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\"Janet <\/a>Janet Jackson and Tupac in ‘Poetic Justice’ (Courtesy of Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

A new book says Janet Jackson told a producer she wanted Tupac Shakur to be tested for AIDS before kissing him for their romantic drama \u201cPoetic Justice\u201d.<\/p>\n

In an excerpt from \u201cOnly God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur\u201d published in The Hollywood Reporter, author Jeff Pearlman claims that Jackson wanted Shakur to get checked for AIDS ahead of the kiss they shared for the 1993 film, according to the film\u2019s producer.<\/p>\n

Jackson allegedly said during a conversation with producer Steve Nicolaides, \u201cYou know, Tupac\u2019s reputation is that he\u2019s a cat about town.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I don\u2019t want to swap saliva with him until I\u2019m really sure that he\u2019s healthy and clean,\u201d the \u201cThat\u2019s the Way Love Goes\u201d singer added, according to the book.<\/p>\n

Jackson told Nicolaides she had already called on director John Singleton to make the request but he wasn\u2019t interested in it, Pearlman claims in the book. \u201cJohn just walked off when I mentioned it,\u201d the singer alleged, per Pearlman\u2019s book. \u201cSo I\u2019m asking you to handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book further claims that Nicolaides and Shakur had a conversation about Jackson\u2019s request. \u201cI\u2019ll just spit this out to you, man\u2026Janet wants you to have an AIDS test before you kiss her,\u201d Nicolaides said, according to Pearlman.<\/p>\n

The alleged request didn\u2019t go down well with Shakur, who responded with phrases such as \u201cF\u2014 her,\u201d \u201cHell no,\u201d and \u201cI ain\u2019t doing s\u2014 for that bitch. Tell her to go f\u2014 herself,\u201d the book claims.<\/p>\n

Nicolaides later said of Shakur\u2019s stance, \u201cI honestly think he [Shakur] found it amusing.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the truth is, I can\u2019t blame Janet for asking. It was the early 1990s, and people were still dying of AIDS. And Tupac, God love him, had a reputation,\u201d Nicolaides said, per Pearlman.<\/p>\n

The book says Shakur did not take the test. Health experts say that even though the HIV virus can be contracted through bodily fluids, including semen, blood, breast milk, or vaginal fluids, it cannot be spread through saliva.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoetic Justice\u201d was Singleton\u2019s second film after \u201cBoyz n the Hood\u201d, which was nominated for an Oscar. Jackson earned an Oscar nomination for \u201cPoetic Justice\u201d for her original song \u201cAgain,\u201d which she wrote with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u201cStreets of Philadelphia\u201d from \u201cPhiladelphia\u201d, however, won.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Janet Jackson and Tupac in ‘Poetic Justice’ (Courtesy of Everett Collection) A new book says Janet Jackson told…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-100511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}