All of this stemmed from the death of her father, Michael Jackson, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 50. The model took the opportunity to reveal some secrets of her ultra-protected childhood, as the King of Pop was obsessed with security in the broadest sense of the term.
"He was a very fun person, my best friend," she specified about the artist. Although from the outside it may seem that growing up among men (let's not forget she has two brothers, Prince, 29, and Blanket, 24) would generate some kind of conflict, the young woman commented about her father and her childhood that in their home "a lot of emphasis was placed on ensuring that love felt equitable. I definitely noticed the effort to treat us all equally. But I was definitely 'daddy's princess' (laughs)."
Where there was a small difference was when they started attending regular schools, as her brothers "could sleep over at their friends' houses, but I could only invite mine to ours. There were certain rules by which they enjoyed a bit more freedom."
Although she did not grow up at the 1,100-hectare Neverland Ranch, located in Santa Barbara County, California, where there was a zoo and an amusement park that caught the attention of the world press, she did spend the first years of her life in that paradise. For a while, they were educated by home tutors who were licensed to allow the siblings to indulge a bit: "If you behaved well and completed your tasks, duties, and obligations, on weekends you could go see animals, ride the attractions, and go to the movies."
Also, the actress and singer wanted to point out that "it was very clear that all those attractions were not for us, they were not meant for us. They were intended for underprivileged children and children with terminal illnesses who couldn't go to Disneyland."
One of Paris's revelations in the mentioned podcast is about one of the most important moments of her life and that of her siblings: when she met her mother for the first time at 15 years old, the former nurse Debbie Rowe (67). Her parents were married from 1996 to 2000, the year they separated, and Rowe accepted financial compensation in exchange for giving full custody of her children to the Thriller performer.
Around the age of 11, Paris asked about her mother's name and why she wasn't with them, and since the answers seemed sufficient to her, she didn't make a move. But one day, by chance, Debbie was in the living room at Neverland with her paternal grandmother, Katherine (96), she came down, and as soon as she saw her, she said, "Hi mommy," and she replied 'hi,' smiling. They then sat on the couch for a moment, "chatted a bit, and went out to spend the day, we just hung out."
During the conversation with Alex Cooper for the podcast, Paris opened up about her past with drugs (she was addicted to heroin and alcohol) and her two failed relationships. The first was with someone unknown to the press: "I don't know if it can be counted as the first. For me, it was real, although we were addicted to drugs and the ring was bought with my money without me knowing. Still, the love was so real that for me, it was the first commitment."
Her second breakup with musician Justin Long came in 2025 after three years of relationship and an engagement. "But I had to make a decision because I needed to be happy," she concluded.
On August 21, Paris will release her second studio album titled Happiest Day of my Life. It features the song Sirens, which she wrote with great emotion because it is based on the day she had to keep a friend alive after a severe overdose.