[Curiosities] They spread the theory that Bruno Mars is the son of Michael Jackson

[Dr.Drako]

 

This week, a short thread circulates on Twitter in which a user of the social network shares eight hypotheses of a strange theory that the singer Bruno Mars would be an unrecognized son of the late Michael Jackson.

 

Despite not providing concrete evidence, the letter draws the attention of hundreds of people and raises the possibility that this family relationship has been hidden for 34 years.

But how true is what is said? These are the eight points of the famous theory:

 

- Bruno would be Michael's son with Billie Jean, from the song Billie Jean, which is about his possible son.

- Bruno's real name is Peter, the name of Michael's favorite character (Peter Pan).

- In a 1986 interview, Michael said that he had a son who was different from those already known, but preferred to leave him because he did not want to expose the child and mother to the media.

 

- When he passed away, it was said at the funeral that his eldest son was also there, Bruno was there.

 

- A music producer for Bruno Mars said he was Michael's son, the next day he was fired.

 

- Michael was a friend of Bruno Mars' "father".

 

- In the year of Michael's death, Bruno was admitted by the same label.

 

- The similarity in voice and facial features is truly amazing.

 

This theory, however, has two important inconsistencies. The first is that the song Billie Jean, while talking about an unrecognized son when he mentions "But the kid is not my son," was released in 1983 and Bruno Mars was born in 1985.

 

The second mistake is that there is no record of an interview in which Michael said he had an unrecognized son and that he preferred not to disclose it. Some fans agree that if he had said that, the king of pop would perhaps be referring to fellow singer Brandon Howard as well.

The story that this artist is an alleged son of Jackson was spread at the time by the TMZ portal, which exposed a theory similar to the viral content about Bruno Mars, citing that Howard's mother was close to Michael and used Billy as his stage name. , which would link her to the character of Billie Jean.

 

That possibility, however, was buried after DNA tests that showed that Brandon Howard and Jackson were not related.

 

The truth is that the singer and songwriter Bruno Mars, whose real name is Peter Gene Hernández, was born in Hawaii in October 1985 and the resemblance of his voice to Jackson's had already generated other stories.

 

The theory circulates online that in 2004 Mars appeared on the American Idol program, but it would not have been selected due to the similarity of its singing with the king of pop, since the contest is looking for original artists. Years later, the singer-songwriter garnered great fame and countless accolades, including ten Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, and three MTV Europe Music Awards.