MICHAEL Jackson’s former wife shockingly hints she was partly to blame for his death.
In a US documentary Debbie Rowe, 63, weeps as she says she could have done more when he got hooked on painkillers.
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In a US documentary, Jacko’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe weeps as she says she could have done more when he got hooked on painkillersCredit: Reuters
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Debbie and Michael married in 1996Credit: Rex Features
In a clip she reckons: “I should have done something and I didn’t.
“There is a number of people that died from addictions and in some way I was part of it.”
Thriller singer Jackson died of a cardiac arrest in June 2009 with enough of the powerful sedative Propofol in his system to put down a rhinoceros, ex-LAPD coroner Ed Winter told the documentary.
Rowe wed Jackson in 1996 and was surrogate mum to kids Prince and Paris.
She was assistant to top dermatologist Arnold Klein, who died in 2015.
He doled out strong painkillers to Jackson and others.
Rowe tells next week’s Fox TV special: “I was basically as bad as him (Klein) and I am so sorry I participated in it.”
Rowe refused to talk about Jackson specifically in the documentary and chose to focus instead on Klein, also known as the Father of Botox.
But she has spoken for decades in the media about being Jackson’s nurse and an assistant to Klein while he treated the musician.
During a civil trial over Jackson’s death in 2013 she blamed her former boss for feeding Jackson’s drug habit.
Klein, who was also known for treating other stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, died aged 70 in California in 2015.
Rowe’s relationship with Michael was shrouded in secrecy.
Only a few people attended their unusual wedding, which took place at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel in November 13, 1996, while Jackson was on tour for his “HIStory” album.
Strikingly Rowe wore a non-traditional black wedding dress.
The secrecy surrounding the wedding was so intense it was not confirmed or denied after it happened.
Staff at the Sheraton swore Jackson had not even left his room, the Irish Times reported.
The former couple first met 15 years before their marriage when Michael was having treatment for a skin condition.
It is understood that Rowe consoled Jackson following his split with Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie and the pair became great pals.
She has spoken candidly in the past how the whirlwind marriage took place so they could have a family, with Michael a much more willing parent than she was.
Speaking in a 2003 TV special called Michael Jackson: The Footage You Were Never Meant To See, Rowe said: “I did it for him to become a father, not for me to become a mother.
“You earn the title parent. I have done absolutely nothing to earn that title. That is because Michael did all the parenting.
“I didn’t do it to be a mother. I didn’t change diapers. I didn’t get up in the middle of the night, even when I was there, Michael did it all.”
TMZ Investigates: Who Really Killed Michael Jackson, featuring exclusive and never-before-seen interviews, premieres Tuesday, September 6 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on Fox.
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The former couple had kids Prince and Paris togetherCredit: Rex Features
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Debbie feels guilty about Michael’s death in 2009Credit: Getty
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