{"id":164882,"date":"2026-04-22T13:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=164882"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:36:19","slug":"la-toya-jackson-explains-why-sister-janet-jackson-is-not-in-the-michael-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/la-toya-jackson-explains-why-sister-janet-jackson-is-not-in-the-michael-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"La Toya Jackson explains why sister Janet Jackson is not in the Michael movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>La Toya Jackson shares the reason for Janet\u2019s absence<\/h2>\n<p><strong>La Toya Jackson<\/strong>, the second-eldest sister in the Jackson family, has explained why <strong>Janet<\/strong> is not portrayed in the new biopic \u201c<strong>Michael<\/strong>.\u201d Speaking at the film\u2019s premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, April 20, 2026, she revealed that Janet had been invited to participate but decided to decline the offer. La Toya also added that her choice should be respected, offering the clearest explanation so far for why one of the Jackson family\u2019s most famous members does not appear in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Watch La Toya revealing Janet Jackson&#8217;s decline below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LaToya Jackson says her sister, Janet Jackson, \u201ckindly declined\u201d to be portrayed in the upcoming &quot;Michael&quot;: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish everybody was in the movie. She was asked and she kindly declined so you have to respect her wishes.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCdk5KtwFJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/oCdk5KtwFJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T7TaxLoEtm\">pic.twitter.com\/T7TaxLoEtm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2046627650371035333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;She was asked, and she kindly declined, so you have to respect her wishes.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<h2>The film includes many Jackson family figures<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u201cMichael\u201d focuses on Michael Jackson\u2019s life and career and features several members of the Jackson family on screen. It stars<strong> Jaafar Jackson<\/strong>, Michael\u2019s nephew and the son of Jermaine Jackson, starring in the movie. Other cast members include Nia Long as Katherine Jackson, Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson, Miles Teller as John Branca, and Laura Harrier as Suzanne de Passe. The plot follows Michael\u2019s rise as a member of Jackson 5 in the 60s to his rise as one of the biggest pop stars in the world before he died in 2009 at age 50.<\/p>\n<h2>The director says Janet still supports the project<\/h2>\n<p>Janet Jackson herself has not publicly commented on the film or on not being portrayed. In addition, she was also not seen attending the movie premiere. However, director Antoine Fuqua addressed her absence in the film, telling Variety:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cI have so much respect and love for Janet, but you know it&#8217;s okay. She&#8217;s supportive of Jaafar, and that&#8217;s what matters.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Toya Jackson shares the reason for Janet\u2019s absence La Toya Jackson, the second-eldest sister in the Jackson family, has explained why Janet is not portrayed in the new biopic \u201cMichael.\u201d Speaking at the film\u2019s premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, April 20, 2026, she revealed that Janet had been invited to participate but decided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":164897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399,7],"tags":[3940],"class_list":{"0":"post-164882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies","9":"category-news","10":"tag-michael-jackson"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164882"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164899,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164882\/revisions\/164899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}