--- title: Paris Jackson Magazine Cover Interview 2017 description: Paris Jackson says she was Michael Jackson's favorite child, citing that she was "perfect in my dad's eyes" as the sole girl in the family canonical: https://time.com/4702114/paris-jackson-interview/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-15T16:51:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:55.442Z og:title: Paris Jackson Says She Was Michael Jackson's Favorite Child og:description: "I was perfect in my dad's eyes" og:url: https://time.com/4702114/paris-jackson-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb62480da6b8477a1/6988be78196cf406c103f3cd/paris-jackson-michael-jackson-favorite-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Dior Homme : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Menswear F/W 2017-2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paris Jackson Says She Was Michael Jackson's Favorite Child twitter:description: "I was perfect in my dad's eyes" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb62480da6b8477a1/6988be78196cf406c103f3cd/paris-jackson-michael-jackson-favorite-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paris Jackson Says She Was Michael Jackson's Favorite Child > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images) PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 21: Paris Jackson attends the Dior Homme Menswear Fall/Winter 2017-2018 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 21, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images) Victor Boyko—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 15, 2017 4:51 PM UTC While it’s not always fun to play favorites, [Paris Jackson](http://time.com/4606751/macaulay-culkin-paris-jackson-pedicure/) knows that in her family she ranked pretty highly. In an interview with [_Harper’s Bazaar_](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a21302/paris-jackson-interview/), Jackson revealed that her father [Michael Jackson](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1907409,00.html) treated her like his favorite child due to the fact that she was the sole girl in their immediate family. “Growing up, I was treated as the favorite because I was the only girl,” she said. “I was the princess; I was perfect in my dad’s eyes.” Jackson later revealed that it isn’t always easy for her to talk about her late famous father. “All anyone wants to talk about is my father, and it makes me sad,” she said. Jackson most recently made headlines for when she voiced her offense at white actor Joseph Fiennes [portraying Michael Jackson in an episode of the British comedy series _Urban Myths_, which Sky canceled](http://time.com/4633055/michael-jackson-paris-jackson-joseph-fiennes/) “in light of the concerns expressed by Michael Jackson’s immediate family,” according to a [company spokesperson](http://variety.com/2017/tv/global/sky-urban-myths-joseph-fiennes-michael-jackson-1201959894/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4702114/paris-jackson-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4702114/paris-jackson-interview/"},"headline":"Paris Jackson Says She Was Michael Jackson's Favorite Child","datePublished":"2017-03-15T16:51:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:55.442Z","description":"\"I was perfect in my dad's eyes\"","url":"https://time.com/4702114/paris-jackson-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","michael jackson","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb62480da6b8477a1/6988be78196cf406c103f3cd/paris-jackson-michael-jackson-favorite-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb62480da6b8477a1/6988be78196cf406c103f3cd/paris-jackson-michael-jackson-favorite-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dior Homme : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Menswear F/W 2017-2018","caption":"Dior Homme : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Menswear F/W 2017-2018","creditText":"Victor Boyko—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4702114/paris-jackson-interview/","name":"Paris Jackson Says She Was Michael Jackson's Favorite Child"}}]}] ```