STYLEJanet Jackson: "I'm Slim For Good"
April 23 2012, Published 1:00 p.m. ET
"It is the first time I feel I will be slim forever..." says an emotional Janet Jackson, who at 45, looks better than ever, thanks to signing on as the newest face of the Nutrisystem Success diet plan.
OK! NEWS: JANET JACKSON OFFICIALLY TURNS DOWN OFFER TO BE MENTOR ON THE X-FACTOR
But it is no surprise for those who know her to see her tears — they are related to years of struggling with her yo-yo-ing weight. "I have never felt comfortable with my body," she reveals. "Since I was young."
Staring at a fabulously trim Janet in her newly debuted commercials for Nutrisystem, journalist Daphne Barak flashes back to the first time she met her in person at her brother Michael's Neverland Ranch in July of 2003.
OK! GALLERY: JANET JACKSON AND JERMAINE DUPRI REUNITE IN MILAN
She was a very different person — I was surprised to come face-to-face with a rather big woman who extended her hand and said, "I am Janet. Pleased to meet you."
- Whoopi Goldberg Defends Janet Jackson After Singer Said Kamala Harris Isn't Black: 'A Little Grace for the Girl'
- 'Irrelevant' Janet Jackson Slammed for Spreading 'Irresponsible' Claim That Kamala Harris Is 'Not Black'
- Janet Jackson's 'Pants Split' Right in Front of Queen Elizabeth When She Was Performing 'Rhythm Nation': 'I Just Faced Forward'
Want OK! each day? Sign up here!
Later, her father, Joe, told me: "Janet...either she is very skinny or so big."
FOR MORE ON HOW JANET BEAT THE BULGE, PICK UP THE NEW ISSUE OF OK! IN STORES NOW
