No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.
LaToya JacksonMichael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.
LaToya JacksonThere's a lesson to be learned out of everything we go through in life. I recall when I left [Jack Gordon], and my mother was so upset. "How could you allow him to beat you? You should really be upset with him." And I said, "Mother, I can't be." She goes, "Why?" I said, "Because I can't harbor hatred in my heart." I was extremely religious and extremely naรฏve. God took me through that for a reason, for me to learn the outcome.
LaToya JacksonI'm urging all women, I ask them the first time men hit you, please walk away. There is help out there. There are a lot of places that you can go and get help. That's the first step to your freedom and to your life is to walk away.
LaToya JacksonWhen you do the first season, you're putting your life out there and you're kind of hesitant about it, and then by the time you get around to the second season, you don't care. It's like, "This is who I am - like it, accept it, or don't." There are so many misconceptions that now they can see who I am.
LaToya Jackson