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Pop diva Janet Jackson had to switch seats when she a Prince concert, because she couldn’t bear to watch the sexy singer perform while sitting next to her God-fearing mother (left).The singer was just a teen when she begged her mother Katherine, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, for tickets to see the Purple Rain singer. Her Mom agreed and let her daughter go to the show, but insisted on chaperoning her. Jackson tells Parade.com, "Being a Jehovah’s Witness, you grow up in a very religious world. But, as a kid, I loved Prince and The Time - one of my favourite groups."I would listen to them all the time, even though you’re not supposed to do that. When I was 16, I was promoting my first album and I went with Mother to see The Time’s concert with Prince."I did not want to sit next to Mother because I knew they were dirty. I was trying to be cool and calm, but oh my God, I was sweating bullets: `She’s going to think, Good Lord, what is my baby into? She really needs more of God in her life! Where did I go wrong?’ I could just hear Mother blaming herself for everything! "Luckily, I got someone else to swap seats with me so I was able to enjoy the show." Ironically, Prince was the leading chart rival of Janet’s brother Michael throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Pop diva Janet Jackson had to switch seats when she a Prince concert, because she couldn’t bear to watch the sexy singer perform while sitting next to her God-fearing mother (left).The singer was just a teen when she begged her mother Katherine, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, for tickets to see the Purple Rain singer. Her Mom agreed and let her daughter go to the show, but insisted on chaperoning her. Jackson tells Parade.com, "Being a Jehovah’s Witness, you grow up in a very religious world. But, as a kid, I loved Prince and The Time - one of my favourite groups."I would listen to them all the time, even though you’re not supposed to do that. When I was 16, I was promoting my first album and I went with Mother to see The Time’s concert with Prince."I did not want to sit next to Mother because I knew they were dirty. I was trying to be cool and calm, but oh my God, I was sweating bullets: `She’s going to think, Good Lord, what is my baby into? She really needs more of God in her life! Where did I go wrong?’ I could just hear Mother blaming herself for everything! "Luckily, I got someone else to swap seats with me so I was able to enjoy the show." Ironically, Prince was the leading chart rival of Janet’s brother Michael throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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