Paris Jackson denies involvement in Michael biopic

Paris Jackson on Tuesday pushed back against recent comments by actor Colman Domingo that she had been supportive and helpful to the production of Michael, the forthcoming biopic about her father, saying she had zero involvement beyond brief feedback on an early draft and that producers did not address her concerns. Domingo, who is set to play the Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson, made the remarks while attending a film industry benefit in Venice, saying he had chatted with Paris and that she and her brother Prince Jackson were supportive of the film.

Paris responded on her Instagram stories, writing that she had given notes on one of the first drafts but that production had declined to address what she described as dishonest elements. She wrote, in part, "I read one of the first drafts of the script and gave my notes about what was dishonest, didn't sit right with me, and when they didn't address it I moved on with my life." In a series of video posts she elaborated that she met Domingo only twice briefly and that, after being told her feedback would not be incorporated, she "butted out" and left the project. She also cautioned fans that the film panders to a segment of...