The singer, who towed Jackson’s music career path, shared a video via her Instagram stories on Wednesday to wish her father a happy birthday.
According to her, the “Thriller” crooner did not like “anybody acknowledging his birthday” while he was alive. However, she decided to make a video wishing him a happy birthday because social media has become the primary way “people express their love and affection these days”.
“So today is my dad’s birthday, and back when he was alive, he used to hate anybody acknowledging his birthday, wishing him a ‘Happy Birthday’, celebrating it — nothing like that.
“He actually didn’t want us to even know when his birthday was, because he didn’t want us to throw a party, or anything like that,” Paris said in the video.
The model further revealed that she had received death threats from overzealous fans in previous years when she did not make posts celebrating the late King of Pop on his posthumous birthday.
“There have been times I don’t post anything for my dad’s birthday and people lose their f**king minds,” she continued. “They tell me to kill myself. And they’re basically measuring my love for my own father based on what I post on Instagram. So I made you guys a little video and I hope you enjoy it.”
During her Tuesday concert which was held in Colorado, Paris also acknowledged Jackson’s influence on her career.
She said, “It’s also my dad’s birthday, And he would have been 65 years old today, and he put 50 years of blood, sweat tears love, and passion into doing what he did so that I can stand up here on stage in front of you and scream into a microphone. So, I owe everything to him.”
She also encouraged superfans of Jackson to celebrate the legend by contributing their quota to humanitarian causes such as climate change, and environmental and animal rights activism, which he was passionate about.
Paris was 11 years old when her father passed on after suffering a cardiac arrest in June 2009. She was his only daughter whom he shared with his second wife, Debbie Rowe.
