Wait, Janet and Justin are still “very good friends?”
The pop diva bares all in Janet Jackson.
For her new A&E and Lifetime documentary,JANET JACKSON.
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Here are some of the biggest revelations fromJanet Jackson.
But originally, the youngest Jackson wanted to go to college to study business law.
According to Joe Jackson’s longtime secretary, he always thought Janet would be even bigger than Michael.
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To hear Janet explain it: “My parents disciplined all of us.
And that’s how we, as a people, we raised our kids.
Discipline without love is tyranny, and tyrants they were not.
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They just wanted us to be the best that we could possibly be.”
Life on Mars… in L.A. One such famous guest, David Bowie, apparently tried to offer members of the Jackson 5 marijuana.
We just looked at each other.
Janet Jackson and her family in the Lifetime and A&E documentary ‘JANET.'.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
We were like, ‘No.’
We didn’t know what it was."
With music by her side to break the color lines… ## “How could I keep a child away from their father?”
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One of the biggest rumors dogging Janet has been that of a secret baby she allegedly had with DeBarge.
As the story grew, it took on a life of its own.
Janet acknowledges these rumors and attempts to put them to bed for good.
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“I could never keep a child away from James,” Jackson explains.
“How could I keep a child away from their father?
I could never do that.
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That’s not right.”
“He would always come in my room and we would talk.
And then he got up… and left.
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That’s the time where Mike and I started kind of going our separate ways.
We weren’t as close.”
The soda giant then rescinded their offer.
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In a show of solidarity with Michael, Janet recorded the 1995 duet “Scream” with him.
This was particularly hurtful to Janet as she did the project to help her bother not compete against him.
A little bit of history repeating… A constant presence in her life, Elizondo was largely absent from the tour.
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The couple divorced in 2000, though the news that they were married at all came as a shock.
The 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
“I said, ‘Listen, I don’t want any drama for you.
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They’re aiming all of this at me,'” Janet recalls.
“So I said, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t say anything.'”
Justin and I are very good friends and we will always be very good friends.
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We spoke just a few days ago and he and I have moved on.
And it’s time for everyone else to do the same."
He was laughing like crazy and he had thatdeeplaugh.
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And I remember him looking over at me.
And the last thing we said to each other was ‘I love you.’
And that was the last time I saw him.
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But at least I have that … at least I have that.
I miss him."
Janet Jackson and her brother Michael Jackson in the Lifetime and A&E documentary ‘JANET.'.Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images
