Paris Jackson Pays Tribute to Late Father Michael Jackson on His 65th Birthday
The 25-year-old singer spoke about her late father on what would have been his birthday on Tuesday Paris Jackson is
The 25-year-old singer spoke about her late father on what would have been his birthday on Tuesday
Paris Jackson is paying tribute to her father Michael Jackson on what would have been his 65th birthday.
On Tuesday, the 25-year-old honored the memory of her father — who died in 2009 when she 11 — with a birthday tribute in videos posted on her Instagram Story, including a clip of her on stage at the Las Colonias Park Amphitheater in Colorado, talking about Michael.
“So today is my dad’s birthday,” Jackson said in the first clip as she sat in what appeared to be a dressing room after coming off stage. “And back when he was alive, he used to hate anybody acknowledging his birthday, wishing him a ‘Happy Birthday’, celebrating it — nothing like that.”
“He actually didn’t want us to even know when his birthday was, because he didn’t want us to throw a party, or anything like that,” the singer continued.
“That being said, social media is apparently how people express their love and affection these days and if you don’t wish someone a ‘Happy Birthday’ via social media, it apparently means that you don’t love them, that you don’t care about them.”
Jackson went on to say that “people lose their f—ing minds” and “tell me to kill myself” when she has decided not to post about her dad on his birthday in previous years. “They’re basically telling me that I don’t love my own father, based on what I post on Instagram — so I made you guys a little video and I hope you enjoy it,” she said.
The singer then posted a second Instagram Story video of her onstage at the Colorado venue on Tuesday. Jackson had performed alongside bands Incubus and Bad Flower.
“It’s also my dad’s birthday,” Jackson told the audience in the clip. “And he would have been 65 years old today, and he put 50 years of blood, sweat and tears and love and passion into doing what he did, so that I can stand up here on stage in front of you and scream into a microphone.”
By Escher Walcott
Photo: Getty
