Tito Jackson Speaks on Janet Jackson’s Health During Pregnancy

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Tito Jackson opens up to SiriusXM about his sister's health and advanced-age pregnancy: "She is...protecting her health.”

Toni Akindele Jun, 16, 2016

Not that it’s anyone’s business, but Janet Jackson is fifty, pregnant and thriving. Her brother, Tito Jackson tells SirusXM that she is doing “very well.”

“She’s taking it easy,” he said. “As you know, she is off tour, protecting her health.”

In May, Ms. Jackson broke the news on Facebook that she would be postponing her tour due to family planning, “We’re in the second leg of the tour and there has been a sudden change,” she announced.

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“I thought it was important that you be the first to know. My husband and I are planning our family, so I’m going to have to delay the tour.”

The fifty-year-old songstress is pregnant, carrying her first child, because it’s 2016 and women can do whatever they want.

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