Oprah Winfrey spoke with Michael Jackson's parents and his kids about their memories of Michael on Monday's edition of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' (weekdays, syndicated).

Winfrey first chatted with dad Joe Jackson and mom Katherine Jackson and went straight for the jugular with Joe, asking him point blank if he ever beat Michael as a boy. When Joe began to hem and haw, Katherine broke in, saying "You might as well admit it. That's the way black people raised their children. He used a strap." But Joe didn't regret the discipline. "It kept them out of jail and kept them right," he said.

Later Winfrey talked with Prince, Paris and "Blanket" Jackson about Michael's parenting skills. "I kind of felt like no one understands what a good father he was," said Paris, 12, who added that her dad was the best cook in the world.

Though the interview was filmed several weeks ago at the Jackson family compound in Encino, it was, coincidentally, aired the same day that a full audio stream of "Breaking News," a controversial posthumous Jackson single from the Dec 14 album 'Michael,' was posted online.