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In the mid-80s, it was the rumor that could not be contained. Shortly after marrying fellow singer James DeBarge in 1984, a young Janet Jackson found herself at the center of some major gossip.

Somewhere along the way, a story came to light that Janet had gotten pregnant while starring on the hit show, Fame, and had a secret daughter tucked away no one knew about. Forty years later, Janet is still trying to shut down the story.

“Back in the day they were saying that I had a child and I kept it secret,” Janet said in an interview in her new documentary, Janet Jackson.

She explained the elaborate, wild conspiracy theories that have gone on, and are still talked about to this day: how her “secret baby” was raised by her sister, Rebbie, or possibly brother Jackie, pointing to her niece Brandy, (Rebbie’s daughter) and brother Randy‘s daughter Stevanna, because of how much they looked alike.  But Janet maintains she never had