Posted AT 6:24 PM EDT on 19/06/05
Janet Jackson comments publicly about brother's trial
Beverly Hills — Janet Jackson was in no mood for jokes when she got a cheeky introduction from actor Alan Cumming as she received a humanitarian award from a gay rights group.
After Cumming joked that she was never one for controversy, Jackson apologized for her own lack of humour in her first public appearance since brother Michael Jackson's acquittal on child molestation charges.
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