as an ex-jewelry manager...ill co-sign your post supernova...

laurarichardson said:

You are so very right!

Let's review. Girl begins as fan. Manages to work her way through available band members to get her tape to Prince.
Marries him. Enjoys a moment in the sun, being the happy ventriliquist dummy/accessory to Prince for awhile.
Eventually realizes he isn't going to further her career. He really does want a wife. Her CD tanks, lets her be a video director in a last ditch effort to justify her talents to the public.
He moves her to Spain to keep her.
She gets tired of being the stepford wife, and the little recognition she gets just isn't enough.
Next she dates an up & coming choreographer. Who works with hits of the moment Britney, Nsync, etc.
She begins working on a reported dance album. With hot producer song writers, she choreographs for Britney and gets a little appearance in an Nsync 'Making the Video.'
She manages to hobnob with real celebrities now.
Along comes Tommy. His name is synonymous with notoriety. She sees yet another opportunity. They are engaged. She goes on tour with him as a dancer. Takes advantage of a lot of photo ops and gets to be on VH-1. Now working on her rock album, in order to cash in on the (now dead) rap-metal trend.
She has apparently not had a relationship with anyone who could not in some way further her career.
Certainly Prince is not blameless in the obvious travesty that was there relationship, but I certainly believe Mayte is a woman with a motive.

calldapplwondery83 said:

:LOL:

The FAM detector is working overtime...

Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a FAM!

Hahahahahahahaha!

"Whatever"

Classic!!!

:LOL:

Did it ever occur to you guys that maybe she was instructed by these two very controling men not to say anything?
She's been with Prince since she was 16. How could she be educated? She left Prince, he didnot leave her.

Tommy Lee is abusive, maybe she is afraid to say anything?

lovebird said:

Seems she has been saying what she wants with Tommy. And him being abusive has not stopped her from being with him. She knows what she's getting into even if she is in denial.

prince should be embarrassed?
we all go through the same type of relationship being fans with the midget idiot...dont we?

Mayte ,is doing what she has to in order to Make It! If you were in the Entertainment field maybe you would do the same thing. She has to survive and Prince and her are finished. Listen Scorpio's are not stupid at all. Real question will be if she can get Tommy to clean up his act a bit before he dies. I know she can get him to marry her. She did it to Prince and now it's Tommy's turn to be bewitched by her. I think since Prince toned down his Image she Definitely works better with the Wild,Crazy, Rock n Roll Image Tommy puts out. Prince is not wrong either. He's more subdued and played down. I prefer Prince's Wildness to Tommy's and the Crue Guys however.

Wolf said:

I think the abuse everyone is talking about is mental abuse anytime you aren't allowed to morn for your child in your own way, say and do what you feel it sounds like mental abuse to me.

IceNine said:

Interesting commentary, but these ideas sound completely
biased. You all make it seem as if Prince, fully adult, brilliant artist, and worldly man that he is (who can have, and HAS had any number of women all around the globe) was duped in his 30's(?) by a 16 year old child, and continued to be duped by her over the course of what, 6 or 7 years? The whole thing (as always) ends up sounding like some weird Prince pity party...

How do we know that Prince wasn't the one who deserved to be left because perhaps he was a closet misogynist and philanderer? Anybody who's been in a complex adult relationship knows that a person who admittedly has so many "control" issues can't be THAT easy to live with. Having been married once to an older person in the same field as I work in, with a fair amount of power and prestige, I can tell you it's sometimes difficult for the woman in this kind of situation as she often has to fight (within herself and against external influences) to have her own identity and ideas in the relationship after the honeymoon is over, so to speak.

Does it seem entirely unreasonable that maybe Mr. Man screwed Mayte over in some way or another, and that maybe that's the REAL reason why she high tailed it out of Minneapolis? I mean, did you guys actually BELIEVE that man
when he sat on TV, in interview after interview (actually,
his appearance with Lisa Ling on The View springs to mind)
explaining that his marriage annullment was a result of his spiritual beliefs??? Meanwhile, his (ex-)wife was quarantined way off in Spain somewhere (and, having been to Marbella, I can tell you the American press/paparazzi don't really hang out there, so at least he had THAT base covered). I'm not trying to be condescending, but come on, guys! Any divorce lawyer worth their retainer can tell you that in a short-term marriage involving a SUBSTANTIAL amount of money, the person holding the purse strings better find a way get that union ANNULLED quick
if they're not feeling generous about alimony payments. Okay, I know they were only married for a minute and a half, but she was working and touring with him since she was 16 or 17??? And she inspired songs(heck, an album or two?) and musical influences that brought his butt back onto the CHARTS and got his videos on rotation for a couple of years??? He definitely saved himself alot of dough by legally 86ing that marriage, that's for sure.

I just remember watching that View interview, with a couple of girlfriends (both lawyers and also Gen X First Wife Clubbers), and we were just like, 'well, after all of those years of walking next to that man like a trained poodle, only speaking in public when spoken to, inspiring his work,and birthing his child (and what was up with that story about him not placing his name on the birth certificate as the father?), that's a fine how do you do! He has just insured that she will NEVER be entitled to a dime from the time she put in as a muse, a wife (and mother), and if he and lawyers decide to get ugly with her, she won't have a legal leg to stand on. Man has she been DUPED!' But, that's just the way it works with many high profile marriages, or at least marriages that involve big money- sad, but true...

Ultimately, we'll never know what REALLY went on in that marriage. But at the very least, we DO know that it takes TWO to tango, in both good times and bad. Consequently, it would then seem rather silly to simply see the ex-wife in that situation as the evil shrew who is rightfully banished from Princeland. Lawd knows when a love relatioship is over it can be a hurtin' thing! Personally, I wouldn't wish that kind of pain on my worst enemy! So it would seem to me that we should actually be happy for both of 'em since they've been able to move on with their lives and put the pain of a broken marriage behind them, instead of wasting time placing blame squarely on one or the other.

I agree with reesestrongnight. i couldn't have said that any better...but I will add. No matter what we think we know about our beloved Prince and marvel in his creative grace we do not know him and the media only tells you what they think we want to know. the more scandelous they can make a story the better raises they will get at the end of the year. i think that about out of all the Prince stories i've heard only 20-35% of them are true.The rest of it is for people who won't bother to ask what the TRUTH is. Or even Question the TRUTH.In short the next time you read an article about WHATEVER...Question it, find fact because if it didn't come out of the mouths of the people its pertaining to then it aint what it is...lol U Dig me?