Janet Jackson Talks About the Moment She Knew Her Relationship with Michael Had Changed for Good

The first part of Janet Jackson‘s documentary for Lifetime and A&E has aired and she made some revelations about her relationship with older brother Michael Jackson.

The entertainer opened up about the moment she knew that her relationship with Michael had changed for good and it all started when he reached super-stardom.

Click inside to find out what she said…

While talking about growing up in the spotlight, Janet said, “There were times when Mike used to tease me and call me names. ‘Pig, horse, slaughter hog, cow.’ He would laugh about it and I’d laugh too, but then there was somewhere down inside that it would hurt… When you have somebody say you’re too heavy, it affects you.”

Janet says that the “shift” in her relationship with Michael began after he released the Thriller album in 1982. At the time, she was 16 and he was 24.

“I remember really loving the Thriller album, but for the first time that’s when I felt it was different between the two of us, that a shift was happening. He would always come in my room and we’d talk, and this particular time, he came in my bedroom. Neither of us said a word to each other, and then he got up and left. That’s the time Mike and I started going our separate ways. He just wasn’t as fun as he used to be,” she said.

Janet says that when Michael was first accused of child abuse in 1993, she decided to stay by his side, which affected her career. Cola-Cola dropped a deal with her because of it.

“It was frustrating for me,” Janet said. “We have our own separate lives and even though he’s my brother, that has nothing to do with me. But I wanted to be there for him, to support him as much as I possibly could.”

“When that came out, Coca-Cola said, ‘No, thank you,’” she said. “Guilty by association. That’s what they call it, right?”

Janet also talked about making the song “Scream” with Michael in 1995 and how she was blocked from interacting with him. She said, “Michael shot nights, I shot days. His record company would block off his set so I couldn’t see what was going on. They didn’t want me on set. That really hurt me because I felt I was there fighting the fight with him, not to battle him. I wanted it to feel like old times between he and I, and it didn’t. Old times had long passed.”

In the doc, Janet also shot down a rumor about a secret child.