{"id":13718,"date":"2011-12-14T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T21:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/michael-jacksons-daughter-paris-admits-the-masks-were-stupid\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T21:31:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T21:31:05","slug":"michael-jacksons-daughter-paris-admits-the-masks-were-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/14\/michael-jacksons-daughter-paris-admits-the-masks-were-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson&#8217;s daughter Paris admits &#8216;the masks were stupid&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Nadia+Mendoza\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nadia Mendoza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last updated at 9:31 PM on 14th December 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>The weird and wacky world of showbiz wouldn&#8217;t be the same without the frequent eccentricities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But even Paris Jackson has confessed she initially thought wearing masks in public was &#8216;stupid&#8217;.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Her father Michael Jackson would frequently cover his children&#8217;s faces, in a bid to keep Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Prince Michael II out of the prying eye of the paparazzi lens.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fddfarticle-2074026-0F2D959B00000578-23_634x510.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"510\" alt=\"Growing up fast: Paris Jackson discussed her late father Michael's decision to make her siblings wear masks on The Ellen DeGeneres Show \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Growing up fast: Paris Jackson discussed her late father Michael&#8217;s decision to make her siblings wear masks on The Ellen DeGeneres Show <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/14\/article-2074026-0F2D95A300000578-182_634x508.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"508\" alt=\"Embracing fame: The teenager wants to become an actress \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Embracing fame: The teenager wants to become an actress <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Despite ridiculing the myriad of<br \/>\ndisguises on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the teenager revealed she<br \/>\nunderstood why the King Of Pop had concealed his brood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking<br \/>\nof her early years, Paris said: &#8216;I&#8217;m like, &#8220;This is stupid, why am I<br \/>\nwearing a mask?&#8221; But I kind of realised the older I got, he only tried<br \/>\nto protect us and he&#8217;d explain that to us too.&#8217; <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It seems protecting their identity from<br \/>\nthe public had the desired effect though, and when Paris arrived at The<br \/>\nBuckley School &#8211; no one knew who she was.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/14\/article-2074026-0F2CC3B500000578-335_634x494.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"494\" alt=\"'Normal': Paris said she had a chance to be ordinary when she joined The Buckley School\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Normal&#8217;: Paris said she had a chance to be ordinary when she joined The Buckley School<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>She said: &#8216;I do have a regular childhood. I mean, I&#8217;m treated the same. When I came to (my new school) they didn&#8217;t know who I was. I was like, &#8220;Yes, I have a chance to be normal.&#8221;&#8216;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yet now the rising star is chasing fame and recognition by landing her debut role in a film series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jackson will play the heroine in fantasy picture Lundon&#8217;s<br \/>\nBridge And The Three Keys, based on the\u00a0 young adult series by novelist Dennis H. Christen.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/14\/article-2074026-034D11FA0000044D-457_634x882.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"882\" alt=\"Protecting their identity: Michael Jackson would frequently cover his children's faces, as seen here during a trip to London's Madame Tussauds in 2005\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Protecting their identity: Michael Jackson would frequently cover his children&#8217;s faces, as seen here during a trip to London&#8217;s Madame Tussauds in 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/14\/article-2074026-0F2DAF8600000578-654_634x556.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"556\" alt=\"'Stupid': Paris on a shopping trip with her father and two siblings in 2009\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Stupid&#8217;: Paris on a shopping trip with her father and two siblings in 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>She added: &#8216;My dad was in the movie Moonwalker and I knew he could sing<br \/>\nreally well but I didn&#8217;t know he could act. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I saw that and I said, &#8220;Wow,<br \/>\nI want to be just like him.&#8221; I was little. I was younger than Blanket (their nickname for sibling Prince Michael II).&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paris added: &#8216;We would do improvisation together. He would give us little<br \/>\nscenarios. He would say, &#8220;OK, in this scene, you&#8217;re going to cry,&#8221; and I<br \/>\nwould cry on the spot.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Giving<br \/>\nher seal of approval on the interview, Paris later tweeted: &#8216;Had a<br \/>\ngreat time on @TheEllenShow today! \ud83d\ude00 It&#8217;ll air on tv on Thursday for<br \/>\nthose who want to watch <3'<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/14\/article-2074026-0F02248600000578-264_634x515.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"515\" alt=\"VIPs: The Jackson children were invited to watch The X Factor USA and later posed with judges Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>VIPs: The Jackson children were invited to watch The X Factor USA and later posed with judges Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2074026\/Michael-Jacksons-daughter-Paris-admits-masks-stupid.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Michael Jackson's daughter Paris admits 'the masks were stupid'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Jackson&#8217;s daughter Paris admits &#8216;the masks were stupid&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Nadia Mendoza Last updated at 9:31 PM on 14th December 2011 The weird and wacky world of showbiz wouldn&#8217;t be the same without the frequent eccentricities. But even Paris Jackson has confessed she initially thought wearing masks in public was &#8216;stupid&#8217;. Her father Michael Jackson would frequently cover his children&#8217;s faces, in a bid to keep Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Prince Michael II out of the prying eye of the paparazzi lens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Jackson&#039;s daughter Paris admits &#039;the masks were stupid&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/14\/michael-jacksons-daughter-paris-admits-the-masks-were-stupid\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michael Jackson&#039;s daughter Paris admits &#039;the masks were stupid&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Nadia Mendoza Last updated at 9:31 PM on 14th December 2011 The weird and wacky world of showbiz wouldn&#039;t be the same without the frequent eccentricities. 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