Paris Jackson 'was not allowed to watch television' unless the sound was off
Paris Jackson 'was not allowed to watch television' unless the sound was off
Julianna SalinasWed, August 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM UTC
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Paris Jackson is Michael Jackson's daugther -Credit:Call Her Daddy/YouTube
Michael Jackson's daughter sat down for an eye-opening interview on Call Her Daddy, shedding light on what it was like growing up with the King of Pop.
The 28-year-old opened up about her childhood to host Alex Cooper, revealing that she and her brothers Bigi and Prince were raised by their dad at Neverland Ranch until his tragic and unexpected death in 2009. She touched on what it was like to grow up with their mega-famous father, including the fact that she and her siblings were not allowed to watch television unless the sound was off.
Paris's latest interview followed Michael Jackson's nephew breaking his silence on Perez Hilton's TikTok live as he admitted to a family feud with the celebrity gossip blogger.
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During the candid interview, which aired on Wednesday, August 12, the aspiring actress, singer, and model responded to the host's questioning about what it was like to live at Michael's iconic Neverland Ranch in California, where she and her siblings spent a short portion of their childhood.
She clarified, "I didn't grow up there; it was only the first few years of my life that I was there." Paris was just 11 years old when her dad died on June 25, 2009, after which she and her siblings moved in with their grandmother, Katherine Jackson.
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Paris Jackson opened up to Alex Cooper about her childhood -Credit:Call Her Daddy/YouTube
Growing up at her father's personal wonderland was not the fairytale experience most people would believe it to be.
While the sprawling property featured a full amusement park, movie theater, and private zoo, Paris revealed that she and her siblings did not have full access to their father's private playground.
She explained, "The cool, very congruent line throughout my childhood that kind of started there and then just continued on wherever we went was 'If you're good and you do your chorse and you do your homework and you do the things you're supposed to do, then on the weekends you can go see some animals and you can go ride some rides and you can go to the movies.'"
"It was made very, very clear that all of the attractions there were not for us. That did not belong to us. That was for underprivileged children and children who were terminally ill, who couldn't go to Disneyland," she noted.
Michael Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009 -Credit:Instagram/princejackson
Paris also revealed that she and the other kids "weren't allowed to watch television or movies and stuff either unless we were studying it for film with the sound off, or it was on the weekends if we had done everything we were supposed to."
When reflecting on whether or not she missed out on something by having a regimented childhood focused on learning and chores instead of indulging in the luxuries that come with being the daughter of the world's biggest superstar, she said, "It would have been cool. I probably would have grown up to be an a--hole."
Following in her father's footsteps, Paris Jackson's new album, Happiest Day of My Life, is out on August 21.
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