Janet To Oprah: Michael "Was Very Much In Denial"

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On today's The Oprah Winfrey Show, Janet Jackson gets revealing with Oprah regarding Michael's drug problem and how the Jackson family repeatedly attempted to save him from his addiction to prescription medications.

Oprah: When you heard that he was gone, and gone because of drugs, were you shocked, or were you feeling like somewhere in the back of your mind, you always felt that that day could come?

Janet: I felt that day could possibly come. I think everyone thinks that who has a family member or a friend…

Oprah: That’s why you’re having an intervention.

Janet: Exactly.

Oprah: And how did he receive that?

Janet: He was very much in denial.

Oprah: He didn’t think he had a problem?

Janet: No.

Oprah: Were you all worried that something like this could happen?

Janet: Of course.

Janet says the last time she saw Michael alive was two days before her birthday last year. The singer, who was there to promote her latest movie with Tyler Perry, Why Did I Get Married Too?, explains that she won't watch the movie This Is It because it's too painful. While Oprah played a clip for the audience, Janet said, "I needed to turn around."

Also in the one-on-one, Miss Jackson tells Oprah about addictions that were present in her previous relationships saying, "I know something about it...you recognize it, for myself, so quickly because I've dealt with it before."