Janet Jackson is in the October 2009 issue of Harper’s Bazaar speaking out for the first time about her brother, Michael, since his tragic death.
Here are some of the highlights from the interview:
On growing up with The King of Pop: “He’d have the same red shirt, the same black pants, the same white T-shirt. Mike was very simple. When I was 14 years old, I would shop for him. [Michael was then 21.] I washed his clothes, cleaned his room. When mother would go out of town, she’d say, ‘I’m leaving you in charge. Take care of Mike,’”
On Michael’s sense of style: “If it was shiny, if it had any kind of bling, he loved it. It was that drummer-boy look. Do you remember that black jacket he wore for Motown’s 25th anniversary? That’s our mother’s! He grabbed that from her closet! He loved anything that sparkled.”
On what she would like the world to know about Michael: “He loved to laugh. The last time we were together, he’d laugh so hard, he would just start crying. Sometimes his humor would be corny, sometimes dry. He loved The Three Stooges, he loved slapstick, he loved Eddie Murphy in his silly comedies. He loved to have fun. He loved to play.”
If she had one more day with her brother, she would: “…Relive that moment we had when we were kids, do our little run: We’d wake up, feed the animals, spend the entire day together.”
Janet is scheduled to pay tribute to her late brother at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York this Sun., Sept. 13.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
gosh how sad, i cant imagine any of my younger siblings taken away from me like that, i hear janet jackson is really upset over it
September 9th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
janet and michael seemed really close. how sad it must be for her to lose someone so amazing
September 9th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I couldn’t imagine loosing one of my siblings. the family seems to be hanging on pretty well.
September 10th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Great interview. Janet looks great, too.
-meream