Goofy video embarrasses Janet Jackson
Mood:  blue
Topic: Main News
By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC

Updated: 2:46 a.m. ET Oct. 26, 2005

Why are people out there trying to hurt me? That’s what Janet Jackson is asking after a couple of particularly embarrassing recent revelations about the pop star.

Jackson’s lawyers have been working overtime to purge the Internet of a video that appears to be the singer sunbathing nearly nude, rubbing tanning oil on her body, and playing a little tune on her buttocks bongo-drum style.

Several Web sites have removed the footage, apparently after being contacted by Jackson’s reps. The effort comes as news hit the press of a report from a former in-law that seems to confirm something Janet Jackson fans have long whispered: that she secretly has a teenage daughter.

“I believe that she’s particularly unhappy about this video because she’s not in great shape,” says a source. “She doesn’t look that attractive. It’s not the six-pack abs Janet that we see in her videos.”

Calls to Jackson’s spokeswoman were not returned.