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Creepiest interview....ever.


The fact that Mayte was barely in her 20s, had just lost their son Gregory, and then made to pretend like nothing was wrong made it all the more sad. Everything that came out of her mouth seemed to alarm Prince--his body and eye language while she spoke made her appear coached by him prior to the interview. Can you imagine what that poor girl went through?

Then the whole "it came to me in a dream" nonsense he fed to Oprah was just the icing on the cake.

warning2all said:

breakdown2k14 said:

Very strange and uncomfortable.

BobGeorge909 said:

Worse than the don't you like surprises? interview.

Creepy or not, I thought it was cool that he was on TV for 1 whole hour. Some of my friends gave me hell for his "float the boat" comment but I knew what he meant..Despite the controversy (no pun intended) he was on TV a lot during that time..I almost couldn't keep up with recording his apperances.

Blixical said:

Should've been a redflag to all involved that this wasn't a healthy situation.

Blixical said:

Creepiest interview....ever.


The fact that Mayte was barely in her 20s, had just lost their son Gregory, and then made to pretend like nothing was wrong made it all the more sad. Everything that came out of her mouth seemed to alarm Prince--his body and eye language while she spoke made her appear coached by him prior to the interview. Can you imagine what that poor girl went through?

Then the whole "it came to me in a dream" nonsense he fed to Oprah was just the icing on the cake.

You are so right. I remember feeling bad for Mayte too, because If I'm correct, I remember her tearing up at one time, about to cry, and Prince shot her such a look, it even made me uncomfortable, let alone Mayte. I didn't believe anything they said in the interview, and I could tell that Oprah didn't either, because Oprah is very good at what she does, and I think she could read them well. You can just tell that Prince had complete control over Mayte, and what she was to say and not say. That's why I don't really believe Prince in interviews, because he's known for playing games with the media, and you don't know when he's telling the truth or not. You can tell that Prince is a very controlling person, and he controls everything around him, his band, his women, his employees, etc. Even when he's performing, and someone does something he doesn't like, he shoots them a look to kill. I've seen him do this on several occasions, like interviews, etc, and the people he shoots "the look" to, looks like they are scared to death afterwards.

Oh man, two things I really remember about this interview:

1) Prince busting out the theme to the "Batman" TV show, with that sly grin on his face.

2) Oprah raving about how she loved to work out to "Emancipation", and the clip of her in spandex on a treadmill with the title track playing in the background. It was so self-serving, and yet it looked so awkward and wrong. And, forgive me, but "Emancipation" is not work-out material. I mean, "Sleep Around" or "New World" or something with more energy.

The best line ever in a Prince interview has to be from the Rosie O'Donnel show when she was called him Taffy, and he says "you know what Taffy rhymes with dont ya?......... Good night!!"

Blixical said:

Creepiest interview....ever.


The fact that Mayte was barely in her 20s, had just lost their son Gregory, and then made to pretend like nothing was wrong made it all the more sad. Everything that came out of her mouth seemed to alarm Prince--his body and eye language while she spoke made her appear coached by him prior to the interview. Can you imagine what that poor girl went through?

Then the whole "it came to me in a dream" nonsense he fed to Oprah was just the icing on the cake.

I agree.I felt so bad for Prince and Mayte They were going through a major tragedy and had to act as if everything was fine.I think Prince should have cancelled or postponed this interview.

blah blah blah ...r u gay???

as someone who has gone threw a lost of a baby recently people grieve in their own way u go threw stages even sometimes refuse to fully accept it unless youve gone threw it u will never no so maybe prince didnt no how to deal with wat happened or know how to deal with it publicly and maybe thats why it came across as he was acting weird and he didnt feel ready to talk about it etc

You guys have obviously seen the video again thats out there, easily found. Won't post the link just in case it disappears.

To me, the music had lost its kick. The whole name change/marriage/fight with Sony era seemed to drain the magic touch right out of him. Gone. Just like that. He was popular and controversial, but his music was not. Funny how artists have a wave or surge of what feels right to the masses, touches the masses. And then poof....it's gone. Never to return. Not even to surpass the past. Strange happenings. Could have another surge. With bland artists/musicians like Legend now appealing to the masses, who knows what will resonate with folks. Just good music I suppose.