Thursday, June 18, 2026

Janet Jackson Snaps Back at Rumors She Doesn’t Like the “Michael” Movie, or is Mad She’s Not a Character In it

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Janet Jackson has snapped back at rumors she’s unhappy with the “Michael” movie.

There have been a couple of anonymous reports that Janet is angry she isn’t a character in Antoine Fuqua’s movie about Michael Jackson, coming in April.

I also read some crazy report that Janet “has no career” and was envious of Michael.

Don’t believe a word of it. Janet loved Michael. She’s also a superstar in her own right.

A lot of people forget that it was John McClain, now a co-executor of Michael’s estate, who set Janet up in her career at A&M Records. The “Control” album was conceived by him with Janet and Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis. Don’t discount that friendship.

The “Michael” will not be de-railed, folks. It’s going to be a hit. We may have some factual nitpicking, but this is happening.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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