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Janet Doesn't Wanna Rock Right Now

Posted Tue Oct 7, 2008 11:19am PDT by Billy Johnson, Jr. in Hip-Hop Media Training

Janet Jackson has canceled a half a dozen dates on her Rock With U tour because she is battling an illness.

Five minutes before show opener LL Cool J was scheduled to hit the stage at their September 29 date in Montreal, Canada, Janet called off the concert. She was rushed to a local hospital for treatment. She was released two hours later.

Next, she postponed dates in Boston, Philadelphia, Greensboro, Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale.

The statements released by her extremely credible and respected publicist simply note that the megastar has been treated and is recovering. But the explanations do not offer details and the media have began describing the entertainer's bout as a mystery illness.

A person's health is his or her personal business, but what's the big deal about Janet giving her thousands of fans who purchased concert tickets some insight to what's happening?

The elusiveness has prompted some to speculate that Janet is having a tough time dealing with subpar ticket sales. Our esteemed Dave DiMartino coined the diagnosis Extremis Minimus Ticketsalus in her honor and is awaiting inclusion in the next printing of Webster's New World Medicine Dictionary.

Something isn't right.

Is her illness something of the embarrassing nature?

Is she stressed out? She's had a rough year. Discipline was her first album with Island Def Jam and it failed to reach the heights Janet anticipated. It was reported last month that an unhappy Janet exited her recording deal with IDJ and was planning to release a new album through iTunes.

Why has LL Cool J been so quiet? It was a big deal for him to join Janet on this tour and to promote Exit 13, his final album on Def Jam. But no tour for Janet means no tour for Cool J, and he has not said anything regarding the matter.

I think there is a cover up and it's not looking good. People are still upset with Janet for the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction. I'm sure she does not want a similar backlash.

So Janet if you are sick, you need to speak up. I mean, Natalie Cole is in and out of the hospital battling Hepatitis C and people are extending her well wishes. It's hard to get true support when you are being so vague.

VIDEO BLOG: Janet recorded this video blog after the opening night in Vancouver. Actually, she doesn't look or sound too good.

Janet's first night on tour, narrated by boyfriend Jermaine Dupri.

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1152 Comments

81. pal -
How old is she now? I would think she's getting too old to be pregnant.

82. Bud -
Gee! Janet Jackson? Is that Jesse's sister? Hmm, never heard of her before. And, then ask me if I give a f...!

83. KateM -
Who gives a flying fandango?

84. jduanel -
i bet she did the nasty and got caught if you know what I mean

85. rictheobscene -
Janet is a class act. She's earned the benefit of the doubt.

86. Monica C -
pregnant!

87. Nina -
Janet needs to get rid of the dead weight of JD! He has been a jinks to her career since they got together! we all have something that take away our magic and he is hers! I wish her a successful return.

88. Dominique -
I think she's pregnant..hopefully she is..i mean she's pushin 45 and LORD knows her biological clock is tickin away........UP!!!!..there goes another 3 seconds of another beautifuly unused womb..lol.

89. MIKEYS ADVENTURES -
IT WILL BE OK........

90. No Brain No Headache -
Maybe she looked in the mirror and saw that yellow outfit pulled out of the 80's wardrobe closet.
Congrats if she is pregnant with her second child.

91. George -
Leave her alone.... she's an icon! Maybe she is frustrated by the lack of sales, and doesn't want to perform to a half-empty house. Maybe she has to pay the difference if her show costs don't equal the gross.... She's smart. It's business. SOMEBODY GIVE HER SOME SINGLES!!!!! She needs MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

92. kwame -
y do pple always have to b mean and put out so much negative energy against other people, remember u always reap wht u sow,
so it pays to wish other pple well. Janet whatever b the case, hope things wrk out fine, God bless

93. Eric B -
who thought she still had a career

94. JEFFW -
Bet she is just washed up.

95. Melissa -
billandkarencook - maybe you should learn how to spell "loser" (looser)before you go around trashing people!
I hope she is preggo!!

96. P Diddle -
she has ImWidFrodoSitus

97. kaitlyn -
Maybe she's pregnant.......Maybe she's got vertigo.......WTF people?!!! Maybe she's just TIRED!! you know it could happen. OR BETTER YET... she's finally gone cucu just like Michael. OR she's going to come back WHITE!!

98. Jessa -
she's getting publicity NOW so low ticket sales Lets see now everyone is talking about her & her name is back out there & when she puls herself back on the stage for "her people" that have waited there will be more due to the TALK THAT IS GOING ON NOW Get it... It genious!!!!!!!!!!OMG

99. Lesson Learned -
Get over it. As long as you are refunded for the tickets then you have no reason to complain. You purchased a ticket to a concert, not a share in her private life. She doesn't owe anyone an explanation or a squirt of piss.

100. cherry lynn -
JANET JACKSON NOT PREGNANT, I FILL THE BACKOUT OF THESE CONCERS,COULD BE DUE TO AXNIETY.......THE REPORTS THAT I HAVE READ IS STATEING THAT SHE HAS A TEENAGE DAUGHTER THAT WAS GIVEN UP FOR ADOPTION THAT IS WHAT I READ...BUT NOT PREGNANT...SHE IS WORE OUT FROM ALL OF THESE CONCERTS AND NEEDS A BREAK FOR A WHILE...I DON'T BLAME HER SHE HAS BEEN GIVEING CONCERTS FOR ALL HER LIFE AND SHE DESERVES TO BE LEFT ALONE AND GET SOME REST..THE MEDIA IS JUST WANTING TO BOOST THEIR RATTINGS UP BY SPREADING ROUMORS AND LIES.......SO LET THE GIRL REST AND GET MUCH NEEDED TIME ALONE WITH HER FAMILY AND HUSBAND..
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