Janet Jackson 'verbally abused by brothers'

Janet Jackson has revealed that her brothers used to taunt her over her appearance.

The singer spoke of how Michael and her other brothers called her names such as "horse", "pig", "cow" and "slaughter-hog", which she admits affected her deeply.

In an interview on the Today show, Janet admitted: "I would literally bang my head up against the wall because I didn't feel attractive. There was a lot of pain in my life. But I did. I felt very unattractive."

On her brothers' teasing, she said: "It makes you laugh, it really does. It makes you laugh. I guess some people could say, 'Oh that's, you know, brothers and sisters joking, it's all affection, it's all, you know, it's in a loving way,' but not everybody can brush it off, and I was one of those."

Janet went on to recall that her issues with her weight began when she was asked to shed pounds for a role on a TV show at the age of 10.

She explained: "I was asked to lose weight. I wasn't a heavy kid on the show but I was 10 years old and developing very quickly so they would put gauze around my chest to make me smaller, and I think that has an effect on you as a child as if who you are isn't good enough."

Janet Jackson Hospitalized | Find Out Why

Photo: WENNJanet Jackson was rushed to the hospital last night when she "got suddenly ill" before her concert in Montreal, according to the AP. No information was given on her condition, but she had to cancel the show. However, Janet's already rescheduling. This quote below might give you some hint as to what might have made "Miss Janet" sick:

The other night, Dupri and his squeeze, Janet Jackson, went to Tenjune, where, spies say, they shared bottles of Jay-Z's Ace of Spades Champagne and Patrón tequila with Ne-Yo, Busta Rhymes and Ice-T - until Dupri "vomited in Janet's lap." Ms. Jackson bolted out of the scene and sped off in her chauffeured Maybach. A rep for Jackson and Dupri didn't return calls.~source

Getting puked on by Jermaine Dupri gotta make anybody sick! Check out some pics from Janet's show. Maybe she'll get the show back on the road, soon.

Janet Jackson Rock Witchu Tour Dates | Video

Janet Jackson brought her "Rock Witchu" tour to her hometown, Los Angeles. The R&B superstar is set to drop her tenth studio album, Discipline. Her "Rock Witchu" Tour brings Janet Jackson back on the road in more than seven years. LL Cool J opens.

Check out her fans' reaction after her show last night, September 17 in Los Angeles, below:

Janet Jackson Superbowl 2004 | Wardrobe Malfunction

If you were watching the Superbowl halftime show in 2004 you witnessed "the moment." It was the moment millions of people in American were able to learn what a nipple shield was. It was on live TV during the MTV-produced 2004 Superbowl halftime when Justin Timberlake tore off part of Janet Jackson's costume, revealing a metal sunburst [nipple shield] on her breast. The NFL's game of the season was over-shadowed by this "wardrobe malfunction.

Today, in 2008, this is what happened in court:

The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity.

The 90 million people watching the Super Bowl, many of them children, heard Justin Timberlake sing, "Gonna have you naked by the end of this song," as he reached for Jackson's bustier.

The court found that the FCC deviated from its nearly 30-year practice of fining indecent broadcast programming only when it was so "pervasive as to amount to 'shock treatment' for the audience."[Link]

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