The personal relationships of Michael Jackson have been the subject of public and media attention for several decades. He was introduced to the topic of sexual activity at the age of 9 while a member of the Jackson 5.
He and his brothers would perform at strip clubs , sharing the bill with female strippers and drag queens , and the sexual adventures of his brothers with groupies further affected Jackson's early life.
It was reported that his first girlfriend was actress Tatum O'Neal , when he was a teenager in the s.
However, Tatum O'Neal had stated that their relationship was strictly platonic. In recent years, singer and actress Stephanie Mills had revealed herself to be Jackson's first girlfriend, their relationship starting when they first met at the production of The Wiz.
Jackson was then rumoured to have entered a platonic relationship with actress and model Brooke Shields in Shields later stated that they both held an equal admiration for each other, but that he started to become more asexual and distant towards her.
