Janet Jackson wanted to quit Fame
Pop diva Janet Jackson has said that she was so miserable during her year-long stint on television sitcome Fame, she contemplated quitting the entertainment industry altogether.
She was urged by her father Joe to accept the role of Cleo Hewitt in the series about performing arts students, but she struggled to fit in with the rest of the tight-knit cast and became a target for bullies.
She recalls, “I didn’t want to do that to begin with. I did it for my father. The kids that were on it… they were so outgoing, I felt like an outcast. “They would do things like eat my breakfast. I’d open up my breakfast case and there’d be nothing in there. I was the new kid on the block. I was very shy and very quiet so I would never say anything, I’d just close it back up.”
Look at where they are now, right? She’s famous and the rest of them are lucky if they are even considered has-beens.
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