Michael Jackson‘s 18 year old daughter spoke to Rolling Stone Magazine and bared her mind on many subjects ranging from her father’s death, her own identity, a sexual assault she suffered at only 14 years old, drug use and many others.
The following are ten quotes from the interview that would make you cry.
1. He is my father. He will always be my father… People that knew him really well say they see him in me, that it’s almost scary.
On if Michael Jackson was actually her father. It is widely speculated that his three children might have been conceived with someone else’s sperm.
2. He was a kick-ass cook. His fried chicken is the best in the world.
Who knew the King of Pop was also king of the kitchen?
3. I consider myself black . . . [my dad] would look me in the eyes and he’d point his finger at me and he’d be like, ‘You’re black. Be proud of your roots.’
On her ancestry and skin colour.
4. Plenty of people think I’m ugly
Now that’s just not fair.
5. They always say, ‘Time heals.’ But it really doesn’t. You just get used to it.
Why she will never get over the death of her father.
6. AEG Live does not treat their performers right. They drain them dry and work them to death.
The entertainment company that was to produce MJ’s ‘This Is It’ Concert. He was preparing for a 50 show tour when he died.
7. Absolutely. Because it’s obvious. All arrows point to that. It sounds like a total conspiracy theory and it sounds like bullshit, but all real fans and everybody in the family knows it.
This is her reiterating that Michael was killed and his death was made to look accidental.
8. Of course. I definitely do, but it’s a chess game. And I am trying to play the chess game the right way.
On whether she wants revenge for her father’s murder- as she calls it.
9. I don’t wanna give too many details, but it was not a good experience, at all, and it was really hard for me, and, at the time, I didn’t tell anybody.
She was raped at 14 by someone she declines to identify; this is also the first time she’s talking about it.
10. I 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.
Speaking about her drug addiction and psychiatry treatment.