Michael Jackson’s daughter has broken her silence: “My dad used to…See more

Michael Jackson’s daughter has broken her silence: “My dad used to…See more

Michael Jackson’s Daughter Breaks Her Silence: “My Dad Used to Tell Me to Be Proud of My Roots”

For years, the public has been fascinated by the private life of Michael Jackson and the children he left behind. The King of Pop spent much of his life under an extraordinary level of scrutiny, but his children experienced a very different side of him — not as the global superstar performing in front of tens of thousands of people, but as a father.

Among his three children, Paris Jackson has often been the most willing to speak publicly about her memories of her father, her childhood, and the complicated legacy surrounding his name. One of her most revealing interviews came in 2017, when she spoke with Rolling Stone about Michael, her identity, her grief, and the questions that had followed her family for years.

One particular revelation attracted enormous atten

tion.

To millions of people around the world, Michael Jackson was an almost mythical figure. He was the performer behind albums such as Thriller, Bad, and Dangerous. He was the artist whose music videos transformed the medium and whose performances became part of popular culture.

But to Paris, he was simply Dad.

In a 2010 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Paris and her brothers described aspects of their home life that were surprisingly ordinary. Paris remembered Michael as a father who cooked for his children and made breakfast for them. She even described him as the best cook she knew, remembering his French toast in particular.

Those memories offered fans a glimpse behind the extraordinary public image.

The man who could command a stadium could also be the father standing in a kitchen making breakfast.

That contrast became an important part of how Paris later talked about him.

“He Is My Father”

Perhaps one of the most persistent subjects surrounding Michael Jackson’s children has been the question of their parentage.

Because of their appearances and because Michael’s private life was so heavily scrutinized, tabloids and members of the public repeatedly speculated about whether Michael was biologically related to his children.

Paris eventually addressed the issue directly.

In her 2017 Rolling Stone interview, she made it clear that she considered Michael her father and rejected the idea that strangers should determine the meaning of that relationship for her. She described him as her father without qualification and said that people who knew him well had told her they could see aspects of him in her.