Paris Jackson has shared new details about the Debbie Rowe Paris Jackson meeting that first brought mother and daughter together when Paris was just 15. The singer and model, now 28, described an encounter that was surprisingly easy despite the unusual circumstances of her upbringing. She shared the story on the August 12 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. The memory has become a recurring topic in her public reflections on family.
According to Yahoo, Paris was raised primarily by her father, Michael Jackson, until his death in 2009. Afterward, her grandmother, Katherine Jackson, took over that role. Debbie Rowe, now 67, was largely absent from her day-to-day upbringing. That absence made their eventual introduction a significant moment. Paris recounted walking downstairs to find Rowe sitting in the living room with Katherine Jackson. "I remember coming downstairs and she was in the living room with my grandma," Paris said on the podcast. "I came in and I was just like, 'Hey, mom.'" Rowe responded with an equally low-key "hi," Paris recalled. The two then talked briefly before spending the rest of the day together.
What stood out in Paris's retelling, as reported by Yahoo, was the absence of tension many might expect. A first meeting between a teenager and a biological parent who had not raised her could easily have been awkward. Paris attributed part of the ease to shared personality traits. "She's a Sagittarius so she's got the fire, and I'm an Aries so I got the fire," Paris said, explaining the fast connection. "We're very similar."
Paris also credited her own mindset heading into the meeting. She said she understood "how expectations can f--k us up" as people. Because of that, she consciously avoided placing expectations on the introduction. "When I walk into something and I don't have expectations, it creates this really cool space for something organic to just blossom," she said. She added that entering relationships with preset expectations can breed disappointment or resentment.
Debbie Rowe is also the mother of Paris's brother, Prince Jackson, who is now 29. The biological mother of the youngest Jackson sibling, Bigi, known as Blanket, who is 24, has never been publicly identified, according to Yahoo's report.
This was not the first time Paris has spoken publicly about her relationship with Rowe. In a 2021 appearance on Red Table Talk, Paris described the ongoing bond in warm but understated terms. "It's cool," she said at the time, reflecting on getting to know her mother. She discovered common ground with Rowe, including a shared taste in music. Rowe "really likes country and folk," Paris noted. Paris also pointed out a physical resemblance between them, saying, "We look a lot alike." She summed up the relationship as being like a friendship rather than a conventional mother-daughter dynamic. She called it "very chill" and said that "chill" was "the perfect word to describe it."
The renewed attention to Paris's comments comes as the Jackson siblings have continued to make joint public appearances over the years. These appearances offer glimpses into how the three children have supported one another following their father's death. Yahoo's report traced a timeline of the siblings' appearances together. It began with Michael Jackson's July 2009 memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Paris, Prince and Bigi leaned on each other. The timeline extends to more recent events marking their father's legacy.
Among the more recent milestones, Prince announced his engagement to longtime partner Molly Schirmang in August 2025. Reflecting on their relationship, Prince wrote on Instagram that the couple had "spent a lot of time together and made incredible memories." He noted they had traveled together, graduated together, and grown alongside one another over eight years. He said he was "excited for this next chapter" as their relationship progressed.
The siblings have also come together publicly around projects tied to their father's music and memory. In March 2024, Paris joined Prince and Bigi at the opening night of MJ: The Musical. That same year, Bigi made his directorial and screenwriting debut with a short film titled Rochelles. The film won Best Drama at the Santa Monica Film Festival in February 2024, an occasion he celebrated alongside Prince and friends.
The family has also maintained a tradition of gathering for an annual Thriller Night celebration. Prince and Bigi appeared together at the event in both 2019 and 2022. In April 2026, Prince attended the premiere of a documentary titled Michael in Los Angeles. He was joined by his uncles Jackie, Marlon and Jermaine Jackson, aunt La Toya Jackson, and cousin Jaafar Jackson. Around the same time, Bigi attended a screening of the same film in Berlin alongside Prince and their uncles.
Prince has periodically used social media to honor his father's memory. This included a 2022 Instagram tribute marking what would have been Michael Jackson's 64th birthday. "Happy birthday to the greatest!" Prince wrote. In a separate post, he added that he missed his father "more and more" but loved him "more and more with each day."
For Paris, the Call Her Daddy appearance offered a chance to revisit more than just the mechanics of meeting her mother. It also let her revisit the emotional framework she has built around that relationship in the years since. Her comments suggest that the connection with Rowe, while unconventional in its origins, has settled into something familiar. She now describes it with consistent language across multiple interviews: easygoing, comfortable and free of the pressure that can come with traditional family expectations. Whether discussing astrology, musical taste or physical resemblance, Paris has repeatedly framed her bond with Rowe less as a reunion narrative and more as the discovery of an unexpected friendship. It all began with a casual "hey, mom" in her grandmother's living room, a moment that still anchors how Paris talks about the Debbie Rowe Paris Jackson meeting today.
