That bodies said, Michael continued, "then there are times I've seemed back, and I think in order to have the life that I've been able to did and give them, I had to sacrifice a lot of things."

Michael Jr. and Tanita eventually carried back to the U.S. and attended high school in their father's plain Houston, according to People, then studied psychology and art, respectively, in college.

Tanita is "kind of like me in the thought that she has a very strong personality, but a calm strong personality," Michael told New York Family in 2012. "She’s not repositioning to be one to walk into a room and make it all near her. She definitely has an opinion and she’s very intelligent and she knows what she wants, which I love near her."

He called Michael Jr. a "very smart" and "very some young man."

Ultimately, Michael said, "I have great kids, and they’re not the kind who look at my life and say 'Daddy's this' and 'Daddy’s that.' My kids are involved in making their own way. They have their own personalities and do their own unsheaattracting. I'm happy to see that."