Paris Jackson has shared an update on where she stands with Colman Domingo after calling the actor out a few months ago over Michael, the upcoming biopic about her father, Michael Jackson.
At Vanity Fair’s A Night for Young Hollywood party this week, the singer/songwriter spoke to Entertainment Tonight about Domingo recently revealing he’d personally messaged her to smooth things over after their conflict last year. “I really appreciated the sentiment of it,” Paris told the outlet. “Because there’s lots of miscommunications, and things get twisted.”
The miscommunication in question took place in September, when Paris slammed Domingo for reportedly telling People that she and brother Prince Jackson had been “helpful” with the production of Michael. “Don’t be telling people I was ‘helpful’ on the set of a movie I had 0% involvement in lol that is so weird,” she wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. “I read one of the first drafts of the script and gave my notes about what was dishonest / didn’t sit right with me. When they didn’t address it I moved on with my life.”
In an interview with Wall Street Journal published Tuesday, however, the Euphoria star said he’d messaged Paris on social media to explain that his comment about the Jackson kids had been taken out of context, and that People had updated the story to reflect what he’d actually meant. “I hope that she eventually loves the tribute that we made about her father,” he told the newspaper.
Michael is set to premiere in theaters on April 24 and stars Jafaar Jackson, the late pop icon’s nephew, as Michael. While speaking to ET, Paris confirmed that she’d conversed with Domingo — who plays the King of Pop’s father, Joe Jackson, in the biopic — and said that she was “wishing him and my cousin success and joy and happiness.”
She also shared her hopes for the message Michael will put out there in regards to her father’s legacy: “Love and light.”
The appearance at the Vanity Fair event came just a couple of days before the release of Paris’ new single “zombies in love,” which dropped via Republic Records on Friday (March 13). The Linda Perry-co-written track — which Paris told ET is about “getting high with the love of my life a long time ago, before I got sober” — comes ahead of more music set to arrive later this year from the artist.
In January, Paris celebrated six years of sobriety on Instagram. The month prior, she announced that she’d gotten engaged to producer Justin Long, writing, “doing life with you these last years has been an indescribable whirlwind and i couldn’t dream of anyone more perfect for me to do it all with.”
