Michael Jackson's Parents Are Getting Divorced

It only took 60 years, but Katherine Jackson has finally decided she's had enough of everyone's least favorite stage dad, Joe Jackson. A friend of Mrs. Jackson has confirmed to Showbiz 411 that the couple is getting a divorce.

The parents of the late Michael Jackson have actually been living separately for the past five years, with Joe in Las Vegas and Katherine in Encino, where she is raising Michael's children, Prince, Paris and Blanket. Although Katherine filed for divorce twice before, she called off proceedings both times. It's been suggested that the only thing that has been keeping her from legally ending the marriage is her faith—as a Jehovah's Witness, she doesn't believe in divorce. However, we think that Jehovah is going to be pretty understanding about this one.

After a lifetime with Joe, who by most accounts is an emotionally crippled and abusive man (at least towards his children), the last straw for Katherine was her husband's suggestion that she was partially to blame for Michael's death. While Katherine was grieving for her son, Joe issued an insensitive statement to the press, claiming, "I begged her to go over and stay with him, but she insisted he needed his privacy." Katherine "never got over" Joe's harsh accusation, and figured the time was finally right to kick him to the curb. Good for her! Michael Jackson's Will: Mom Katherine Gets Kids

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