Janet Gets Naked (But Keeps Her Clothes On)
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Janet Jackson is on the cover of the new Parade magazine, and in a candid chat she talks about her marriages, men cheating on her, her faith and the out of wedlock child her father had, amongst other things.
Here are some highlights from the interview!
Janet on love
“I was always reaching out for love. I kept searching for it, seeking it. Infatuation, lust—that stuff only lasts so long. You can get that from anybody. But true love is supposed to be forever. Jackson says she has found that love with record producer and hip-hop artist Jermaine Dupri, 35. They have known each other for six years now and may already be married, although that is a question Janet will not address beyond admitting that they are a couple and she is crazy about him. “This time, I wasn’t going to be the first to reach out,” she says. “It was Jermaine who touched me first. Love came to me. He’s such a wonderful, sweet, very loving guy that I said to myself, ‘I’m not going to fall head over heels for this person.’ ”
On the Janet’s father’s out-of-wedlock child and how it has affected her
Janet’s father had an out-of-wedlock child with a fan of the Jackson 5. Five years later, he had another affair with an employee of his sons’ record label, Motown. His infidelities nearly ended his marriage and deeply affected Janet. “Besides my mother’s beauty and her smarts, what I always wanted was her strength,” says Janet, who is very close with her mother, Katherine, 77. “It’s a very cold world, and to have gone through what she has had to experience, from having polio as a child to those things with my brother Michael, and then for my father to have had another child!” Janet says angrily. “I’ve been cheated on a lot. I know what that feels like and how that hurts the heart. But, I mean, to give us a half-sister. I can’t even fathom what that’s like for Mother. For her to stay with my father all these years and never abandon her kids, that’s true love.”
On her two previous marriages
Janet was married twice and kept both marriages a secret until they ended. “I wanted to keep something for myself and not have it be public,” Janet says. “But after two divorces, I thought I was jinxed. Maybe marriage isn’t for me? Maybe it’s my fault it never works. I was always faithful. I always tried to give of myself. I was very loyal. But maybe I’m the problem. I’m to blame.” She continues, “It was awful, and I was so tired of being hurt. When it was over, I put shields up to protect myself from being hurt again. I didn’t want to go there anymore.”
On Her Faith
“Jehovah’s Witnesses was the religion we were raised under. I’d get up on Sunday mornings, go to the Kingdom Hall, go again on Thursday night and go to book study on Tuesdays, because that was my mother’s routine. I believe in God. I feel that spiritual connection. But, most of the time, I didn’t pay attention in the Kingdom Hall. I was asleep. I know that’s awful. I was so tired, so busy, so knocked out, I’d fall asleep.”
On Growing Up in a 'Religious World'
“Being a Jehovah’s Witness, you grow up in a very religious world. But as a kid I loved Prince and The Time, one of my favorite groups, and would listen to them all the time even though you’re not supposed to do that. When I was 16, I was promoting my first album and I went with Mother to see The Time’s concert with Prince. I did not want to sit next to Mother because I knew they were dirty. I was trying to be cool and calm, but oh my God, I was sweating bullets! How am I going to sit at this show and watch Vanity Six and Prince and The Time and sit next to Mother? She’s going to think, ‘Good Lord, what is my baby into? She really needs more of God in her life! Where did I go wrong?’ I could just hear Mother blaming herself for everything! Luckily, I got someone else to swap seats with me so I was able to enjoy the show and have the same great time I would’ve had if I were there without Mother."
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um, yeah, you can listen to prince if you're a jehovah's witness. i'm a jehovah's witness, i like prince. ppl just dont know what they're talking about.
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BOOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!
PEREZ IS AN F-ING FRAUD! NOTICE HOW HE HASN'T DENIED TAKING MONEY FROM THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN TO "ENDORSE" HILLARY? HE'S A FRAUD WHO SHOULD STICK TO REPORTING CELEBRITY BULLSHIT NEWS AND STAY OUT OF POLITICS!!
fIRST, SECOND,3RD,4TH,5TH.6TH,7TH,8TH,9TH,10TH,11TH,12,13TH,14TH,15TH,16TH,17TH
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… ok …
FIRST!GO JANET BRING BAK TAHT CONFIDENCE.QUITE INTERSTING WAT SHE SED.I NEVA KNW SHE WAS A GOOD TALKER.LOL.1ST.BITCHES.
11TH
Who gives a fuck, I did not read one word, Time for all the jacksions just to go away. Let them spend their money in peace they were yesterdays performers. later
i love janet!
Shes so Classy:)
cant wait for the album:)
Love you Janet..Fuck you haters..
I NEVA AM 1ST I JUST LIKE TO SAY DAT.LOL.1ST BITCHES HOW POWERING LOL.
JANET IS THE BEST!!!
She's mad old!! Retire already!!!
second? third? w/e
janet is awesome
i think this will be a fantastic comeback for her! or at least i hope
First.
i love the article and these are some of the best pics she has taken man i cant wait for this album, seems like everything is on the up and up with her especially with the new singles, luv and rock with u, all she needed was a new start
Janet is being so open now. I love her. Can't wait to hear her new cd.
Yay for Janet. I'm glad she's back.
11th!
BORING!!!
OMG,…. she's fucking awesome… !! I love her!!! Do you thang Janet!!! Top Ten Bitches!
first!! where's blanket?
Janet looks better with her clothes on! Nice article.
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You sure that's not Paula Abdul? Hahahah.
The interview is all about sex/love. BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRING.
Try so sing Janet, not promote yourself with more sex talk. That story is so tired. Like you.
Yayy go janet!!!! hug shes the queen she back
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ahhhhhhhhh, she's sweet, I've always like Janet Jackson. Even when she did the tit flash, I thought, that's kind of dumb, but silly…she's not very calculating like a lot of celebrities are.
who cares about Janet anymore?
As a long time devoted Janet fan, I wish she'd put some words like these into her songs every once in a while. I like when she gets personal and passionate ie Velvet Rope.
great read. thanks.
good, keep ur clothes on grams!
Its Michael !!!!
She is kinda hott for a Afican !!!!!
KEEP UR CLOTHES ON FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Blah! Everything she makes sounds the same.
Now that she doesn't look like Michael, I'm getting a huge willy for her.
Come on Janet, baby I'll never leave you!
Amen Janet for being to keep your head on straight with an abusive perv father he I belive is solely responsible for ripping Michaels child hood away making a perverted lost boy who carries his white children around with blankets on their heads Bazz don't ya think any way you are the productive onear
This tranny granny is NOT NEWS!!! She is a washed up 47 year old has-been "Diffrent Strokes" fucking cast member who deserves to be put to pasture in the nearest convalescent home asap. The only thing this nasty old bitch is good at is holding down the 8 year old boys while her death-clown brother rapes them within an inch of their lives!!! FUCK THE JACKSONS!!! All of them are jesus juiced monsters who are not- nor have they ever been HUMAN in any way shape or fucking FORM!!
Funny comment about Prince, since he is a Jehovah's witness now. He was converted by Larry Graham from Sly and the Fam stone.
jeez, perez. enough about this hack already. no one cares except you and a handful of 19 year old girls who THINK they still care (or feel they should because she's "Janet").
It's over. You're really adept at finding new talent, so please stop beating this tired, old whorse.
she is soooooooooooo boring. and her music is soooooooooooo tired!!!!
I was kind of amused when she referred to "Mother." A la Norman Bates in Psycho. I put Mother in the basement…
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING. That little girl stuff, the whispering…that has been OLD for so long. GO AWAY ALREADY! Have your mouth fixed!
The Jehovah Witnesses are a cult like the spaceball Scientologist.
I loove Janet.
She's just so .. Human .. and gorgeous.
Her mom should dump his ass.
I Love You Janet! Cannot wait for the album to drop!
To all of the haters……You are threaten by Janet, you know she's bringing it and that scares you, otherwise why hate?? When you are at the club I bet most of you haters are the first to be on the dance floor when Janet's new songs come on……You cannot tell me the material we've heard so far is boring…..It doesn't matter what you say and how much hate you dish out, Janet ain't goin NOWHERE! Deal with it!
It takes soo much energy to hate…..You guys must be miserable……..
I Love You Janet…………..You Go Girl!
She looks like paula abdul… only less cute
Becky you go away…….Have your attitude fixed already, Janet is here to stay!
What are you a bitter unattractive bitch that is obviously Jealous of Janet….. I feel sorry for you!
but Prince is a jehova's witness [??]
I WAS RAISED JEHOVAH WITNESS…ITS NOTHING LIKE SCIENTOLOGY AT ALL….ITS NOT A CULT. I AM NOT AN ACTIVE WITNESS BUT I WAS GLAD I WAS RAISED A JEHOVAH WITNESS BECAUSE THAT GAVE ME THE MORALS I HAVE TODAY….JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE RASIED A WITNESS DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE WEIRD OR ANYTHING. BUT WHO'S TO SAY ANY RELIGION IS RIGHT OR WRONG? THATS NOT FOR US TO DECIDE. WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING…..
SHAME SHE WAS CHEATED ON…..CAN'T WAIT FOR HER NEW CD!
AND BY THE WAY WHEN I WAS RAISED JEHOVAH WITNESS I LISTENED TO MICHAEL JACKSON, PRINCE, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK….THE KINGDOM HALL DIDN'T SAY TO US…OH NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT…..WE JUST DIDNT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAYS….BUT WHO CARES…I STILL GOT GIFTS ALL THE TIME…USUALLY WE GOT MORE GIFTS THAN WHAT KIDS GOT ON CHRISTMAS ANYWAYS
Re: emily –
NICE COMMENT EMILY…..PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT…EMAIL ME @ TPERRY2@COMCAST.NET
Katherine Jackson should have left that monster's ass years ago. No wonder Michael turned out all screwy. It's good that Janet's finally opening up about this stuff.
If you say "first," you rode the short bus to school as a kid.
Perez, why are you so infatuated with this has been?
Come on ppl, she's a weirdo. Just like her brother and the rest of the Jacksons, their all weird and your not being real if you don't agree. Who the hell refers to their mom as Mother..what will mother think, mother this, mother that, that bitch is coo-coo for cocoa puffs like her brother.
*** SUPREME IRONY…..
PRINCE IS ALSO A JEHOVAH's WITNESS!!! (Janet must know that)
Prince was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, but is now a convert to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Various Jehovah's Witnesses have confirmed that Prince is an active adherent (Bible student, who attends JW meetings), although he is not a full-fledged "publisher."
People familiar with Prince's background are not so surprised that he would take an interest in a group that is intensely dedicated to the Bible. Prince was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, and has always had a spiritual bent.
Prince has appeared on lists of "famous Vegans." It is clear, however, that to whatever extent Prince lives a vegan lifestyle, Veganism does not function as a religion for him. Veganism is merely a dietary lifestyle choice which is a component of his religious background as a Seventh-day Adventist. It is very common for Seventh-day Adventists to be vegetarians. Prince may, in fact, not actually be a vegan, but may simply be a vegetarian.
GO JANET!
GO JANET!
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GO JANET!
euhmmm who said jehovah's witness can't listen to prince??? that is sooo not true and by the way janet's new songs are sooo boring…
JLOVE the only one who is weird is YOU. You are going off because she calls her mother "Mother". I hate to break it to you dumb ass but a lot of people refer to their mom as "Mother". What is the big deal?? There is somthing seriously wrong with you for getting so bent out of shape over something like this.
The whole Jackson family aren't weirdos, they are different just you and I are different.
I can see that the parents of the haters did an awesome job raising you. They raised you to hate and judge other people. If the Jacksons are weirdos, I would rather be a weirdo than raised a HATER!
Re: JLove – People who have respectable mothers and show that respect for them, call them Mother- you trashy little cunt.
We used to see their family at the Assembly Halls for Jehovah's Wittnesses.
Selena was a Jehovah's Wittness too!
Why doesn't she comment on her pedophile homosexual brother?
Re: George –
Fuck you George! If it wasn't for the Jacksons then JT and Britney wouldn't have anyone to copy! So go back to listening to Hanna Montana and Highschool Musical and shut the fuck up!
Re: Geigh –
For the people calling Janet "old". U must be like 12 or something. Since when is 41 old? You people are a joke. No matter how old Janet is she is still the greatest!