Janet Jackson's father Joe Jackson took to his personal
website
to pen an open letter to her telling her even though he's never said
it, he's very proud of her. See the letter after the cut...
Janet, the youngest in the family is very very smart. She was more like a
tough kid. She was real rough. I mean she was rough. What do they call
them… yes … tomboy. She was a tomboy. She could whop all the girls.
Really rough and really really smart. She is really easy nowadays. She
has mellowed. She is now married and living a good life with her
husband.
I always felt that she was a natural when it came to acting. She did
that movie, with the late Tupac Shakur. I thought it was a very good
movie, and I was very proud of her performance. As great and known as a
singer as she is, I think the world has yet to recognize her extremely
great talent as an actress that surpasses her singing.
She wants to have a good part in a strong action movie. I can’t wait to see her in one.
She did surprise me once, picking me as her date to the premiere of the
movie she did with Eddie Murphy. Now Eddie is a great friend and I
consider him one of this generation’s greatest comedians, but right in
the middle of watching the movie, as proud as I was of Janet, I never
let her know that. She asked me what I thought and I remember telling
her “You should be bigger than this. You should be the lead actor in the
movie and carrying it”. I know the comment upset her, because she
became quiet and I knew it. But i know her so well, that I knew she was
going to channel that anger to prove that she could do better and was
right. She came back even stronger with greater movies. And you have not
seen the best of her yet. That’s my girl.
When I suffered 4 strokes last year, and was in the hospital recovering,
only two people in my family traveled all the way to see in the
hospital. My granddaughter Brandi (Jackie’s daughter and my baby girl
Janet. She sat right next to me as I lay in bed, spent time with me,
talking about a lot together. It meant a lot to me. I lay there
listening to her as she talked about how she was going to get married. I
am happy for her and wish her nothing but the best ! I never tell you
this, but I am proud of you Janet.
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