Paris Jackson Has More to Say About Her Childhood
The Cut • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Paris Jackson opened up about her unconventional childhood and growing up in the shadow of her famous father, Michael Jackson, during an interview on Call Her Daddy.
- She revealed that she gave an impromptu speech at her father's 2009 funeral when no other family members spoke, describing the moment as a slow realization that someone needed to step up.
- Paris shared that Neverland Ranch was not a playground for the Jackson children, but rather a place meant for underprivileged and terminally ill children, and that she and her siblings were clearly told the attractions were not for them.
- She clarified that she did not truly "grow up" at Neverland, but spent her early years there with homeschooling conducted on-site, alongside her older brother.
- The interview also touched on Paris’s spirituality, sobriety, and her recent breakup with her bandmate Justin Long.
