The TRUTH abt Janet Jackson & James Debarge's Marriage per La Toya pt 18 

This may be a poverty thing. Middle class people of color do not put their kids out there like that. But to be fair, 18 is legal age of adult so what they are saying is "as your parent I am no longer responsible for you after 18." Thats actually a true statement. I hope this makes sense.

No it's is just the law in America . Where your parents is no longer responsible for u. Only going f they want to. In Vegas the legal age is 16 years old.

@@elainewilliams5019 what!? I did not know that! So folks graduate at 16 there? I guess I could google! 😂

@@theydidthat9223 Whether they graduate or not 16 years old in Vegas is the legal age.

@@elainewilliams5019 crazy because in America when you turn 18 you can legally move out. You can register to vote. You can buy and do porn. You can enlist in the military to fight for your country and possibly die. You can get married. You can play the lottery. But you can't buy cigarettes or alcohol 😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you literally can have a full-time job, a wife and child to take care of, paying rent and car notes but can't buy a shot of liquor to de-stress on the weekend 😂😂😂 America is very backwards. Open them legs for playboy but can't have a drink to relax 😭😭😭

That's usually what happens

Right......Word on the streets was that those boys were a hot mess menace in Grand Rapids, Mi.😵

Yes! I was thinking the same thing. We know everyone else's business but Latoya's.

The DeBarges would win, hands down!

Ok let's have a vote who would win D for Debarge or J for Jackson

@@firandcurly84 D

I think the Jackson men would handle them. Remember Loe taught them boys how to box because he was a bit of a boxer himself

🤔..Great point!

Definitely makes sense

😂😂😂😂 lawd not this morning. She really did get choked up about James, she seemed like she was over Rene’s bs, but James made her tell them stop and she looked like she was about to burst out into tears. I think apart of me knew want’s to know what Janet knew about the DeBarge family dynamic. Did she know that he was severely abused by his brother?

She is definitely good at pretending and putting on a facade to hide her true feelings I will give her that she definitely had me fooled but not anymore Let’s contemplate this in the documentary she was only on the verge of tears for James, micheal and her dad now for starters her dad and micheal have passed on but she continues to love, cherish and miss them even though they are no longer with us. Now the only difference with james is that she has to grieve someone who is still alive and because of his drug habit there is no finality because of a lack of closure. Now I’m just wondering why would you be sad 😔 and emotional 🥹 about a marriage that ended over a decade ago if you have made peace and accepted that he is no longer a part of your journey and nor do you want him to be.I feel that she has a lot of regrets when it comes to James no woman is going to be sad unless she misses him and wants to open lines of communication. Now In janet’s case she felt that James needed her because he was an addict and thats where she fucked up at she thought he would never walk away and even if he did that it would only be a matter a time before he contacted her but he hasn’t done so in over a decade so now she is stressing out on how to go towards him because of her past actions. Now why doesn’t she just go towards him you ask 1. She fears rejection 2. Janet has very low self esteem no matter how confident she comes across 3. And three she actually cares about what James thinks of her and she is afraid of his judgment of her past actions.

@@nicki1091they were married 40 years ago now, not a decade ago

they met in 1977. and was still going out until around 1980. Bobby composed several songs proclaiming his love for Latoya. You And I. and, I Call Your Name/which was a BIG HIT for the band Switch on the R&B charts/a classic.

I know I was glued all last Sunday lol!

@@raycarter8070 she is so good! Her personality is everything!

they also came from a home where their white French father abused them all.

He had money they were at top of charts then at Motown knock it off

@@themagicians1122 yeah but he could barely could take care of himself as an addict... he had money but he didn't/couldn't "provide". He wasn't mentally stable to provide a secure home as an independent young man. He clearly couldn't provide if he was smoking is life away every night on skid row. His addictions took over his life. Duuuuh 🙄...So YOU knock it off with your simple ass thinking. "He had money he was signed to Motown!" How old are you, 10?

They had the money to live elsewhere, it was Janet who wanted to “play” wife but didn’t really want to move out of the comfort of her parent’s home. She wanted to be grown, but she didn’t really want to be grown. She has publicly admitted this. People have to remember as they are reading or listening along with the book that this is a 30 year old book. It’s hard to discuss a 30 year old and pretend we don’t know all the revelations that have come out since the book came out. I love the Bookclub idea…but it’s hard to not want to add insight to things that happened in the book like 40 years ago. When we know the truth now.

I'm a fellow Taurean myself ♉ 5/12

I'm a Taurus too. In fact, I'm 6 days older that Janet.

@kimberlyreese7736 Exactly!

Me 2, May 1st. We love hard & once we are done with someone we are done. I know I have loved some dudes just like James Debarge & had to leave because it got to be 2 much.

She said "Except Jermaine Dupri" and that his problem was cheating.

Those Jackson's were ghetto too; on the low though.

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Yeah probably, but she ain't gonna say if any of that is true or not...

Yes that is probably what happen. People still trying to find a grown-up person.

good job!

You are correct. It was in the news that she had a baby girl. People swear I lie about everything in these comments…lol. They think I lie and hate on Michael. I have no reason to make stuff up…and I’m glad you also remember the article about Janet’s daughter. People will swear up and down we are both crazy!

@@lisacox3750 Nope we have our sanity. An we know the truth.

Rebbie has two daughters and a son. She was pregnant with the son around that time. The daughters Stacee and Yashi were born in the 70s. Austin was born in 1985.

I am so glad someone besides me remembers the photo of a very pregnant Janet with the caption congratulating them both. I wished I kept it. It was in the Right On magazine. I collected them religiously as a pre-teen

@@lisacox3750 i remember seeing that in right on mag and they saying thats the reason she left Fame.Rebe's daughter looks like her.

Yeah......seems like Bobby truly had ISSUES!😳

Brandi is Jackie adopted daughter, Stevaeanna or something like that which is Randy daughter (that's who they say is her daughter)

@@nenep1872 yup cause she looks just like them both. I know in the south we say feed them until they look like you but damn, you know.

Brandi is the supposed "adopted" daughter of Jackie and Enid. Who knows the truth on that one. Brandi has been asked about it and maintains Jackie and Enid were her biological parents. She is very aware that people think she is Janet's daughter and it annoys her. Brandi was the first one that people suspected was really Janet's daughter because they spent a lot of time together. When Brandi was little she was in commercials overseas with Janet. People thought that meant something. In more recent years, people have assumed Stevanna (Randy's daughter) was really Janet's daughter which is not even mathematically possible.

@@lisacox3750 Maybe she is and is not telling, I mean it's their secret to keep or tell. People are going to still say it. That family is so secretive especially now that people saw mj body are saying it wasn't him and his kids dropping hints to say he isn't dead. They even say Brandon is his love child with the lady he wrote Billie Jean about. I don't care I just like mysteries

@@HiMynamesNece I know what you mean. I like mysteries too. There are so many when it comes to the Jacksons.

How ?

Huh? Latoya had a thing with Bobby. I never heard that before 🤔

@@mitzithompson6585 YES she did.

I shouldn't be surprised

it was a part in the movie where bobby and toya were with Janet when she picked James up after a show taping

Sweet? Innocent? Shy? You should see more of her interviews, watch more of her concerts, look at her videos. She is not and does not try to be innocent. She is initially shy, but she says all the time after you get to know her, she’s definitely not shy.

You never know, the deBarges had a Lot pent up rage and anger. Their father beat them and their mom from time they were babies and put them against each other and raped them and made them have sex with each other. James was his favorite so they beat him the most in jealousy. They were all addicts and Bobby was bi as a result. I think the Jacksons might've lost against all that malfunction.

Both families has an abusive father and lived in a harsh home environment; however extremely talented. The Jackson I’m sure did things but ppl where scared back then to speak up against Joe, as he was their manager for the longest. I will say I enjoyed both families music, but Debarge more than the Jackson’s. I was and am a HUGE fan of Janet’s. I have to admit Debarge family had a gift of song; just raw talent. In a documentary they said EVERY single one of the 10 children can sing! The Jackson’s can’t say that. Michael and Janet really carried them through. I just saw Mark Debarge on his RU-vid channel singing in bed lying down. He sounded like an angel and the man was chilling on a pillow. That’s a gift from God. Both families suffered in some form or shape from either, drugs, alcohol, or toxic relationships. I’ve watched Janet’s documentary several times. I’m beyond happy for her that she was able to finally be a mom and have the amazing career that she’s had. I’m incredibly proud of Elle for getting back out there and working on his music. He did a Phenomenal job on Tiny desk.

I felt the same way about her music it wasn't her at all!! I'm glad she got away from him

I was going to say the same, the DeBarge still got hands, I remember Chico stabbing the guy up in Philly and Tommy book tells how they and the black side and white side beat arses they didn’t play. As for Muslim men being controlling their no more controlling then any other man, you have to think Janet put herself out there marrying him a billionaire what man of wealth any religion would want his wife out there half dressed for the world to see and I have enough money to have her living comfortable, that’s not the life Janet wanted but perhaps the money may have overtaken her morals and beliefs and that may have been a major conflict after the glitz and glamour phase was over.

she got older also