Paris Jackson is enjoying quality time with family.
The 27-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson reunited with her mom, Debbie Rowe, sharing rare and heartfelt photos that captured an intimate, low-key moment between the two.
One snapshot showed a bright-eyed Paris rocking a cozy patterned jacket with a teal-and-tan baseball cap with layered necklaces including a crystal piece, while her mom, 67, flashed a smile in her cream-colored long-sleeve shirt. Paris captioned the image “lately” with a red heart emoji.
Another portrait showed Rowe in a coordinating plaid flannel, beaming next to her daughter from inside a home.
After spending much of her childhood primarily under her father’s care, Paris has spoken openly about reconnecting with her mom. (Rowe gave up custody as part of her 1999 divorce from the music icon. Michael and Rowe got married in November 1996 and welcomed two children together prior to their split.)
Paris described her bond with Rowe — a nurse Michael met while she was working for his dermatologist — as “more of an adult relationship” during a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone, noting that grandmother Katherine Jackson and aunt Janet Jackson were both matriarchal figures growing up.
“When I was really, really young, my mom didn’t exist,” Paris recalled, noting she later realized “a man can’t birth a child” and asked her brother Prince Jackson, “We gotta have a mom, right?” (Michael also has a third child, Bigi Jackson, formerly known as Blanket, whose mother’s identity has never been made public.)
Paris ultimately spoke to Michael about it, “And he’s like, ‘Yeah.’ And I was like, ‘What’s her name?’ And he’s just like, ‘Debbie.’ And I was like, ‘OK, well, I know the name.’”
In recent years, Paris has carved out her own path in life and a unique sense of style with more than 50 tattoos, nine of which are tributes to her late father, who died in 2009 at age 50.
“Basically, as a person, she is who my dad is,” Prince, 29, said of Paris during the interview. “The only thing that’s different would be her age and her gender.”
As for their similarities, they’re alike “in all of her strengths, and almost all of her weaknesses as well,” he said. “She’s very passionate. She is very emotional to the point where she can let emotion cloud her judgment.”
Paris fondly recalled, “He will always be my father. He never wasn’t, and he never will not be. People that knew him really well say they see him in me, that it’s almost scary.”
During his funeral in July 2009, Paris gushed over the incredible parent he was while giving an inside look at their dynamic. “Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine,” she said. “And I just want to say that I love him so much.”
Now that she’s grown closer to her mother, their bond has strengthened. Paris notably showed support for Debbie when she battled cancer in 2016, praising her bravery via Instagram at the time, writing, “I’m a fighter because she’s a fighter. Love you mom.”
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