Keep on keeping up with the Kardashians, and prepare to get to know the Jackson family, too!
On an upcoming episode of Lifetime's The Jacksons: Next Generation, T.J. Jackson reunites with Kourtney Kardashian and Kris Jenner. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians stars are excited to catch up with T.J., who dated Kim Kardashian back when they were both teenagers, as well as the rest of his extended family!
Kourtney, now 36, is in disbelief over how big T.J.'s 15-year-old son Royal Jackson has gotten since she last saw him. "I used to babysit you," she gushes. "I used to didn't like kids, but I loved you and you were like obsessed with me and my boobs for some reason."
This gets a laugh from Royal and his father. Of course, T.J., now 38, is a total family man: He has four kids of his own and is also the legal co-guardian of his late uncle Michael Jackson's three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket.
Sadly, T.J. lost his own mother back in 1994. He was dating Kim back then, he recalls, and will never forget how supportive her family was to him during such a devastating time. Kris, particularly, "was like a mother to me," T.J. says, "and I'll always respect and love her because she really embraced me and helped me recover."
The Jacksons: The Next Generation, premieres Friday at 10 p.m. EST on Lifetime.