The Dark Exploitation of La Toya Jackson | Full Documentary (4K 2160p) | the detail.

[@kamthomas173]

She reminds me of the African proverb: when a child doesn’t feel the warmth from the village, that child will burn the village. Latoya did just that.

[@thedetail.]

Great saying!

[@nkipmo1154]

This is it!

[@tererichardson5418]

@@thedetail. 😊

[@LohaniaDouglas]

YES LORD, SHE DID THAT LOL !!!!!

[@nakeishamammeri5094]

Wow I never heard that one before but that is so spot on and applicable to her

[@itsthegumptionforme6233]

That's one of the biggest mistakes Joe J. made, was not letting her venture into law. Having a lawyer in a showbiz family would have done them wonders, they would not have been taken advantage by those vulture lawyers in Hollywood. Not sure he thought it through.

[@ntuan9360]

He thought he was smarter than everyone

[@missj3434]

Excellent point 💯💯

[@candacepowers5264]

I agree. Let your child/children follow their dreams. Joe was a greeedy, cruel, narcissistic man. Prayers to EVERYONE. God bless from Northern California!

[@proudcynophile1901]

Not sure Joe Jackson was very smart at all!

[@daydreamer9888]

Agree! She would've been a great lawyer & probably would've proved herself very useful.

[@ToLovelyJesus]

It breaks my heart that she was held back a grade and punished for being shy. Did no one think that her “shyness” might’ve been the result of abuse? That teacher sounded dumb.

[@wuzhis2184]

Back in the 70's and 80's domestic violence wasn't necessarily against the law. My step dad shot my Mom, followed and stalked her for years. LE always said, we don't get involved in domestic problems. 100's of times this happened. Back in the 70's you didn't interfere with what a man did in his home.

[@ToLovelyJesus]

@@wuzhis2184 I understand. It still sucks though. Thank you for explaining, and I’m very sorry your mom went through that.

[@StacyLightnerStudios]

My thoughts exactly.. Smh

[@aundreshabazz9624]

​@@wuzhis2184 I hope they arrested that bag ofgarbage!

[@GenevieveWaller-pk3xg]

The teacher was bias to her. Shyness should not affect promotion. I love Latoya ,to me Latoya is the most real.

[@annmariemccooey6731]

You cannot please a narcissistic parent. Joseph didn't want her in the musical group until he realized she was interested in law. He didn't want her to be happy and independent because it's easier to control someone if their miserable. Narcissistic abuse is deadly.

[@0Lu.Lu0]

Joseph is a fascinating study of how so much of what his generation of Black Parents and their approaches to child development were informed and formed by being in such close proximity to Black Peoples' dehumanization collectively.

[@lawrencepeterson1114]

​@@0Lu.Lu0 Ji h. Bi ñiiiiii?m n

[@NBA.Ka5hMeRe]

It's really sad, being raised by a narcissistic or toxic parent can easily cause you to end up married to one when u get older. 😩 So sad.

[@angiegutierrez2395]

Ese viejo era un psicópata.

[@Kim-Berly200]

@@NBA.Ka5hMeRe Facts! I married my narcissistic mother’s clone! It’s difficult to find yourself.

[@111angelvoice]

She simply repeated her mother's journey of being controlled by a narcissistic abuser. Happens all the time. I'm so glad that she finally broke free. I hope she is much healthier now.

[@arianhopkins5979]

You all are assuming information that you don't really know is true.

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

​@@arianhopkins5979you're a narcissist

[@jayneharvey743]

She was not controlled. Hence why Katherine insisted Michael pay for his siblings as his talent and stardom hurt their careers

[@AHMAD-2324]

​@@arianhopkins5979MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY, SMGDH

[@angelaharrison4314]

The fact that she tried SO hard to escape a controlling father only to run into the arms of a controlling husband.

[@Misslynndance]

99% of the time its the case

[@rogerchristensen2741]

😢😢

[@Heyu7her3]

​@@Misslynndance yep, running from instead of confronting your traumas

[@carolfisher2907]

SUCH A TRAGIC STORY 😥 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😮😢

[@cmaden78]

Super sad? But is what happens most of the time

[@grayb7420]

Let’s look at the real fault here. The father was an abusive, chauvinistic bully. He messed up all of his kids.

[@Whippy99]

The ugliness inside him is all over his horrible face. 😡

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

Absolutely. It starts at home.

[@LMCSM]

All? Some, yes but not all of them have had these huge issues and problems

[@merricat3025]

Yes. Joe Jackson was evil. I watched documentary on family music group Cowsills ( sang song Raon , Park and other things). Father was their manager. He and Joe Jackson would be buddies. Abused and controlled his children ... messed up kids.

[@anudai4821]

and yet they are all stars and millionaires i got my axx beat for free...yall crack me up

[@sw7833]

She was absolutely beautiful before she started messing with plastic surgery!

[@ThatsJustPeachy1871]

They all looked so much better before the surgeries

[@peggypeggy4137]

I was thinking that she had a very pretty face naturally. She had a really cute nose which she had made too small.

[@Roy-w2o3f]

They wasn't pleased with being black...The entire family had plastic surgery....Shame really..

[@BEBEBULGER187]

@@ThatsJustPeachy1871 NOT TRUE SOME OF THEM NEEDED THE NOSE JOBS BUT THEY SHOULDVE STOPPED EARLIER ON

[@emilienuman]

Yesss so gorgeous…

[@dmgross539]

The look of sadness in LaToya’s eyes speaks volumes. So sad😢

[@blah5528]

Her abusive father and enabling mother really messed up the beginning of her life and set the tone for the rest. She didn’t even want to be famous, she felt as tho she failed at something she never even wanted. Latoya was shuffling between abusers and I don’t think we truly know how she feels about anything, I think she wants acceptance from her family it doesn’t mean everything she said was false. This woman was right to break ties with them, I wish her the best.

[@sabrinafrederick4141]

All the kids were good kids. It is so sad how Joseph treated them. Heartbreaking!

[@pinky-ud1rt]

Excatly hun poor micheal was just damadged well all his siblings were

[@teesee6962]

maybe they were good kids because their father disciplined them.

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

That's what abusers ALWAYS says! "I'm doing this for your own good" while they give in to their own sadism.@@teesee6962

[@elenapalma5529]

Un tipo asqueroso metido en una secta que maltratan y minimizan a los hijos , y delante delas personas se dan golpes de pecho

[@madi4481]

@@teesee6962 Got🟤💨 for brain

[@Eazy-ERyder]

She was so HORRIBLY mistreated. The father was bad enough, but her "husband" was much much worse. Jack Gordan was an absolute MONSTER.

[@marvelousmel7879]

DeBarge patriarch, Robert DeBarge was 50 times worser than Joe Jackson.

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

Her father was no doubt screwing her. She went from one pimp to another!😒

[@007JNR]

​@@marvelousmel7879she is talking about her ex husband not her dad.

[@marvelousmel7879]

@@007JNR I know. I was just saying Robert DeBarge Sr was alot worser than Joe Jackson.

[@007JNR]

@@marvelousmel7879 lol "worser". I get what you are saying though 👍🏾

[@A_Muzik]

If a student has proven to be academically proficient, why the hell would you hold them back a grade simply because they don’t speak up?

[@Patrick3183]

Yeah that made no sense to me. A straight A student held back because of shyness..?

[@Shayzar1]

@@Patrick3183 it was a different time

[@brettsfav4]

Unfortunately we live in a world full of extroverts and anyone who happens to be shy or quiet is treated as though something is wrong with them.

[@MsRedd_86]

Good question. In elementary school I got held back a grade cuz I missed the last day of school! And this wuz in the 90’s.

[@jabjab4434]

​@@MsRedd_86 wtf is that ?

[@deepconnection1169]

She is a very intelligent, and eloquent woman. Sadly, she never reached the celebrity success as her brother Michael, and sister Janet. Childhood trauma scars people FOR LIFE. If you are abused in any way as a child, you spend the rest of your life trying to fix it. It changes a person forever. They were definitely robbed of a 'normal' childhood. And this along with abuse, makes it very difficult to form healthy attachments. And to ever even know who you really are. Just sad. But fame and fortune comes with a huge price tag. You give up so much to be a celebrity. Your privacy, peace of mind, and even your dignity, among many other things.I would;d never, ever want to be famous. I cherish my anonymity and privacy.

[@pauljordan4452]

It's strange. People know my name as I'm an author, yet they don't know me.

[@aGwEENapple]

I really really like how this is narrated, the music, the pictures, the narrator's sympathetic tone throughout the video. I haven't finished watching but I'm very engaged! ✨️

[@thedetail.]

Thank you very much! Glad you are enjoying it.

[@humble1259]

I agree so far the narration is unbiased, tell all, and informative.

[@RocStarr913]

The narrator knows how to toe that very difficult line between coming off objective and yet entertaining and engaging and empathetic.

[@dondamon4669]

I doubt he's going to ask you to marry him just because you like the video!!😊

[@ladydee56]

She was absolutely beautiful in her younger years. I just feel really sad whenever I watch any of them. I feel like they were robbed of their childhood, hope they can all heal from the abuse they endured.

[@jackjules7552]

Childhood is boring. The Jacksons got to live the good life and excitement of show business early in life rather than endure the boredom of childhood. They weren't robbed of anything.

[@ThundermansThunder]

@@jackjules7552 If you truly feel that way, that you gained nothing of value from your childhood, then you are taking life for granted, not appreciating what you have, as a narcissist. A boring childhood is a very much nicer way of experiencing childhood than the countless ways that it could have been be painful! There are so many people would love to have the luxury of experiencing a boring childhood, and be thankful for it!

[@jackjules7552]

@@ThundermansThunder You are right. I gained nothing from my childhood but it was my fault. I should have been more aware that I could have been more aggressive in taking charge of my life rather than following what I was taught.

[@wildkims2008]

she was very beautiful, especially with her original nose

[@ThundermansThunder]

@@jackjules7552 I understand, I think everyone, without exception, can look back to our past and see areas where we failed to take full advantage of our opportunities, wishing things were different, or any of a million other crazy thoughts that rob us of a fulfilling life, and keeps us from enjoying the ordinary, mundane things, that really aren't so ordinary for a large portion of the world. But you obviously realize it, at this point in your life, which is wonderful! We cannot change the past, and we are not guaranteed tomorrow, but we can choose how we will deal with today. I sincerely hope that your present is much better, and enjoyable, in every way, for you, than your past.

[@dianira57]

being victim of abuse is something that change you deeply from inside. hail to all abuse survivors 💜💜💜

[@arianhopkins5979]

If there was abusive treatment. I don't believe everything I hear. Latoya had issues too.

[@conniebell7987]

Thank you! I’m still here, he’s gone. Thankfully.

[@All.Natural.]

They all were. So sad.

[@SRtruth]

This is a horror story but she came out on top. You can tell she never had the intention to harm anyone. I feel so bad for all the jackson children. Their lives are full of lessons that many others can relate to and that everyone can learn from.

[@Medietos]

Yes, although many have irt much worse: The loving warm mother, all the physical touch and play AND creative music they experienced together! They got a lot of stress our of their bodies that way, which f ex I never did. They nourished each other, human closeness and companionship mean so much, known only when one lacks it in isolation and becomes human-deprived. Hoping they are all OK.

[@SRtruth]

@@Medietos I agree, you're totally right. Sounds like you are very insightful! I pray for your continued healing and that you may receive universal love in full abundance 💜❤🤍

[@KENITH_BARBIE]

She sure did come out on top. She owns her own record label and multiple companies as a CEO. She still rich and talented af ❤

[@SRtruth]

@@KENITH_BARBIE that's awesome, good for her!!

[@dondamon4669]

What?! What lessons? All just attention seekers trying to be famous

[@krischambers9021]

As soon as my future husband said I’ll be your guardian, not hubby, I’d have never married him. Psychologically, that says a lot.

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

Exactly. It's transactional. No love involved.

[@lilsept77]

One of La Toya's teachers held her back because she rarely spoke in class looking over the issue that she's a straight-A student, which was so dumb. Before her father was to just lecture La Toya that she should talk more in class and stood up for her telling her teacher how stupid it was to hold her back, he whops her behind.

[@joshuampinganjira97]

As a journalist who is very passionate about music I really enjoyed this and I learned so much about her.

[@thedetail.]

Thank you!

[@whitsundaydreaming]

I grew up under a popular older brother who was talented and in love with the spotlight. The folks gave him the top billing in their lives, leaving me feeling very second class. I know the struggle trying to find your own voice and to earn respect.

[@BluEx22329]

And he was younger

[@Nyc99]

Mine was younger, turn around and in 40ies say oh they loved you more, I laughed little than realized he is slow , still jealous over nothing and imagine rage not happiness when they see me or when I call ...it's just funny now

[@MostHighJem]

Church

[@brighteyes704]

@Greg McKinney truth is you don’t need to earn their respect, you are here, you are valid, and you have a purpose.

[@kingtech7917]

I kinda understand my mother's daughter was a better student than I was in school barely tried and pulled straight A's and B's me on the other hand damn near ever other letter constantly getting outshined by her made me feel lesser than definitely when she went to college

[@jessicah4462]

Poor LaToya was always disrespected. By her family, the media, the music industry, the late night show hosts, the public. She always seemed very sweet and very well meaning and just seemed like she wanted to be loved for her. I grew up thru the 70’s and 80’s, so I watched this all in real time. Really, as far as her musical career went, Michael was such a phenom there was no way anyone was breaking off even a sliver of that for themselves. I haven’t seen anything like it since him. He’s a once in a lifetime talent. Considering the times, and absolutely zero disrespect to LaToya, if she wasn’t a Jackson we wouldn’t be discussing her today. It was the decade of 1 hit wonders and she didn’t really even have that. The Jacksons kept the gossip mags in business back then. There was a feeding frenzy for the family back then. Even beyond Princess Di and Prince Charles. Even beyond anything the Kardashians ever dreamed of achieving! The Jacksons WERE the 1st Family, the Royal Family, all of them and more. If you weren’t there you can’t even conceive of it. Gordon just always looked like the Devil to me. LaToya was the perfect victim for a snake like him after all the abuse she took from everyone around her leading up to meeting him.

[@JetPackDino]

That's the absolute hallmark of an abusive parent: one who cannot give up control and let the child go. Poor LaToya, I hope she's living her best life now.

[@audreycollins1268]

She always seemed gentle...and genuine

[@Patrick3183]

The abuse they suffered at the hands of their father left many of the Jackson kids with deep psychological scars and other complexes.

[@SimplyBeingTT]

Stop with the lies. Damn!

[@Patrick3183]

@@SimplyBeingTT you’re claiming Joseph did not abuse his kids? Or that being abused has no effects? Wtf??

[@djtennessee9014]

Without his vision, they would have never been anything but another struggling black family

[@MsJonessss]

@@djtennessee9014 unfortunately this is true. Music was the only way out for poor black families at that time.

[@adjuafrican2664]

​@@MsJonessss and sports

[@MareeksMareeks]

Thank you for putting all the segments together!

[@samanthaamin1378]

not only her father, but that teacher also contributed to her mental state on her early childhood.

[@R.A.A.]

Your perspective is so concise and impeccable, even your reserved tone is crystal clear so the viewers make their own mind... for hours I’ve been watching your shorter videos because your narration. Thanks for this enjoyable watching experience. Subscribed, Liked & Notification on.

[@thedetail.]

Wow thank you, I appreciate that!

[@BlackNella]

The baby hair was immaculate! Latoya was always my favorite.

[@loveisthekey7]

This channel has outstanding narrators

[@thedetail.]

Thank you!

[@optimumreality9745]

These are the best docs I have ever seen! Amazing work. We are so enjoying. Thank you so much!

[@stickshiftdriver1832]

Yes. She could had been the Jackson's family lawyer. Eventhough Joe had gotten his sons to stardom, he was shortsighted when it became to talents and desires his daughters had outside of music. She showed signs of being academically bright at the age of 6. Instead of slapping Latoya Joe should had verbally slapped the teacher for wanting to hold back a grade a straight A student

[@rayofsunshan]

You said it perfectly

[@dondamon4669]

As if she could of been a lawyer 😂 haven't you heard her speak?

[@stickshiftdriver1832]

@@dondamon4669 yes but what does that have to do with anything. She had a passion to seek out law and could had been the family's attorney. Joe had screwed that up for his selfishness.

[@southlondonlass1]

She was trapped in a pattern of abuse that began with her father. Like her mother she remained with an abusive husband for too long. 😢

[@SkittleBurstsxoxo]

It's hard to leave.

[@SJ-ni6iy]

She still had enough sense to dodge a romantic relationship with Mike Tyson. That would be nothing short of a disaster

[@user35678_tt]

Katherine always been a weak gullible mother she's chose Joseph and let him abuse her kids for fame and money like but it's worse wth Joseph. I get that Katherine suffered alot but honestly it infuriates me that she let an abusive husband and the media tearing her family apart .

[@MissHellybaybee]

She's not a liar... I've seen her struggle a few times to deny what she knows to be true. Poor LaToya, I think she's had it hard. No surprose she would move on with an abuser tbh

[@SlaughdaradioLLC]

I’m glad yall went in Great depth on Latoya… I was always curious on that Jackson ❤

[@thedetail.]

Thank you!

[@livesquad2810]

I didn't realise she went through all that! She was controlled by men who didn't actually care about her for most of her life. That's really sad. Remember, women all over the world are going through similar or even worse things and that's why female empowerment is important! I find it interesting that her oldest brothers were even trying to control her, I suppose they were just doing what they had been taught/expected to do. Thank you for this amazing video

[@NBAfan679]

Agreed but female empowerment has only caused a society with less fathers and more degenerates. Men go through many various fcked up things. But we don’t speak about it. I’ve worked corrections 98.7 percent of our inmates were born from single mothers. I’m now a cop and see what female empowerment has caused. Both genders just need to work together. Any empowerment of any gender or race causes division.

[@livesquad2810]

@@NBAfan679 sure but why blame the women. Where are the fathers? Why are men getting people pregnant when they don't want kids. You can't put all the blame on women.

[@NBAfan679]

@@livesquad2810 women choose who they sleep with. Why do you think promiscuity is shamed. Sleep with decent people. Most guys don’t have sex like that. Modern studies show 15% of men sleep with 80-90% percent of women regularly. And between 40%-50% of men pass there genes each generation where as 85-90% of women do. I will state again men and women should stop having sex so causally. Find a person who’s decent! Get married then have a baby

[@MarcoDL615]

What brought me tears was one of her interviews when she asked how did his talk with MJ, when she was very sorry to him she said that Michael responded “La Toya you don't have to say anything, I know you and I love you”. That hit me! I mean La Toya was part of the heartache of Michael even ruining his brother's image! Michael forgave her. His dad who beat and bullied him, and MJ forgave him! That's the difference between La Toya & MJ! Michael forgave him. La Toya became rebellious that's why she went even more worst! But I'm happy that they are all reunited!

[@livesquad2810]

@@MarcoDL615 for me personally I don't believe that forgiveness is always needed in order to heal. Maybe for some people it is needed but for others it's impossible. In that type of situation I think distance is necessary

[@nettricegaskins1871]

Abusers like Gordon drive wedges between their spouses and their families in order to gain ultimate control of them. I wish her parents had let her leave, become a lawyer or whatever she wanted to do that was NOT in entertainment. She didn't know how to exist as an independent woman and jumped from one abuser to another.

[@SOupMYSELF]

Brilliant documentary! Thank you for putting this together 👏🏿

[@thedetail.]

Thank you, Glad you enjoyed it! ✨

[@tiggy500]

This was an excellent documentary. Extremely well done and definitely worth watching.

[@angeladavis2380]

I see why Prince was in love with La Toya, He went out and found other Women who reminded him of her (the one who got away)…. she had a resemblance to Vanity & Apollonia .

[@RocStarr913]

It helped that they were both Geminis.

[@shantellfox4472]

This is so sad. I'm sorry that she went through all of this

[@lisamccray9079]

I feel 😢bad for Latoya

[@vashtikelly6837]

wow toya was so damn striking between marks 10:59-11:03 she was a knockout!!!!!.....she never needed surgery!!!!

[@leeleemee]

“……she never needed surgery!!!!”. You are correct 🎯

[@vashtikelly6837]

@@leeleemee YEAH AND NIETHER DID MIKE AFTER THE THRILLER LOOK......BUT TOYA SHOULD HAVE STAYED THE SAME......

[@ocstrangest2615]

that's what happens when you have more money than things you can think of doing, you don't love yourself unconditionally, and when your super jealous of your brother and want to look like him.

[@sgtfluffy718]

Well I'm sure that mj's surgery had a lot to do with it. He was the most famous. So she and Janet had a lot of surgeries that would cause them to look more like him

[@arianhopkins5979]

Black people including Michael Jackson are victims of self hatred involving their looks because of living in a white features preferred America.

[@Divine_Beauty-uh9xi]

Her story is heartbreaking. It seems so many musical duds would have proven that wasn’t her strength and maybe acting would have been better. She was exceptionally beautiful and could modeled. She did so many random things and eventually excelled at very little. Being a Jackson is her saving grace.

[@tleemf6923]

Being a jackson was one of her greatest pains

[@JC-gq2lo]

True

[@jay4you853]

​@@tleemf6923 Two things can be true at the same time 👌🏾

[@slimdude2011]

@tleemf6923 If LaToya wasn't a sibling in the Jackson Family and riding on the coat tails of Michael and Janet, she wouldn't had been in the public eye at all, and she knows it. The only way for her to be in the spotlight is to be involved in controversial events for the attention.

[@acidspit14]

exceptionaly beautiful , Really ??

[@itsnoahonfire]

LaToya had the potential to go the model/actress route and I believe she would have been much more successful. She is not musically inclined and that is fine. I believe Joe lead her astray.

[@arianhopkins5979]

Please don't believe the hype.

[@itsnoahonfire]

@@arianhopkins5979 stop being a hater

[@baylorsailor]

She was scholarly as a young girl. I bet if she was allowed to follow her natural path she would've been much happier and successful. Obviously the entertainment industry wasn't a good fit for her personality and interests.

[@HoneyBadger323]

I hadn't known Latoya is the Scapegoat of that family. Janet is definitely a Golden Child: "If the abuse didn't happen to me, then it Didn't Happen." I'm a scapegoat and the Golden Children are That horrendous.

[@wolfierobblack]

This is proof that people can change from good to forced Darkness to good again. I wish LaToya ❤well& continued happiness, and positivity that she found. Also peace with herself and the family again. 🙏Amazingly done documentary wow. 😮👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@rhondacooper7957]

So sorry, like most of us LaToya Jackson has experienced narcissistic abuse at the hands of her husband Jack Gordon she was definitely trama bond by her abusive narcissistic husband. LaToya went through a lot of abuse from childhood to adulthood. Thank God she made it out of that toxic hell of a marriage, and living her best life.👌🏽

[@aleesharenea1477]

Question is a narcissistic husband controlling ?

[@rhondacooper7957]

@@aleesharenea1477 I had a narcissist boyfriend back in the day, but yes a narcissist husband is very much controlling.

[@Medietos]

@@aleesharenea1477 Yes, control is one of the main traits

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

​@@aleesharenea1477all narcissists are controlling

[@aleesharenea1334]

@@ilovejesuschrist992 I know as I know people that are that way.

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

They are a beautiful family. Pity about all the abuse they experienced by the father.

[@princessikede6894]

Thank you so much for this documentary! Learned so much new information that I did not know before. Honestly I used to hate Latoya because I could not understand why she would betray her brother Michael like that. But this video has made me realise the abuse she was going through at the time and it’s so heartbreaking honestly. Thank you again Thedetail for your hard work! 😁❤️

[@thedetail.]

Thank you, I really enjoyed creating this

[@ocstrangest2615]

Really?? so because she says she was dealing with abuse, that justifies betraying her brother? Nah, I completely disagree. That's not what a sister who loves her brother does, under any circumstances. That's a copout.

[@princessikede6894]

@@ocstrangest2615 I’m not saying what she did was right but if you haven’t been through abuse then I don’t expect you to understand. Psychological abuse is even worse than physical abuse because it will fuck your mind up to the point that you can’t even think rationally anymore. She was obviously very fearful of her husband at the time especially when he was making threats to kill her entire family. We don’t have to understand it but at least be able to empathise with the woman 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@tamikalockley3686]

@@thedetail.Thank you for this!😀

[@JRK624]

Joe was evil & Katherine too weak to protect herself & her babies, sad! Prayers for love, peace & happiness for all of them.

[@ReginaDillard]

Well, Janet said in all in her hit song, "CONTROL". Although she was the baby, she still felt the strong grip of her father. I'm glad this story was told and I always wondered why LaToya was left out of the 2300 Jackson Street video. She certainly was missed.

[@RocStarr913]

Because she had already estranged herself from the entire family through Jack Gordon’s influence over her.

[@giraffebecky]

This was fascinating. Very thorough and well done! I'm pretty sure La Toya (and other Jacksons) were sexually abused. It's just something that a woman knows (about other women). I actually feel really sorry for her for the sh!t she's been through. I can see the change in her after she broke free of that nasty husband. Can you imagine only knowing controlling abuse? You can really see the prolonged trauma in her face while she's married to him. And after they split she looks so much healthier in the face (mentally healthier and more radiant). I'm sure that whole family has pretty serious emotional/mental trauma. Not just from the family dynamic, but also the abusive media and tabloids.

[@cwood658]

The girls were sexualy abused and Katherine Jackson knew it was happening and when. Janet spoke about it in an interview saying " I would hear my mother saying to Joe, please not tonight their tired " but he didn't care. So so sad

[@giraffebecky]

@@cwood658 I think I remember hearing that interview. God it's so sick. Those poor children. I think something happened with Michael too. He was so sexually awkward. Excruciatingly so.

[@cwood658]

@@giraffebecky I know I absolutely LOVE Michael. I fell in love with him in 1988, even seen him live. There's rumours about Joe chemically chastrating him as a child but I dunno it was Conrad Murray his doctor who said it so.... I really wouldn't be surprised if his farther did sexualy abuse him too. Even through all that he always spoke to his dad.

[@unknownpresences5627]

I felt the same way about her and seeing her thru the video. I find it's the same whether you are a male or female survivor of S.A. like us and we can see all our fellow brothers and sister's suffering in silence

[@giraffebecky]

@@unknownpresences5627 Well said!!!

[@megannichole120]

Growing up Latoya didn’t want to be a singer. Joseph encouraged her to do so. She actually had a fairly successful music career all things considered. Of all the admirers she had and she ended up with Jack Gordon. Latoya seems sensitive like Michael. Abuse affected her greatly

[@slimdude2011]

No, Latoya never had a successful music career as a solo artist. She performed periodically with her brothers, but not as a permanent member.

[@arianhopkins5979]

Joe did not want Latoya to be a singer and she was angry about it.

[@annnee6818]

"Encouraged" isn't the word I'd use.

[@annnee6818]

​@@arianhopkins5979why did he manage her then? Makes no sense what you say

[@annnee6818]

​@slimdude2011 define success. When you get money for several albums that's success. Nowhere near MJ levels of course but if you're using that as a yardstick you lack perspective

[@dizzy6277]

Both Michael and La Toya were naturally attractive people. It's sad that they were not allowed to feel that way and felt the need to change themselves.

[@shellecapos8574]

They were all so good looking, including Latoya, before the surgeries.

[@JB-bl6qo]

Literally

[@valenciaarnold6065]

I agree %100

[@daydreamer9888]

Yes! So good looking. The didn't need any surgery :(

[@shellecapos8574]

@@daydreamer9888 It’s an issue with self image. They’ve got all these haters, managers, studio exec’s telling them they need to look white. They’ve been told white is beautiful, and they believed it. They were more beautiful, talented then any of the folks giving them advice. They were all bad ass from the jump.

[@nodiggity8497]

I adore La Toya. Now that you mention it, she does look like Cathrine, beautiful lady. I also hear she is Michael's kids favorite auntie.

[@handsome-brute2666]

You mean Katherine...she was unusually close to him..like a groupie..i couldn't be that close to my 2-sisters!🤔..he even put her in the Paul McCartney video duet as a paramour he chased!😳

[@handsome-brute2666]

My God at 16:00..i thought that close up was Michael😳

[@nodiggity8497]

@@handsome-brute2666 Hahaha they are twins. Or La Toya went into to the same plastic surgeon and was like, I want what my brother had. She dresses just like him too. Sometimes Janet looks like Michael too. The whole lot of them when to the same doctor I'm convinced.

[@nodiggity8497]

@@handsome-brute2666 I love that Michael cast her is Say Say Say as his love interest, really cute.

[@megannichole120]

She is very close to them and has been there through tough moments. In family photos she’s rarely far from them. I remember Paris saying years ago Latoya heard her play guitar and sing and she clapped and encouraged her. Paris said Latoya believed in her and look at Paris now.

[@dennispearson871]

Finally a thorough comprehensive and scholarly documentary on this most underated of all the Jackson's......

[@beatricehart5614]

When you don't deal with the trauma you just keep repeating the cycle.

[@lvlinda6]

My heart has always been 💔shattered💔 for this so amazingly talented family. I always loved LaToya as I felt she had so much talent, but was manipulated by those around her. She was never allowed to shine. She had a very creative spirit, but was always kept in a stifling box. 🤟🏼💖🎶

[@terrenceperkins5282]

Yea rite what talent. The talent mj 1. 2 Janet. Every 1 pick a # u reached

[@Shamonwhitehurst252]

@@terrenceperkins5282 I love La Toya way more than Janet.

[@terrenceperkins5282]

@@Shamonwhitehurst252 I don't c how Latoya is a lie no talent broke do bootleg show she think her career is on Janet level .

[@Material_Girl_Yella_Beezy]

Omg! Thank you so much for this... I feel like I understand her, so much better now. I was just a kid when all of this happened, but I remember so much of it, and how she was painted out to be. Being a victim changes a person. Most often, it causes a person to forget who they are themselves, and doing things that they could never had imagined they were capable of. I wish them all many blessings, and undisturbed Peace!❤️❤️❤️

[@pedroferreira4695]

I can see how much MJ was inspired by La Toya , he loovked, talked like her

[@Ndlela-Yami]

Latoya's betrayal of Michael is still so shocking and painful

[@jiesmith2392]

If she didn’t betray Michael she or Michael would have been killed since Jack was apart of the mafia

[@cmaden78]

Yup one could almost say she did it because she loved him sooo much she felt it could be safer for him

[@RocStarr913]

She was abused by her Svengali who basically kept her a virtual prisoner.

[@anthonygordon9483]

@@RocStarr913 Joe Jackson is a ass. No question. But if you ask black ol heads. They would call it a neccesary evil. The Jackson 5 broke walls for racism band barriers. I would never do this to my kids but damn it worked out in all his kids favors. Fuck a college education. He turned the family into a dynasty.

[@koobie83]

It's so sad that most of them had self esteem issues that they would alter their appearances so dramatically. Well done Joe.

[@kirbimulmore3462]

Good documentary; her book really fills in even more gaps in her story.

[@loveyu2778]

30 years old and you cant move out of the house..that says alot..

[@egwthe1]

As a JW you stay home until you are married.

[@privatename4786]

@@egwthe1nly Katherine and Rebbie were jw. Also what you say is incorrect.

[@RocStarr913]

@@privatename4786La Toya was also one. Rebbie got married early on, so she didn’t have to stay.

[@michaeljoseph3475]

So beautiful , so troubled, so misunderstood...

[@terrenceperkins5282]

Beautiful is ..miss understood how ?

[@daydreamer9888]

@@terrenceperkins5282 misunderstood because people thought she was a crazy liar when actually she was telling the truth and suffered severe abuse

[@leannesmith5818]

You could say that about michael as well

[@pancakeyface]

​@@daydreamer9888she lied about mj

[@maverickbull1909]

she looks like an alien ghoul

[@skillsfromneworleans]

...."Hold her back a grade because she didn't speak up".....horrible

[@SinaLaJuanaLewis]

Proof that upbringing can make or break a person's future 😢

[@bluesugar58]

I'd love to see a movie based on LaToya's life. She has overcome so much adversity.

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Your about the only one🤣🤣

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

​@tiffanycurtis4794 wrong.

[@RocStarr913]

She’s doesn’t have enough of a following for that. If such a project was to ever happen, it would most likely be produced by a black-targeted cable channel, most likely TV One.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Yes that would on pt

[@MonicaGriego22]

It's not about a following. It's just something the people want. It's not all about Michael Jackson. Latoya is important too.

[@sanchez73day36]

Latoya was a beautiful child and young woman . Don't know why she felt the need to change herself with plastic surgery.

[@100lamadrina8]

I did hear that Joe J would always make fun of their noses. Like tattoos plastic surgery is addicting

[@korancebland]

I couldn’t agree with you more.

[@Dpurple28]

Low self esteem her father would abuse them in every way possible 💔 !!! Joe was a horrible man and his kids paid the price. I hope Latoya is finally happy 😊 ❣️

[@sharonswift8668]

He had the SAME nose.

[@sanchez73day36]

@@sharonswift8668 nothing was wrong with her original nose 👃

[@Freerangewords]

Even with all the surgeries, toya, Michael and Janet look very much a like

[@CJ-rd9oj]

She is a strong beautiful woman and I’m so happy that she got away and made it back to her family. She’s an inspiration…I honestly never knew anything about her until watching this today. All of her pain and suffering made her into the amazing strong woman we see today 🥰❤️🥰

[@liurodriguez5964]

To hear all of this is insane. I believe she had such a poor self esteem that she allowed herself to continue in the same drama even outside home! I can't comprehend why she didn't ask for some help from her brother Michael move away and go to University as she always wanted. Sad world that we live in.

[@meccahdawn]

Latoya was gorgeous. I wish she hadn't felt the need to alter her appearance. Janet and Michael too.

[@slimdude2011]

Janet Jackson didn't have any plastic surgery because, she still has her natural beauty. Janet is only 56 years old. Whoever has said or has written that she had plastic surgery, that's a bold-faced lie and besides, I don't think she will go through those extreme measures to have cosmetic surgery to maintain her looks because, she's not that vain! Her looks may have changed slightly over the years, and that's because she's getting older, like all people do. It's called nature. No one expect Janet Jackson to look like she did when she was in her 20s or 30s. For a 56-year-old woman, Janet Jackson looks great, and she DIDN'T have any plastic surgery. In general, plastic surgery doesn't benefit anybody because, the person is still going to age, whether if they have plastic surgery or not. A person can have all the plastic surgeries in the world, and they're still going to get old and unfortunately pass away. Nobody can't stop nature from taking its course, no matter what you do.

[@100lamadrina8]

@@slimdude2011 Janet had plastic surgery. Look at photos as a child and now. The nose is completely different.

[@Aquaboogie68]

​@@100lamadrina8Agreed! Her nostrils weren't triangular!

[@shellibess6185]

I believe Joseph Sr was SA towards her. To have ahold of her like that and didn't do nothing for her Career, Just wanted her near. Naww, something ain't clean in the wash.

[@egwthe1]

I bet the mother knew .

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

​@@egwthe1of course she knew and she is a weak woman

[@mystar3869]

Kudos to Latoia Jackson, she deserves to be happy. Hope she is finally living her life! So glad they resolved and got back together before MJ mysterious death. Never let this evil industry break up your family.

[@priscamolotsi]

Poor poor LaToya. Until I watched this documentary, I thoroughly disliked her and thought she was just a jealous sibling causing trouble. Now I see she was controlled by this monster of a husband. If she hadn’t hooked up with him, she would have made it.

[@egwthe1]

Controlled by her father sexually and physically. Than her husband the same.

[@spectraamunari9059]

She went from one demon to another. Sadly, Joe messed with Rebe and LaToya in ways a father never should. He broke Catherine as well. So sad.

[@equalityforall4175]

Michael and Latoya were beautiful the way they were. No need for plastic surgery.

[@lisamccray9079]

They were nice looking to bad they got plastic surgery which they did not need

[@marciagomes9953]

Seu nariz deve ser bem proporcional.

[@MarcoDL615]

What brought me tears was one of her interviews when she asked how did his talk with MJ, when she was very sorry to him she said that Michael responded “La Toya you don't have to say anything, I know you and I love you”. That hit me! I mean La Toya was part of the heartache of Michael even ruining his brother's image! Michael forgave her. His dad who beat and bullied him, and MJ forgave him! That's the difference between La Toya & MJ! Michael forgave him. La Toya became rebellious that's why she went even more worst! But I'm happy that they are all reunited!

[@SpScarletSpider]

LaToya did learn to forgive her parents, but she had to have a tougher road to take to get to that point. MJ on the other hand, had a level of wisdom and self-awareness that others would envy. He even forgave the kids that accused him, knowing that the parents were the ones acting selfish and were trying to extort him for money.

[@annnee6818]

Forgiveness isn't right for everyone every time. This family is such a tragedy, all stems from one malignant narcissist and his enabling helpless wife.

[@alvinjohnson2402]

She would have done better as an actress than a singer.

[@LMCSM]

Didn't she betray Michael by accussing him of the most heinous crime though? If that's true, I don't feel any pity for her. No matter what your childhood or problems are, throwing your own brother under the bus knowing what it would do to him is unforgivable

[@Ndlela-Yami]

She did. Betrayed her once closest sibling for money. After some years she recanted the claims but the damage was done. I find it unforgivable still

[@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen]

I’m so very glad that LaToya was able to free herself from her horrible ex husband and especially mend fences with Michael before his untimely passing. Redemption is so very important! 💗💗💗

[@terrenceperkins5282]

Oh please anybody can see from day 1 he wasn't no gd Latoya was always jealous she couldn't attention with her talent she try another way stop bs . Latoya been divorce over 20 years why she didn't are a hit record not no overseas or a good movie

[@amanituelle]

@@terrenceperkins5282oh shut up you’re all over the comments spreading nothing but nonsense and negativity.

[@terrenceperkins5282]

@@amanituelle it's a fact .. she a lie can't sing or dance if her name wasn't Jackson u would never her from her

[@talktosummerofficial]

Incredibly well done, impeccable narration and great research!! Subscribed and notifications 🔛

[@thedetail.]

Thank you!

[@ThePlaylistBaddie]

Michael, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Randy shouldve been in music. Janet should’ve been in music or law. A lot of people don’t know that what Joe did to LaToya’s music career he was slowly doing to Janet too but Janet said no after the first album and found Terry and Jim. LaToya should’ve been in law or modeling. Jackie should’ve been a baseball player. And Rebbie should’ve been left alone. Joseph didn’t think this plan all the way through.

[@jomama5186]

I wish they would have left their noses alone! They were beautiful just the way they were! They had pretty noses, and chiseled them away to nothing. And shame on the plastic surgeons who did that to them too !

[@laraoneal7284]

The blacksheep is the Scapegoat in the family and the one who tells the truth.

[@sharonswift8668]

Middle child myself. So so true.

[@mystar3869]

Great story 👏 I'd love to hear more about Rebbie Jackson.

[@babiijean11]

I think hers may be just as unfortunate as Michael's. Being the oldest female among so many siblings, I bet she caught. real hell!! Joe, sexually abused her. I seriously think he sexually abused ALL the weaker siblings, including Michael.

[@arianhopkins5979]

Was not interested in the business, got married and moved on with her life.

[@arianhopkins5979]

None of you know that Joe Jackson sexually abused any of his children and you need to be careful about spreading unsubstantiated allegations. His children were better off than many others and he worked hard for his family.

[@edmondhodge2382]

REBBIE has the best voice amongst the 3 sisters. I just wish she'd give us more than the4 cds she gave us!

[@RocStarr913]

Michael gave her opportunities at times in the 1990’s through his record label.

[@dragonflytempb8395]

I’d think having an attorney in the family would be beneficial

[@kevinfromsales9445]

Awesome documentary 👏

[@msluba]

I always thought La Toya Was the best looking and extremely naturally best looking and the only one that truly had a good heart and was a great person

[@artisticalex1206]

I didn’t know how to feel about La Toya at first, I thought she was super weird as hell, but knowing her whole story now, I feel genuinely bad for her.

[@GreenBananaz]

Katherine looks incredible for 92 years old I have to say

[@arianhopkins5979]

She wasn't that abused by her husband. They stayed together and raised their children.

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

​@@arianhopkins5979you're more than likely abusive yourself

[@martalisowskaa8457]

Joseph destroyed them all I could never understand why Katherine didn't get divorced if my husband beat our children it would be the end of the marriage plus a restraining order

[@jennym7465]

Jesus christ.. Sometimes I'm really stunned by how ignorant American people are of history. You have to stop judging situations based upon the current belief system, laws and political climate. The 50/60s were a radically different time especially for us black people and it really stuns me that people don't understand that. Women, even white women, couldn't even get a BANK ACCOUNT separate from their husbands, their husbands could make medical decisions for them, it wasn't even against the law to rape your wife back then and a restraining order? Are you kidding? They didn't even arrest men for domestic violence back then viewing it as a "private issue", they would've laughed her out of the police station if she came in saying her husband was "beating her kids to discipline them" because THAT'S how they believed you disciplined children then. AND Katharine is a black woman ON TOP OF THAT. Segregation didn't even end until 1964!!!! And fyi, since you seem pretty ignorant of history, ending segregation didn't end the racism that was ravaging America, it actually made it worse for several years. It wasn't until well into the 70s it finally calmed down. So do you actually believe a black woman would've called the white police to her home on her black husband? And still be accepted in her neighborhood? Smh, it's pretty sad that you're a full grown adult and who doesn't understand any of this. AND you're a white woman judging the decisions a black women made in a radically different time period that you could never understand.

[@martalisowskaa8457]

@@jennym7465 you should stop telling others what to think katharine had a big family her sons were making money in jackson5 they would help the mother there was no logical reason why she was with him in her situation being a mother of kids who were already earning millions she could walk away from a psychopath and i'm not from America I come from Poland in my country this guy would be banned from approaching minor children and he would have to pay for all these children to provide them with education, doctors, extracurricular activities, and a psychiatrist because of the traumas he caused

[@ThePlaylistBaddie]

@@martalisowskaa8457Poland sounds good

[@MonicaGriego22]

It's all about reputation and the secrets of the Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall. My mother in law defended my ex husband sexually abusing his brother whenever they were teenagers and she used Jehovah's Witnesses to protect her family from being destroyed by CPS. That's why now my ex husband has our daughters and sexually abused them and is getting help from CPS. No matter how much I have exposed or who I've called for help,no one cares. That's why my youngest daughter is looking for me and my boyfriend David for us to help her.

[@GreenBananaz]

It’s a crying shame so many if not all of them went on to have surgery. I think the abuse was so deep rooted. The older brothers should have stood up to Joe.

[@Half_LifeKitty]

They were under his thrall, too.

[@shawnleider]

He was there livelihood and father and had complete control over everything. Risking standing up to Joe woulda been risking working a 9-5

[@dinahcharles6030]

No a beat down

[@RocStarr913]

That’s easier said than done. If you’ve ever see the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream, Papa Joe was a very intimidating and aggressive figure. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs did such a good job capturing what Papa Joe must have been like. I don’t blame the family for being unable to really stand up to him.

[@decnijfkris3706]

The Jackson family was very complicated and there were a lot of scars. I find that after what all happened that mom Jackson merits much credit to keep that family together. things have happened there. And dad Jackson had beside loose hands a lot of ventures. At the other side of the world we all know what La Toya, Germaine and Janet did. But the immense succes of Michael has overshadowed that to some extend; Many things can still be made good. And how does that go in big families. At a certain point whatever the reason may be there is drama with the kids.

[@annnee6818]

Joe was a malignant narcissist and Katherine was either helpless or enabling. They produced extremely traumatised offspring, successful as they might have been. If anyone did this to circus animals there'd be an uproar, but with kids it's ok since they "became so successful" it was all worth it. Junk values are kfc for the soul.

[@Predictable1]

​@@annnee6818 Exactly. Joe made sure those kids grew up a dysfunctional mess full of trauma. It's not that complicated to understand, it's textbook abuse and its consequences, he was a horrible person and parent, highly narcissistic, and Katherine was an enabler of that abuse, as "sweet" as she might have been, it does not excuse her inaction when it came to protecting her own children.

[@sqrd3536]

Latoya was such a natural beauty. Pursuing her dreams would gave given her more sucess and a rounded family life. It's hard when parents live their dreams through their children.

[@jcasti6923]

Honestly sad how those two gross men in her life had so much control. If you're paying attention...she literally gives inner secrets of the industry. Every gimmick a celeb goes through just to stay relevant. Makes you think of all those celebs you think are successful publicly...but in the boardroom not so much... gimmick, after gimmick until one sticks. And also the way she stated she recorded her album in an hour...really makes you think about all those genius rappers...was it just to add a legendary status to the album. So I can see why others wanted her to stop...she used up every gimmicky way artists create clout for themselves...exposing all their exploitive fake ways to stardom.