DeBarge Says He Would’ve Accepted His Daughter If He Knew She Existed:
“It would have to be hidden from me if she wasn’t a part of my life all the time and I didn’t know anything about her,” he explained. “There’s no way it could not have been hidden. I didn’t know. Had I known, I would never have kept it a [secret]. I would have been very proud of her.”
On Why His Marriage to Janet Only Lasted One Year Back in 1984:
“Fear and lots of pressure. From every angle, from inside and outside… Not knowing how it could hurt her career. A lot of outside influences were involved in our whole relationship to where we didn’t have a chance from the gate.”
“They didn’t want us to have anything. There were times when I was jumped, physically, and attacked. It was dangerous to the point that I was afraid to go outside” – read more on NEXT PAGE.