Posted by Adam

Friday March 19, 2010

JANET Jackson has a tendency to pile on the pounds when she’s feeling down.

The Whoops Now hitmaker — who was left devastated by the June 2009 death of her brother, pop superstar Michael Jackson — admits she’s emotional eater.

“People always ask me about the weight loss and weight gain and how I got it off,” Janet, 43, said during an interview on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.

“Instead of writing a book about nutrition and how I got it off in times when I’ve really needed to, I decided to start from the beginning, start from my childhood.

“It’s not an autobiography, but there are events in my childhood that created issues that may have made it an issue for me, weight loss, weight gain and self-esteem.”

Janet — who recently split from longtime beau Jermaine Dupri also revealed how she managed to film teary scenes in her new flick Why Did I Get Married Too?

“You have to dig deep, but there was some stuff that was right there for me,” said Jackson, who plays psychologist having marital difficulties.

“Stuff that had just happened with my brother passing and also relationships. Experiencing exactly that. You just have to trust and give it up, just let go and be very, very open.”

Jackson recently revealed she wants to have kids.

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