I think the reason Mani is so hated on here is because, while Mayte comes across as sweet and "unhip" to the vulture golddigger schemes, Mani comes across as a fake and conniving. Oh, and then you add the shit eating grin and it's just hard to like her...

^^ True True ^^ LOL @ grin remark

StudioA1992 said:

Of course she did. She was after a pretty penny! Children from a rich rock star was her secured future. I'm sure she's happy now she got what she was looking for from Eric Benet. After finding out she was pregnant he married her. Prince was too smart for that trick!

nursev said:

LOL @ Mani.org

Superfan1984 said:

Woah... And the truth is revealed ...Uggghhhh !

Superfan1984 said:

^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

nursev said:

jesme1999 said:

Ok... I had this all typed up this morning and my iPad died and I lost it ... First of all, I dont know why Mani left Prince, but even if she wrote a tell all book and spelled it out step by step , I would not believe her .I don't trust a woman who would go after another woman's husband . By all accounts Manuella was a fan of Prince and I feel that she put herself in a position to take advantage of the heartache and grieving that Prince and Mayte were going through over the loss of the babies . I agree with the other posters I don't think was ever a vegan , or a true in her heart JW , I feel like she was around enough to know exactly what would make her attractive to Prince ..... I think she molded herself into everything that she thought he would want his woman to be and she snaked her way into his life and his heart and didn't have the decency to let enough time pass for Prince and Mayte to deal with their loss and possibly have a chance to find their way back to each other .She struck while he and Mayte were both very vulnerable . I think she had a goal in mind and she achieved it. BUT ! I think it turned into one of those , " be careful what you wish for or you just might get it " situations. I don't even think her intentions are pure towards Mayte either , I rewatched Hollywood exes last night and I just wanted to smack that self satisfied smile off of her face when she was showing pictures of her baby and telling Mayte that she better hurry up and catch up.Ive been in a similar position as Mayte and while she was smiling and putting up a brave front ,that had to sting . Kinda like my ex sister in law calling on Christmas Day two months after I lost a baby and was all " surprise, Merry Christmas , I'm pregnant again " ( for the 5 th time ) while I kept having miscarriages and tubal pregnancies . And the purple clothing for her and her little girl and saying how she will always love Prince and " I'm not ok ? " I don't believe that she doesn't like the limelight . And if she is truly grieving so badly, she better keep in mind that she has a husband who just might start to feel like he is competing with a dead man and that there might be another "Mani" out there ready to pounce on him while she is doing her grieving ...just like Mayte was ... Hope I don't get your thread locked ... [Edited 5/26/16 17:16pm]

Im sorry for your losses and I agree with everything you said. Just an Opportunistic woman. Some say she knew that Prince's fans didnt like her. I think its cause his fans knew she did not have Prince's best interest at heart.

Mani is no friend to Mayte - glad Prince played her - she deserved it.

I agree she is a false friend ...

I'm gonna be the odd woman out... I can't stand Mayte.. never cared for her. Always found her personality to seem false. Sheila E is another one that seems to be an opportunist happy to shout from the hilltops that hey I was engaged to him once.. he mouthed a proposal to me during a show . How..romantic. but oddly enough Manuela doesn't bother me. I just saw it as a marriage that ran it's course... she was the one who was able to move on ... she has a husband and 2 kids now.. I'm happy for her. Mayte I feel no way about either but let me just put a disclaimer to all this. I'm team Denise. That's the person I thought was his true love... not only love but true love. I don't doubt he loved mayte and mani but denise was queen in his lifelong harem to .e. now they're together and that's all that matters

I have to ask this and I mean no disrespect, (because God knows I love Vanity/ Denise) but: Why do people keep saying that she was the "true love" ? The only pictures I've ever seen of them together were at awards shows or professionally staged. I have never seen intimate sweet snapshots (I've seen them with Jill Jones) but not with Vanity. I don't doubt that they dated but he was dating everyone at once, I don't think she was the "love of his life" although, I'm sure he loved her. I just don't see that the two of them were in a solid or exclusive relationship. The relationship with Susannah seems to have been much more of true relationship and she may have been the other love of his life. But I've never seen it with Denise.

Superfan1984 said:

I have to ask this and I mean no disrespect, (because God knows I love Vanity/ Denise) but: Why do people keep saying that she was the "true love" ? The only pictures I've ever seen of them together were at awards shows or professionally staged. I have never seen intimate sweet snapshots (I've seen them with Jill Jones) but not with Vanity. I don't doubt that they dated but he was dating everyone at once, I don't think she was the "love of his life" although, I'm sure he loved her. I just don't see that the two of them were in a solid or exclusive relationship. The relationship with Susannah seems to have been much more of true relationship and she may have been the other love of his life. But I've never seen it with Denise.

Denise/Vanity was Princes main prototype for his idea of the perfect woman. She was pretty flawlessly beautiful and equally flawed in other ways. Was she the love of his life? No. I think he wished she was, because she looked like what he imagined the love of his life to look like. If she would only act like he wanted and do what her told her....

but then...he'd get bored, as he did, and groom the replacement before he switched gears...cuz thats what Prince did....Denise wasn't having that, and good for her really. Good for her.

jesme1999 said:

Yup. My eye caught the same thing. It was very revealing. Business, money, maybe fame...

I found the eviction post above to be interesting so I looked it up.
It seems that in their 3rd year of marriage exactly, there was an eviction notice on an apartment in chanhassen w/Mani's name on it for a little over $800. Her address before that was PP. I don't know if she went back to PP after that or what, but if P was renting the place for her, 2-3 years went by after that before their divorce actually took place.

Either that or it was a separate apartment Mani rented for other purposes, maybe for her business or her family to stay at and it never meant anything. Wouldn't she have gone back to Toronto or moved to LA or gone anywhere other than chanhassen if she and P were done?
Unless they were separated and seeing how things could work out with her living at this apt for a while.
[Edited 5/28/16 18:35pm]

I believe that picture of them at Jamba Juice (or whatever the name of the Smoothie Place was) was taken around 2004/ 2005 and they were sipping on their smoothings and smiling at one another. Even though I do not like that woman, it was a very cute picture. Anyway, they might have been trying to work it out.

Superfan1984 said:

I've gotta agree with you on this one. Personally my opinion- Prince was all about his ego and sex back then he went from one woman sex to another...and with Vanity she was nothing special from the others, she was beautiful of course. And for people to say they're together in death now is crazy talk because if...IF he's with anybody it's his children! But also remember, it's easier for the camel through the eye of a needle then a rich man to heaven. We don't know Gods plans for ourselves so we couldn't know his plans for Prince. I loved the guy, I'll miss him, but he was just the human you and I are, and I'll keep his soul in prayer. And even into his adulthood he still couldn't get it right. Prince was to into Prince and he was vanity. Too bad he was never able to produce a family of his own he missed out on so much. I think with Mayte he really truly tried.
[Edited 5/28/16 18:34pm]

I believe Prince was just someone who had to keep moving.
He said in an interview (I think Larry King) that he doesn't get stuck in the past and allows himself to move on. This is very wise actually as long as you're not stepping all over people's toes with no remorse or amends of any kind.

Because he felt he had to always be making music, he might not have given the time to marriage and relationships his heart really wanted to. Although I did notice that during his marriages there were some skips in putting out as many albums. He probably gave it his best.

This makes me think of him a bit as the tortured musician who mostly spent his life giving his time mostly to his and to charity.

I think Mani was the most attractive of any of his women because not only of her physical beauty (great body) but also because she might've been closer to his strength and intelligence than any others. I think he was attracted to that and was hurt when she divorced him.

I believe he was lonely before he died, for a special mate and the best thing we can do is let him know we love him.
[Edited 5/31/16 7:47am]

Oh BTW he is definitely with God now.

anangellooksdown said:

He wasn't THAT hurt. He moved along just like he did with the rest before her. Yes Mani was smart, street smart! She knew how to work that brain and body enough to reel in two celebrities. She wasn't as smart as you may think obviously because she wouldn't be nowhere close to where she's at if it wasn't for opportunities, which of course requires a manipulative brain and body. And listen, she was not smarter then Mayte or Sheila or any of the others, she was just smarter at what she did!

SheLovesMeNot said:

Sheila was the other smart one that comes to mind but were they ever deeply in love? Also Mani came along at a time when I think Prince really wanted something to work for the longrun. When they divorced he was almost 50. I don't think he wanted to start over then.
I believe he really wanted Mani to work out although I find her to be somewhat callous.

anangellooksdown said:

I don't think he knew what love was until he met Mayte and considering she's the one he wanted to start a family with i'd say she takes the cake and if all make it to heaven it won't be Mani and Prince uniting but probably Mayte, Prince and children. Prince never had the kind of bond with Mani as he did with Mayte. Manuela came along at a time when his image was changing, Mani on his arm helped that imagine because she wasn't sexy or sex like the others. If Prince really wanted it to work with Mani it would have been. Mani is NOTHING now but a Prince Ex. It's not uncommon for the parents of a deceased child to break apart because of the pain, it's hard to be strong after such tragedy, the two became weak. I've met Prince, actually a few times and I've seen him behind closed doors being just another guy...I could tell there was something missing in his life but it surely wasn't Mani. I believe if the right woman came along he would've given love another chance but he died before it could happen. I feel bad that he died in a way he never imagined could be...with the word Drug involved.

People fall in love more than once in a lifetime. A lot of what people think is a projection of their own experiences. I feel Prince's attractions changed as he got older. That first love was a fairytale puppy love for him, painful things happened and it didn't work out, Mani was a little older and so was he and I feel that time he really hoped but again it didn't work out.
I feel that he wanted another love too, one with a woman who was mature, strong, and perhaps most of all -- spiritual.
There's nothing sexier than spirituality.

anangellooksdown said:

Well, he did tell Oprah that Being with Mayte made it easier for him to talk to God .

You know, the more I learn today I feel rant Mayte was the one he was really crazy about. They were together for some time before they were married and wanted a family. It's just so sad.
But I believe all will end up okay.

cardinal said:

nursev said:

U know this is headed for a lock

just from curiosity, why? there are several mayte threads, there was a Jeanette "girlfriend" thread, and a damaris thread, and i am sure i am missing some. hmmmm...me curious, nursev....what you thinking?

I posted a question about Jeanette and it was deleted quickly. It's obvious that the girl is posting fictitious and defamatory stories about dating prince.

Mispost
[Edited 5/31/16 8:31am]

anangellooksdown said:

Mispost [Edited 5/31/16 8:31am]

Was that for me?

I was thought 'AnotherLove' from the thirdeyegirl was about Manuela.

[Edited 5/31/16 15:25pm]

SheLovesMeNot said:

Superfan1984 said:

I have to ask this and I mean no disrespect, (because God knows I love Vanity/ Denise) but: Why do people keep saying that she was the "true love" ? The only pictures I've ever seen of them together were at awards shows or professionally staged. I have never seen intimate sweet snapshots (I've seen them with Jill Jones) but not with Vanity. I don't doubt that they dated but he was dating everyone at once, I don't think she was the "love of his life" although, I'm sure he loved her. I just don't see that the two of them were in a solid or exclusive relationship. The relationship with Susannah seems to have been much more of true relationship and she may have been the other love of his life. But I've never seen it with Denise.

I've gotta agree with you on this one. Personally my opinion- Prince was all about his ego and sex back then he went from one woman sex to another...and with Vanity she was nothing special from the others, she was beautiful of course. And for people to say they're together in death now is crazy talk because if...IF he's with anybody it's his children! But also remember, it's easier for the camel through the eye of a needle then a rich man to heaven. We don't know Gods plans for ourselves so we couldn't know his plans for Prince. I loved the guy, I'll miss him, but he was just the human you and I are, and I'll keep his soul in prayer. And even into his adulthood he still couldn't get it right. Prince was to into Prince and he was vanity. Too bad he was never able to produce a family of his own he missed out on so much. I think with Mayte he really truly tried. [Edited 5/28/16 18:34pm]

I think it is difficult for people to understand Prince was not always megastar Prince he became. Purple Rain was based on Prince and Vanity- it was their story- Purple Rain (movie/alblum/ videos )is the vehicle that catapulted Prince into the mainstream and the world. That alone makes Vanity someone special. Not minimizing other women he loved I am just saying she was not just nothing special. Vanity, the Time and all the others who did those tours with Prince way back when-they were the originals and the ones so many fell in love with the attitude, cool, sexy they had made Purple Rain what it was and still is-

The wives met Prince international megastar; Vantiy met Prince before Purple Rain so she is in a different league than the wives and other women after Purple Rain - she knew him prior to being "PRINCE" she knew "The Kid" she knew Prince. JMO

terrig said:

Superfan1984 said:

I have to ask this and I mean no disrespect, (because God knows I love Vanity/ Denise) but: Why do people keep saying that she was the "true love" ? The only pictures I've ever seen of them together were at awards shows or professionally staged. I have never seen intimate sweet snapshots (I've seen them with Jill Jones) but not with Vanity. I don't doubt that they dated but he was dating everyone at once, I don't think she was the "love of his life" although, I'm sure he loved her. I just don't see that the two of them were in a solid or exclusive relationship. The relationship with Susannah seems to have been much more of true relationship and she may have been the other love of his life. But I've never seen it with Denise.

Denise/Vanity was Princes main prototype for his idea of the perfect woman. She was pretty flawlessly beautiful and equally flawed in other ways. Was she the love of his life? No. I think he wished she was, because she looked like what he imagined the love of his life to look like. If she would only act like he wanted and do what her told her....

but then...he'd get bored, as he did, and groom the replacement before he switched gears...cuz thats what Prince did....Denise wasn't having that, and good for her really. Good for her.

This is so true

Vashtix said:

I think it is difficult for people to understand Prince was not always megastar Prince he became. Purple Rain was based on Prince and Vanity- it was their story- Purple Rain (movie/alblum/ videos )is the vehicle that catapulted Prince into the mainstream and the world. That alone makes Vanity someone special. Not minimizing other women he loved I am just saying she was not just nothing special. Vanity, the Time and all the others who did those tours with Prince way back when-they were the originals and the ones so many fell in love with the attitude, cool, sexy they had made Purple Rain what it was and still is-

The wives met Prince international megastar; Vantiy met Prince before Purple Rain so she is in a different league than the wives and other women after Purple Rain - she knew him prior to being "PRINCE" she knew "The Kid" she knew Prince. JMO

So TRUE........she knew him before he was PRINCE and had his milllllllions, she loved him just for him, now can the others say that

GeniusLuv said:

Vashtix said:

I think it is difficult for people to understand Prince was not always megastar Prince he became. Purple Rain was based on Prince and Vanity- it was their story- Purple Rain (movie/alblum/ videos )is the vehicle that catapulted Prince into the mainstream and the world. That alone makes Vanity someone special. Not minimizing other women he loved I am just saying she was not just nothing special. Vanity, the Time and all the others who did those tours with Prince way back when-they were the originals and the ones so many fell in love with the attitude, cool, sexy they had made Purple Rain what it was and still is-

The wives met Prince international megastar; Vantiy met Prince before Purple Rain so she is in a different league than the wives and other women after Purple Rain - she knew him prior to being "PRINCE" she knew "The Kid" she knew Prince. JMO

So TRUE........she knew him before he was PRINCE and had his milllllllions, she loved him just for him, now can the others say that

Vanity was the Original and nothing and noone can deny that; she is what Appolonia was- Purple Rain was Prince and Vanity and that is why imo she always had a special place in his heart. The dedication he did to her when she passed said it all- she had a special place and she was not just like the others and that is not discounting his marriages just saying Vanity had a "special" place.