Janet Jackson is opening up on the wonders of motherhood and the “beautiful impact” it has made on her. In an interview with The Guardian on Saturday, the 58-year-old revealed that she wanted to have three children but stopped after her son Eissa Al Mana, who is now 7 years old.
Janet Jackson reveals why she only had one kid despite wanting three
“The most important thing I’ve done, the biggest thing I’ve done, is become a mother, and it’s had a beautiful impact on my life,” the All For You singer told the outlet. Jackson welcomed Eissa in 2017 with her then-husband, Wissam Al Mana. However, the couple ended their five-year marriage just three months after their son’s birth.
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The Miss You So Much singer went on, “I wanted to have three children, but thought, ‘I should stop there, that’s probably all I can handle.’ Because you have to give all of yourself.” “Obviously, you have to work, but you don’t come first anymore. Your life completely changes. And I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” she added.
Back in 2019, Jackson opened up about raising her son without the help of a nanny. “It is hard being a working mother. I don’t have a nanny, I do it all myself. Of course, when I’m working someone watches him, but it’s my baby and me,” she told Daily Telegraph’s Stellar magazine at the time. She now co-parents Eissa, who lives in London with her ex-husband.
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When asked by The Guardian about the differences in her and Eissa’s childhoods, Jackson remarked that they were “completely different, because I worked and he doesn’t. And that’s it.” “I want him to experience being a child, because you don’t get to do this over. You’re an adult for the rest of your life, so I want him to enjoy each and every minute of being a child,” she explained.
