Jaafar Jackson says late uncle Michael would be proud of biopic’s success

Actor Jaafar Jackson says he believes his late uncle, pop star Michael Jackson, would be proud of the success of the biopic Michael, in which he portrays the singer.

Actor Jaafar Jackson says he believes his late uncle, pop star Michael Jackson, would be proud of the success of the biopic Michael, in which he portrays the singer.

The film has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, becoming the first biopic to reach the milestone, according to reports.

Speaking on the Variety Awards Circuit podcast, Jaafar said he was emotional about the film’s achievement.

“I was pretty emotional,” he said. “I know how proud Michael would be of that, because he was someone who wanted to break many records.”

Jaafar, 30, is the son of Michael Jackson’s brother Jermaine Jackson.

During the interview, he also recalled how he first began to understand his family’s fame when he was about six years old. He said he watched the Jackson 5 perform with Michael at the singer’s 30th-anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in September 2001.

“I didn’t really realise who my family was until the age of six, when I went and saw them perform in New York for their 30th anniversary,” Jaafar said. “Just hearing the reaction of the fans screaming, I was kind of scared.”

“Because I didn’t really understand the level of what that was. Seeing someone react to another person like that,” he added.

He said the experience helped him realise that his family was “important in some way”.