Janet Jackson explains her decision to forgo having more than one child. "I desired three, but..."

FILE: Janet Jackson on July 8, 2018, during the Essence Festival in New Orleans. Over the Fourth of July weekend in 2024, Jackson will be playing at the 30th Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans. (Image via Invision/AP/Amy Harris, File)(Amy Harris/AP via Invision)

Eissa was born in 2017 to Jackson and her ex-husband, Wissam Al Mana.

Janet Jackson is sharing her thoughts about the "beautiful impact" and joys of parenthood. The 58-year-old said in a Saturday interview with The Guardian that she had intended to have three children but had given up after her now seven-year-old son Eissa Al Mana.

Janet Jackson explains why, despite desiring three children, she only had one.
The All For You singer told the outlet, "Becoming a mother has been the biggest and most important thing I've done, and it's had a beautiful impact on my life." Eissa was born in 2017 to Jackson and her ex-husband Wissam Al Mana. But three months after the birth of their kid, the couple called it quits on their five-year marriage.