jackson's 'eloquent' and 'humble' son Prince - Mirror Online

Good Morning Britain viewers were rather shocked on Thursday as Michael Jackson's son Prince made an appearance on the ITV breakfast show.

The 24-year-old son of the late music icon spoke to hosts Adil Ray and Charlotte Hawkins live from his home in Los Angeles about his philanthropic work and his father's legacy.

Prince Michael will be hosting the seventh Halloween fundraiser this week to raise money for the Heal Los Angeles Foundation.

"The party is a fundraiser and 100 per cent of the proceeds that we raise from the event goes all towards our programming at the Heal Los Angeles Foundation," Prince explained.

"Our programmes are all geared towards providing educational initiatives towards under served youth of Los Angeles, both in hard educational skills as well as soft educational skills that aren't necessarily covered in school, but that I benefitted a lot from lessons my father taught me and just continuing that loving, kind of nurturing tradition amongst children."

Prince continued: "I'm extremely fortunate to be in a place that I am to be able to give back to my community which is very important to me. From a young age, my father was very adamant about giving back to the community, it's a drive that he instilled in myself and my siblings."

Charlotte then asked the young man what it was like growing up in the spotlight and having Michael Jackson as a father.

"I think human beings are very resilient so a lot of people expect that kind of answer to be very extravagant and different but that's how I was raised and that's kind of all I knew, so that was really normal for me," he replied.

"But when it comes to the Foundation and Michael Jackson as my father and him as a parent, he is inextricably tied to the Foundation because the positive experiences he gave me, and that he made an effort to give me in my childhood, really resonated and stuck with me and clearly had positive impacts on my life and I would like to be able to share that with the world."

Viewers tuning in at home were pleasantly surprised by Prince and took to Twitter to comment.

"Great to see Prince Jackson on #Gmb this morning. He is so down to earth and humble. Lovely to see!" one person posted.

Another admitted: "I wasn’t expecting Prince Jackson to be so “normal” if I’m honest. #GMB."

A third tweeted: "Prince...MJ son seems like a good egg...#gmb," and a fourth added: "How cool is Prince Michael Jackson? What a gent #gmb."

Someone else noted: "Prince Michael always comes across as a really lovely, well adjusted fella. #GMB."

And another simply tweeted: "Prince Micheal Jackson is a lovely human being #GMB."

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.

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