Paris Jackson understands precisely why her dad wished to bond her to his expensive good friend, the Oscar-winning display screen legend Elizabeth Taylor.
Paris, 26, seems within the new three-part BBC documentary sequence Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar. In the the primary episode, she explains why she believes her dad selected Taylor to be her godmother.
“I think because I was growing up in the spotlight. There's definitely a part of him that knew that we would have a very similar experience,” she says.
“I used to be homeschooled and due to that, I do not know what it was prefer to be round different children my age. Hanging out with adults, on a regular basis. And I feel it was simply the identical for her.”
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Earlier within the episode, Paris feedback on the unusual expertise of rising up the daughter of one of the crucial well-known males on the earth. Michael died at age 50 in 2009; his center youngster and solely daughter was 11 on the time. (Her brothers are Prince Michael Jackson, 27, and Bigi Jackson, 22.)
“I can’t speak for everybody who grows up in the spotlight,” she says, “but there’s not a single normal thing about that.”
Paris was only one and a half weeks shy of her thirteenth birthday when Taylor died in 2011 at age 79, however she devoted herself to studying concerning the star's true ardour — her mission to struggle the ignorance and worry surrounding HIV and AIDS — and her lasting legacy as the founding father of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.
Speaking with PEOPLE about her position as an envoy for ETAF in 2021, Paris shared a few of her recollections of her godmother.
“Obviously, I was a little girl at the time, so I can't share any conversations or specific recollections I had with my godmother. But in my mind's eye, I can recall my dad speaking with Elizabeth on a few occasions at our home in Encino,” she shared.
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Paris remembered Taylor standing out as one of many ladies who would ceaselessly go to, recalling, “She was very pretty and wore sparkling necklaces and rings.”
“Elizabeth was an exception. I did not know who she was or what she did, and it would be years later that I found out,” she continued. “At the time, I just remember how I always wanted to bring her little gifts when we would visit her, like plush toys or bracelets I had found. Most of the time, I just sat on the floor of her bedroom with her cat, Fang, while she and my father caught up.”
Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar additionally options interviews with Joan Collins, Sharon Stone and Kim Kardashian, who government produced the documentary sequence. Episodes 2 and three will air on the BBC on Oct. 4 and Oct. 11, respectively.
