paintedlady said:

NinaB said:

...Nona

Nona is one of the worst ones... she BEEN put Prince out there blaming him for her drug addiction. She had no love for Prince saying her cheated on her and he was supposed to marry her instead of Mayte saying he only married Mayte because he got her pregnant. She was spilling all the tea years ago.

For the record, Appollonia could never sing well, she's pretty but without Brenda AND Susan, I don't think anyone who isn't a Prince superfan would care to see her onstage.

Susan Moonsie gets my vote for the ONLY protege who never spoke about Prince at all. She's a steel trap in Trinidad and not coming back.

Oh, and Manuela and Mayte headed up a tribute/memorial with Apples and she was hugged up with them both in Hollywood. Weird and phony.

What tribute/memorial? If your talking about the one back in May that was organized by Mani/Mayte. Apples was not present. The only "tribute" she has been at is the REV concert last month at First Ave.

bondno9 said:

paintedlady said:

Nona is one of the worst ones... she BEEN put Prince out there blaming him for her drug addiction. She had no love for Prince saying her cheated on her and he was supposed to marry her instead of Mayte saying he only married Mayte because he got her pregnant. She was spilling all the tea years ago.

For the record, Appollonia could never sing well, she's pretty but without Brenda AND Susan, I don't think anyone who isn't a Prince superfan would care to see her onstage.

Susan Moonsie gets my vote for the ONLY protege who never spoke about Prince at all. She's a steel trap in Trinidad and not coming back.

Oh, and Manuela and Mayte headed up a tribute/memorial with Apples and she was hugged up with them both in Hollywood. Weird and phony.

What tribute/memorial? If your talking about the one back in May that was organized by Mani/Mayte. Apples was not present. The only "tribute" she has been at is the REV concert last month at First Ave.

The one in Hollywood were Spike Lee showed up and many others... this is where I saw this pic

I may be wrong, but my point is that Apples, Mayte and Manuela were all hugged up, smiling and acting as if there were fast friends.

paintedlady said:

malbena said:

paintedlady said:

bondno9 said:

What tribute/memorial? If your talking about the one back in May that was organized by Mani/Mayte. Apples was not present. The only "tribute" she has been at is the REV concert last month at First Ave.

The one in Hollywood were Spike Lee showed up and many others... this is where I saw this pic

I may be wrong, but my point is that Apples, Mayte and Manuela were all hugged up, smiling and acting as if there were fast friends.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

paintedlady said:

The one in Hollywood were Spike Lee showed up and many others... this is where I saw this pic

I may be wrong, but my point is that Apples, Mayte and Manuela were all hugged up, smiling and acting as if there were fast friends.

11:58 PM - 21 Dec 2015

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Oh.. pic is from December... OK this still makes Appolonia phony as fuck and two-faced.

babynoz said:

paintedlady said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

11:58 PM - 21 Dec 2015

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Oh.. pic is from December... OK this still makes Appolonia phony as fuck and two-faced.

How does it make her phony and two-faced if in Dec. she didn't know Mayte was writing a book, so she didn't have a problem with her then?

malbena said:

Purplestar88 said:

Ottensen said:

Purplestar88 said:

I like Apollonia but she has no creditbity shading Sheila E and Mayte but praising Mani T Benet. She is really no better than them.

HELLO and Good Evening... and in what universe is a married & mothered woman starting a charity in honor of her dead EX HUSBAND? Charitable org or not she's still slapping his name on it, which places her in a LIFETIME position of being connected to his legacy, and performing duties that would appear to many who don't know more of her backstory to be on his behalf. Don't even get me started on the fact that the name association obviously increases not only public visibility, but donor potential, potential dollas upon dollas of which SOMEBODY has got to be paid for "administrative costs". I hate to sound coldly skeptical, but part of me only sees, "Cha-CHING, Bishes! " . And Apples can sit her little petite ass down too. You were MARRIED during your time with Purple Rain, and made sure to let everyone know after your tenure was up that you weren't romantically involved with P, but NOW you want to say you feel like Prince's widow? Chile please have several seats

Dang. I think my eyelashes just burned off reading that.

Genesia said:

Ottensen said:

Genesia said:

Dang. I think my eyelashes just burned off reading that.

Judging from the chocolate bar I just scarfed down on my way back from the store, I must be hormonal. Pay me no mind

I hope you feel better now.

It amazes that someone dies and all of a sudden you were their best friend and loved that person so much. Funny thing is... you weren't saying that when they were alive. I should know because I have the damn receipts!

Nearly all of the women he was linked with are pushing and shoving to be "the one." Isn't Bria the sole girlfriend who hasn't talked?

1Sasha said:

Nearly all of the women he was linked with are pushing and shoving to be "the one." Isn't Bria the sole girlfriend who hasn't talked?

Do we know for a fact that she was (his girlfriend, that is)?

I mean...that he made an album for her suggests she was (an album being the classic Prince kiss-off, according to Jill Jones). But I don't think it was ever really stated.

Ottensen said:

malbena said:

This could very well explain why none of them lasted very long. Once a true nature is revealed, it can be quite damaging.

I love P as much as the next long term fan, but I don't buy that. He had a terrible reputation for doing folks dirty until he found his spiritual footing as a JW, particularly the women he was romantically involved with, and was notorious for putting a legal chokehold on Bishes with a gag order. Now I know he was a maestro beyond compare, our musical hero, and one of the finest men to ever grace a stage, but he was human, not living perfection, flawed, and not a savior nor saint. It is not unusual with global megastars of the highest strata that for all their gifts and what they give to the masses via their work, dealing with them behind closed doors is challenging. They are the center of their own universe and EVERY single. thing. revolves around their wants, needs, and desires no matter how spontaneous nonsensical or unfair- the job of every person in their midst is to circle them like they are the sun and do what they want and whatever it takes to contribute to whatever vision they want to manifest for any aspect of their lives. Period. If it should so happen that they change their mind tomorrow and feel someone is at the end of their run and needs to be dismissed, let go, broken up with, then that's just what it is. It happens EVERY day within the highest reaches of stardom. Doesn't mean that I love ole Princey any less ( neva that) but I've been around too many artists and celebrities ( including some that have had long term associations with him in his more unbridled years) to not be at a point to embrace that sometimes you have to separate an artist and their gifts from the private individual.

That's right. Prince could be just as cold as he was hot. The street are littered with them.."St Paul . Punk of the month"

thesoulbrother---- Why? What do you know? I get from comments you've made that maybe even Jill is shocked by Appollonia's sudden "love" of Prince--- Am I right? I know in the beginning the two of them were "there for one another' but I believe Jill was looking at her sideways after her sudden "widow" comments-- am I right?

Ottensen said:

Purplestar88 said:

I like Apollonia but she has no creditbity shading Sheila E and Mayte but praising Mani T Benet. She is really no better than them.

HELLO and Good Evening... and in what universe is a married & mothered woman starting a charity in honor of her dead EX HUSBAND? Charitable org or not she's still slapping his name on it, which places her in a LIFETIME position of being connected to his legacy, and performing duties that would appear to many who don't know more of her backstory to be on his behalf. Don't even get me started on the fact that the name association obviously increases not only public visibility, but donor potential, potential dollas upon dollas of which SOMEBODY has got to be paid for "administrative costs". I hate to sound coldly skeptical, but part of me only sees, "Cha-CHING, Bishes! " . And Apples can sit her little petite ass down too. You were MARRIED during your time with Purple Rain, and made sure to let everyone know after your tenure was up that you weren't romantically involved with P, but NOW you want to say you feel like Prince's widow? Chile please have several seats

Ottensen said:

Genesia said:

Ottensen said:

Purplestar88 said:

I like Apollonia but she has no creditbity shading Sheila E and Mayte but praising Mani T Benet. She is really no better than them.

HELLO and Good Evening... and in what universe is a married & mothered woman starting a charity in honor of her dead EX HUSBAND? Charitable org or not she's still slapping his name on it, which places her in a LIFETIME position of being connected to his legacy, and performing duties that would appear to many who don't know more of her backstory to be on his behalf. Don't even get me started on the fact that the name association obviously increases not only public visibility, but donor potential, potential dollas upon dollas of which SOMEBODY has got to be paid for "administrative costs". I hate to sound coldly skeptical, but part of me only sees, "Cha-CHING, Bishes! " . And Apples can sit her little petite ass down too. You were MARRIED during your time with Purple Rain, and made sure to let everyone know after your tenure was up that you weren't romantically involved with P, but NOW you want to say you feel like Prince's widow? Chile please have several seats

Dang. I think my eyelashes just burned off reading that.

Judging from the chocolate bar I just scarfed down on my way back from the store, I must be hormonal. Pay me no mind

Didn't Apples and Prince reconnect a few years ago when she went to PP for the first time? Didn't she post about it on facebook, but later deleted it? So, maybe, like everyone else, she didn't talk about her and Prince while he was alive, but now are speaking about their experiences with him. We don't really know what his relationships were like with any of his former bandmates, wives, friends, lovers, etc., because he didn't talk about them, and they didn't really talk until now. So, no one can truly judge.

Was Apples really married during PR? She said in a youtube where are they now vid that she was dating DLR during filming and the people in charge wanted her to keep it quiet to play up the pr for PR. I've never heard her say she was married during filming.

Superfan1984 said:

thesoulbrother---- Why? What do you know? I get from comments you've made that maybe even Jill is shocked by Appollonia's sudden "love" of Prince--- Am I right? I know in the beginning the two of them were "there for one another' but I believe Jill was looking at her sideways after her sudden "widow" comments-- am I right?

Nah man. Nothing to do with Jill. What was said was done in private and I will respect that. However, I am just amazed at certain people's behavior all of a sudden,

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I am amazed as well! That long "speech" she gave on her FB was, to me, like, WTF is going on here? I was shocked to see so many people on the org saying things like, "oh, poor Apples" "isn't that sweet?" --- smh at all that---- Yeah, some of the things people have done and said since his passing, --- I have really grown to understand Prince more and more...

Superfan1984 said:

I am amazed as well! That long "speech" she gave on her FB was, to me, like, WTF is going on here? I was shocked to see so many people on the org saying things like, "oh, poor Apples" "isn't that sweet?" --- smh at all that---- Yeah, some of the things people have done and said since his passing, --- I have really grown to understand Prince more and more...

I agree. It's hard to know who is genuine or not. Since his death a lot of things has become clear to me.

endiadj said:

Didn't Apples and Prince reconnect a few years ago when she went to PP for the first time? Didn't she post about it on facebook, but later deleted it? So, maybe, like everyone else, she didn't talk about her and Prince while he was alive, but now are speaking about their experiences with him. We don't really know what his relationships were like with any of his former bandmates, wives, friends, lovers, etc., because he didn't talk about them, and they didn't really talk until now. So, no one can truly judge.

Was Apples really married during PR? She said in a youtube where are they now vid that she was dating DLR during filming and the people in charge wanted her to keep it quiet to play up the pr for PR. I've never heard her say she was married during filming.

Yes they did, I believe it was 2012 or 2013 maybe around the time of Bobby Z's My Purple Heart reunion

But for some reason I think it was much further out than that.

Superfan1984 said:

I am amazed as well! That long "speech" she gave on her FB was, to me, like, WTF is going on here? I was shocked to see so many people on the org saying things like, "oh, poor Apples" "isn't that sweet?" --- smh at all that---- Yeah, some of the things people have done and said since his passing, --- I have really grown to understand Prince more and more...

It wasn't surprising. Apollonia has given interviews in the past and has always shown respect to P. I won't take time to post all the interviews but let's just say she gave P his "flowers" while he was still alive to read them. How many people do you know gave a public "thank you" to this man when he was alive? She did that back in June '14 and he did the same for her when he posted video footage on YT from the private PP concert back in '14. The end of the video said "Thanks Apples" or something like that

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I have no problem with her paying her respects to Prince, saying nice thing, giving love, --- none of that is a problem (that's great, in fact) the problem I have is that all of a sudden she paints herself as a romantic interest and she wasn't. She says she feels like his widow (???) and alludes over and over again in that speech that more was going on with them. There wasn't. For one thing, she was way too old for him, we all know that.

Apples can saw whatever she wants but Mani ain't no angel in Prince's life. Why would he marry her and then get a divorce from him? Shit like that makes me want to have their divorce records open for all to see. At the end of the day NO ONE WAS WITH HIM............not even you APPLES.

Superfan1984 said:

I have no problem with her paying her respects to Prince, saying nice thing, giving love, --- none of that is a problem (that's great, in fact) the problem I have is that all of a sudden she paints herself as a romantic interest and she wasn't. She says she feels like his widow (???) and alludes over and over again in that speech that more was going on with them. There wasn't. For one thing, she was way too old for him, we all know that.

I guess it depends on how you read her letter. Because I've read other interviews she did in the past her letter came as no surprise. She wrote a beautiful letter about Denise also. IMO her letter to P didn't come across as painting a "romatic" interest but rather the loss of someone whom she loved deeply. The word "feel" by definition means "to experience something physical or emotional." In other words, I took her letter to mean she was experiencing the emotions a widow may go through during the grieving process. Didn't we all love P? I mean, don't we to some degree feel like his "widow?"

bondno9 said:

Superfan1984 said:

I have no problem with her paying her respects to Prince, saying nice thing, giving love, --- none of that is a problem (that's great, in fact) the problem I have is that all of a sudden she paints herself as a romantic interest and she wasn't. She says she feels like his widow (???) and alludes over and over again in that speech that more was going on with them. There wasn't. For one thing, she was way too old for him, we all know that.

I guess it depends on how you read her letter. Because I've read other interviews she did in the past her letter came as no surprise. She wrote a beautiful letter about Denise also. IMO her letter to P didn't come across as painting a "romantic" relationship but rather the loss of someone whom she loved deeply. The word "feel" by definition means "to experience something physical or emotional." In other words, I took her letter to mean she was experiencing the emotions a widow may go through during the grieving process. Didn't we all love P? I mean, don't we to some degree feel like his "widow?"