SHE caused a storm of moral outrage across America when she flashed her boob on telly at the Superbowl.

Now Wacko Jacko's pop star sister Janet is set to cause even more controversy in the US with her latest revelation - she has a tattoo on her "most private part" of Disney favourites Mickey and Minnie Mouse having sex.

Her fiance, music producer Jermaine Dupri, hates it. But Janet, 37, thinks it's a hoot.

She said: "I have a tattoo on my most private part of Mickey and Minnie Mouse involved in a sexual act. It's my sense of humour. My boyfriend thinks it is terrible. He loves Disney too much, but I just laugh. It's fun." Janet - who has two failed marriages behind her - has been dating Jermaine for 17 months, but they've known each other for years.

She revealed last night: "I am a very sexual person and I have no feelings of shame.

"My sexuality gives me incredible energy and the reason I also have my piercings is they make me feel so sexual all the time.

"Sex is not bad, it is good. I did a lot of experimentation in my late 20s and 30s, and that's liberating.

"It was only as I matured I realised how important sex was to me and how important it should be to me. I'm very confident naked, I'm very confident as a woman and I'm proud of the way I am sexually."

Jermaine, 30, has stood by her since the Superbowl incident - in which she showed off her nipple ring during a performance with long- time friend Justin "Trousersnake" Timberlake. He even resigned his post as president of the Atlantic chapter of the National Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences in protest after they ditched her from their awards show soon after.

Janet said: "He thought I was unfairly treated. It was an incredible gesture."

Janet was appearing before 3,000 fans on Ryan Seacrest's On-Air show in Los Angeles in her first major live appearance since the Superbowl. She was proudly wearing a big diamond on her left ring finger signalling her engagement to Jermaine. The couple are due to wed later this year. "It's a gift," she said. "I've had my ups and downs with relationships. I'm very happy."

But the singer is still stunned at the reaction of middle America to the Superbowl incident, which came when she and Justin were duetting on Rock Your Body. She even wonders if she is being victimised because she is a Jackson - as brother Michael awaits trial on child abuse charges.

"I don't want to relive any of that," she told Seacrest. "I want to put that behind me. It was very embarrassing to me to have so many people see this little breast." Seacrest assured her: "We're finally on this program today turning the page."

Visibly grateful, Jackson just closed her eyes and nodded in appreciation.

ben.todd@sundaymirror.co.uk

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