Paris Jackson is outraged.
The 18-year-old actress, born of the late Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe, has taken to Twitter to express her anger at the decision to cast Joseph Fiennes, a white British man, as the chart-topping pop star in the upcoming TV movie ‘Urban Myths’.
Paris wrote: "I’m so incredibly offended by it, as I’m sure plenty of people are as well."
The movie depicts a fictional road trip Michael and Elizabeth Taylor –played by Stockard Channing- and Marlon Brando after flights were grounded in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Other famous characters also appear in the films, like Bod Dylan, Cary Grant or even Hitler…
But Paris is not happy with the way his father’s profile is approached, thinking even he’s purposely insulted.
She wrote: "It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting, not just towards my father, but my godmother liz as well (sic)"
Paris said the show is "shameful" and that it serves to undermine Michael’s legacy as a pop culture icon.
She said: "Where is the respect? They worked through blood sweat and tears for ages to create such profound and remarkable legacies. Shameful portrayal.
"He made a point of it plenty of times to express his pride in his roots. He would never have wanted this."
Paris’ disgust was echoed by her cousin Taj, the son of Michael’s brother Tito.
He also took to social media to bemoan a supposed lack of respect for Michael, who died in June 2009 at the age of 50.
Taj wrote on Twitter: "Unfortunately this is what my family has to deal with. No words could express the blatant disrespect."
However, in an interview conducted last year, Joseph defended the decision to cast him in the role.
He said: "I deal in imagination, so I don’t think imagination should have rules stamped on them."
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