{"id":245527,"date":"2024-07-19T17:26:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/janet-jackson-asks-interviewer-to-stop-asking-her-questions-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:23","slug":"janet-jackson-asks-interviewer-to-stop-asking-her-questions-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/janet-jackson-asks-interviewer-to-stop-asking-her-questions-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Jackson Asks Interviewer to \u2018Stop Asking\u2019 Her Questions \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1653671389_4a82f2-e1721407553574.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"Janet Jackson at the Christian Siriano Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Fashion Show\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1653671389_4a82f2-e1721407553574.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1653671389_4a82f2-e1721407553574.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=768&amp;h=432&amp;crop=1 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1653671389_4a82f2-e1721407553574.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=1536&amp;h=864&amp;crop=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/janet-jackson\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Janet Jackson<\/strong><\/a> is making it clear that she doesn\u2019t love doing interviews. The 58-year-old musician appeared on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=skRhuyM7usg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Heart Evenings with Dev Griffin<\/a>\u201d podcast on Wednesday, July 17, and didn\u2019t hold back in telling the podcast host that she didn\u2019t want to handle any questions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">\u201cI don\u2019t mean to be rude, but I have to be honest with you. Please stop asking me questions,\u201d the \u201cAll for You\u201d artist said. \u201cI\u2019ve never thought I give a good interview. I really don\u2019t like speaking, so I\u2019d rather stay quiet and listen to other people talk, and that\u2019s always been me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Janet then doubled down by telling Dev Griffin, \u201cDon\u2019t ask me questions,\u201d then jokingly concluded, \u201cAre we finished?\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">The sister of the late <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/michael-jackson\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0began her entertainment career in the early 1970s, appearing on TV in<em> Good Times<\/em> and <em>Fame<\/em>. Eventually, Janet rose to prominence as a music artist in the mid-1980s with her album <em>Control<\/em>, which established her as a pop and R&amp;B powerhouse vocalist. Jackson\u2019s innovative music videos, such as the iconic \u201cRhythm Nation\u201d one, pushed artistic boundaries all the while spotlighting social issues. Over the past few decades, Janet has sold over 100 million records and earned several accolades.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Janet Jackson &#039;inspired&#039; by her brothers as a child\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skRhuyM7usg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Janet is now in the middle of the North American leg of her <em>Together Again Tour<\/em>. Despite telling Dev that she didn\u2019t enjoy interviews, she opened up about her passion for music and her inspirations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u201cI have to exclude family because obviously that spoke to me first, seeing my brothers, my sisters, my cousin <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/stevie-wonder\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Stevie<\/strong> [<strong>Wonder<\/strong>]<\/a> \u2014 seeing him perform was a huge inspiration,\u201d Janet pointed out, before acknowledging the band Earth, Wind &amp; Fire. \u201cMy brothers would often take me with them when they would go to concerts, and I remember seeing Earth, Wind &amp; Fire as a kid \u2014 just unforgettable. I\u2019ll never forget that. Really blew me away, the musicianship, and then the body of work. I absolutely loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Janet then named another music icon: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/prince\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Prince<\/strong><\/a>, recalling seeing him \u00a0her \u201cearly, early, early, early 20s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">\u201cHe did some songs that I wasn\u2019t that familiar with and didn\u2019t do songs that I was familiar with, and I thought, \u2018If I ever perform on this level, I don\u2019t want to do that,&#8217;\u201d she noted. \u201cI want to at least do songs that people are familiar with, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/19\/janet-jackson-says-she-doesnt-like-interviews\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images Janet Jackson is making it clear that she doesn\u2019t love doing interviews. 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