Overview
- In a late-May 2026 podcast interview with Jack Osbourne, Paris Jackson candidly said active addiction led her to act in ways she called “really ugly” and that alcohol made her “a very vindictive person.”
- Jackson said self-harm and disordered eating began long before she used drugs or alcohol, and she described years of self-hatred that helped drive later substance use.
- She first sought treatment at age 17 and told interviewers she attended treatment several times both before and after beginning her recovery journey.
- Jackson marks multiple sobriety milestones publicly and says she has been sober for roughly six years while continuing one-on-one service work with others in recovery.
- As the daughter of Michael Jackson and a long-time public figure, her new remarks add to an ongoing public narrative about trauma, treatment and using personal recovery to support others seeking help.