KING: Now, what about all the rumors about you and the fathering of those children?
KLEIN: Here’s the most important thing. Michael loved those children as a father. Those children loved him as a father. As far as I am concerned, that’s the most important grouping that is.
KING: That’s not answering the question.
KLEIN: No, because I’m not going to answer it the way you want me to answer it, because…
KING: Well, you can say no.
KLEIN: I can say no, then. I will say no if that’s what you want to hear.
KING: No, I want to hear what you know.
KLEIN: What I will tell you is I think what’s most important thing about this whole thing, to end this thing, is that the most important thing in who the father is who the father is — who the children want their father to be.
And I will tell you this, I will say no, because the most important person to these children is how Michael loved them and how he loved his children and how they loved him. Because they would never pass him without saying, I love you, daddy. He would say I love you. I’ve never seen such emotional care…
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KING: Earlier today, you said you couldn’t answer that one way or the other.
KLEIN: I still can’t answer it absolutely one way or another.
KING: So that means you donated sperm?
KLEIN: I once donated sperm. I don’t know that you have to know…
KING: You donated to him.
KLEIN: No, absolutely not.
KING: Oh, you donated sperm to a sperm bank.
KLEIN: Once, to a sperm bank. But I don’t think I should go over my legal affairs, because I think to the best of my knowledge, I’m not the father. I want to tell you that this discussion, however, is between Michael, his children and this person. It’s not to be discussed who the father is over national television…
KLEIN: if they want me to take a DNA test, they can have my DNA. I don’t care at this point.
KING: Your concern is the kids.
KLEIN: My concern is his kids because I’ve never met children like this. These are the brightest children I’ve ever met, the best behaved children I’ve ever met. They come over my house, they behave wonderfully. I know how deeply he loved them and how deeply they loved him.
KING: That’s obvious. KLEIN: I don’t want to destroy this relationship in any way, shape or form. I’ll tell you this, no matter what, I will protect these children…
KING: About the children, this is hypothetical. If you were the parent, this is hypothetical, would you go and talk to them? Would you do something about it? Would you let it ride?
KLEIN: If I was the parent, I would spend every moment of the day with the children.
KING: You’d become their father?
KLEIN: Absolutely.