Ms. Jackson talks about dealing with the lost of brother Michael, her insecurities, and more all while promoting her new book “True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself.” In the book she details her life and how weight issues became a problem as early as the age of ten. When she was cast on the American TV sitcom Good Times, she was told to lose weight and bind her breasts, which were beginning to develop. “In both cases the message was devastating – my body was wrong,” she writes in the book. “The message was also clear – to be successful, I had to change the way I looked.” Jackson says on her website that she hopes the book will help others find their peace as well.
