pplrain said:

That could be the case, but Jaheim said it best in this song
Listen and Learn.... http://youtube.com/watch?v=mciblMkL9q0

PleasurePrinciple said:

Well, if you have to make it sound like THAT...
Right, that's not exactly what I'm trying to say. I don't mean to sound like a bad Daniel Steele novel and say that it's ok to cheat on the person you're married to and to have an affair with a married man because love is love and it's a wonderful thing we should celebrate. I'm not saying that what they did was ok and that they just couldn't help it. What I MEAN is that instead of acting like I was perfect and say I don't understand how anyone could behave like that I do UNDERSTAND that it CAN HAPPEN and that it doesn't automatically make you a bad human being. I am not the one to judge, I don't know any of the people involved. IMO, we don't know enough to get all crazy over a woman and a situation we hardly know anything about. Mayte is the one who has/had reasons to be mad.

the end.

VenusBlingBling said:

I did....I think we all did actually.

Kissmequick said:

Prince is a prick.


Ok...that took care of it

Rhondab said:

Kissmequick said:

Rhondab said:

VenusBlingBling said:

nobody said she was a bad human being.people just do or dont like her.
u seemed to be defending the point that people should have no issues with her since they dont know everything.Im just tryna defend both sides.

...I guess
[Edited 8/27/07 15:38pm]

VenusBlingBling said:

I am sure PRINCE feels the same way.Just can't help himself.Don't fight the feeling,deal with the outcome good or bad,rather than be alone.

mene1948 said:

and yet he lost Mani...

pplrain said:

Hmmm. . .I've always wondered if Prince's association with Tamar had something to do with it. I remember the rumors that he was "smitten" with Tamar and he did actually kiss her on the cheek on the Brit Awards. Personally, and this is just me, if I saw my husband kissing his new protege on the cheek on international television, I'd find it inappropriate. Tamar and her album were all shelved and then we get divorce news. Hmmm. . .

Okay, I guess they do look good together, and that champagne dress is gorgeous, and I really like Mani from what I've seen her do (no, not the whole taking another woman's husband thing, but from her work per the website). And I empathized with Eric with the whole Halle fiasco, so I've never had a problem with him at all.

But...

...in these pictures to me, she's starting to get that old and worn look again, just like she did with Prince, just not as skinny, maybe that's just how she really is. From the last time I looked about 2 weeks ago there hasn't been any new developments on her sites for maybe 6 months or more, now someone says her myspace page is all private, though I've never seen it myself, no new interviews have surfaced, so what's she doing besides going to celeb events? Eric is packing on the weight (especially in a month) so I guess he's not planning on hitting the road soon and with him in all these pictures I'm wondering what does he do for a living. I know he's a recording artist, 3 albums, yeah, 2 prior to marrying Halle, but from what I heard he was broke after the divorce hence he protested the pre-nup. So either "Hurricane" was a humongous success, or he's a very successful producer; or you have just 2 people living the good life off of spousal support, and that just irritates me for some reason.

morningsong said:

Well, she or someone is checking her myspace page at least once a week or so. There she has written several blogs and added new pics and written comments during the past 6 months so maybe she's using her myspace rather than her other site(s).

SCNDLS said:

I can't speak for the show, becuse I haven't seen it, only some snippets of her with her daughters.

But as for being a trophy wife, Kimora was already financially independent before she met Russell. With the level of clientele she had in the (fashion) industry and what her agency charged for her daily rate, that placed her safely in about the 400K range annually. As a young teen she made more though, a LOT more.

morningsong said:

I don't have a clue about Manuela, but I do know that even for a singer/musician with Eric's moderate level of achievement, there are scores of things you can do musically to keep the checks coming in: as you mentioned, one can produce. One can also contribute to songwriting on commercially released projects, do backing vocals in sessions, play on the sessions, guest on other people's recordings (for example, he had a major hit here in Germany last year when he made an adult contemporary duet with their most popular German pop/r&b star). It doesn't sound so glam and in your face as we are accustomed to with how we define successful entertainers in the media, but trust me, the checks REALLY do add up. Not to astronomical proportions, but enough to own a good home, a couple of luxury vehicles, run your own production office, and still have and money left over for luxury leisure activities

Ottensen said:

What we get to see through the media is only the tip of the iceberg.

sosgemini said:

in all sincerity, at least for the first event i don't see it as a big deal that they're there, its a grammy event honoring quincy jones and i imagine that eric already knows him with the genre of music he does, and naturally through tamia. it's also a pretty fair bet that eric, at this point in his career is also a member of NARAS given his past grammy nominations. makes absolute sense that he should be there with his girl...

She is a f***ing groupie.

VenusBlingBling said:

Okay. Never seen her page, though I've looked for it. Found Eric's but I must admit that for the most part I'm Myspace illiterate, so if it does nearly jump in my lap I give up searching. It seemed discerning with the foundation and all the other projects that she jumped out of the gate in a wonderful stride, but now it seems she's losing her gait before getting close to the proverbial finish line, which is kind of disappointing, but there are always changes, only time will tell. She seems to be a very likable person, maybe she just needs a more focused person in her corner, not saying Eric isn't, only that as I said before in these photos she getting that drained/trying too hard look again.


Ottensen said:


Yeah, normally I would have thought working on other projects and such. But when I heard he was broke after the divorce despite already having 2 albums under his belt stunned me, cause he didn't spend his money on Halle, but he does have a daughter he's raising, so maybe he tried over compensating for her sake. But then he did sue Halle to contest the pre-nup sighting her responsiblity to his daughter or something like that, that's a wt-hey if I ever saw one. But Forbes says Halle had a very good pre-nup during the trial so, maybe he does have to work for his, but it just funny that his web doesn't reflect that, after a year of a lot of projects. Eh, maybe he is working on another album. But that 10 lbs. in a month's time ain't healthy for nobody I know that, hope he ain't sick or something.

sosgemini said:

It's called having a penis All men are sex addicts. You have those who act on it, and those who don't but just because someone isn't perving out doesn't mean they don't want to

morningsong said:

Don't know about any of the other stuff, but, insofar as him holding Halle responsible to his daughter, I think that's probably because she legally adopted her when they married...

Ottensen said:

Sad when kids get caught in the fallout of adult mistakes. Would be interesting to know if there were provisions in the original pre-nup since she made the decision get legally involved. Of course there could have always been an out of court financial arrangement, these things are always kept so quiet.

VenusBlingBling said:

See here is where I differ than people drunk on the purple koolaid.

I don't give Prince a pass. I absolutely think he was wrong to Susan, Susannah, Sheila E, Nona, Mayte, and Mani.

That is why people get bent out of shape about Mayte and Mani getting a pay off after they have been discarded.... no, I don't think so. If Prince wants to play the game... HE GOT TO PAY! That is the way I feel. That is *his* karma for being careless with committment.
Now that being said... Mani *is* a homewrecker. Don't excuse it. Call a spade a spade. If you can't live and own up to your actions... then maybe you should rethink your actions.

My parents taught me to never be ashamed of what you do in life. Make your choices carefully then stand behind them. Maybe Mani's position is that she was instrumental in wrecking P's marriage to Mayte because Mayte wasn't taking care of Prince... or Prince was in need of comfort and Mayte wasn't there for him... or whatever... I would not agree with her reasons, but I can respect that she did what she thought she was best. But to flat out deny it is like telling me the sky is not blue and gdammit it IS. Mani was a big part of the marriage ending.... so that makes her a freakin homewrecker... and don't say it isn't so.

She moved to another freakin country to be closer to a married man... she was thanked for her "contributions" to Prince's CD that including the song "the One" you know the song that he wrote for his wife Matye.

Nobody is stupid around here.

And like another poster said... you have some self control.

When I was single and I met a new man in whatever circumstance... I had 3 catergories... definitely no (saved for men taken), definitely yes (unattached men that I am attracted to) and maybe (men who are not attached but just friendly feelings).
I never put myself in postion that anything would even spark with the definitely no men....
Now that I am married... every man is definitely no. I don't go on "business lunches" with men, if I see a man flirting... as soon as I can I let him know indirectly that I am married. I wear my ring.

There are ways to be true to commitment. NOt saying that it is not hard sometimes... but you can. I control my hormones... I don't let them drive me.
[Edited 8/29/07 21:40pm]

prodigalfan said:

Of course Mani was one of the reasons why the marriage ended, I'm definitely not saying that it was otherwise.

PurpleCharm said:

So you think he has MIPS?

What kinda eyes do you guys have to see Eric having man hips?

pplrain said:

I don't think I'd even put up with that, even for Prince, like to be my own person not get told when to call someone! Thats obvious they are up to no good!

why does so many people hate on mani i like her and i think shes beautiful she really did love him for him not for the fame but unfortunately their marriage had their problams but she wasn't like those other wanna b's with no talent who just wanted fame out the relationship yes mayte was pretty but lets be honest the girl couldnt sing to save her ass she could dance and look pretty but thats about it honestly i think prince married her just because she got knocked maybe he thought it was vthe right thing to do? mani never cared about being the spot light she was there for one thing her love for prince

ManiThe fact that she was a fan and female it's not rocket science to suggest she would have had a crush on Prince which motivated her to move to the US to work for him. Mani knew he was married but obviously didn't care because why on earth would you care about working for someone you have a crush on and won't go after? That would be torture. It's pretty obvious if you want to get near Prince your best shot would be someone who worked for him. So I think she set out to get him proberly hoping sooner or later his marriage to Mayte would fail, after all didn't they get a divorce then get back together?

I can't respect a homewrecker and yes it takes two to tango but she had no right to circle around their relationship like a shark. To me that illustrates Mani is a very selfish woman that goes after she wants and to hell with anyone elses feelings. I bet she wouldn't like a woman like her stealing her man!

I also think she wanted to be with Prince because he was a famous pop star, had he worked at 7-11 I doubt she would have been interested. Mani loves the spotlight and imo her charity work was an excuse to get her into partying with the rich and famous and get invities into celebrity events.

It's common knowledge that doing charity work is a good way to meet these kinds of people. Notice how she would go to events without Prince? Obviously she craved the spotlight big time! Same with her candles and stuff it got her more press! Amazing how much attention she gets for being a nobody, she is very driven.Now she is in the media again and when her and Eric break up she will be with someone else that is well known.

Prince I think when it comes to women Prince is a lost cause. When I watched him in Graffiti Bridge my heart really went out to him. I thought you poor thing you are so lonely and wanting to find your true love. I don't feel sorry for Prince now because he makes too many stupid choices when it comes to women. Yeah Matye is nice but she wasn't very classy in how she dressed- notice when he went off with Mani she dressed more conservative. Mayte was too young for him and allowed him to control her.I think Prince being a gemini got bored with that after awhile.

I feel sorry for Mayte and how she wanted to be married forever. Prince was a real prick doing that to her. Had Prince been a man he would have got counselling and if that didn't work, he should have had the class to get divorce then find another woman instead he had one lined up waiting.

I have no doubt if Prince had no interest in Mani she couldn't have got him but I think she played on his ego and when a woman uses flattery on a man it's amazing how fast they become brainless. I think if Prince wants to ever be happy with a woman he needs to learn how to respect a woman and treat her right instead of just treating her like some play thing. Prince also needs to learn to date women not young girls, so he can have someone that can hold their own and maybe then he wouldn't get so bored.

i totaly disagree mani of course move 2 usa bcuz she was a huge fan dream job newayz prince and mayte filled an

annulment b4 mani came n the picture and u wanna talk about mani using prince 4 fame how about mayte givig prince a video of her dancing what do u call that mani charity is for a good cause and u never hear about parting like a slut in any club i think alot of people are jealous of mani because she was "one of us" hate n on the fact it could have them married to prince instead yes prince did his dirt but have u ever wonder y maybe bcause of the selfish women who only want fame and he knows it maybe thats y he does what he did and use them 2 his advantage just like they use him... mayte but i think with mani he found that real love ("she loves me for me" song) but i dont care what nobody says i like mani
[Edited 9/12/07 8:34am]