Paris Jackson is finally letting fans know what she really thinks of the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic.
The 28-year-old daughter of the late King of Pop took to social media this week to reveal why she hasn’t been attaching herself to the film. In a lengthy video explanation, Paris expresses that while she thinks that the general public will enjoy the film, it’s not something she can get behind.
“A big reason why I haven’t said anything up until this point is because I know a lot of you guys are going to be happy with it,” she says, speaking to the camera. “The film panders to a very specific section of my dad’s fandom that still lives in the fantasy. And they’re going to be happy with it.”
“The thing about these biopics is they’re…it’s Hollywood. It’s Fantasyland, it’s not real. But it’s sold to you as real,” Paris continues.
She goes on to say that the narrative is “being controlled” and accuses the film of containing “a lot of inaccuracy” and “just full blown lies.”
“At the end of the day, that doesn’t really fly with me. I don’t really like dishonesty,” Jackson explained. “I spoke up, I wasn’t heard, I f***ed off.”
In a follow-up video, Paris addresses the fact that a lot of fans think she “hates” or “resents” her dad because of her lack of involvement in the movie. In response to those accusations, the 28-year-old insists: “That’s not my truth. That’s not where I’m coming from. I just prefer honesty over sales and monetary gain.”
These comments from Jackson come after a similar statement from last year, where she called the upcoming biopic from director Antoine Fuqua “dishonest.”
Back in September, during the Venice Film Festival, Colman Domingo–who plays Joe Jackson–told People that Paris and her younger brother Prince Jackson were “very supportive of the film.”
Shortly after, Paris responded directly to Domingo’s comments on Instagram, distancing herself from the film, writing, “[Colman], don’t be telling people I was ‘helpful’ on the set of a movie I had 0% involvement in lol. That is so weird.”
At the time, the singer and actress explained that she saw an early draft of the film and pointed out the parts that she felt were unconvincing: “I read one of the first drafts of the script and gave my notes about what was dishonest [and] didn’t sit right with me and when they didn’t address it I moved on with my life…Not my monkeys, not my circus. God bless and godspeed.”
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