Michael Jackson's son Prince talks about late father's death: 'I don’t think it’s something you ever get over'

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 20:12 EDT, 3 November 2016 | Updated: 22:06 EDT, 3 November 2016

Prince Jackson has spoken.

The reserved son of Michael Jackson opened up to the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday to detail his latest endeavors and pay homage to his late father, the King of Pop.

The Encino, California native, 19, said that seven years after the shocking June 25, 2009 death of his dad at a Holmby Hills estate, his pain remains raw and visceral.

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Coming out of his shell: Prince Jackson, 19, opened up about his late father Michael and his legacy in a thorough new interview. Here, the musical heir was seen in West Hollywood September 21

Remembering dad: The oldest son of the King of Pop said of his father's 2009 death: 'I don’t think it’s anything you ever get over'

Under cover: Prince said the reason Michael gave for taking out him and his siblings in masks was that 'he wanted us to have our own life without him'

'I don’t think it’s anything you ever get over,' he said, noting that 'it's always going to be a part of your life that’s missing.' 

He said he looks to incorporate reminders of the Remember The Time singer into his life 'in every way.

'From my company logo having little bits of him, using his metaphors and trying to follow everything he taught us.'

Moving forward: The introspective teen is looking to establish himself as a music producer 

He added: 'I can never be separated from my father - he set that big of an example. And I don’t really have a problem with that. I’m proud to have his name and to be his son.'

However, the young man says 'Everyone thinks I’m going to do music and dance' but he admits he cannot do either.

Prince, also younger brother to Blanket, 14, said that his father advised him to 'Trust no one,' and that the reason the Man In The Mirror singer kept him and his siblings under masks when they were younger was because 'he wanted us to have our own life without him.'

We are family: Prince, flanked (left to right) by sister Paris, aunt LaToya and brother Blanket in 2012 shot, said the Jackson family made sure he and his siblings were well cared-for and attended to in the timeframe following their father's death

'I don’t think I ever thought about if other kids lived like that when I was younger,' he said. 'But once I knew who he was, I realized it wasn’t normal. 

'I remember being in Disneyland and I went to the window and there were all these fans waving and taking pictures of me. I thought it was normal, so I just waved back.'

Prince told the newspaper he's focusing on his music company, named King’s Son Productions in honor of the late Thriller singer.

'I’ve always wanted to go into production,' he told the paper. 'My dad would ask me what I wanted to do and my answer was always producing and directing. 

'Music is a big part of my life,' said Prince, who's a business major in his second year at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. 'Honestly, I’m just going with the flow. I’m still young, my ideas can change.'

Good advice: Prince, on the set of a commercial with actors, said his father told him to 'trust no one'

The heir of the late Billie Jean artist - who spends far less time in the limelight than his younger sister Paris, 18 - said he's looking to put himself 'out there more now with the company' as he strives to follow in his father's footsteps of producing quality tunes. 

Prince is also looking to make a star out of the artist O-Bee, Omer Bhakti, as he produced the singer's video for the clip Automatic, and one for a stunning Brazilian group called the Sco Triplets.

The son of the famed entertainer, who famously lived for years in Santa Barbara County at the Neverland ranch, currently resides at Hayvenhurst, an Encino, California mansion where the Dirty Diana singer once lived, well decked out with memorabilia of the late pop superstar.

'I think people appreciate it a lot more than I do -to me, these are family photos,' he said, describing the dwelling as a 'sanctuary.'

He added, 'Hopefully this journey into the past, in picturesque form, will be a stimulant to create a brighter successful tomorrow.'

Prince said that in the wake of his father's death, his grandmother Katherine led a group of as many as 16 relatives that showed up to comfort him and his two siblings.

'It was beneficial ... it took you away from the grief,' Prince, who was only 12 at the time, recalled. 'We’d wake up in the middle of the night, make quesadillas and talk.'

Prince said he was 'very' lucky to have Katherine as well as his cousin Frances, to function as maternal figures. He considers his birth mother Debbie Rowe - who gave up her rights to the kids in 2001 - 'more of a friend.'

'And that works for us,' Prince said. 'You could say my whole life has been unconventional. I really love that though, and it’s all I’ve ever known.' 

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