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Paris Jackson revealed she is marrying her boyfriend, music producer Justin Long, while sharing a series of sweet engagement snaps on Friday.
The singer and daughter of Michael Jackson, 26, has kept their relationship extremely private and only shared very small glimpses of the couple’s relationship over the years.
Aside from posting a few group clips with Justin, who also goes by the nickname Blue, her new fiancé has been completely absent from her social media, making the surprise engagement a shock to some fans.
Sharing an adorable photo of the proposal, she wrote in the caption: ‘Happy birthday my sweet blue.
‘Doing life with you these last few years has been an indescribable whirlwind and I couldn’t dream of anyone more perfect to do it all with. Thank you for letting me be yours. I love you.’.
But who is Justin Long? Here, MailOnline brings together everything you need to know about Paris Jackson’s bandmate turned partner…
Paris Jackson revealed she is marrying her boyfriend, music producer Justin Long, as she shared a series of sweet engagement snaps on Friday.
Sharing an adorable photo of the proposal, she wrote in the caption: “Happy birthday my sweet blue.”
Who is Paris Jackson’s fiancé, Justin Long?
Justin Long is a California producer, mixer and music engineer who has worked with Paris behind the scenes at her shows for years.
Justin’s LinkedIn profile says he has “over a decade of experience making music, from engineering and mixing songs that have hit #1 on iTunes in the US and 20 other countries, to performing live as part of a band signed to a major label. .’
He attended Grace College and Seminary in Indiana, before embarking on an artistic career and then moving into music.
Other artists he has worked with include 5 Seconds of Summer, Nickel Creek, HOLYCHILD, Grace Potter, The Wombats and Sleater Kinney.
Justin is also a businessman and has created an app called Dayly, which is a personal habit diary and tracker.
Justin Long is a California producer, mixer and music engineer who has worked with Paris behind the scenes at her shows for years.
Justin’s LinkedIn profile says he has “over a decade of experience making music.”
Paris shared a sweet photo of the couple on a ski vacation.
How long have Paris Jackson and Justin Long been together?
The pair are believed to have started dating in 2022, but were previously in a professional relationship.
Justin first appeared on Paris’s social media in a group video with his band two years ago, and has since appeared briefly in a few posts.
She uploaded a clip in which she is seen rehearsing with her bandmates Michael O’Grady, Nick Diiorio, Ryan Rice and Justin, although it is unknown if they were dating at the time.
At the time, Justin also posted the promotional poster for Paris’ appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
He wrote in the caption: “Fun today in New York making sound for @parisjacksonon@fallontonightwith/@michael__ogrady @nickdiioriomusic @whoisryanrice.”
In another post, Justin shared that he recorded Paris’ vocals for his song Blue Moon.
Although the singer only announced her engagement on Friday, Paris has been seen wearing her engagement ring already at Paris Fashion Week in September.
They were photographed together in Los Angeles in October, with a small dachshund puppy that Paris introduced to her followers earlier this year.
She uploaded a video in which she is seen rehearsing with her bandmates Michael O’Grady, Nick Diiorio, Ryan Rice and Justin.
Paris photographed on The Tonight Show in 2022 with her band
At the time, Justin also posted the promotional poster for Paris’ appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
In another post, Justin shared that he recorded Paris’ vocals for his song Blue Moon.
The pair are believed to have started dating in 2022, but were previously in a professional relationship.
Paris showed off her dazzling engagement ring in her snapshot gallery
While she didn’t specify when or where Justin popped the question, she was seen wearing the ring in September (pictured at Paris Fashion Week).
Who else has Paris Jackson dated?
Paris dated another bandmate, Gabriel Glenn, and when they broke up in 2021 after two years together, Paris described it as “the deepest heartbreak I’ve ever experienced.”
Speaking about the split, she shared on Red Table Talk: “It was the deepest I’ve ever loved anyone, it was the most intense I’ve felt yet and the most intense betrayal I’ve felt and experienced yet.”
“It’s definitely closed me off from that, I’m very careful who I spend time with now and I’m very cautious and trying to protect myself.” He did not give further details about the betrayal.
Paris also dated the likes of TOWIE star Tom Kilbey, performer Michael Snoddy and was linked to Cara Delevingne.
In 2020, the model opened up about her sexuality and said she mainly dated women.
While she insisted that when it comes to her romances, it’s more about how they are as people than ‘what’s in their pants,’ she confessed: ‘I never thought I’d end up with a guy.’
The model continued: ‘(I thought) I would end up marrying a girl. I have dated more women than men. I’ve been with more girls.
And Paris insists her father Michael Jackson “felt the energy” that she was gay.
Paris dated another bandmate, Gabriel Glenn, and when they broke up in 2021 after two years together, Paris described it as “the deepest heartbreak I’ve ever experienced.” Seen in 2019
Paris was 11 when Michael died and she and her brothers Prince, 24, and Blanket, 19, went to live with their 91-year-old grandmother, Katherine.
Paris’s mother is nurse Debbie Rowe in the 2019 photo
Speaking on her Facebook Watch show, Unfiltered: Paris Jackson and Gabriel Glenn, she added: “I think he was feeling the energy and making fun of me the same way he made fun of my brothers, like, ‘You have a girlfriend!’ if I were staring too hard at a woman’s magazine.
‘I’m very lucky to have that, especially being so young, eight or nine years old. Not many kids have that experience.’
‘The first time I told a family member, they didn’t believe me. (Prince) said he just wants to learn more about it, understand it better.’
“I’m lucky to have that too.”
However, not everyone was as sexually aware as Michael.
“The public only knows about three long-term relationships I’ve been in and they were with men.”
“The public doesn’t know about most of the relationships I’ve been in.”
“I say I’m gay because I assume I am, but I wouldn’t consider myself bisexual because I’ve dated more than just men and women, I’ve dated a man who had a vagina.”
‘It has nothing to do with what’s in your pants, it’s literally like, what are you like as a person?’
Paris admits that things changed after Michael’s death and she had to move in with her grandmother Katherine Jackson.
He said he felt he needed to hide who he really was to escape trial.
“Homosexuality in general is taboo in the black community,” the singer-songwriter said.
But she finally felt “at home” with her boyfriend and The Soundflowers bandmate Gabriel, whom she started dating in March 2019.
The couple admitted they fell “madly” in love immediately after meeting, with Paris adding that “within a week, I was living in his van.”
‘The only home I had before was my dad. “Now that I have Gabe, I’m very lucky,” Jackson said.