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Paris Jackson has decided to beat TMZ to a headline by posting it online herself—and people are loving it.
The 25-year-old actor is the daughter of the late singer Michael Jackson and is often approached by media outlets to comment on her father. Paris Jackson recently shared that a woman from TMZ wanted her to comment on a tattoo that rapper Offset had. The tattoo in question is of her dad, the King of Pop, and now Paris Jackson has set the record straight about how she feels about it.
The tabloid news organization often posts about Paris Jackson, so this time, she wanted to beat it to the punch. She posted a video to her Instagram account on December 5 about the conversation she had with a reporter from TMZ in hopes that the story wouldn't appear on its website.
"She's asking me questions, I guess Offset got a tattoo of my dad, I don't... that's cool and all. She's asking me thoughts on it and I'm not really, like, in the business of commenting on what other people do with their bodies because it's none of my f****** business," Paris Jackson said.
"So I just figured that this was going to pop up the next day or two, so I wanted to steal TMZ's headline from them so that it's not news anymore."
Newsweek reached out to a representative for Paris Jackson via email Wednesday for comment.
People online love how the actor handled the situation and took to the comment section of her post to share their support.
"Taking back the power. It would have been some lame a** drama click bait," one person wrote.
"And that children is what we call s******* on the enemy 😂," commented another.
"Love that you put it out there first so they won't twist your words!" said a third.
A fourth person added: "Normalize beating the paparazzi to stuff 😂."
The TMZ reporter's line of questioning comes after rapper Cardi B, who is married to Offest, spoke about how she feels about the tattoo he has of Michael Jackson on his stomach.
Appearing on Hot 97 on September 8, Cardi confirmed that Offset loves "Michael Jackson, he love Prince, he loves James Brown." Proving this point, Offset wore a Michael Jackson-inspired military outfit during a cameo appearance during Beyoncé's L.A. Renaissance tour stop.
Unfortunately for Cardi B, she said the tattoo that Offset has from the legendary "Thriller" music video affects their bedroom activities.
"I really need y'all to see the Michael Jackson tattoo he got on his stomach," she said. "I don't even wanna take it there. I will take it there, but it's just like, y'all really have to see it. Because every single time I, you know like, [mimes oral sex], it just be looking at me. I swear to God. You gotta see that tattoo. The tattoo really be looking at me like, 'Yeahhhh.'"
Since Cardi B's interview people have taken to the comment section of Offset's Instagram to share their thoughts on the tattoo.
"So that's the MJ tattoo 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣," one person wrote.
"I came back to find the MJ tattoo!!! 😂😂 Cardi has me dying!!!" said another.
A third added: "I had to look for a shirtless pic to see this MJ tattoo 😭😭😂😂."
Paris Jackson previously opened up on how she keeps her father's memory alive during an episode of the Red Table Talk podcast with Willow Smith in 2021.
"I take the positive things I learned from him, the good morals that I learned and try and use them everyday," she said. "Humility, compassion, tolerance, just being kind to other people, even if it's someone that did you wrong, to pray for them and be kind to them, be kind to yourself."
"That's the very standard way that I keep that memory alive and do what I can to make him proud."
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