Michael addicted to denial?

Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael’s drug problem, and tried to help him, but that he rebuffed those attempts to intervene.

“You can’t make ’em drink the water,” she told ABC’s Robin Roberts in an interview that aired Wednesday.

Asked if he was in denial about his addiction, she replied, “Possibly.”

Jackson said she hasn’t seen “This Is It,” the new documentary film spotlighting her late brother as he prepared for his planned comeback concerts in London last summer.

“I definitely won’t, not right now,” she said. “I don’t know if I will ever see it.”

Jills love Captain Jack

Move over, Hugh Jackman: This year’s “Sexiest Man Alive” is once again Johnny Depp.

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star nudged aside Jackman for the coveted title from People magazine Wednesday, the second time the 46-year-old actor has been so honored.

He joins other double winners Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Richard Gere.

“Johnny Depp was someone who was sexy 10 years ago. He’ll be sexy 10 years from now,” said Kate Coyne, senior People editor. “He’s someone who appeals to multiple generations of women.”

Matt Bomer, who stars in USA’s “White Collar,” was named “Sexiest Rising Star.”

International treasure

Speaking of pirates, Nicolas Cage visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial on Tuesday.

Inmates danced for the actor, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, and shook his hand as he toured the Shimo La Tewa prison in the Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa.

The birthday bunch

Actor Alan Young is 90. Talk host Larry King is 76. Talk host Dick Cavett is 73. Media mogul Ted Turner is 71. Designer Calvin Klein is 67. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 60. Actress Allison Janney is 50. Actress Meg Ryan is 48. Actress Jodie Foster is 47. Dancer and choreographer Savion Glover is 36.