Key Takeaways

• Paris Jackson clarified her lack of involvement in the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic.
• She expressed her concerns about the script being “dishonest” and distanced herself from the project.
• Jackson encouraged fans to enjoy the movie despite her reservations.
• The film is currently set for release in April 2026 after multiple delays.

Paris Jackson is speaking up after Colman Domingo reportedly indicated that she was in support of an upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, from which she clarified she actually distanced herself after finding the script to be “dishonest.”

In a series of Tuesday (Sept. 2) posts on her Instagram Story, the singer-songwriter tagged the Euphoria actor and wrote, “Don’t be telling people I was ‘helpful’ on the set of a movie I had 0% involvement in lol that is so weird.”

“I read one of the first drafts of the script and gave my notes about what was dishonest / didn’t sit right with me,” she continued. “When they didn’t address it I moved on with my life. Not my monkey not my circus.”

Billboard has reached out to Domingo’s reps for comment.

The posts come in response to the Four Seasons star telling People that Paris had been “helpful” in the making of the biopic about her famous father, adding that she and her brother, Prince Jackson, were “very much in support of our film.” The publication has since updated the story to remove Domingo’s claim about Paris being “helpful.” Domingo is set to play Michael’s father and former manager Joe Jackson in the upcoming film.

In follow-up videos on her Story, the actress shared more about her feelings surrounding the project, as well as biopics in general. “It’s Hollywood. It’s fantasyland. It’s not real,” she told followers. “But it’s sold to you as real.”

“The narrative is being controlled,” she continued. “And there’s a lot of inaccuracy and there’s a lot of just full-blown lies. At the end of the day, that doesn’t really fly with me. I don’t really like dishonesty. I spoke up, I wasn’t heard, I f–ked off.”

That said, Paris emphasized that fans of her dad should feel free to enjoy the movie once it comes out. “Y’all are gonna like the f–king movie,” she added. “So just go watch it, go enjoy it, do whatever. Leave me out of it.”

As of now, Antoine Fuqua’s Michael is expected to hit theaters in April 2026, though the film has been subject to multiple delays. In November 2024, it was pushed back six months for a scheduled release in late 2025, after which it was once again moved to a later date.

According to reports, the delays were due to extensive reshoots necessitated by a decades-old legal agreement that barred any dramatic portrayal of the family of Jordan Chandler, who in the 1990s accused the King of Pop of molesting him when he was a pre-teen. Michael, who died in 2009, was never convicted or held legally liable on any accusation of child molestation, and his estate has always vehemently denied all such claims.