Janet Jackson - Larry King Live (1998) - Part 2
LIKE LARRY KING, BUT JANET JACKSON, NO. LARRY: KEEP IT UP. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, REMEMBER, LARRY, YOU ALSO MADE A PROMISE TO ME. LARRY: I'M A VUNTEER! I'M READY FOR THIS.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONCEPT, BUT -- >> WE WERE DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM -- WE WERE DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM MISS JACKSON AND WE HOPE MANY MORE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS LIKE HER, CELEBRITIES, STARS, THOSE WHO ARE ROLE MODELS IN OUR COUNTRY AND BENEFIT IN THE COUNTRY ARE SO WILLING TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE IN NEED. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK HER AGAIN FOR IT. >> WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT.
I THINK IT'S SO WONDERFUL WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND JUST -- COMINGROM YOUR HEART AND REACHING OUT AND GIVING THESE KIDS THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE, REALLY. LARRY: WHAT -- THE SAME QUESTION FOR COLIN I'LL START WITH YOU GOT YOU SO INTERESTED IN CHILDREN PER SE. A ROUGH CHILDHOOD? DID YOU HAVE A ROUGH CHILDHOOD? >> YEAH. I THINK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTO THE CHILDREN. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS INTERESTED ME, AND I HAVE TRIED TO DO MY PART AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY COULD THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.
LARRY: WHO CAME UP WITH THE RED WAGON IDEA? >> SOME FELLOWS ON MY STAFF WERE SIGHT AROUND SAYING WE NEED A LOGO FOR AMERICA'S PROMISE AND THEY SAID WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIES WITH CHILDHOOD, SOMETHING LIKE A LITTLE RED WAGON. BINGO! THAT WAS IT. A LITTLE RED WAGON. EVERY CHILD HAS ONE, LITTLE RED WAGON. LARRY: OR WANTS ONE.
>> -- WANTS ONE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN PULL AROUND, A TREASURED TOY, BIG BROTHER OR SISTER, IT MAKES THE LOAD EASIER. IT COMES WITH A BLACK HANDLE SO AN ADULT CAN REACH DOWN AND HELP PULL THE WAGON THROUGH LIFE. LARRY: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. NOW COLIN, WHAT ABOUT 2000? >> IF YOU'RE TALKING POLITICS, LARRY, I'M SPENDING ALL MY TIME AND ENERGY ON AMERICA'S PROMISE AND I HAVE NO POLITICAL INCLINATIONS AT ALL.
LARRY: YOU ARE NOT RUNNING? >> NO, SIR. LARRY: OKAY, WE'LL ASK YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME. THANKS, COLIN. >> THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. LARRY: JANET JACKSON IS OUR GUEST. SHE'S WITH US FOR THE REST OF THE HOUR.
THAT WAS COLIN POWELL AND THIS IS THE THEME OF AMERICA'S PROMISE EVERYBODY WANTS A LITTLE RED WAGON. -- WITH A BIG HANDLE. WE'LL COME BACK. HERE'S ANOTHER CLIP FROM TOGETHER AGAIN, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK WITH THE WONDERFUL JANET JACKSON. DON'T GO AWAY.
♪♪ ♪ ♪ MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AGAIN. ♪ SO WOULD YOU GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE TO LOVE, TO LOVE YOU IN THE RIGHT WAY. ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪ KEEP IT GOING! ♪ ♪♪ JONI MITCHELL NEVER LIES ♪♪ BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT UNTIL IT'S GONE. ♪♪ ♪ BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT UNTIL IT'S GONE. ♪♪ ♪♪ YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT UNTIL IT'S GONE ♪ LET ME JUST -- WITH YOU FOR A LARRY: WE'RE BACK WITH JANET JACKSON! STARTING A WORLD TOUR NEXT MONTH AND HEADING INTO UNITED STATES.
IT WILL BEGIN IN WASHINGTON ON JULY 9th. I'M SURE YOU'LL GET ALL THE DETAILS TO THE CITY NEAREST YOU. YOU CAN SEE THIS GREAT PERFORMER AND ENTIRE TROOP WHICH INCLUDES THE CAST OF RINGLING BROTHERS BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS. TOGETHER AGAIN IS ONE OF THE SONGS. >> YES.
LARRY: THE CLIPS ARE FROM THE ALBUM THE "THE VELVET ROPE", WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> THE "THE VELVET ROPE" IT'S -- IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO EXPLAIN THE MAJOR THING. WELL, THAT'S PART OF IT. I'M SEVERE A LOT OF "THE VELVET ROPE"S IN MY LIFE, BUT IT'S THE NEED WE ALL HAVE TO FEEL SPECIAL. THIS NEEDS CAN BRING OUT TWO SIDES OF US, THE GOOD OR THE BAD.
AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW WHO WE ARE. IT SEPARATES US. IT EVEN SEPARATES US FROM OURSELVES. IT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO GET TO KNOW OURSELVES. IT'S JUST ME UNDOING MY VELVET ROPE AND LETTING THE WORLD INTO -- TO GET TO KNOW WHO I REALLY AM. LARRY: LET'S LEARN ABOUT JANET JACKSON.
PART OF A MAJOR SHOW BUSINESS FAMILY IN AMERICA, RIGHT? YOU WERE A GROUP -- YOU WERE ENTERTAINING WHEN YOU WERE A KID. >> YES, WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD I STARTED. LARRY: WHAT ARE THE PLUSES OF THAT?■■ >> OF STARTING SO ZBLUNG. LARRY: YEAH, THERE HAVE TO BE SOME PLUSES. YOU WERE VETERAN TRAINED AT AN EARLY YEAR? >> THIS IS MY 25th YEAR IN SHOW BUSINESS.
LARRY: YOU WERE A KID. >> I'M STILL A KID? I'M GOING YES. LARRY: YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON WITH A LOT OF YEARS. >> I'M 31, YES.
LARRY: YOU'RE 31 WITH 26 YEARS EXPERIENCE -- >> 25. LARRY: SO THAT'S A PLUS INTO YES, YOU LOSE THAT ON YOUR CHILDHOOD. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE -- >> YOUR TRAVELING AND YOUR -- >> YEAH, YEAH. YOU DON'T GET TO DO THE THIN THAT NORMAL KIDS DO. YOU DON'T GET TO JOIN THE BROWNIES OR TO BE ON THE GYMNASTICS TEAM OR BE ON THE SOCCER TEAM OR LITTLE LEAGUE. LARRY: DID YOU EVER THINK BACK THEN OR AS YOU WENT INTO YOUR TEENS THAT THE JACKSONS WOULD BE HOW BIG AS THEY BECAME? >> MY BROTHERS? LARRY: YEAH.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT LIKE THAT. LARRY: DO YOU THINK MICHAEL WAS GOING TO BE A SUPER, SUPERSTAR? OF COURSE, IT'S HARD WHEN YOU KNOW HIM AS JUST A BROTHER. [LAUGHTER] >> I NEVER THOUGHT -- I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I REMEMBER HIM PLAYING ME HIS "THRILLER" ALBUM IN HIS CAR WHEN HE HAD COMPLETED IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING I EVER HEARD, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT "GOD, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE HIM OVER THE TOP AND HE'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST STAR IN THE WORLD." I DIDN'T THINK OF IT LIKE THAT. HE WAS STILL MY BROTHER FOR ME.
WAIT, I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU, A PRESENT. I'M JUST TOTALLY INTERRUPTING THIS. LARRY: IT'S YOUR SHOW, JANET. IS IT GLOVES? WOE! -- WHOA! >> THEY ARE SUSPENDERS. LARRY: BEAUTIFUL BRACES.
>> BUT IT'S GOT THE LITTLE PIERCINGS WHERE -- [LAUGHTER] LARRY: LOOK AT THIS. [LAUGHTER] LARRY: THANK YOU. THAT IS REALLY THOUGHTFUL. I GUESS THAT'S FOR SAVING YOUR LIFE IN EUROPE, HUH? >> YES, THANK YOU. LARRY: WHENEVER YOU'RE IN EUROPE YOU WATCH US. I THANK YOU FOR THIS.
NOW THESE ARE -- >> THOSE ARE NIP PL PIERCINGS, SO YOU HAVE TO WEAR THESE. NIPPLE PIERCINGS. WAIT A MINUTE. DO YOU WANT ME TO PIERCE? I'M A JEWISH GUY, JANET. THAT'S PAIN! YOU DON'T -- >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO -- JUST PUT THEM ON.
THEY'LL HANG RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. LARRY: OH,. >> YOU GOT TO -- >> PULL THIS ONE UP. PULL THIS SIDE UP.
>> YOU HAVE TO PULL THE WHOLE THING BACK. LARRY: JANET, YOU'RE CHANGING MY LIFE HERE TONIGHT. I'GOING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH -- OH, I SEE. >> THERE YOU GO. LARRY: OH! >> THEY'RE RIGHT OVER YOUR BOOBIES.
LARRY: JANET -- JANET, THIS IS LOVELY. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYONE DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR ME. SHARON STONE GAVE ME SUSPENDERS, BUT CONVENTIONAL SUSPENDERS. >> THOSE ARE FROM MY SIDE OF THE WORLD. [LAUGHTER] LARRY: THANK YOU.
THAT'S REALLY VERY NICE. THANK YOU. >> YOUR WELCOME. LARRY: BUT YOU HAVE TO WEAR THOSE. YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR THEM.
LARRY: I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I WEAR THEM TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE SHOW. >> OKAY, GREAT. I'LL BE WATCHING. LARRY: TOMORROW NIGHT ON THIS SHOW WITH THE -- WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? >> THEY ARE NIP WILL -- NIPPLE PIERCINGS. OH, I HAVE ONE. MY CO-WORKER WEARS THOSE THINGS, AND I HAVE A FEW PIERCINGS.
I HAVE ONE OF THOSE. LARRY: YOUR BROTHER. LET'S SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON YOUR BROTHER. >> LET'S NOT. NO, I'M SERIOUS. LARRY: NO, IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
BUT JUST AS A GENERAL QUESTION AND WE'LL LEAVE IT, OKAY? >> I DON'T TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER ANYMORE, I REALLY DON'T. LARRY: BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE HIM ANYMORE? >> OF COURSE, I LOVE MY BROTHER. WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU SAY THAT? I LOVE MY BROTHER. LARRY: YOU SAID IT LIKE "I DON'T TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER."
>> I DON'T. I DON'T LIKE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR HIM. I REALLY DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT HIM.
LARRY: WERE YOU MAD AT YOUR SISTER FOR TALKING ABOUT HIM? >> MY SISTER TALKING ABOUT MY BROTHER IN AN INDIRECT WAY OF GETTING ME -- >> YOU'RE A SHY KID. YOU GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. YOU KNOW -- NO, WHERE YOU COULD BE WITHOUT -- TELL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TELL ME. >> YOU ASKED ME WAS I MAD AT MY SISTER, YES I WAS VERY UPSET, I WAS VERY HURT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF LIES THAT WERE TOLD. I HADN'T SEEN MY SISTER FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT WE'VE SPOKEN RECENTLY. LARRY: DO YOU KNOW WHY SHE WOULD DO THAT? >> YES, I DO KNOW WHY NOW AND SHE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN PHYSICALLY. BEING ABUSED, AS WELL AS A LOT OF MENTAL.
HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT MY SISTER NOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S HER STORY TO TELL WHEN SHE'S READY TO TELL IT. LARRY: WHAT YOU CAN HELP THE MOST IS YOUR FATHER. WAS THIS AN ABUSIVE FAMILY? >> OH, NO.
LARRY: YOU SAID YOU HAD IT TOUGH GROWING UP? >> BUT YES, I SHOULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I DON'T LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE ELSE -- >> WERE YOU EVER ABUSED? >> NO. LARRY: DID YOU EVER SEE ABUSE? >> NO. LARRY: THIS HAD TO SHOCK WHEN YOU LATOYA SAID THESE THINGS. >> YES, IT WAS VERY SURPRISING BUT NOW I -- I GUESS YOU HAVE TO PUT YOURSELF IN A SITUATION, WOULD I HAVE DONE IT? DONE OR NOT HAVE? I THINK I WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT AND JUST WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MY BUTT KICKED.
I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. BUT I -- YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, AND SHE'S TOTALLY APOLOGIZED FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE -- SHE'S DONE. AND SHE'S WITH THE FAMILY AGAIN, AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. FAMILY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
LARRY: HOW'S THE BABY, MICHAEL'S BABY? >> I'M SORRY. I SAID WHICH ONE BECAUSE I HAVE 23 NIECES AND NEPHEWS. LARRY: MICHAEL -- HAVE YOU SEEN THE BABE MY. >> YES, I HAVE.
LARRY: NICE BABY? >> WONDERFUL BABY. PRINCE IS WONDERFUL. LARRY: YOU'RE HIS AUNT. >> YES, I KNOW. LARRY: YOU'RE AN AUNT -- >> 23 TIMES.
LARRY: WAS THERE A TIME WHEN IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO LEAVE THE JACKSONS? >> IT WAS HARD FOR ME. WHEN I DID LEAVE I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, AND -- >> THAT'S AN EARLY AGE FOR DECISION MAKING. >> YEAH, IT IS. IT TRULY IS. I DID GOOD TIMES -- "GOOD TIMES" THE SITCOM. I MISSED MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU. I MISSED THEM TERRIBLY, I REALLY DID, BUT THE CAST, THEY WERE LIKE MY SECOND FAMILY. BUT I REALLY DID MISS BEING WITH MY BROTHERS. LARRY: THAT WAS A GREAT CAST, THAT "GOOD TIMES" CAST. YOU HAD A LOT OF FUN. >> I HAD A LOT OF FUN.
LARRY: YOU WERE ACTING. COULD YOU OBVIOUSLY DANCE AND SING. AT THIS POINT IN YOUR CAREER ARE YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS I WANT TO BE A SOLO ACT, I WANT TO BE SOMETHING OR ARE YOU TOO ZBLUNG. >> I'D LIKE TO STUDY ACTING MORE, JUST REALLY REALLY STUDY THE ART AND GET INTO THAT. I HAVE NEVER STOPPED SINGING.
LARRY: AND YOU KNEW THAT WHILE YOU WERE DOING "GOOD TIMES WHY YOU DIDN'T THING? >> IN THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING I REALLY WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS. I WASN'T INTO SINGING, BUT I MORE SO THAN ANYTHING DID IT FOR MY FATHER, THE ACT -- THE SINGING. LARRY: HE WANTED YOU TO THING? >> AND I DID THAT FOR MY FATHER. AT SOME POINT, IT JUST BECAME A SERIOUS PASSION.
LARRY: NO REGRETS OVER THAT? >> NO. LARRY: AS WE GO TO BREAK HERE A SCENE WITH OUR STAR JANET JACKSON IN THAT SHOW SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT FROM AGE 10. WATCH.
>> WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT, I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW. DON'T YOU KNOW? WHAT ABOUT YOU AND ME GETTING TOGETHER, GET BACK? >> ASK HIM IF HE'S GOT A FRIEND. >> GIRL, YOU ALMOST SCARED ME.
[LAUGHTER] YOU FINISH YOUR HOME WORK? >> YEAH, KEEP TALKING TO HIM. >> BROWN SUGAR TO THE MAD TRUCKER OVER. >> THAT'S A BIG 10 ROGER I THOUGHT YOU BACKED OUT WITHOUT SIGNING OFF, GET BACK? >> A FRIEND OF MINE JUST CAME? >> WHAT'S HER HAND UNTIL.
>> THE HAND? THE LADY IN RED. [LAUGHTER] >> 410 ON THE LADY IN RED. HEY LADIES, I HAVE GOT A FRIEND. WHAT ABOUT THE FOUR OF US GETTING TOGETHER AND DO WHAT'S NATURALLY, GET BACK? >> HOW HOLD IS YOUR FRIEND. >> 29. HOW ABOUT YOUR FRIEND? >> I'LL LET YOU TELL HER HERSELF.
>> I'LL BE 10 ON MY NEXT BIRTHDAY, BUT I'M VERY MATURE FOR MY AGE, BABY! [LAUGHTER] WE'RE BACK WITH JANET JACKSON. EARLIER COLIN POWELL WITH US BY PHONE. "TOGETHER AGAIN" I MENTIONED THAT A FEW TIME, THAT WAS YOUR LAST SUPERHIT, RIGHT? >> YES THAT WAS NUMBER ONE FOR TWO WEEKS.
>> SPECIAL SONG TO YOU. >> VERY SPECIAL SONG. I WROTE THAT SONG FOR MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM AIDS. AND I HAVE HAD ONE TOO MANY.
AND I WANTED THE SONG TO BE REJOICEFUL, TO REFLECT THEIR PERSONALITIES, THEIR CHARACTER, NOT TO BE A SUMMER SONG. AND IT SPEAKS ABOUT, SEEM THEM AGAIN, IN ANOTHER LIFE, GOING TO ANOTHER LIFE AFTER YOU LEAVE. LARRY: DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL IS. >> YES, I DO.
>> YOU ARE -- YOU ARE, THEN, -- YOU BELIEVE IN GOD IN ANOTHER LIFE AND -- >> OYES. LARRY: ETERNITY WITH OTHERS. HOW MANY FRIENDS HAVE YOU LOST? >> GOD, I HAVE LOST SIX FRIENDS AND I JUST FOUND OUT JUST RECENTLY ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE IS ILL. SO IT'S -- IT'S --. LARRY: YOU IMPRESS ME AS THE KIND THAT WOULD HAVE VISITED THEN, TALKED TO THEM.
>> IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR ME, VERY TOUCH TIME. I -- YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOURSELF UP, KEEP A SMILE IN YOUR FACE, AND IT MADE IT SO HARD, AND YET, YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO IS DETERIORATING, IT'S REALLY SAD. >> BECAUSE YOUR ROLE IS TO PEP THEM UP RIGHT? >> EXACTLY, LIKE JUST TURNING THE CORNER AND BAWLING YOUR EYES OUT AFTER YOU LEAVE THE ROOM. LARRY: LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WITH SO MANY NEW DRUGS DISCOVERED PEOPLE AREN'T DYING NOW OF AIDS. >> OH, REALLY? WELL, I HOPE THEY DO SOMETHING SOON. I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL GET IT RIGHT SOON.
LARRY: SO THAT SONG WAS WRITTEN WITH THAT IN MIND SPECIFICALLY? YOU WRITE ALL YOUR OWN MATERIAL. >> UH-HUH. I WRITE WITH JIMMY JAM, RENEE ELIZONDO JR..
>> WHY DO SO MANY ARTISTS DO THAT NOW WHEREAS SO MANY YEARS AGO THE SINATRA, VIC DEMOAN PEGGY MATHIS HEYDAY -- >> NEVER HAD OTHER PEOPLE WRITE THEIR SONGS FOR THEM. FOR ME, I SING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY OWN LIFE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO ME. I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO IT IN SOME SORT OF WAY.
LARRY: MIGHT YOU WRITE A SONG ABOUT MICHAEL? >> WHY DON'T I? YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU MENTION THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THIS MAGAZINE THAT I DID THE COVER FOR IN -- THE -- THE JOURNALIST ASSUMED THAT THIS SONG ON "THE VELVET ROPE", EWE WAS WRITTEN ABOUT MY BROTHER SO I SAY LOOK IN THE MIRROR MY FRIEND, NO LIES WILL BE TOLD THEN POINTING THE FINGER AGAIN, YOU CAN'T BLAME NOBODY BUT YOU BUT THE SONG --. LARRY: WASN'T ABOUT HIM? >> NO, IT WAS ABOUT MYSELF. AND THAT'S THE COMPLETE ANTITHESIS OF THE "THE VELVET ROPE".
LARRY: I DIDN'T FORGET THE QUESTION. AND WE'LL GET TO IT RIGHT AFTER THIS WITH JANET JACKSON. >> TOGETHER AGAIN, MY BABY. >> TOGETHER -- TOGETHER, BABY! ♪♪ EVERYWHERE I GO, --.
LARRY: FALSE SPOT, RIGHT, JUST REMOVE THE LITTLE CLOTH FROM MY OLD SUSPENDERS WHICH TOMORROW NIGHT I'LL WEAR MY NEW ONES. >> OKAY, GREAT. BUT IT WASN'T -- THAT WAS LIKE A MAKEUP SPONGE IS WHAT THAT WAS.
LARRY: THE NIPPLE THING, YOU HAVE THAT? >> YES. LARRY: YOU ACTUALLY PIERCED YOUR NIPPLES? ONE, MY RIGHT ONE. RIGHT? I COULD TELL THAT WAS COMING.
LARRY: WHY? WHY? >> FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE IS A SEXUAL -- MORE SEXUAL REASON. YOU GET A SENSATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT ANY GIVEN POINT OF THE DAY. LARRY: YOU MEAN YOU'RE TURNED ON ALL THE TIME IS WHAT YOU'RE SAY, RIGHT, IS THAT WHAT -- >> MOST OF THE DAY, YES. LARRY: BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LANDSLIDE SALE OF THESE THINGS. STARTING TOMORROW MORNING THERE WILL BE A RUN ON THIS.
WHAT WAS THE SECOND REASON? >> THE OTHER REASON, I THINK PEOPLE DO DIFFERENT THINGS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS IN WHAT YOU MAY BE GOING THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE AT THE TIME. WHETHER PEOPLE WANT TO GET TATTOOS, PIERCINGS, WHATEVER, HOW THEY'D LIKE TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE WAYS I --. LARRY: IT WAS NONE OF MY BUSINESS BUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE THAT SAID, BOY, YOU KNOW WHAT I OUGHT TO DO? PUT A HOLE IN THE NIPPLE AND PUT A THING THROUGH IT. >> OH, GOD, I -- I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF RECENTLY.
AND I AM STILL LEARNING. >> THIS IS RECENT? >> YES. AND I DEALT WITH, YOU KNOW, PAINFUL THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. AND -- AND IT'S LIKE, THEY RESURFACE, AND I WAS THE KIND OF PERSON THAT ALWAYS SUPPRESSED THEM IN SOME SORT OF WAY SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM, FINDING ESCAPISMS. LARRY: SO THIS WAS A VEHICLE, IN A SENSE? >> WELL, THE PIERCINGS? WELL, I WOUND UP DEALING WITH THEM, FINALLY, AND DURING THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING FOR ME TO DO WAS TO WRITE THIS ALBUM AND AS WRM CAN WRITING LIKE I SAY I WRITE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS WRITING ABOUT BUT IT'S AS IF THIS WAS THE EPICENTER AT THAT POINT.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS I DID ESCAPE FROM TIME TO TIME WAS TO --. LARRY: TAKE RISKS. ARE YOU GLAD YOU DID IT? >> YES, I AM VERY HAPPY. I DON'T REGRET IT AT ALL. LARRY: AND NO IDEA OF REMOVING IT, LET'S SAY? >> NO, NOT AT THIS POINT. LARRY: DID THE DOCTOR WHO DID IT SAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS? >> IT WASN'T A DOCTOR WHO DID IT, BUT -- SO YOU THINK YOU GO UNDER ANESTHESIA OR SOMETHING.
LARRY: IT'S PAIN! ARE YOU KIDDING! >> NO, YOU DON'T. YOU CAN. LARRY: WELL, I WOULD. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND, THAT YOU JUST LET THEM HURT YOU! >> IT DIDN'T HURT THAT MUCH.
WELL, THEY SAY THE MOST PAINFUL IS THE SEPTUM AND THE NIPPLE. LARRY: OKAY. >> AND I HAVE MY SEPTUM PIERCED, YES, BUT I HAVE A RETAINER THEY CALL IT. IT'S -- IT LOOKS LIKE A STAPLE BEFORE YOU STAPLE IT.
IT HAS THE U-SHAPE. SO THAT'S IN MY NOSE RIGHT NOW, SO I HAVE IT -- THE RETAINER, AND AS OPPOSED TO THE RING SO YOU CAN'T S IT. >> YOU'RE A STRANGE PERSON.
YOU HAVE LITTLE QUIRKS, WOULDN'T YOU SAY THAT? PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU SAY JANET IS A LITTLE QUIRKY. >> NO, NO ONE'S EVER SAID THAT. LARRY: YOU HAVE THINGS IN YOUR NOSE AND NO ONE HAS EVER SAID YOU'RE QUIRKY? >> NO! YOUR THE FIRST.
LARRY: I AM PROUD TO BE THE FIRST AND QUIRKY IS A COMPLEMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PEOPLE -- >> I AM GLAD IT'S A COMPLEMENT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR YOUR SUSPENDERS. LARRY: TOMORROW NIGHT. >> YOU AREN'T GOING TO PIERCE YOUR NIPPLES. I KNEW THAT ABOUT YOU.
LARRY: BEST I CAN DO. WOULD YOU EVER WRITE A SONG ABOUT ANY OF YOUR BROTHERS? >> WOULD I. LARRY: THEY'RE PART OF YOUR LIFE. >> YES, THEY ARE PART OF MY LIFE.
BUT I -- I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE. MAYBE SOMEDAY I WILL. I NEVER HAVE.
LARRY: DO YOU WANT TO BE A MOTHER? >> DO I WANT TO BE? I LOVE CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE THOUGH. LARRY: YOU HAVE A GREAT BOYFRIEND. >> YES, I KNOW. LARRY: HE'S A SUPERI GUY. >> YES.
LARRY: GREAT MEETING THEM. DOES HE NOT WANT YOU TO -- >> ARE YOU KIDDING? >>. LARRY: HE WANTS.
>> RIGHT NOW -- BUT WITH ONE, WHAT I DO -- I WOULD TAKE THE CHILD WITH ME IF I DID. BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY I AM A LITTLE HESITANT IS BECAUSE IT SOLELY HAS TO DO WITH ME. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD MAKE A GOOD ENOUGH PARENT AND THAT KIND OF SCARES ME. LARRY: THAT'S INTERESTING. WHAT -- DO YOU QUESTION ABOUT WHERE YOU WOULD BE -- >> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME JUST ME BEING THAT CONCERNED WITH IT ALREADY MAKES ME -- WOULD MAKE ME A GREAT PARENT.
LARRY: OBVIOUSLY. YOU WOULD BE THE DOTING PARENT, RIGHT? THE KID WOULD GO IN THE BASKET, EVERYWHERE YOU GO THE --. LARRY: I THOUGHT YOU SAID A DODDO PARENT -- A DODING PARENT. YES, YES.
LARRY: AND THEY COULD ONLY BREAST FIELD, LEFT BREAST. CAN'T PUT THE THING IN HIS NOSE. >> WELL, IT WASN'T GO IN HIS NOSE. IT WLD GO IN ITS MOUTH. LARRY: OKAY. DO YOU -- BUT A PART OF YOU, YOU'RE A LOVER OF CHILDREN AND NIECE AND NEPHEWS.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BREAST-FEED. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BREAST-FEEDING THAT JUST DOES SOMETHING TO ME. I DON'T MIND -- [LAUGHS] LARRY: WOULD YOU MIND BEING PREGNANT? >> WHAT? LARRY: YOU WOULDN'T MIND BEING PREGNANT AND GAINING WEIGHT AND -- >> NO, I DON'T MIND THAT. IT'S -- IT'S TRULY A -- NOT KNOWING IF I WOULD MAKE A GOOD ENOUGH PARENT, REALLY, THAT'S A FEAR THAT I HAVE. AND I HAVE GOT TO GET OVER THAT IN ORDER FOR ME TO HAVE CHILDREN.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S TRULY STOPPING ME. LARRY: MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU, MY DEAR. >> OKAY. LARRY: WHAT IS THE FEAR? THE FEAR OF -- WHAT? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU HAD A CHILD HERE RIGHT NOW, A LITTLE CHILD, TWO WEEKS OLD, YOUR BABY. >> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? LARRY: WALDO, OKAY.
>> WALDO! WHY THAT NAME? LARRY: I LOVE THAT NAME. IT'S DISM. IT'S WHAT I WOULD NAME HIM. OKAY, LET'S SAY -- ZEEK. >> THAT'S KIND OF -- ZEEK! LARRY: WHAT NAME WOULD YOU NAME HIM? >> WHO SAYS IT WOULD BE A BOY. LARRY: IF IT WERE A BOY, JUST PRETENDING.
>> I LIKE ELIJA. LARRY: AH THE LITTLE PROPHET. LITTLE ELIJA IS HERE. IF TRL A GIRL.
>> ELAZIA. LARRY: WHAT'S THE WORRY FOR EITHER ONE? >> I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE IN THIS BUSINESS AND I HAVE SEEN THEM JUST TOTALLY GIVE THEIR CHILDREN TO THE NANNY, THE BABY CRIES, RUN STRAIGHT FOR THE NANNY NOT FOR THE PARENT. THE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WONDER OVLFUL TO HAVE A CHILD THIS AND THAT AND THIS BEING TOO MUCH FOR THEM, IT'S TOO MUCHR THEM.
JUST TO SAY I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT I HAVE DID IT -- I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE HEARD THINGS WHERE WOMEN GO THROUGH THIS POSTPARTEM. LARRY: DEPRESSION. >> YES, AND I AM SO FEARFUL THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH ME. LARRY: AND THE PLUSES ARE -- YOU LOVE KIDS. >> YES, VERY MUCH SO.
>> AND THERE'S A SIDE OF YOU WHAT HAS TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE A CHILD, OR -- I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. MAYBE -- >> IT'S A TOUGH JOB, BUT LOVE TO HAVE CHILDREN -- I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CHILD. I AM JUST AFRAID OF NOT BEING A GOOD ENOUGH PARENT. LARRY: AND MR. ELIZONDO, HE
WANTS A CHILD? >> YES. [LAUGHS] YES, RENEE DOES. LARRY: SPEAKING OF HIM, HERE'S A CLIP WITH JANET JACKSON THAT MR. ELIZONDO -- THE HOPEFUL SOON-FATHER -- DIRECTED. WATCH. >> [LAUGHS] >>.
♪♪ MAKING LOVE TO YOU, THAT'S -- HOW CAN I BE STRONGER? I HAVE ASKED MYSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THAT I NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN. ♪♪ SO HERE WE ARE ALONE AGAIN. DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE THINGS. AND TO KNOW IT ALL BEGAN WITH JUST A LITTLE KISS -- I HAVE GOT TO CROSS THE HAPPINESS BEFORE IT'S SWEPT AWAY. DON'T THINK I CAN TAKE THE PAIN.
NEVER FALL AGAIN. LARRY: WE'RE BACK WITH THE WONDERFUL JANET JACKSON! SHE STARTS HER WORLD TOUR NEXT MONTH IN AMSTERDAM -- ROTTERDAM YET. >> YES. LARRY: SEE MOST HIP PEOPLE WOULD GO TO AMSTERDAM. QUIRKY PEOPLE GO TO ROTTERDAM, ROTTERDAM WHERE THEY STILL GOT WINDMILLS, NO WIND, NOTHING HAPPENING INSIDE.
SHE STARTS THIS GRAND TOUR INTO JULY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT THE MCI CENTER I WOULD IMAGINE. >> YES. LARRY: IT'S OUR BIG -- YOU DON'T WORK SMALL HOUSE US ANYMORE, YOU? EVER DO SMALL ROOMS? >> NO, I NEVER HAVE -- I NEVER --. LARRY: NEVER DID? NEVER WORKED LOUNGES? >> NO. THE -- SINCE MY FIRST TOUR, I WAS AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
LARRY: SO YOU STARTED BIG AND GOT BIGGER. >> THE FORUM -- [LAUGHS] YOU'RE EMBARRASSING ME NOW. LARRY: NO. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE WELL KNOWN YOUNG? >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE? LARRY: KIDS ENVY YOU? >> IT WAS -- IT WAS -- IT WAS KIND OF COOL, HAVING PEOPLE RECOGNIZE YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER YOU WENT. AND TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND THEY FELT AS IF YOU WERE THEIR CHILD OR THEIR BROTHER, THEIR SISTER. AND IT WAS -- IT WAS FUN.
LARRY: SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, THOUGH, TOO MUCH TOO SOON CAN HAVE A LATER AFFECT? >> YES. LARRY: YOU KNOW, EGOWISE. >> YES. LARRY: AND DEALING WITH LIFE AS IT COMES. >> YES.
LARRY: HAVE YOU HANDLED THAT WELL? >> I -- I FEEL THAT I HAVE. I HAVE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AROUND ME SUCH AS RENEE TO HELP ME STAY GROUNDED. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. MY FRIENDS, MY CLOSE FLENDS -- FRIENDS HAVE BEEN FRIENDS THAT I HAVE HAD FOR YEARS, SO IT'S -- THEY HELP ME.
LARRY: HOW DID YOU MEET RENEE? >> HOW? HE ACTUALLY CAME OVER -- OVER AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE. A FRIEND OF MINE WAS -- A GOOD -- HIS -- HER BROTHER WAS RENEE'S GOOD FRIEND. LARRY: SO HE CAME TO THE HOUSE JUST AS A VISIT? >> YEAH. BUT THAT'S NOT THE STORY THAT I FOUND OUT SHE TOLD HIM. SHE TOLD HIM THAT I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN MEETING HIM AND I THOUGHT -- HE WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE. LARRY: WERE YOU.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS ATTRACTIVE BUT NOT IN THAT WAY. I WAS ACTUALLY SEEING SOMEONE AT THE TIME. LARRY: OI, LIFE, IT SAYS THAT -- THE LONG-LAST DAYS OF LIFE -- GENERAL HOSPITAL -- >> JUST DRAMA. LARRY: DID YOU LIKE HIM RIGHT AWAY? >> YES, HE WAS VERY NICE, VERY NICE, AND I GREW TO LOVE HIM. LARRY: HOW ABOUT MARRIAGE? >> ASK RENEE.
LARRY: RENEE? >> LOOK AT ME, I AM PUTTING IT ON --. LARRY: DO YOU WANT TO GET HARRYED. >> WOULD I LIKE TO? YES. LARRY: HE WANTS TO GET MARRIED. >> I AM NOT PROPOSING. LARRY: HE'S NOT PROPOSING.
AS A CONJECTURE, HE WOULD LIKE TO. DO YOU WANT TO? >> YOU SURE PUT PEOPLE ON THE SPOT, DON'T YOU? >> I WANT ELIJA AROUND HERE. >> SURE --. LARRY: WHAT IF -- >> SOMEDAY --. LARRY: WHAT IF WREN MAY TONIGHT SAYS TO YOU, HEY, COME ON, LET'S GET MARRIED. >> RIGHT THIS MOMENT! LARRY: YEAH, YEAH YEAH, RIGHT AFTER THE TOUR IS OVER.
>> I GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT. LARRY: BECAUSE YOU WOULD WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU'RE A WORRIER. LARRY: HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? >>.
LARRY: HOW DO I KNOW THAT! YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THIS. YOU PERFORM BEFORE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE -- >> I DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT GETTING MY NIPPLE PIERCED. LARRY: SEE, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE QUIRKY, THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE WE'RERY OF ALL TIME. THAT IS NOT A WORRY TO YOU. >> NO.
LARRY: YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET MARRY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE -- >> I AM SURE SOMEDAY -- WELL, WE LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS. SPIRITUALLY, I FEEL THAT WE ARE MARRIED. AND HE FEELS THE SAME WAY. LARRY: OH. THAT'S THE SAME THING THEN. >> YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THESE STORIES ABOUT -- I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LIKE PUTTING NEGATIVE ENERGY INTO THE UNIVERSE, IF I DON'T SOUND TOO SILLY, BUT WONDERING HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST.
LARRY: CAN FRIENDS TURN YOU OFF TO THINGS JUST BY SUGGESTING IT? >> BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT WAY. >> LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE. LARRY: NO, NO.
CAN SOMEONE -- >> NOT SUGGESTING YOU JUST DID THAT. LARRY: CAN SOMEONE SAY TO YOU I DON'T LIKE CARROT CAKE AND YOU WITHIN A WEEK DON'T LIKE CARROT CAKE? >> NO THAT'S NOT ME. LARRY: YOU'RE NOT EASILY INFLUENCED BECAUSE YOU WORRY ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS AND PEOPLE THAT DO CAN BE EASILY INFLUENCED. >> NO, I AM NOT THAT EASILY INFLUENCED.
LARRY: BACK WITH MORE OF JANET JACKSONMENT HERE'S MORE TO WATCH. WATCH. >>. ♪♪ OTHER GUYS HAVE TRIED BEFORE TO REPLACE YOUR LOVE, BABY. I NEVER DID -- I HAVE A DOUBT. BUT IT'S YOU I CAN'T DO WITHOUT.
♪♪ I FEEL BETTER WHEN I HAVE YOU NEAR ME BECAUSE NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN LARRY: WE HAVE A SHORT TIME REMAINING, AND WE HAVE A■ LEVISION FIRST FOR YOU. THEY HAVE NEVER APPEARED TOGETHER ON TELEVISION! THERE HE IS, RENEE ELIZONDO, THE DIRECTOR WHO APPEARS WITH HIS -- >> PHOTOGRAPHER'S SON. LARRY: PHOTOGRAPHER -- IS SHE YOUR FIANCEE? >> NO WE'RE JUST -- WE'RE SORT OF BEST FRIENDS.
WE ARE BEST FRIENDS. WE HAVE BEEN BERST FRIENDS FOR 17 YEARS. LARRY: ARE YOU LOVERS? >> YEAH, WE DO SOME OF THAT. LARRY: WITH OR WITHOUT THE LITTLE ROUND THING.
>> NO, WITH! LARRY: WITH THE LITTLE ROUND THING, OKAY. >> LIKE A LITTLE HAND GRENADE. >>. [LAUGHTER] LARRY: YOU SPIRITUALLY MARRIED? >> YEAH WE'RE DEFINITELY CONNECTED ON EVERY LEVEL. IT'S REALLY AWESOME. SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND.
WE WORK TOGETHER. WE COLAB RATE. WE WRITE SONGS TOGETHER. I GET A CHANCE TO PHOTOGRAPH HER.
I GET A CHANCE TO DIRECT HER. SHE DIRECTS ME OFF CAMERA. [LAUGHTER] LARRY: YOU WANT TO BE A FATHER? >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID YES, IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
BUT GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST, WE THANK GOD WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS BECAUSE -- >> AT THIS MOMENT. >> AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY PASSED ON A LOT OF -- >> PATTERNS THAT WE DON'T -- >> NEGATIVE -- YOU KNOW, BAD SORT OF -- >> IT'S LIKE BREAKING THE MOLD KIND OF. >> YEAH, YEAH
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