precioux said:

PennyPurple said:

They don't call her the black widow for nothing.

You said it, sista!!!! She's got 3...not 2....under her belt.

i've got 1 and 2 who is 3?

laurarichardson said:

morningsong said:

Google it.

She performs with him at an Oakland jazz fest. He is on the bill with him how does this have anything to do with his behavior? You dig Eric cool. I think him and his wife are creepy.

That isn't the only time she's worked with him over the years.

morningsong said:

laurarichardson said:

morningsong said:

That isn't the only time she's worked with him over the years.

Being on the bill of an annual jazz show is not working with someone. They all play the same music fest every year. You do not see her up on stage singing a duet with Eric and she is not the one running saying they were going together recently. If you know anything there are plenty of stories about Eric being a cheat he just married someone that is use to it.

I've done all the Eric research I care to, I could give a fig about his cheating, that's on HIS wife now.

morningsong said:

laurarichardson said:

morningsong said: Being on the bill of an annual jazz show is not working with someone. They all play the same music fest every year. You do not see her up on stage singing a duet with Eric and she is not the one running saying they were going together recently. If you know anything there are plenty of stories about Eric being a cheat he just married someone that is use to it.

I've done all the Eric research I care to, I could give a fig about his cheating, that's on HIS wife now.

I am no Mani fan and I am not trying to be an advocate of Eric Benet, but I bet good money he is not cheating on Mani-- they look genuinely happy together (chasing Prince's coattails...)

Superfan1984 said:

laurarichardson said:

Superfan1984 said:

I am no Mani fan and I am not trying to be an advocate of Eric Benet, but I bet good money he is not cheating on Mani-- they look genuinely happy together (chasing Prince's coattails...)

--- She always looked happy when she was with Prince. He looked miserable but she looked like the Cat That Ate The Carnary.

Her face always looked to me like, "That's right, bitchesss...."

Superfan1984 said:

laurarichardson said:

Superfan1984 said: --- She always looked happy when she was with Prince. He looked miserable but she looked like the Cat That Ate The Carnary.

Her face always looked to me like, "That's right, bitchesss...."

laurarichardson said:

Superfan1984 said:

I am no Mani fan and I am not trying to be an advocate of Eric Benet, but I bet good money he is not cheating on Mani-- they look genuinely happy together (chasing Prince's coattails...)

--- She always looked happy when she was with Prince. He looked miserable but she looked like the Cat That Ate The Carnary.

i agree the pics show a happy M2.

if you want to see something crazy funny you have to watch the episode of kevin hart's

real husbands of hollywood, there is an episode where kevin is making fun of the eric benet!!!!

and eric is on the show. they are playing cards and talking about how to get rid of the paparazzi

and eric starts to tell them how he does it and then kevin lays some funny funny stuff on him.

it is killer!!!!!!! i won't spoil it but i had to rewind many times just to look at their reactions to what

kevin says.

and also i can't figure out how to post videos on here or i would get it and post the clip.

you wont be disappointed it is hilarious.!!!!!!!!!!

laurarichardson said:

Superfan1984 said:

I am no Mani fan and I am not trying to be an advocate of Eric Benet, but I bet good money he is not cheating on Mani-- they look genuinely happy together (chasing Prince's coattails...)

--- She always looked happy when she was with Prince. He looked miserable but she looked like the Cat That Ate The Carnary.

That's what I thought when he was with M1 Dude never should have married, he just wasn't suited for married life.

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purplefam99 said:

Mumio said:

precioux said:

laurarichardson said:

Superfan1984 said:

I am no Mani fan and I am not trying to be an advocate of Eric Benet, but I bet good money he is not cheating on Mani-- they look genuinely happy together (chasing Prince's coattails...)

--- She always looked happy when she was with Prince. He looked miserable but she looked like the Cat That Ate The Carnary.

You think he looks miserable here?

What is the source, or background of why people think that Manuela had an affair with Eric Benet when she was married to Prince? If the affair made it's way to the org; wouldn't it have made it to Prince's ears too? Why would he not want a divorce if she was cheating on him? And before anyone states it was his faith/JW; per their website:

"The Bible does not treat divorce casually. It states that Jehovah God views as treacherous and hateful the frivolous putting away of one’s mate, perhaps with the motive of taking another spouse. (Malachi 2:13-16) Marriage is a permanent bond. (Matthew 19:6) Many marriages that broke up on trivial grounds could have been saved if partners had been more forgiving.—Matthew 18:21, 22.

At the same time, the Bible allows for divorce and remarriage on one ground—sexual relations outside the marriage. (Matthew 19:9) Therefore, if you learn that your mate has been unfaithful, you have the right to terminate the marriage. Others should not impose their views on you, and it is not the purpose of this article to tell you what to do. In the end, you are the one who will live with the consequences; therefore, you are the one who must decide.—Galatians 6:5."

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201002/four-things-about-divorce/

Mumio said:

laurarichardson said:

Superfan1984 said: --- She always looked happy when she was with Prince. He looked miserable but she looked like the Cat That Ate The Carnary.

That's what I thought when he was with M1 Dude never should have married, he just wasn't suited for married life.

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I think that he just married the wrong women.

Asenath0607 said:

What is the source, or background of why people think that Manuela had an affair with Eric Benet when she was married to Prince? If the affair made it's way to the org; wouldn't it have made it to Prince's ears too? Why would he not want a divorce if she was cheating on him? And before anyone states it was his faith/JW; per their website:

"The Bible does not treat divorce casually. It states that Jehovah God views as treacherous and hateful the frivolous putting away of one’s mate, perhaps with the motive of taking another spouse. (Malachi 2:13-16) Marriage is a permanent bond. (Matthew 19:6) Many marriages that broke up on trivial grounds could have been saved if partners had been more forgiving.—Matthew 18:21, 22.

At the same time, the Bible allows for divorce and remarriage on one ground—sexual relations outside the marriage. (Matthew 19:9) Therefore, if you learn that your mate has been unfaithful, you have the right to terminate the marriage. Others should not impose their views on you, and it is not the purpose of this article to tell you what to do. In the end, you are the one who will live with the consequences; therefore, you are the one who must decide.—Galatians 6:5."

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201002/four-things-about-divorce/

The Bible gives you permission to divorce due to infidelity, but is does not that you have to divorce just because infidelity occurred. Maybe P thought that they could work it out.

He doesn't look miserable in a lot of the pictures with Manuela. In most of them, he looks either neutral, content or happy. For whatever reason, they had a complicated relationship but P must have been happy with her at moments. People can chose to believe its was some kind of self-delusion..(IMO, with Mayte it seemed overly romantic but not rooted in realness, until realness slapped them in the face), but he did seem happy enough with this lady to go without makeup around her (apparently that was not the case with Mayte). Nobody knows how Manuela and Prince were when no one else was around, not even former associates who observed their behavior from somewhere close to the inner circle.. The only people who really knew were the two of them. Its interesting to me that never before seen pictures of Manuela and Prince have popped up since his death...indicating some kind of intimacy that we will never know about until she talks about it and even then its hard to know if she will be completely sincere or open about the two of them.

Asenath0607 said:

laurarichardson said:

Superfan1984 said: --- She always looked happy when she was with Prince. He looked miserable but she looked like the Cat That Ate The Carnary.

You think he looks miserable here?

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purplerabbithole said:

I am not forgetting a damn thing, Laura. I am simply saying that P did not look miserable in MOST of the public pictures. I am sure there are some miserable pictures but you Manuela haters are overstating the facts. We don't know what P felt about this woman, and what exactly went wrong because we weren't there. Very few people were. Cheating is likely the reason (or at least suspicions of it) on both parties. How it went down exactly (emotionally, psychologically etc)_ is beyond our knowledge and even Mikki White's knowledge (hell, even Mayte's entirely). Prince was a complicated and very guarded/compartmentalized man and I imagine Manuela had her complexity and complicated feeling where fame, money, female proteges/hanger-ons and Prince were concerned.

laurarichardson said:

purplerabbithole said:

He doesn't look miserable in a lot of the pictures with Manuela. In most of them, he looks either neutral, content or happy. For whatever reason, they had a complicated relationship but P must have been happy with her at moments. People can chose to believe its was some kind of self-delusion..(IMO, with Mayte it seemed overly romantic but not rooted in realness, until realness slapped them in the face), but he did seem happy enough with this lady to go without makeup around her (apparently that was not the case with Mayte). Nobody knows how Manuela and Prince were when no one else was around, not even former associates who observed their behavior from somewhere close to the inner circle.. The only people who really knew were the two of them. Its interesting to me that never before seen pictures of Manuela and Prince have popped up since his death...indicating some kind of intimacy that we will never know about until she talks about it and even then its hard to know if she will be completely sincere or open about the two of them.

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Oscar picture he looked miserable.There are pics with him wearing a red outfit were he looks miserable. According to the interview that the driver who drove for him doing the Musicology tour said he was on the bus by him self without her and maybe you are forgetting the did divorce after JW counseling so they were not getting along.

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laurarichardson said:

He knocked down a house and sent the pieces to her prior to that we know from CJ she was living in a rented Condo. Someone on this board said he was flirting with other women when he went to Hawaii to get married. Does not sound like true love to me but different strokes for different folks I guess but come on it does appear to have been a solid marriage right from the start because of the affair.

Dats right.

One thing I've noticed, (and someone who knows better correct me if I'm wrong) but I have a few of the Piano and Microphone CD's (Sydney, Paisley Park, Toronto) and, from what I've heard, he sang the songs he wrote for Manuella and the songs he wrote during his time with her but none from when he was with Mayte. Absolutely none. Right?

P.S. I even listened closely to see if he'd change the words (like on Call My Name when he sings "through the Bridle Path door" ) because, that's the kind of thing Prince does when he's over someone- and he didn't. In fact, he sang them strong and with feeling.

morningsong said:

On AOA he sang a lyric that he was with M2 out of despair (I am paraphrasing). He probably needed someone who knocked his socks off - someone he loved more than she loved him. But EB makes my skin crawl. He always has.

When he put her out and she lived in the condo- didn't he also make her pay like $800 a month in rent (ouch) which she didn't pay and she was evicted? if I remember correctly...

laurarichardson said: