I'm Not The Baby Daddy. To The Best Of My Knowledge.

With my publicist on vacation, I suppose I should issue the big denial myself:

I feel compelled to add my name to the list of obscure and semi-famous people who said they don't think so:

        I AM NOT, TO THE BEST OF KNOWLEDGE, THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S CHILDREN.

       Last week, Jackson's good buddy and onetime South Florida restaurateur, wheeler-dealer and scarily connected man-about-town Al Malnik said he wasn't. And Jackson's dermatologist, Arnold Klein, offered up a rather qualified denial. "Not, to the best of my knowledge."

Me neither. I'm sure I'd remember.

For the record, I cannot vouch for any other Miami Herald columnist.