Paris Jackson SLAMS Joseph Fiennes' ‘shameful portrayal’ of her late father Michael
MICHAEL JACKSON’S only daughter Paris has lashed out at Joseph Fiennes’ ‘shameful portrayal’ of her late father in the upcoming Urban Myths film.
Paris Jackson lashes out
First look at Joseph Fiennes as MJ in Urban Myths
The 18-year-old took to Twitter to slam the casting and said she is “incredibly offended” by the actor portraying the King of Pop.
Joseph plays Michael in the film when he apparently took a road trip with Elizabeth Taylor (played by Stockard Channing) and Marlon Bandon (Brian Cox ) out of New York to Ohio after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
After viewing the trailer to the movie - that will be aired on Sky Arts - Paris vented her anger on social media.
She said: “I’m so incredibly offended by it, as I’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit.
Paris Jackson has lashed out at Joseph Fiennes' 'shameful portrayal' of her father Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor pictured back in 2001
Paris Jackson is 'incredibly offended' with the casting of her late father in the film
I’m so incredibly offended by it and and it honestly makes me want to vomit
“It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting, not just towards my father, but my godmother liz as well.”
The youngster asked "where the respect" was for her late father and continued to share her disgust.
“Where is the respect? They worked through blood sweat and tears for ages to create such profound and remarkable legacies. shameful portrayal,” Paris wrote on social media."
Paris also added that her father “made a point of it plenty of times to express his pride in his roots”.
The daughter of the Thriller hitmaker ended her Tweets stating that this is simply the “society we live in”.
Paris Jackson vented her anger on Twitter
Paris ended her Tweets with a last message
Michael Jackson in 1982 during his iconic video Beat It
She sad: “This world can take a perfect man and they will create flaws to crucify him over. Disgusting society we live in, folks. disgusting.”
Her anger over the film comes after a petition to boycott the movie has reached more than 20,000 supporters.
Fans are up in arms that the actor had been "the first choice to play one of the world’s most iconic black musicians”.
The petition asked for people to boycott the film in protest to “show directors that audiences refuse to watch movies with whitewashed roles”.