No surprise here

The custody settlement with baby carrier Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two children, is so strict that she is reportedly forbidden from telling them she is their mother.

Rowe, who gave birth to Prince Michael, eight, and seven year old Paris, gave Jackson a "glowing reference as a father" at his child molestation trial earlier this year.

A source told the NY Daily News, "Debbie is not supposed to tell the kids she is their mother. That topic is off-limits. But it will be revisited when they are older."

Rowe had reportedly not seen her children for five years before an arranged meeting chaperoned by Jackson's nanny, Grace, in a LA hotel in August.

The source said, "The children handled it fine, but were a bit bewildered. Grace runs the show. She's the one Debbie will have to deal with." Lovely.