{"id":744754,"date":"2026-04-22T06:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/744754\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:34:21","slug":"why-isnt-janet-jackson-in-michael-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/744754\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Isn\u2019t Janet Jackson in \u2018Michael\u2019 Biopic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Needs her own biopic.
\n Photo: Robin L Marshall\/Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

Michael<\/a> may have the Jackson 5 but doesn\u2019t have the Jackson six, seven, or eight. Multiple members of the Jackson family are not featured in the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, per their own request. The most famous person not featured in the documentary is Janet Jackson. \u201cI wish everybody was in the movie,\u201d her sister La Toya Jackson said<\/a> at the red-carpet premiere. \u201cShe was asked and she kindly declined, so you have to respect her wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also not included are Randy Jackson, who joined the Jackson 5 in 1975, replacing his elder brother Jermaine Jackson, and the eldest Jackson sibling, Rebbie. Additionally, Michael Jackson\u2019s daughter, Paris, has come out against the movie. \u201cI just butted out and left it alone because it\u2019s not my project,\u201d she said<\/a> when describing how the movie was made. \u201cThey\u2019re going to make whatever they\u2019re going to make. A big reason why I haven\u2019t said anything up until this point is because I know a lot of you guys are gonna be happy with it. A big section of the film panders to a very specific section of my dad\u2019s fandom that still lives in the fantasy, and they\u2019re gonna be happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other members of the family, including La Toya, Jermaine, Jackie, and Marlon Jackson, have all supported the movie and attended premieres. Reportedly, those supporting and those not supporting the film represent a schism in the Jackson family. \u201cParis is being ridiculously stubborn and it\u2019s all become so personal to her,\u201d a \u201cfamily source\u201d told the New York Post<\/a>. \u201cAnd she\u2019s listening to people like Janet and Randy \u2014 and that\u2019s where a lot of this reluctance to be a part of this is coming from.\u201d Well, it\u2019s easy to guess which side of the family that source is from.<\/p>\n

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