‘I’m in a very beautiful spot’

Paris Jackson is opening up about her relationship with her dad, Michael Jackson. The musician and actress has grown up in the spotlight as the daughter of one of the most famous people in the world. In a podcast appearance, she’s opened up about how much her relationship with her late father has shifted over the years. 

 Jackson was a guest on Jack Osbourne’s “Trying Not to Die” podcast yesterday, where she discussed her music and her changing relationship with her father. “There’s definitely a certain element where I felt I had to share everything,” she said. “And that has drastically changed in the last few years, because I don’t really feel like any of us owe anyone anything.”

Jackson shared that she used to feel pressure on significant dates to share details of her father’s life and personality, including her father’s birthday or the date of his death. “I’m now learning I can have my own personal relationship and I’m allowed to be private about it, and I’m now like, my relationship is the most beautiful relationship ever,” she said. 

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“I’m in a very beautiful spot with my dad, and I love that, and it’s no one’s business, and I don’t have to share that with anybody. And there’s a lot of freedom in that, which is really cool.”

Michael Jackson died in 2009, when Jackson was 11 years old. She remembers her father as her “best friend.” 

Paris Jackson On Her Father’s Work Ethic

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Further on in the interview, Jackson shared details about the way in which she and her siblings, Prince and Bigi, were raised, with their father instilling a sense of hard work in their lives despite all the privilege they were born with. 

“There was a lot about my upbringing that was silver spoon-esque, but there was so much of it that had to be earned,” she explained. “Like there was very much a focus on developing a work ethic. And so I did see something recently where it’s like, ‘You don’t have to work,’ and it’s like no, I do. I really do. Because I’m like a shark. If I stop moving, I’ll die. It makes me happy to move and work and be productive.”

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