Janet Jackson has made her first public appearance with
her baby boy since giving birth to him three months ago.
The singer, aged 50, was spotted pushing little Eissa
al Mana around in his pram in a sunny London park along with a female friend,
who is thought to be Eissa's nanny.
It's the first time the mum and son duo have been seen
in public as Janet has secluded herself away since giving birth.
While she pushed Eissa in his upmarket Stokke pram,
which can cost upwards of £1,000, Janet could be seen pointing out the wildlife
around them and smiling down at his face.
Eissa was bundled up in his vehicle of choice, which
had a protective white polka-dot cloth draped over the top to protect him from
the sunshine.
Janet has this week split from her husband of five
years, the Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana .
A rep for Janet said this week that the couple are
"not divorcing, but separating".
While neither of them have publicly commented on reason
behind the break-up, there has been speculation that the couple battled
cultural differences in their marriage.
Janet had changed a lot recently, becoming more
reserved after living her life in the public eye for years.
Just last October, a pregnant Janet was seen walking
around London, hand-in-hand with Wissam, in an outfit much more modest than her
usual get-up.
The hooded knee-length black poncho and hair-covering
she was wearing were a far cry from the outfits she wore on stage when she
performed around the world.
Her infamous 2004 "wardrobe malfunction"
during her half-time Superbowl performance – when her stage costume was ripped
apart by Justin Timberlake to expose her right breast decorated with a sequined
nipple shield – will go down as one of television's most outrageous moments.
But her husband, who is worth up to £800million, was
thought to be uncomfortable with her overtly sexual image and Janet's
progressive handle on both sexual liberation and her own body.
It's said that Janet's friends felt it was her husband
who encouraged her to tone her image down.
She has never confirmed or denied that she had become a
Muslim – yet she took to frequently ending concerts with the blessing
"Inshallah" (if God wills).
Around the time of her reported conversion, one insider
claimed: "Janet feels like she has found a home with her new religion and
has told members of her family about it. They all completely respect her
choice.
"She's spent a great deal of time study¬ing the
religion and its followers."
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