Michael Jackson's 'skint' son Prince lands first job as TV showbiz reporter

Michael Jackson's 'skint' son Prince lands first job as TV showbiz reporter

Michael Jackson’s son Prince has landed his first job as a TV showbiz reporter â€" because he needs the cash.

Entertainment Tonight unveiled him as an on-air correspondent just days after he turned 16.

But family insiders said he took the CBS job partly because he would not inherit his late dad’s fortune until he turned 21 and only survived on a small allowance.

A family source said: “ET is a way to earn money. He is technically still broke.”

His first assignment was to interview stars from Disney’s new film Oz the Great and Powerful.

When complimented on his maturity, he replied: “That’s all thanks to my dad. He raised me right.”

 

Jackson, also dad to Paris, 14, and Blanket, 11 tomorrow, died suddenly in 2009 with massive personal debts and his £640million estate has been caught up in long-term probate litigation.