Janet Jackson: “I’ve been cheated on a lot”
In an exclusive interview with Parade, Janet Jackson admits that she hasn’t always been so lucky in love.
“After two divorces [to singer James Debarge and dancer Rene Elizondo Jr.], I thought I was jinxed,” Janet explains in the new issue of Parade, out this Sunday. “Maybe marriage isn’t for me? Maybe it’s my fault it never works. I was always faithful. I always tried to give of myself. But maybe I’m the problem.” She continues, “When it was over, I put shields up to protect myself from being hurt again. I didn’t want to go there anymore.”
The twice-married singer says she was initially cautious about entering into a relationship with boyfriend Jermaine Dupri. “I was always reaching out for love…this time, I wasn’t going to be the first to reach out,” she says. “It was Jermaine who touched me first. Love came to me. He’s such a wonderful, sweet, very loving guy that I said to myself, ‘I’m not going to fall head over heels for this person.’”
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February 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Much Love
I wish you much success on your new project! I love you Janet and someday you will know this in your heart without a doubt.
Until then
Sincerely With Love your Husband
Paul
Question: Who is the cheat now Janet? But you cannot forgive your father, yet I forgive you. Think about it!
Janet Jackson: Personal life
Very early in Janet’s life she was given in marriage to Frank Paul Jones, AKA Frank Paul Gambino the Son of the infamous Carlo Gambino who was the head of the Gambino Family, his mother was an African American named Blond Eva Austin Jones. This marriage was held in great confidence because of Paul’s covert status with the United States government. They had a daughter together. Later in 1984, at age eighteen, Jackson eloped with James DeBarge, a member of the singing group DeBarge. The couple tried to keep the marriage a secret but news of the couple’s nuptials was reported on Entertainment Tonight. Jackson would later admit that the marriage was not a good one, and that the family-particularly Joe-disapproved of the union as he felt Janet should be focusing on an impending career. The couple were granted an annulment in March 1985; however the decision was made to end this charade in early September 1984, when Paul found out about it as he returned from a tour of duty in Germany. In 2005, DeBarge’s youngest brother Darrell claimed on the radio that his brother and Janet had a child. She is now in her 20’s and her name is Renee. Janet has since denied this claim. She had a child but not from DeBarge