Michael Jackson's sons, Bigi "Blanket" Jackson and Prince Jackson, made a rare red carpet appearance at the Berlin premiere of the Michael biopic on April 10th. The night was a true family affair, as they were joined by their uncles, Jermaine Jackson and Jackie Jackson, as well as their cousin Jafar Jackson, who portrays the King of Pop in the movie. Both Bigi, 24, and Prince, 29, paid tribute to their father - who passed away in 2009 at the age of 50 - by wearing dark suit jackets adorned with a gold crown decal. They completed their blazers with red armbands, which Michael often wore symbolically to advocate for children's rights.
Their 28-year-old sister, Paris Jackson, was not in attendance. She had previously slammed the biopic as a "sugar-coated" version of her father's life. "I read one of the first drafts of the script and gave my notes about what was dishonest and didn't sit right with me," she wrote on Instagram Stories in August. "Not my monkeys, not my circus. God bless and god speed."
"The thing about these biopics is that it's Hollywood, so it's fantasyland," she continued. "There's a lot of inaccuracy and a lot of just full-blown lies." At the end of the day, the musician said that type of behavior "doesn't really fly with me."
"I don't really like dishonesty. I spoke up, I wasn't heard, I f--ked off," she added. "That's it."
Despite her criticism, Paris believes that many of Michael's fans will be "happy" with the biopic, which is produced in conjunction with the late singer's estate. "A big section of the film panders to a very specific section of my dad's fandom that still lives in the fantasy," she wrote. "Go enjoy it. Do whatever. Leave me out of it."
