Janet Jackson & Her Former Choreographer Paula Abdul Reunite In Qatar: Photos

Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul reunited astatine the Fashion Trust Arabia Prize Awards successful Qatar connected Wednesday, Oct. 26 — and posed for the cutest pictures to commemorate it! In photos obtained by the Daily Mail that tin beryllium seen here, Janet, 56, and Paula, 60, looked stunning successful show-stopping outfits. The younger sister of the precocious Michael Jackson donned a fitted blazer dress by British decorator Alexander McQueen that featured a wide loop to amusement disconnected her hourglass figure. She paired the look with achromatic boots and wore a tailored button-down blouse underneath.

Meanwhile, the “Straight Up” hitmaker donned a fitted fuchsia gown with glistening beading throughout. The formal featured a sweetheart neckline and an off-the-shoulder plan with a bold organza angiosperm sitting connected her close shoulder. Both popular stars wore their hairsbreadth successful updos.

Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul person been friends for implicit 30 years (Photo: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/AFF-USA/Shutterstock)

As fans know, Janet and the erstwhile American Idol judge spell mode backmost to the 1980s erstwhile Paula choreographed for Janet’s 1986 album, Control. Paula was down respective of the star’s euphony videos specified arsenic “What Have You Done for Me Lately” and “Control”. Paul remembered her clip moving with Janet connected the medium successful a 2014 interrogation with Rolling Stone and said it was a life-changing clip for some of them. “I’m precise grateful, due to the fact that this was truly the large commencement to my career,” she gushed. “When I was introduced to Janet, I was told by A&M Records that Control was going to beryllium an important medium for her, and erstwhile I started proceeding demos, I was really, truly excited to enactment with her. I felt similar I had a accidental present to truly make thing large for her. It was truthful inspiring. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis wrote genius music, and Janet had a truly important dependable successful it.”

She continued, “You don’t perceive ‘Nasty’ and go, ‘Oh, this is simply a creation jam.’ It was a precise antithetic benignant of song, benignant of similar however ‘Straight Up’ was for me: This could specify an creator completely, and I wanted to make thing that would beryllium signature moves but besides specify her arsenic being successful charge.” Paula got her accidental to radiance successful 1988, erstwhile she released her debut album, Forever Your Girl. It featured the iconic opus she referenced successful the interview, “Straight Up”.

Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul some rocked the hottest ’80s trends (Photo: BEI/Shutterstock)

The reunion came 3 years aft the talented singers reunited for a peculiar nighttime for Janet: erstwhile she received the Lifetime Achievement Award astatine the 2019 Choreographer’s Carnival. Paula hopped connected signifier and shared a heartfelt code astir the “queen who genuinely needs nary introduction” up of giving her the grant and remembered however she gave her the “dream job” and an “opportunity of a lifetime” to enactment with her erstwhile she was a rising star.

The adoration is mutual, arsenic Janet took to Instagram connected April 12, 2021 to privation Paula a blessed day by sharing a throwback photo of them. “Sending luv to u contiguous @paulaabdul,” she wrote with a kissing emoji. How sweet!