Dealing with the past. Janet Jackson addressed the major highs and lows throughout her life in Lifetime’s Janet — and that includes her weight struggles over the years.“I’m an emotional eater, so when I get stressed or something is really bothering me, it comforts me.
I did Good Times, and that’s the beginning of having weight issues and the way I looked at myself,” Jackson, 55, shared in Part 2 of the new A&E documentary, which premiered on Saturday, January 29. “I was developing at a very young age and I started getting a chest, and they would bind it so I would look more flat-chested.”Amid her personal issues with her body, Janet recalled how her brother Michael Jackson would allegedly call her “names” as a joke.“There were times when Mike used to tease me and call me names.
Pig, horse, slaughter hog and cow,” the five-time Grammy winner claimed. “It wasn’t out of malice on his part at all. Brothers tease sisters, sisters tease brothers and it was just fun and funny.
But, then there was somewhere down inside that would hurt when you have someone say ‘you’re too heavy’ even if it was out of love, it affects you.”Janet’s relationship with Michael, who died at age 50 in 2009, is one of the topics that was explored from her perspective in the doc.“Janet has enjoyed immense success but also seen incredible tragedy.
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