Randy Jackson Shares Details About Janet Jackson’s Split from Wissam Al Mana
Pop singer Janet Jackson‘s recently ended her marriage to estranged hubby Wissam Al Mana and not so long after, she went on a tour where she broke down on stage while singing about domestic abuse (read here).
The pair who wedded in 2012 confirmed their split back in April after they welcomed their son, Eissa together in January. They have been involved in a series of legal battle.
In a new interview with PEOPLE, Janet Jackson’s brother Randy Jackson opens up on the challenges that Janet’s marriage with Wissam faced before their split.
According to the former Jackson 5 star, his sister suffered verbal abuse and felt like a prisoner in her own home during her marriage to London-based Qatari businessman Wissam.
“There’s a lot of pain. Janet’s been through a lot with her divorce. I’ve been through a lot, we all have, it was quite an abusive situation. It came on later in the relationship, verbal abuse and being [made to feel like] a prisoner in her own home.
No pregnant woman needs to go through being called a bitch everyday. There were things like that. That’s what she went through. I told her, ‘You’ve got to move in with me or I’m going to go over there and there’s going to be hell.’
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She was really pissed off. I told her, ‘I don’t care anymore. I’m tired of it. It’s too much. I have a lot of Muslim friends and they don’t act that way at all. It’s a personal issue that he needs help with and I’m going to pray for him too.”
Randy revealed that most of the abuse Janet went through were more than physical that he had to come to her aid a lot of times, although they both tried to keep it away from the family but now they are aware.
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“She was really pissed off. I told her, ‘I don’t care anymore. I’m tired of it. It’s too much’.. But I’m not going to allow her to live in that abusive situation. She’s my baby sister.
The abuse is still going on. She has custody and he of course allowed her to bring the baby on tour, but it’s constant harassment. This tour almost didn’t happen, but by the grace of God we’re here and we’re very prayerful.
In a statement released to PEOPLE, attorneys for Al Mana said he was not going to dignify these particular and deeply hurtful allegations with a response as it caused him great distress.
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“The breakdown of his marriage to Janet Jackson is a cause of great sadness to Mr. Al Mana, and it is the wellbeing and privacy of their son, Eissa, that remains his sole focus.”
However, Randy said the abuse was still ongoing because Janet and Eissa are still in contact due to co-parenting their kid. When asked why he opened up about the abuse, he said he was only being there for his sister.
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It is well
If she suffered abuse so much, why didn’t she leave since? She waited 5 years to leave because of the arrangement they had.
hmmmmm abuse everywhere