The 24-year-old R&B singer says people regularly confuse her with pop icon Janet, despite Janet being 20 years older than her. Even though she doesn’t quite understand how she could possibly look 44, Ciara insists she is thrilled people think she resembles Janet because the older star is so beautiful.
“Some people have said when they’ve seen a photo that I look like Janet Jackson, which is funny,” Ciara told the British edition of OK! magazine. “Mostly it is if I wet my hair a certain way. She is beautiful. When people say, ‘You remind me of her,’ it is definitely sweet to hear it.”
Ciara also opened up about her encounter with Janet’s late brother Michael Jackson, who died last year. The young singer was lucky enough to speak to Michael on the phone before he died, and says she will remember the experience forever.