Paris Jackson has publicly shut down claims made by actor Colman Domingo regarding her alleged involvement in the upcoming biopic about her late father, Michael Jackson.
Domingo, 55, who is set to portray Michael’s father, Joe Jackson, in the film, spoke to People while attending an event in Venice. He reportedly suggested that Michael’s children – Paris, 27, and Prince, 28 – had been supportive of the project.
‘[Michael’s kids Paris and Prince are] very much in support of our film,’ Domingo said. ‘I’m excited to be here at amfAR tonight with Paris. It feels like that’s a nice way for us to be together.’
He also claimed that Paris had been ‘very helpful’ during the process, describing Prince as ‘a man of the film.’
Paris, however, quickly took to social media to deny the comments.
‘@Kingofbingo don’t be telling people I was helpful on the set of a movie I had 0% involvement in lol that is so weird,’ she wrote on her Instagram Story on Tuesday, September 2.
She clarified that while she had read an early draft of the script, her role ended there: ‘I read one of the first drafts of the script and gave my thoughts on what was dishonest/didn’t sit right with me and when they didn’t address it I moved on with my life.
‘Not my monkeys not my circus. God bless and god speed.’
Michael Jackson, who died in 2009 at the age of 50, had a famously fraught relationship with his father, writing Joe Jackson out of his will before his death. Joe died in 2018.
Domingo previously told People he intended to approach the role with complexity and nuance: ‘I want to find their humanity, I want to find their heart and their humor. It may go against public opinion sometimes, but I think that’s my responsibility to find the complex version of these people.’
The biopic — simply titled Michael — has faced years of delays. Producer Graham King first secured rights in 2019, but the project only gathered momentum after Michael’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, was cast to play the pop icon in 2023.
The ensemble also includes Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, and Kat Graham.
King has promised to take an ‘unbiased’ approach to the singer’s story. ‘Michael’s life was complicated,’ he told Variety in 2024.
‘As a filmmaker, I look to humanize but not sanitize and present the most compelling, unbiased story I can capture in a single feature film and let the audience decide how they feel after watching it.’
The film is expected to chart Michael’s career from his childhood with the Jackson 5 through to his untimely death in 2009, which was ruled a homicide caused by acute propofol intoxication. His personal doctor, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011.
Though production wrapped in May 2024, the release has been pushed back from early 2025 to 2026.
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