Sunday, July 5, 2026

UPDATED Paris Jackson, In Treatment for “Emotional Health,” Explains Month Long Absence: “I’ve taken a break but feeling better than ever!”

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I told you on Saturday that Paris Jackson, 20, had been MIA from social media for a month, since about December 12th.

UPDATE: Paris says on Instagram: “the media is exaggerating per usual.. yes i’ve taken a break from work and social media and my phone because it can be too much sometimes, and everyone deserves a break, but i am happy and healthy and feeling better than ever! gabriel and i have some new music we’re stoked to share with y’all! (@thesoundflowers) hope you guys’ new year started out with lots of love and light and all the things. i’ll be back soon!! xxox”

The Gabriel she’s referring to is a musician named Gabriel Glenn. They’ve formed an unofficial still to be determined music group called The Soundflowers. (Not the Wallflowers.) So far, there’s no evidence of any music but a kind of seventies bad Eagles sounding material.

EARLIER: Today, someone gave ET a statement saying Paris was taking time off and getting treatment for her “emotional health.” I know who the source is, they go to ET like it’s their church. But it’s fine, it’s all true.

Plain speak: she’s in rehab. A close friend told me over the weekend, “The last few months have been very hard for her.”

Paris has battled depression and suicidal thoughts for several years. Who can blame her? Her father was killed, she had to endure the trial of Dr. Murray, not to mention false accusations against Michael from people wanting money from his estate. Now a documentary is coming with more sketchy claims. Paris deserves time to find herself and find ways to cope with all kinds of craziness.

My bet is she comes back better than ever, kicking ass, and taking names.

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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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