“I wouldn’t consider myself bisexual because I’ve dated someone other than men and women.”
Paris Jackson is opening up about her private life like never before in the new Facebook Watch series, “No Filter: Paris Jackson and Gabriel Glenn.”
Co-starring in her boyfriend / bandmate The Soundflowers, the show, which premiered on Tuesday, promises to give fans an inside look at Jackson’s unique family, love life, and aspirations to succeed in the music industry. music out of the shadow of his famous father, Michael Jackson. .
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From the beginning, the debut episode, titled “Who is Paris Jackson?” – shows the 22-year-old girl talking about her father’s death and the legacy she leaves behind.
“It’s been 11 years and I’ve been through hell, either because of his death or all the shit that has happened to me in my life,” he said. “If I don’t talk about it or if I don’t put it in music, it’s going to completely ruin my life and it’s going to possess me and I’m going to be a slave to that kind of pain and torment and I don’t want that.”
“Everyone in my family makes music,” he added. “I’m a Jackson, it makes sense that I’m a musician but like … a Jackson doing indie folk?”
Paris ‘cousin TJ Jackson and brother Prince also give an insight into Paris’ early life and how her growth as a daughter of Michael Jackson affected her in the long run.
“When my uncle found out I was having Paris, I was on Cloud 9,” TJ recalled. “He spoiled her, he just loves his princess. Something I still struggle with is that he lost his father and I don’t think you could have gotten a more loving and dedicated father. From birth to the day he’s a grandfather, my uncle would have I’ve been there every step of the way trying to do everything possible to make her as strong and happy as possible. Losing that is difficult for me. “
Added Prince, who, like Paris, spent much of his childhood traveling with his father and wearing masks to hide their faces most of the time: “Growing up I think is difficult for everyone, especially when you have unique circumstances around your childhood and your education. “
“I feel like he has come a long way and that he has learned a lot and how to behave,” he said of his sister. “When I get to see my sister sing, I feel very proud because I have seen where she came from and everything she had to face when she was growing up and singing has been an outlet for her.”
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By being more specific about some of the difficult things she faces, Paris opened up about her sexuality and how her family initially reacted when she started exploring it.
“I never thought I’d end up with a guy,” said Jackson, who is now dating one. “I thought I would end up marrying a girl or … I’ve dated more women than men. I’ve been with more girls. The public only knows 3 long-term relationships I’ve been with and have been with men.” The public doesn’t know most of the relationships I’ve been in. “
“I say I am gay because I suppose I am, but I would not consider myself bisexual because I have dated more than just men and women, I have dated a man who had a vagina,” she added. “It has nothing to do with what you’re wearing in your pants, it’s literally like, what are you like as a person?”
Jackson said she began to feel “in conflict” about her sexuality at a young age, when her feelings did not match the heterosexual couples she would see on television. She added that her father “quickly realized it.”
“I think he felt the energy and would make fun of me in the same way that he would make fun of my brothers, like ‘You got yourself a girlfriend!’ if I was looking at a woman’s magazine too hard, “he revealed. “I am very fortunate to have that, especially so young, 8 or 9 years old. Not many children have that experience.”
Things changed when he moved in with his grandmother, Katherine Jackson, after his father died. “Homosexuality in general is very taboo in the black community,” she explained, saying that, along with the background of Katherine’s Jehovah’s Witnesses, it made her feel like she had something she needed to hide.
“The first time I dated a family member, they didn’t believe me,” Paris said, showing Prince his appreciation for joining a gay-straight alliance the first time he “went to treatment” after initially leaving. “He said he just wants to learn more about him, understand him better,” she recalled, “I’m lucky to have that too.”
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The rest of the episode showed his relationship with Gabe, whom he met 2 years ago and instantly clicked. “The only home I had before was my dad. Now I have Gabe, I am very lucky,” he explained.
She was seen taking him to some Hollywood events and introducing him to some of her father’s former collaborators, such as Kenny Ortega and Travis Payne, who worked on the “This Is It” tour.
“I never realized how much she really was at that age, how much she was involved in day to day,” Gabe said, seeing her interact with those two as old friends. “She was really by his side as much as he could hold her.”
The episode ended with a preview for the rest of the reason, causing Jackson to open up about his many insecurities and suicide attempts. “Yes, I tried to commit suicide many times,” he said in the video.
New episodes of “No Filter: Paris Jackson and Gabriel Glenn” appear every Tuesday at 3am PT on Facebook Watch.
