Michael Jackson’s mom ‘rocked to her core’ by his daughter’s heroin confession & sees tragic similarities in drug battle

TROUBLED exemplary and popular prima Paris Jackson shocked her grandma Katherine implicit her admittance that she was hooked connected heroin earlier this year, according to sources.

Katherine, 94, knew that her lad Michael's lone daughter had "endured immoderate pugnacious times" but was reportedly "rocked to her core" erstwhile she learned Paris, 26, was battling a heroin addiction.

One household insider revealed that Katherine was “totally unaware” that her granddaughter was dealing with intoxicant and heroin addictions up until 2019.

Katherine had been Paris' guardian aft her son's untimely decease successful 2009, until resigning successful 2017.

But Paris “hid the extent of cause addictions” from adjacent family.

A 2nd household subordinate and sibling of the King of Pop, who refused to spell nationalist astir their niece, told The U.S. Sun that they saw parallels betwixt Michael and his girl erstwhile it came to "addiction issues."

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The sibling, who enjoyed their ain solo career, revealed, "Michael spent overmuch of his beingness aft 1984 battling addictions to everything from painkillers to medicine drugs to narcotics.

"Paris has to woody with those demons. It is utterly heartbreaking.

"Her aunts and uncles were acrophobic astir what benignant of beingness she was leading, but the world was that no-one could get adjacent to her.

“Just similar Michael - an involution was conscionable not possible. She had her ain friends, places to flight and wealth to fell distant and pb this life.

"Everyone suspected thing was incorrect - isolated from Katherine - but thing could beryllium done."

The agelong word household person revealed however Katherine, who has been wheelchair bound for the past six years, was “devastated erstwhile she heard the quality done her children astir Paris’ heroin use."

The insider told The U.S. Sun, "Katherine was utterly devastated astatine her granddaughter’s admittance connected societal media.

"She genuinely had nary idea. Paris did not stock that quality with her grandmother, astir apt due to the fact that it would person tipped her implicit the edge.

“Katherine knew that Michael’s beingness was impacted by addictions, but ever prayed that these issues were simply missteps successful the way of beingness alternatively than agelong word problems.

"Now she has felt that determination are wide parallels betwixt Paris and her daddy.

"Obviously the conception that Paris has been cleanable for truthful agelong pleases her.

"But astatine the aforesaid clip she knows that her psyche inactive remains destroyed that Michael ne'er managed to shingle his addictions and reliance connected drugs."

Michael Jackson battled years of addiction to painkillers and prescriptions aft suffering devastating burns connected his scalp erstwhile his hairsbreadth went up successful flames successful an mishap during a 1984 Pepsi commercial.

The iconic popular vocalist relied connected pills, injectables similar Demerol and adjacent anesthesia drugs specified arsenic Propofol to “numb his pain."

However, helium hid those drugs from his household - and particularly his beloved mother.

Michael died astatine property 50 from a Propofol overdose astatine his Holmby Hills mansion successful June 2009, days earlier his planned UK comeback.

The household insider added, “Katherine is arguably inactive successful denial astir Michael’s decease inactive to this day.

"She cannot fathom that her beloved lad would ever beryllium truthful addicted to specified utmost drugs.

"Now Paris has dealt with her ain demons, Katherine is successful shock….while her different kids fearfulness that the resemblances betwixt begetter and girl could beryllium problematic successful the agelong term."

Representatives of Katherine and Paris Jackson did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

PARIS' MILESTONE

Paris shared a heart-filled video connected Instagram successful aboriginal January, celebrating her 5th twelvemonth of sobriety.

"Hi, I'm pk and I'm an alcoholic and a heroin addict," Paris wrote.

"Today marks 5 years cleanable & sober from each drugs and alcohol. To accidental that I’m thankful would beryllium a mediocre euphemism.

"Gratitude hardly scratches the surface. It’s due to the fact that I’m sober that I get to grin today. I get to marque music. I get to acquisition the joyousness of loving my dogs and cat."

Paris continued, "I get to consciousness heartbreak successful each it’s glory. I get to grieve. I get to laugh. I get to dance. I get to trust. I consciousness the prima connected my tegument and it’s warm.

"I’ve recovered that beingness keeps happening careless of whether I’m sober oregon not, but contiguous I get to amusement up for it."

The Instagram reel featured videos of Paris passim the years, archetypal showing her smoking, drinking Jameson consecutive from the bottle, and successful affectional states.

"Here’s a small snapshot of what has been imaginable due to the fact that of my sobriety, and my deity I can’t judge I astir missed it all," the popular prima closed off.

The video montage past cuts to Paris' healing process arsenic she shares pictures of the betterment chips and coins she received done the years.

While sober, a vibrant Paris is pictured dancing successful nationalist with friends, making music, and spending clip with her dogs and intimate moments she shared with her fiancé, euphony shaper Justin Long.