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Janet Jackson's weight gain/loss for movie role? |
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Written by asap
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Thursday, 25 May 2006 |
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 Janet Jackson is looking svelte these days. But why did she gain all that weight in the first place?
Jackson says in a new interview with Us magazine that she got heavy for a role in the upcoming movie “Tennessee,” which she ultimately had to pass on because of her new album.
“They (the producers) wanted to see me in a different light, as a heavier woman,” the 40-year-old singer, who weighed about 180 pounds at her heaviest, tells Us magazine in an issue on newsstands Friday.
“The timing didn’t quite work with trying to finish my album, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to do the film,” she is quoted as saying. (The role went to Mariah Carey.)
HOW DID SHE GAIN THE WEIGHT?
Eating whatever she wanted, of course.
“‘Ooh, that looks good, give me that whole slice of cake!’ That was the fun part,” she says. “(Eventually) I would look in the mirror, and I wouldn’t recognize myself.”
HOW DID SHE GET BACK INTO SHAPE?
It was four months of eating “nice, balanced meals” and working out with a trainer that did the trick, Jackson said.
Also a motivation? Her longtime boyfriend, music producer Jermaine Dupri.
“I’ve never had someone love me for me, so unconditionally, the way he does, regardless of my size,” she says. “He was never any different toward me.”
Jackson’s latest album, “20 Years Old,” is slated for release Sept. 26. | Only registered users can write comments.
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