The Biggest Revelations From Janet Jackson’s Documentary
29.01.2022 - 21:49
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Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentFor five years, Janet Jackson has been filming a documentary, preparing to share her accounts of the most intimate — and the most widely reported-on — moments of her life.In “Janet,” which aired its first part on Friday and continues on Saturday on Lifetime and A&E, the groundbreaking and private singer digs into everything from her childhood as the youngest in the Jackson family to long-held rumors that she had a secret baby in the 80’s to her relationship with her brother, the late Michael Jackson.“I wanted my own identity, but at that time, my father was in change 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,” Jackson said in the documentary, discussing her decision to part ways with her father, Joe Jackson, who managed the early days of her career.
It was then that she came out with “Control,” the 1986 album that began her journey to superstardom as one of the most iconic pop stars of all time. “It’s hard to say no to my father.
In order to do things I wanted to do, I guess he would have to be out of my picture,” Jackson said through tears. “I knew that I had to take control of my own life.
I wanted my own identity. I wanted to go on my own… I had to make it happen, at that point.”Here are the biggest revelations — so far — from Janet Jackson’s documentary:The Jackson patriarch, who died in 2018, was a notoriously tough figure, who has been accused by his children — including daughters Rebbie and La Toya — of physical, mental and sexual abuse.
In the doc, it appears Janet wants to clear her father’s name.“It was because of my father I’ve had the career that I’ve had. It was tough at times.
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