Janet Jackson's brother has revealed the singer is carrying her baby.
Tito Jackson confirmed that the 50-year-old songstress, who announced in April that she's starting a family with husband Wissam Al Mana, is not using a surrogate.
'She’s doing very well. She’s taking it easy,' the 62-year-old Jackson 5 star told Andy Cohen on Monday during a visit to the SiriusXM studios.
'As you know, she is off tour, protecting her health.' he added.
Photo: Tito Jackson. (likesuccess.com)
Tito said that while he couldn't share his sister's due date, he did confirm she is carrying the baby herself and not using a surrogate.
Sh also doesn't yet know the sex of her first child and is simply 'hoping for a healthy baby.'
Janet posted a video on social media on April 6 to let fans now she was cancelling her current series of concerts to start a family with Wissam, 41.
A message from Janet...https://t.co/KrzYZ4eyvD
— Janet Jackson (@JanetJackson) April 6, 2016
'I thought it was important that you be the first to know. My husband and I are planning our family, so I’m going to have to delay the tour,' she explained.
Following that, her brother Jermaine, 61, confirmed that Janet is already expecting.
He told People that he hopes the All For You singer is having a girl because 'we need more girls in the family. There are too many boys.'
He added that it was hard to think of 'the baby of the family' now having a baby herself.
'She'll be a great mother because she is very tough, very strict,' he said.
'I'm proud to be an uncle and I can't wait to see how this baby is going to look.'
the singer said he's even offered to change diapers.
'I tell her, "If you need any parenting skills or baby skills, let me know because I’m the best diaper changer there is on this planet, still to this day"'
On May 4, E! News reported that, according to a source, Janet is in her second trimester and became pregnant thanks to the help of a fertility specialist.
The Rhythm Nation singer secretly married Qatari businessman and multi-millionaire Al Mana, in 2012. She announced the news of her nuptials in 2013.
