Washington
(ANI):
Singer
Janet
Jackson
has
revealed
that
her
dad
Joe
Jackson"s
much-publicised
abusive
ways
were
more
“old
school" than
cruel.
Stories
of
Joe"s
fathering
skills
emerged
when
his
son
late
Michael
Jackson
accused
him
of
beating
him
and
poking
fun
at
his
kids,
while
La
Toya
insisted
the
King
of
Pop
had
it
all
wrong,
suggesting
her
brother"s
stories
were
embellished.
Now,
Janet
has
waded
into
the
family
debate,
insisting
her
father
wasn"t
a
monster
-
but
he
wasn"t
a
traditional
dad.“I
think
it"s
old
school
and
that
may
extrapolate
into
being
abusive...
He"s
my
father
and
he"s
very
strong,
he"s
very
stubborn,
has
his
own
way
of
doing
things.
That"s
Joseph," Contactmusic
quoted
her
as
saying.
And
she
has
always
referred
to
her
father
by
his
first
name
-
after
he
corrected
her
once.
“I
remember
when
I
had
called
him
daddy
and
he
said,
'No,
you
call
me
Joseph,
I"m
Joseph
to
you."
I
never
said
it
again.
I
was
very
young,
younger
than
10...
I"ve
never
questioned
it,
it
is
what
it
is
and
I"ve
just
let
it
go,"
she
added.