It’s been nearly 2 months since the Jackson family patriarch, Joe Jackson, died from pancreatic cancer at 89 on July 27, 2018. No one’s missing him more than his 88 year old devoted wife, Katherine Jackson, and his kids. Ever since Joe’s passing, many of us have been worried about how the Jackson matriarch has been holding up. Well, to our pleasant surprise she resurfaced a few days ago and it’s was beautiful to see her overcome with joy by her grandbaby.
Mama Katherine was last seen publicly at the private memorial service the famiy held for Joe in June. She was frail at that time and was in her wheelchair. Though she’s still wheelchair bound and frail, understandably so, she was seemingly determined to go and support Michael’s daughter, Paris (20), for her performance.
In case y’all haven’t heard, Paris is a model, but now she’s added the title of ‘singer’ to her resume.’ She recently performed with her bandmate, Gabriel Glenn, at the outdoor Canyon Sessions cancer fundraiser in Los Angeles. The name of their new group is The Soundflowers and it was only Paris’ second live performance as an official singer.
Needless to say, MJ’s daughter was hella nervous at first, but apparently she felt a heightened level of nervousness AND warmth at the sight of her grandma Katherine and MANY family members strolling onto the grassy field that day. After her band’s set, Katherine shared many photos of her grandmother and it was clear to see that Katherine was very emotional.
In one of her posts, Paris captioned a loving pic of herself and Katherine with this explicit, yet loving message:
“F**k. i can’t believe my grandma made it to our second live show ever. and she actually liked it!?!!!”
In another, Paris showed herself, Katherine, and several relatives, including her aunt Rebbie Jackson:
“I was sh**ing my pants. i love you so much grandma. i’m so happy we got to play for you and to play for such an incredible cause.”
We’ve also gotta give Paris her props for performing fresh off the hills of a painful surgery. It was just 24 hours prior to the cancer fundraiser, that she’d revealed she’d undergone surgery for an abscess removal. She even still had her hospital band on during the show.
Via DailyMail: So long story short, I had surgery yesterday,’ said [Paris], adding: ‘I had an abscess that was almost the size of a golf ball.’
‘That’s one of the things that just grows and grows and grows until it pops. And if it pops, you can go septic and die,’ she further explained. ‘But I didn’t die and they operated immediately. They did say that it was something I should’ve gone under for surgery for, but I didn’t, and I was awake for all of it and it was definitely the most pain I’ve ever been though in my entire life – considering I’m covered in tattoos. But I’m alive!’
‘And we played a show today and we didn’t completely suck,’ she began. ‘And my f**king grandma was there and I’m so relieved she didn’t hate it and she actually liked it. It means the world to me. “
The fundraiser ended up raising $20K, her granddad and dad would be proud.
On a side note, another thing we also noticed, is that the the dude whom Joe Jackson once referred to as Michael’s “son” (and also who Paris and her brother, Prince refer to as their ‘brother) was also in the above photo, standing directly behind Katherine’s chair. Hmmm….
Anywho, it’s wonderful seeing so much love be showered upon Katherine by her grandbaby and fam.’ One thing is for certain, although she’s clearly heartbroken after losing her life partner, Joe, she will NEVER be alone, the Jacksons have like a kazillion family members and no shortage of love whatsoev.’
