Despite a statement shared by an associate saying they represented the singer, her manager now says that statement was made without her knowledge or permission.

After a confusing turn of events on Sunday, reps for Janet Jackson tell Variety that an unusually worded "apology" for the singer's ill-informed comments about Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' racial background was made by a person who is not the singer's manager,

Janet Jackson recently found herself at the center of controversy after making inaccurate statements about Vice President Kamala Harris's racial identity. In an interview with The Guardian on Saturday (Sept.