When Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, the whole world mourned the singer. He had been chased by paparazzis\u2019 and tabloid newspapers for pretty much his entire life, but not even when he was laid to rest for the last time was he spared.<\/p>\n
Paris Jackson \u2013 Michael\u2019s daughter
\nHelicopters transporting his body from the hospital in Los Angeles were followed by other media helicopters. Still to this day, news of Michael Jackson and his family is published all over the world.<\/p>\n
These days, it\u2019s mostly his family members that get the attention. In particular, his children have been targeted, as many paparazzis want their share of the Jackson family.<\/p>\n
Jackson\u2019s second child, Paris Jackson, has lived in the spotlight her entire life. Now, she\u2019s doing all she can to be her own person, and not just Michael Jackson\u2019s child.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd the truth is, she\u2019s doing really well following several years of mental illness.<\/p>\n
Paris Jackson \u2013 early life
\nParis Jackson was born on April 3, 1998 in California. She\u2019s the second child of Michael Jackson, as well as his only daughter.<\/p>\n
Her early life was very private \u2013 she and her brother both were home-schooled up until 6th grade. Michael Jackson was keen on letting them keep their privacy, and the children were fiercely guarded from the public. Early photos of Michael\u2019s brood showed them either in costumes or with scarves around their heads to cover their faces.<\/p>\n
As a result, Paris and her siblings lived a very restricted life on the Neverland Ranch. No one can say that they weren\u2019t extremely privileged, but at the same time, it must have been tough.<\/p>\n
Speaking with supermodel Naomi Campbell in a YouTube interview, Paris Jackson opened up about her father, and what her upbringing was like.<\/p>\n
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\nShe said that Michael Jackson made sure that they were \u201ccultured\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad was really good about making sure we were cultured, making sure we were educated, and not just showing us like the glitz and glam, like hotel hopping, five-star places,\u201d Paris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was also like, we saw everything. We saw third world countries. We saw every part of the spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaks out on her childhood
\nParis Jackson lived all over the world during her childhood days, as her father toured across the globe to play in front of hundreds of thousands of people.<\/p>\n
She says she was very grateful about her \u201cprivileged\u201d childhood. But at the same time, Paris learned early on that she shouldn\u2019t feel entitled. Her father made sure that the children understood the concept of having to put in work in order to get things.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven growing up it was about earning stuff,\u201d Paris said. \u201cIf we wanted five toys from FAO Schwarz or Toys \u2018R\u2019 Us, we had to read five books.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s earning it, not just being entitled to certain things or thinking \u2018oh I got this\u2019,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s like working for it, working hard for it, it\u2019s something else entirely, it\u2019s an accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nParis was only 11 years old when her father passed away.<\/p>\n
Tragic passing of Michael Jackson
\nOn June 25, 2009, \u201cThe King of Pop\u201d suffered cardiac arrest at his home and passed away shortly after being transported to a nearby hospital. Paris and her brothers ended up in the legal care of their grandmother, Katherine Jackson, as per Michael\u2019s will.<\/p>\n
During her father\u2019s televised memorial service, the 11-year-old Paris stood in front of the whole world to say a few words about her father.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I just wanted to say I love him so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paris and her brothers, Prince Michael, 12, and Prince Michael II, 7, were all in attendance during the televised memorial service. In fact, that was pretty much the first time the world caught more than just a glimpse of Jackson\u2019s children.<\/p>\n
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\nThen, in January 2010, they were once again were seen in public while accepting a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award for their father at the 2010 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n
Paris Jackson \u2013 life after Neverland
\nIn November the same year, Paris appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to speak about her father, saying that he was amazing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of felt like no one understood what a good father he was, he was the best cook ever,\u201d she told Winfrey. \u201cHe was just a normal dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe made the best French toast in the world,\u201d Paris added.<\/p>\n
When Michael Jackson passed away, Paris Jackson moved into a mansion in Calabasas, California, with her grandmother Katherine Jackson, as well as other members of her family, according to The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n
When she turned 19, she decided to move into Michael Jackson\u2019s private studio at the family compound, which she transformed into a dorm-style bedroom.<\/p>\n
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\nLosing your father is hard as it is. But for Paris, it was much more than that. All of a sudden, she was expected to carry on her father\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to grow up too fast\u201d
\nUpon starting seventh grade, Paris decided to attend a private school. At this point, the only ones accepting her for who she was were the older kids, and it didn\u2019t turn out perfect.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was doing a lot of things that 13-, 14-, 15-year-olds shouldn\u2019t do. I tried to grow up too fast, and I wasn\u2019t really that nice of a person,\u201d she told Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n
Around the same time, social media had become a thing, and Paris faced cyberbullying.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole freedom-of-speech thing is great,\u201d she explained. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think that our Founding Fathers predicted social media when they created all of these amendments and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paris went through a lot of trauma as a teenager. She even tried taking her own life following a very serious incident, but that was also somewhat of a turning point.<\/p>\n
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\nShe spent her sophomore year, as well as half her junior year, at a therapeutic school in Utah, which was great for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a completely different person,\u201d she said. \u201cI was crazy. I was actually crazy, I was going through a lot of, like, teen angst. And I was also dealing with my depression and my anxiety without any help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paris Jackson \u2013 career
\nParis graduated high school in 2015 \u2013 one year early \u2013 but by this point, she had a lot on her mind. She was one of the heirs of Michel Jackson\u2019s billion-dollar heritage, and everyone saw her as a celebrity, even though she actually hadn\u2019t done anything.<\/p>\n
Now, though, Jackson is heading in the same direction as her father: the entertainment business. She\u2019s taken her father\u2019s advice seriously: if you want something, you have to put in work to get it. During the Naomi Campbell interview, Paris stated that she was a \u201cfull believer\u201d that she should earn her own success.<\/p>\n
For someone born into ridiculous wealth, as the child of one of the most famous people in modern history, this is something we truly adore Paris for. No matter what has happened in her past or who her father is, she wants to do her own thing.<\/p>\n
She grew up around only adults except for her siblings. When she left Neverland to go to a real school, it was a big change for her. She grew up as the child of Michael Jackson, but for her, the world was more than that. And in the beginning, it sure was hard.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cOnce I got introduced into the real world, I was shocked. It blew me away,\u201d Paris told Harper\u2019s Bazaar. \u201cNot just because it was sexist, but misogynist and racist and cruel. It was scary as hell. And it still is really scary.\u201d<\/p>\n
Modeling and music
\nSo what did Paris do? Well, she went her own way, starting out working as a model. And she has a real talent for it!<\/p>\n
In recent years, she\u2019s been on the covers of some of the world\u2019s most influential magazines, including Rolling Stone, Vogue and Narcisse to name a few.<\/p>\n
For Paris, modeling is a very therapeutic and natural thing. Many were shocked when her father transformed via his many plastic surgeries. But in this age of social media and cyberbullying, Paris understands his choice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time,\u201d she said. \u201cPlenty of people think I\u2019m ugly, and plenty of people don\u2019t. But there\u2019s a moment when I\u2019m modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer\u2019s telling me \u2013 and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it\u2019s selfish.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nThrough her Instagram page, Paris\u2019s followers can see her life as she seems to like spending time with her friends, doing all the things in life she couldn\u2019t really experience at a younger age.<\/p>\n
Released her first album
\nIn 2020, she followed in her father\u2019s footsteps by releasing her debut album Wilted. She\u2019s releasing music, but instead of the R&B and pop sound her dad was famous for, Paris Jackson released an indie-folk album.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s mainly just a story of heartbreak and love, in general, and the thoughts and feelings that come after it doesn\u2019t work out,\u201d she told Paper.<\/p>\n
Paris Jackson grew up with her father\u2019s music, and she says she knows all the words to his songs. At the same time as she created her own sound, it\u2019s inevitable that Michael Jackson\u2019s taste in music influenced her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe loved classical music and jazz and Hip Hop and R&B and obviously the Motown stuff,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
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\nParis Jackson has paid tribute to her father on her body, acquiring more than 50 tattoos. Nine of them are devoted to Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel him with me all the time\u201d
\nShe doesn\u2019t think that time heals and instead has learned to live with the tragic loss of her father.<\/p>\n
But at the same time, Michael Jackson will always be with her, as she recalls him visiting her in her dreams.<\/p>\n
\u201cI live life with the mentality of \u2018OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.\u2019\u201d she told Rolling Stone. \u201cSo going forward, anything bad that happens can\u2019t be nearly as bad as what happened before. So I can handle it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel him with me all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nThose who have lost a parent can surely put themselves in Paris\u2019s situation, with the grief that comes with it. However, growing up as Paris Jackson did is something no one has experienced to the same extent.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re so happy that she finally has been able to do her own thing without having paparazzi following her around everywhere she goes. Good luck, Paris!<\/p>\n
Please, share this article with friends and family if you also think Paris Jackson is a brave woman!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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