She is doing much better
The 15 year-old is being treated in a secluded residential facility which specializes in helping troubled teenagers after she was rushed to hospital earlier this year having cut her wrists and swallowed a large amount of painkillers.
In a new interview, Michael Jackson's mother Katherine said Paris is ‘in a good place, getting the help she needs.’
‘She is doing much better.’
She's my baby. It's hard for me, really hard
She continued: ‘The treatment is going good, really good. She's my baby. It's hard for me, really hard. All I wanted these kids to be is happy. The night Michael died Paris was crying and said “I want to go and see Daddy, I don't want to be without him”.’
The 83-year-old - who shares legal guardianship of Paris and her brothers, Prince, 16, and Blanket, 11, with her grandson TJ – said her although her son was ‘a very good father,’ her parenting style differs from his.
Referring to the masks famously worn by the children, Mrs Jackson said: ‘They were sheltered a lot when Michael raised them.
‘I had thought about it and I said “I am not going to raise them like that.” But Michael had a good reason. He was trying to protect them.’
But Paris’ guardian admitted she does not understand the culture of social media her grandchildren have grown up with.
She said: ‘It's a different generation, of course, and I don't understand the whole social media thing. They are always on their phones.’
Just hours before Paris was taken to hospital following her suicide bid, she teenager had posted lyrics of the sorrowful Beatles’ song ‘Yesterday’ on Twitter.