Janet Jackson Opens Up About Father Joe’s Brand Of ‘Discipline’ In New Documentary
29.01.2022 - 04:17
/ hollywoodlife.com
Once again, Janet Jackson is in control. In her new documentary series, Janet Jackson., the pop icon opens up about practically every major story of her life: her brother Michael Jackson‘s scandals, her private life as a mom, and even the infamous Super Bowl Halftime Show. However, she kicks things off with going back to where it all began, and who it began with — and that means opening up about her father, Joe Jackson.
Once she and her brother’s became famous, reports began to run rampant that the family patriarch and manager was allegedly abusive to his children. Indeed, many of Janet’s siblings, including Michael back in 1993 in an interview with Oprah, have come forward to accuse Joe of beatings, as well as emotional abuse. In the first big reveal of the documentary, Janet opens up about her upbringing, sharing that she didn’t “experience” having a father as other kids did.
He was very tough,” she shared. “He told us what he wanted us to do and we did it.” At the start of the episode, Janet, along with her brother Randy Jackson, visit the house they grew up in early on in Gary, Indiana. Janet admits she doesn’t remember the place, being only a toddler when they moved away. But the visit reminds them both of how “strict” their father could be, but they never go so far as to call him abusive. On the contrary, of both their parents, Janet insists anything done was done out of love. “Discipline without love is tyranny, and tyrants they were not.”
Janet’s history with her father mirrors that of her brothers: once the boys fired Joe Jackson as their manager, he moved on to handling Janet’s career, even though she was very young. He worked to put out her first few albums, landed her the auditions for Good Times and Fame,