Paris Jackson has a strong supporter among a large number of people who have joined together to report her upcoming movie “Habit”.
Pop singer Sia cast a vote of confidence for the 22-year-old actress on Wednesday when she tweeted in Jackson after an online petition aimed at stopping the film’s release returned more than 260,000 signatures as of July 1.
“Dear @ParisJackson, I love you, keep going. I think you are a good person,” Sia, 44, wrote on Twitter.
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The film that provoked such a reaction from detractors is the Jackson film “Habit”, in which the daughter of the late Michael Jackson plays Jesus alongside model and actress Bella Thorne. Thorne, also 22, plays a woman with a Jesus fetish who masquerades as a nun to escape a violent drug deal.
A petition was launched on Change.org seeking to block the “blasphemous Hollywood movie” for depicting Jesus as a “lesbian woman.” However, the film’s promotional materials have not mentioned Jackson portraying Jesus as a lesbian.
PETITION TO BLOCK THE FILM ‘HABIT’ WHERE PARIS JACKSON PLAYS JESUS GARNERS THOUSAND SIGNATURES
This is not the only petition designed to prevent the film from reaching the public. A group called One Million Moms previously started one to block the film, which says it “mocks Christianity and ridicules people of faith,” which has already generated more than 70,000 signatures.
Paris Jackson appears as Jesus in the movie ‘Habit’.
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Musicians Josie Ho, Gavin Rossdale, Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart also appear in the film, along with model Andreja Pejic. “Habit” currently has no release date.
Jackson has had a limited acting career so far, most notably appearing in several episodes of the “Star” series and in the movie “Gringo”. He also appeared in a 30 Seconds to Mars music video for the song “Rescue Me”.
Fox News’ Tyler McCarthy contributed to this report.
