Janet Jackson On The Death Of Michael

Details: Documented on Wednesday, 09 September 2009 6:47 pm

Janet tells Harper’s Bazaar Magazine that she hasn’t watched television since learning of Michael’s death

Janet Jackson is speaking out in her first interview since the death of her older brother, pop legend Michael Jackson. Janet tells Harper’s Bazaar Magazine that she hasn’t watched television since learning of Michael’s death of an overdose on June 25. At times, the star still struggles with the concept that her brother is gone, at one point in the interview, Janet refers to Michael in the present tense, saying, “My brother is, I mean was…..You have to forgive me, because it’s really hard to believe he’s passed.”

He’d have the same red shirt, the same black pants, the same white T-shirt. Mike was very simple. When I was 14 years old, I would shop for him. [Michael was then 21.] I washed his clothes, cleaned his room. When mother would go out of town, she’d say, ‘I’m leaving you in charge. Take care of Mike,’” she tells the mag. Janet On Michael’s Sense Of Style: “If it was shiny, if it had any kind of bling, he loved it. It was that drummer-boy look. Do you remember that black jacket he wore for Motown’s 25th anniversary? That’s our mother’s! He grabbed that from her closet! He loved anything that sparkled.” What Janet Would Like The World To Know About Michael: “He loved to laugh. The last time we were together, he’d laugh so hard, he would just start crying. Sometimes his humor would be corny, sometimes dry. He loved the Three Stooges, he loved slapstick, he loved Eddie Murphy in his silly comedies. He loved to have fun. He loved to play.” If Janet Had One More Day With Her Brother, She Would: “…Relive that moment we had when we were kids, do our little run: We’d wake up, feed the animals, spend the entire day together.” Janet is scheduled to pay tribute to her late brother at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York this Sun., Sept. 13.