Jackson Family Regrets Fame

Dec. 19, 2003 -- If Jackson family members knew their fame would bring media scrutiny like that now facing brother Michael over child molestation charges, they would never have gone on the road as kids, Jermaine Jackson told ABCNEWS' Barbara Walters during an exclusive interview.

Watch the full interview Friday night on 20/20

"Never," said Jermaine. "We would have stayed in Gary, Indiana, in a two-bedroom house, a two-car garage, whatever it was, and been happier."

He added his family has paid a terrible price for their career in the entertainment industry. "We pay our dues every day," Jermaine told Walters. "And I said this before, had we known that the price that we would have to pay for this success, we never would have wanted it."

The family is now rallying around Michael Jackson, who faces allegations the pop star sexually abused a then-12-year old boy.

The eldest Jackson brother, Jackie, joined Jermaine Jackson, who has been outspoken in his defense of Michael, in speaking with Walters on Michael's legal problems. Jermaine and Jackie Jackson also discussed their childhood in the spotlight and what made the 45-year-old Michael the way he is today.

Walters also spoke with Jackie's two children, Brandy, 21, and 27-year-old Sigmund, who rapped a song he wrote about his uncle Michael's legal plight.

As Jermaine has already done repeatedly in the press, Jackie maintains the allegations that Michael sexually abused a pre-teen boy are unfounded.

"I've raised Michael," said Jackie, 52, in an exclusive interview airing Friday night at 10 p.m. E.T. on 20/20.. "I changed his diapers when he was little. … I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all a lie on him."