Janet Jackson claimed that her late brother Michael Jackson teased her about her weight gain, comparing her to various farm animals.
“There were times when Mike used to tease me and call me names. ‘Pig, horse, slaughter hog, cow,” Jackson says in the “JANET” documentary. “He would laugh about it and I’d laugh too, but then there was somewhere down inside that it would hurt. When you have somebody say you’re too heavy, it affects you.”
The megastar explained that she turned to food at times of need.
“I’m an emotional eater, so when I get stressed or something is really bothering me, it comforts me.”
Jackson and her later brother were initially very close siblings. However, in her self-titled documentary, she revealed they had drifted apart as they grew older.
“I remember really loving the Thriller album but for the first time in my life I felt it was different between us. A shift was happening. That’s the time Mike and I started going our separate ways. He just wasn’t as fun as he used to be.”
Things had not improved even when they collaborated on the 1995 “Scream,” duet… things had still not improved.
“Michael shot nights, I shot days,” she shares. “His record company would block off his set so I couldn’t see what was going on. They didn’t want me on set. That really hurt me because I felt I was there fighting the fight with him, not to battle him. I wanted it to feel like old times between he and I, and it didn’t. Old times had long passed.”
In 1993, Jackson was first accused of child sex abuse. She explained that she was desperate to support her brother but that his scandal ended up costing her a major opportunity.
“When that came out, Coca-Cola said, ‘No, thank you.’ Guilty by association. That’s what they call it, right?” she says.
“JANET” premieres on Lifetime and A&E on Jan 28.
“With full, unprecedented access to the global icon, JANET is an intimate, honest and unfiltered look at her untold story. Producers Workerbee have been filming the incredible documentary for over three years and were granted exclusive access to archival footage and Janet’s never-before-seen home videos, along with star-studded interviews,” the description reads.
