Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris is facing criticism for saying that she identifies as a Black woman, Media Take Out has learned. And now the 25-year-old actress and singer – whose full name is Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson – is speaking out about her racial identity.
Paris was born to mother Debbie Rowe, a White woman, in 1998. Her biological father is unknown, but Media Take Out has heard rumors that her father is Caucasian also.
Paris is the late singer’s only daughter and was 11 years old in 2009 when the shocking news broke out that the King of Pop had passed away.
The ‘Smooth Criminal’ singer was born with a dark brown complexion , but after he developed Vitiligo – be began bleaching his skin pigmentation.
In 2017, Paris first opened up to Rolling Stone about her childhood as the ‘Billie Jean’ musician’s daughter and about speculation that he was not her biological father.
The then-18-year-old said in 2017 that most people call her white and say that she resembles someone from Finland, but she declared “I consider myself Black,” and added that her father would look at her, point his finger, and say: “You’re Black. Be proud of your roots.”
“And I’d be like, ‘OK, he’s my dad, why would he lie to me?’ So I just believe what he told me. ‘Cause, to my knowledge, he’s never lied to me,” she continued.
The budding singer also insisted that she has seen mixed-race children that have her complexion – pointing out Prison Break star Wentworth Miller who has a mixed-race father and a white mother.
But despite the doubts that the beloved pop star is not her biological father, Paris simply said: “He is my father. He will always be my father. He never wasn’t, and he never will not be.”
That old interview is now circulating on social media, and causing people to ask – whether Paris is capping or not.
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