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Prince Jackson, “Angry and Hurt,” Breaks His Silence and Slams Family “Lies”

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10:23 am, July 26th, 2012

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Prince Jackson, Michael’s oldest son, has broken his silence on the bizarre family drama unfolding around the late King of Pop’s children and estate, blasting his relatives’ “lies” and saying he’s “angry and hurt.”

As Gossip Cop has reported, Prince and his siblings Paris and Blanket are now under the guardianship of their cousin, T.J. Jackson, after their grandmother and guardian Katherine Jackson disappeared for more than a week amid rumors she’d been effectively kidnapped by other family members.

Katherine has now returned following several days of family infighting, saying her loss of custody is “based on a bunch of lies.”

Early Thursday, Prince Jackson took to Twitter to blast his family.

Here’s his statement in full:

I would first like to start off this tweet by thanking the fans that have always stood by me and my family, my dad really appreciated your support and I still treasure it to this day. As I am sure everyone is well aware of the events that have been going on. I have been holding off on backing up my sister and her tweets avidly because I was waiting for the time to reveal my side.

As long as I can remember my dad had repeatedly warned me of certain people and their ways. Although I am happy my grandma was returned, after speaking with her I realized how misguided and how badly she was lied to. I’m really angry and hurt.

The following image is of a group chat I had started to several family members. This group text message I had started was replied to but they didn’t know that I could see the responses. For this whole time, they denied us contact to our grandmother. “If you continue with your lies I will continue with the truth.”

The 15-year-old then posted a screenshot of his group chat from Monday (SEE BELOW), in which he wrote, “This is enough so I am texting you for the simple fact that WE DEMAND TO SPEAK TO MY GRANDMA NOW!!!”

Janet Jackson’s reply, apparently written without realizing Prince could see it: “Don’t let them pls.”

Gossip Cop will have updates as the drama continues to unfold.

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  • Mulan

    People wondered why Michael stayed away, smh, they only want money, greedy ass Jackson
    Michael Jackson was smart to leave them out of the will. soon as as He’s kids turn 18 they too could run far away from this family as far as they can (RIP MJ)

  • Krissu

    Wow. Janet Jackson is denying children access to Katherine????
    Really makes one speechless, doesn’t it?

  • Anonymous

    Sad. Probably the best thing for these kids would be for a judge to appoint an executor to represent the children, and leave the Jackson family out of it altogether.

  • Krissu

    You know the damage control from Janet and others will start soon.
    But the thing is who would believe them? And how much can you trash young children without looking like a jerk?
    Smart boy to take a pic of the computer screen!

  • Mullingsteffany

    TOLD YOU THESE MONEY LOVING GRABBING SHIT JACKSONS DONT GIVE OR CARE A SHIT ABOUT THESE KIDS,BUT GOD WILL STEP IN AND TAKE CONTROL GOD HELP KATHERINE SHES A GOOD MOM WITH A BUNCH A ROTTEN ASS KIDS MICHAEL WS THE BEST,AS FOR JANET NEVER LIKE HER PLASTIC SURGERY FACE ONE BIT ASS HOLES LOVE U KIDS AND U GRANDMA///GOD PROTECT THEM FROM THE EVIL FAMILY…

  • Randomlibra

    Seems like grandma wanted a break from the brats and Janet was playing offense trying to keep them away for a couple of days so grandma could rest. What’s the big lie everyone is alluding to but no one seems to know the truth about?

  • Krissu

    Random, the kids live in the same home with grandma. Grandma is their official custodian. If she wants/needs to go away for almost two weeks she should at least inform the children!
    AND leave an emergency phone number in case she is needed!
    Why the secrecy about her leaving??

    If she can’t handle “the brats” she should give them up along with the money!

  • Boxergal

    You put alot of faith into someone who dosnt listin or dosnt excist i havent figured out witch one yet

  • Darkeclipse

    ew he looks so old

  • romp

    this kids are so young,it is when they grow into adulthood that they would realize what janet is tryna do for them,janet is a well established woman herself,she has enough money to last her a long time and she is even dating a billionaire,so what does she really need micheal’s money for?,i dont get it.See to paris/prince,there is only little we fans of your dad can do for you and the world doesn’t need to know about whats going on in the family because the world is cruel,if you put your business out to them,they will judge you and will you be able to stand it when the world turns it back on you paris/prince.
    What janet is doing might seem cruel now,i know her heart is in the right place..shes tryna make this kids enjoy their childhood and when they are 18 the can decide what they wanna do for themselves.Prince/paris i urge you to be careful of the world,listen to your aunt,its might seems mean or evil,but trust me its for the best.

  • alexstorm

    omg Janet is involved too? I can’t believe it, she is the only sane one! 3 sides to every story, theirs hers and the truth, and the truth will never be told. The whole thing is weird, Katherine not to be found, but then found at her daughters house?

    Is it all about money?

  • romp

    This is CLEARLY not about money cuz lets be clear Janet is BANK lol and shes dating a BILLIONAIRE. Like I said before the Jacksons are just trying to protect their family and Paris/prince is too young to understand the power of the Media, you would think after what the media did to thier father they would see that tweeting your families business is not cool. Paris/prince you are a Jackson lol you cant go around tweeting your damn life. The media will eat you up and spit you out and then ask for 2nds

  • romp

    This is CLEARLY not about money cuz lets be clear Janet is BANK lol and shes dating a BILLIONAIRE. Like I said before the Jacksons are just trying to protect their family and Paris/prince is too young to understand the power of the Media, you would think after what the media did to thier father they would see that tweeting your families business is not cool. Paris/prince you are a Jackson lol you cant go around tweeting your damn life. The media will eat you up and spit you out and then ask for 2nds

  • romp

    This is CLEARLY not about money cuz lets be clear Janet is BANK lol and shes dating a BILLIONAIRE. Like I said before the Jacksons are just trying to protect their family and Paris/prince is too young to understand the power of the Media, you would think after what the media did to thier father they would see that tweeting your families business is not cool. Paris/prince you are a Jackson lol you cant go around tweeting your damn life. The media will eat you up and spit you out and then ask for 2nds

  • romp

    This is CLEARLY not about money cuz lets be clear Janet is BANK lol and shes dating a BILLIONAIRE. Like I said before the Jacksons are just trying to protect their family and Paris/prince is too young to understand the power of the Media, you would think after what the media did to thier father they would see that tweeting your families business is not cool. Paris/prince you are a Jackson lol you cant go around tweeting your damn life. The media will eat you up and spit you out and then ask for 2nds

  • Anonymous

    she sure wasnt around when her kids were taken out of school to work and support her and her cheating husband Joe, who reportedly abused his children. “Reportedly” by his own children.

  • Anonymous

    Grandma doesnt get a break by deserting minors who were only in her care because a judge, court of law deemed it so. A parent who does this goes to jail, kids go to either a relative or foster care, that’s the real world rules. You dont take off, with no warning, no contact at all. There should be legal repercussions for anyone who does this and in the city I live in there would be. LA sucks.

  • Krissu

    We instruct our kids to alert us and ask for help when something is wrong, yet we criticize them when they are blatantly crying out for help!
    And this is what their tweets have been – a cry for help.

  • Cyekim

    Janet, Jermaine, Randy, Rebbe and all the others involved should be brought in and questioned by the police and child services!

  • selihicIII

    All I Can Say Is Michael Knew. I Will Continue To Pray For The Care Of The Children. Very Smart, And Intelligent Young Man.(Prince) He Writes And Speaks Well.

  • http://twitter.com/blessed2walk Jeanette Williams

    Prince showed a pic where Janet stated not to let them speak to their grandma. The pic shows how involved Janet is in covering things up. Yea, she’s dating a guy w. a lot of money – but it’s his money not hers. Yea, she made a gross of about 100 million (but that’s gross – not net which would only amount to about 10-15 million after the set-up, security, makeup, cost to produce, etc. Plus, she’s helping support her loser 2 brothers who pay thousands & thousands each per month in child support. Katherine’s also helping support them. The company KJ was staying at stated it wasn’t true about the phones because at all times, she had access to the phones. The lawyer representing her can’t come out & say on camera she’s a liar, but said he was told (by who….Janet’s security perhaps) there’s no phones. At any time, Katherine could’ve called those kids but didn’t. Plus, who fired the cooks/maids?? If Trent wasn’t there, the kids would’ve been screwed. Katherine is too easily swayed by her kids & is protecting them instead of insisting they grow up! She needs to be removed as guardian.

  • lol haters

    Go and listen to your Janet’s songs :D

  • Krissu

    Vegoia, I was thinking the same thing when MJ died. That why would he leave his kids to Katherine who let this awful physical and mental abuse of her own kids to continue.
    I am starting to think that he simply had no other family he could have trusted more.
    All in all, poor kids!

  • Mimiblair

    Michael realized that his family were a bunch of money grubbing fools, and I apolgize, I thought he was the family problem.At this point, he can’t be resting in peace, the four people in this world he obviously cared the most about, his mother and his three kids, are in the middle of family turmoil. Everyone in this family wants Michael’s money, but to get that you must have the kids, the beginning of ” FAMILY FEUD 2012 “. The biggest problem, no one seems to care about Miss Katherine. This is truly a sad situation.

  • Miss Suzanne

    After what Michael went through as a child, (incredible abuse – poor thing) I was really surprised that he left custody to his mother … While she’s still married to his bastard of a father.

    I understand what you guys are saying about the tweeting, and normally I would totally agree. But I think in this case it needs to be shown that everyone, including Janet, is screwy in that family. Maybe Prince can become immancipated or something. (I have no idea how old he is… But if he’s 16, he can do it.)

    There has GOT to be someone that these kids know who isn’t screwy, or greedy for money!

    This is a classic case of “poor little rich kid/s” I wouldn’t want their life for anything in the world!

    How will they ever be able to trust and/or love anyone, when their own family screws them over? My heart just aches for them…

  • Krissu

    Miss Suzanne, you are taking the words out of my mouth
    My original thought when I saw Paris’ tweet about granny being missing was that why she would air dirty laundry like this. It took me awhile to actually realize that this was a serious situation.
    I also thought about Prince taking responsibility with younger siblings but I figured he needs to wait 2 years before he can do that!
    Right now I am glad that custody is temporarily handed over to TJ Jackson (since kids seem to prefer it that way) but I am afraid that even he has some motives behind it all.
    3 well behaving kids… there has to be someone who would take them in and love them, and would not think about money!

    Above everything else I really hope that those kids will always stay together and will never allow anything/anyone come between them!

  • me2012

    Now this one is joining the bandwagon….KEEP THE FAMILY BUSINESS OUT OF THE MEDIA….THESE KIDS NEED TO BACK TRACK, AND MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND THE JACKSON FAMILY BUSINESS IS NO ONES BUSINESS…..OBVIOUSLY THESE KIDS NEED TO GROW UP….THEY ARE CAUSING GRANDMA STESS ALONG WITH THE ADULT KIDS…..

  • Miss Suzanne

    The brats? Nice. I’m going to guess that you’re a younger guy, or at least an immature one, who has no children. These kids have been thru hell, yet you don’t see Prince out there being wild, doing drugs, etc. he trying to be a good person and make his father proud, which in that screwy family is a real effort!

  • Regina1180

    She was probably the lesser of all evils.

  • Regina1180

    And she also supposedly has a biological child that she wants nothing to do with.

  • Regina1180

    It seems like the only way the kids can communicate with the grandmother is through the media. That’s where her kids took it when they all went on tv.

  • Regina1180

    It’s sad to say but these kids are better off just becoming emancipated and taking care of themselves. This way they can keep the vultures away from them and have the control that Michael wanted them to.

  • http://twitter.com/DwayneDaughtry Dwayne Daughtry

    Janet and her text is causing lots of questioning. Michael, in his final days, did not want to see her. Apparently this story is growing legs and pointing some blame, distrust and perhaps a pattern of issues. While the Jackson family on one hand wants privacy, it appears to create much public scrutiny that there is something grosly wrong going on – and Janet has MUCH explaining to do.

  • http://twitter.com/ddiamond61 Dawn N. McKenzie

    so shocked by Janet. I have lost respect for her. Pathetically sad to hurt these kids like this, now I see why Michael did what he did. How can you fix them, Ms. Nasty Janet Jackson. SMH

  • http://twitter.com/ddiamond61 Dawn N. McKenzie

    Why are they brats, they are teens?

  • http://twitter.com/ddiamond61 Dawn N. McKenzie

    Yes, I use to think she and Rebbie were the reasonable ones – wow!

  • Marlowe74

    Maybe if Janet & the rest of them would have just explained to Paris & her sibs that Grandmom needed to take a break for a little while, this whole fiasco may have been avoided…they just wanted to know why Grandma Kate left so secretively & seemed genuinely concerned as she is (was??!!) their legal guardian !!! Paris & sibs, as smart & beautiful as they are just may have been a little overwhelming for their grandmom so she needed a break…I think Janet & the rest may have had good intentions initially, but now they have to do damage control & their methods don’t always come off as genuine…maybe one day they can all unite again as a family because this whole thing is not putting them in a positive light…& by the way, where is LaToya while all this is going on !!!! I bet she knows a lot of dirty family secrets lol !!!!!

  • Marlowe74

    Paris,Prince Michael & Blanket need a guardian angel…hope Mike is looking down on them…!!!! Their dad’s birthday is next month…they should be able to pay tribute to him w/o having this on their hands to deal with !!!!

  • Arcachnar

    Poor Michael. No wonder he was a bit out this world or had a monkey as one of his best friends. (Not meant as an insult. I am a fan.) Who needs enemies, if you have this kind of family. You are still missed MJ.

  • Krissu

    Dawn, I didnt call them brats, Random called them brats. I put that word into “” marks!

  • Wes

    Romp We do not know Janet or any of them….The facts we do know are very telling. Michael left all of the siblings out of the will including Janet . Also as Prince stated , his father has always warned him about certain people in his family. Jermain and most of the other siblings are broke! How can Jermaine be co executor and he only tried to pay 215 a month for his kids child’s support….. Thank Goethe kids are well spoken and smart along with the fact Michael educated them on the family. Situation. Two of the brothers have a baby by the same woman! She lives as some of the rest of them live in the house Michael purchased and maintained for the family years ago! How gettois that!

  • Leo

    I am very happy those children can stand up for themselves.
    What Prince is doing is completly correct and he actually does it in a very
    proper and respectful way.
    Somewhere in universe a very proud father named Michael Jackson is smiling.

  • Josbryant

    amen…

  • Louise Hernan

    For a 15 year old, Prince is very well spoken and mature sounding.

  • Guest

    Go back over the news coverage of this disaster. You are blaming the kids because their uncles and aunts tried to gain control of the money Michael left to his children. I would say the children are acting way more mature than the adults here. Unless you are a Jackson relative, check your facts.

  • Guest

    And you are full of s**t!

  • S18195a

    This is why i boycott entertainers in general. Another fact is this family was working poor people not wealthy to begin with? I think money overwhelms alot of people and this scene somebody has taken it for granted they have home, food on thier plate because because some grandparent paid for a jackson CD from their Social Security Check. I dont spend or invest my money on celebrity family money fights. Its just not worth it!!! I hope the kids file to be adults they seem to know what money is, I think??

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