JANET Jackson has told for the first time how her superstar brother Michael fat-shamed her as a youngster, leaving her with painful body image issues.
The Rhythm Nation singer says: “There were times when Mike used to tease me and call me names . . . ‘Pig, horse, slut, or hog, cow’. “He would laugh about it and I’d laugh too, but then there was somewhere down inside that it would hurt. “When you have somebody say you’re too heavy, it affects you.” She makes the emotional revelation in a shocking self-titled four-parter due to air on Sky Documentaries and Now TV from Monday.
The documentary series, which she has spent five years making, reveals how she has struggled with her weight since the age of ten, when she won the role of abandoned girl Penny on the US sitcom Good Times.
Janet, 55, explains: “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. @font-face{font-family:'The Sun';src:url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.woff2') format('woff2'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.woff') format('woff'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.ttf') format('truetype'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.svg#') format('svg');font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-display:swap;}@font-face{font-family:'The Sun';src:url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.woff2') format('woff2'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.woff') format('woff'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.ttf') format('truetype'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.svg#') format('svg');font-style:normal;font-weight:500;font-display:swap;}@font-face{font-family:'The.
Read more on thesun.co.uk