The JanetJackson documentary airs tonight and is full of never-before-seen footage
, and becoming a mother at the age of 50.
Talking about the way her family didn’t quite “fit in” to their new majority white LA neighbourhood, she admits that her close friends were her siblings. It was fine, she says, but she was excitedly looking forward to the days of college dorm rooms, new friends and experiences. With allegations of physical, mental and sexual abuse from his children, Joe Jackson’s legacy is a particularly tricky one to navigate but is one that Janet seemingly wants to clear in the documentary.
She admits: “I wanted my own identity, but at that time, my father was in charge of my life and my career and he was my manager. So, there were things I wanted to do and just a direction that I wanted to go in.” Her sound, the content of her first songs and her look were all things that she had no input in.
There were many nights when she would go and drive around looking for James or rolling around the floor fighting the pills off of him. She admits: “I saw the good in him as well … I knew that he needed help but I wasn’t the help that he needed.
After the halftime Super Bowl performance that upended Jackson’s career, all eyes are on the documentary for an insight into her experience but many will be surprised.
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