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Mani on the cover of Sister 2 Sister Magazine. Don't know if it was mentioned but Eric Benet and Mani are on the cover of the October issue of Sister 2 Sister Magazine. There's also an interview inside with her. She doesn't say much about Prince and their marriage/divorce.(I would guess part of the divorce settlement) Just thought some of you might want to know. [Edited 9/6/08 10:55am] | |
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The cover can be found here http://urbanscanz.blogspo...er-to.html S2S could have a least used an original picture instead of a recycled one. I wonder why they felt the need to interview her as well. I am quite sure that the demographic market that buys the magazine does not know who Manuela is. Plus, Eric is the one with the new album coming out next week. [Edited 9/6/08 16:45pm] | |
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omg this chic is my hero. the way she obtains and work fame to her advantage is mind boggling.  | |
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CocoSweet said: Don't know if it was mentioned but Eric Benet and Mani are on the cover of the October issue of Sister 2 Sister Magazine. There's also an interview inside with her. She doesn't say much about Prince and their marriage/divorce.(I would guess part of the divorce settlement) Just thought some of you might want to know.
[Edited 9/6/08 10:55am] so what does she say do you know? | |
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I want to believe that they are happy 2gether and planning a long committed and fruitful union/future. Alas, my gut tells me that they are just marketing themselves and taking advantage of their respective exes fame. Y'all know even as fine as Eric is, he never had high record sales and media attention until he got married to Halle. As for Mani...well nuthin 2 say really - she was married to Prince. | |
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p4life said: CocoSweet said: Don't know if it was mentioned but Eric Benet and Mani are on the cover of the October issue of Sister 2 Sister Magazine. There's also an interview inside with her. She doesn't say much about Prince and their marriage/divorce.(I would guess part of the divorce settlement) Just thought some of you might want to know.
[Edited 9/6/08 10:55am] so what does she say do you know? She pretty much talks about her charity and that's how she met Prince by doing marketing or Publicity (something like that) for his Love4OneAnother charity. At first she didn't work directly with him, but they met, talked as friends and then things sort of happened. Then she mentioned that she doesn't see or talk to him anymore. Sort of like the same response Mayte gave about seeing Prince after their divorce--like we sorta kinda say "hi", but nothing else. | |
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CocoSweet said: p4life said: so what does she say do you know? She pretty much talks about her charity and that's how she met Prince by doing marketing or Publicity (something like that) for his Love4OneAnother charity. At first she didn't work directly with him, but they met, talked as friends and then things sort of happened. Then she mentioned that she doesn't see or talk to him anymore. Sort of like the same response Mayte gave about seeing Prince after their divorce--like we sorta kinda say "hi", but nothing else. Such a sterile statement. How do you go from a law degree at a canadian college to marketing and publicity for Prince? Halle stay away....Prince stay away!! Ur both better off! Mo betta! | |
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 Wow! So I guess now it's official. We've seen them out together but somehow I didn't think it was anything serious.
Well, they look great together. Perfect match. [Edited 9/6/08 16:23pm] | |
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CocoSweet said: p4life said: so what does she say do you know? She pretty much talks about her charity and that's how she met Prince by doing marketing or Publicity (something like that) for his Love4OneAnother charity. At first she didn't work directly with him, but they met, talked as friends and then things sort of happened. Then she mentioned that she doesn't see or talk to him anymore. Sort of like the same response Mayte gave about seeing Prince after their divorce--like we sorta kinda say "hi", but nothing else. publicity and marketing for love4oneanother? a guy I met in Vegas said she was selling water at one of the Celebrations. maybe that job came later.  | |
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Ive neverbeen abig fan ofMani because whati heardabout her, andmysource told meshe beatdown somebody elseforshit i posted!LOL but damn,sheis lookingDELICIOUS!!
Erikmust be sexingher upreal good!!Hemust be blowingherback outshe looks that fu*(able!LOL | |
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Hey, it takes two. Ya'll make her out to be some evil villain, cut her some slack. Grant it, Prince and Mayte got married, then divorced and somewhere along the way Manuela came into the picture. She gave up a law degree which is huge but she's no dummy. She met Prince and admit it, as much as we love Prince, if he came into our stratosphere who's to say how we would act or what we would give up to be with him. He married her too quickly on the heels of divorcing Mayte and Mayte was too young for Prince from the start, so was Manuela. So, now she's got the In A Perfect World charity going strong and from what I understand it's going extremely well. Eric is a great singer in is own right, shoot, that's how Halle met him, he was in concert. So, both ladies had rock stars in their eyes. Life goes on, they've moved on and hopefully they can find some type of happiness, instead of constantly being reminded that they are the exes of Prince and Halle and that everything they do is scrutinized.My goodness, how judgemental we can be as human beings! Will everyone still be so critical of them when they're 80?? | |
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Clevelandgirl said: Hey, it takes two. Ya'll make her out to be some evil villain, cut her some slack. Grant it, Prince and Mayte got married, then divorced and somewhere along the way Manuela came into the picture. She gave up a law degree which is huge but she's no dummy. She met Prince and admit it, as much as we love Prince, if he came into our stratosphere who's to say how we would act or what we would give up to be with him. He married her too quickly on the heels of divorcing Mayte and Mayte was too young for Prince from the start, so was Manuela. So, now she's got the In A Perfect World charity going strong and from what I understand it's going extremely well. Eric is a great singer in is own right, shoot, that's how Halle met him, he was in concert. So, both ladies had rock stars in their eyes. Life goes on, they've moved on and hopefully they can find some type of happiness, instead of constantly being reminded that they are the exes of Prince and Halle and that everything they do is scrutinized.My goodness, how judgemental we can be as human beings! Will everyone still be so critical of them when they're 80??
i feel bad for Eric in the sense that he had his own music career which Halle kind of had nothing to do with so i could understand his frustration of people constantly bringing her up. but for manuela, she will always be scrutinized because everyone knows that the only reason she's on the cover of magazines, on the red carpet and in the media continues to be because of the celebrity she's tied to. first it was Prince (not to mention how she ended up in paisley park was a little bizarre) and now its Eric Benet. I think her charity work is awesome, i just get this opportunistic vibe from her, but like i said, she knows how to work it. i ain't mad at her. [Edited 9/6/08 20:56pm] | |
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wonder505 said: Clevelandgirl said: Hey, it takes two. Ya'll make her out to be some evil villain, cut her some slack. Grant it, Prince and Mayte got married, then divorced and somewhere along the way Manuela came into the picture. She gave up a law degree which is huge but she's no dummy. She met Prince and admit it, as much as we love Prince, if he came into our stratosphere who's to say how we would act or what we would give up to be with him. He married her too quickly on the heels of divorcing Mayte and Mayte was too young for Prince from the start, so was Manuela. So, now she's got the In A Perfect World charity going strong and from what I understand it's going extremely well. Eric is a great singer in is own right, shoot, that's how Halle met him, he was in concert. So, both ladies had rock stars in their eyes. Life goes on, they've moved on and hopefully they can find some type of happiness, instead of constantly being reminded that they are the exes of Prince and Halle and that everything they do is scrutinized.My goodness, how judgemental we can be as human beings! Will everyone still be so critical of them when they're 80??
i feel bad for Eric in the sense that he had his own music career which Halle kind of had nothing to do with so i could understand his frustration of people constantly bringing her up. but for manuela, she will always be scrutinized because everyone knows that the only reason she's on the cover of magazines, on the red carpet and in the media continues to be because of the celebrity she's tied to. first it was Prince (not to mention how she ended up in paisley park was a little bizarre) and now its Eric Benet. I think her charity work is awesome, i just get this opportunistic vibe from her, but like i said, she knows how to work it. i ain't mad at her. [Edited 9/6/08 20:56pm] You got a point there. How she got to where she is at now is suspect. True that. | |
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I got the cover but not the interview. She is an opportunistic person, and should have kept her distance when the divorce was going on.I mean clearly she likes the life style or she would not be with Eric. But maybe when Tamar came into play. She saw history repeating itself. If they do it with you they will do it to you.But he is at fault as well, he goes for girls too young that have not quite grown and have enough life expierence. He doesn't not allow them to grow, but make them what he wants them to be, and kick them to the curb when they try to be their own person. But he can't be loyal, and stay with one person. He is all about the chase and get board when it is over and moves on to the next one. | |
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Clevelandgirl said: Hey, it takes two. Ya'll make her out to be some evil villain, cut her some slack.
She was a fan, who became an employee, then became a wife. That accounts for a lot of the negative comments IMO. | |
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NouveauDance said: Clevelandgirl said: Hey, it takes two. Ya'll make her out to be some evil villain, cut her some slack.
She was a fan, who became an employee, then became a wife. That accounts for a lot of the negative comments IMO. HELL YEAH, SHE STALKED PRINCE WHILE HE WAS STILL MARRIED. HER WHOLE STORY IS SUSPECT. BUT HEY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO HATE HER OR ENVY HER. I LEAN TOWARDS HATE CUZ SHE HAD SOME KARMA COMING TO HER AND SHE COULD HAVE AT LEAST TRIED TO WORK THINGS OUT WITH P! SHE KNEW WHAT KINDA MAN HE WAS/IS! | |
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We need a Prince jump-offs section for this type of info. | |
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Manuela wasn't the one who was married and had promised her partner to stay faithful no matter what. It's never a good idea to get involved with a married man, but it's not like Prince didn't have any choice... He was the one who was married, he should have said "No thanks, I already have a woman I love"... | |
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PurpleCharm said: Thanks for posting.
The cover can be found here http://urbanscanz.blogspo...er-to.html S2S could have a least used an original picture instead of a recycled one. I wonder why they felt the need to interview her as well. I am quite sure that the demographic market that buys the magazine does not know who Manuela is. Plus, Eric is the one with the new album coming out next week. [Edited 9/6/08 16:45pm] Maybe them doing an exclusive is a way to highlight charity and social work being done in the urban community, I see it being especially interesting that she's still pretty young, and is a woman of color operating her own org for community benefit. As for the recycled photo, it's far easier to pay a fee to the photo agency that will grant them usage, vs. eating the cost for a photo shoot. To book a photo crew, pay production expenses, ect... it's not financially sensible in this case... | |
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wonder505 said: omg this chic is my hero. the way she obtains and work fame to her advantage is mind boggling.
...she would be what my young,entrepeneurial, MBA-laden nephew refers to as a "her-stler"...apparently there's a whole gang of them coming up in the world of young movers and shakers these days.  | |
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Ottensen said: PurpleCharm said: Thanks for posting.
The cover can be found here http://urbanscanz.blogspo...er-to.html S2S could have a least used an original picture instead of a recycled one. I wonder why they felt the need to interview her as well. I am quite sure that the demographic market that buys the magazine does not know who Manuela is. Plus, Eric is the one with the new album coming out next week. [Edited 9/6/08 16:45pm] Maybe them doing an exclusive is a way to highlight charity and social work being done in the urban community, I see it being especially interesting that she's still pretty young, and is a woman of color operating her own org for community benefit. i know what you mean but what mani is doing at her age is not unusual. you forget she has money to burn and the resources to start her own profit and non-profit. there are many women doing the same without that celebrity connection involved. [Edited 9/8/08 6:08am] | |
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Ottensen said: wonder505 said: omg this chic is my hero. the way she obtains and work fame to her advantage is mind boggling.
...she would be what my young,entrepeneurial, MBA-laden nephew refers to as a "her-stler"...apparently there's a whole gang of them coming up in the world of young movers and shakers these days. i hear dat! | |
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VenusBlingBling said: Manuela wasn't the one who was married and had promised her partner to stay faithful no matter what. It's never a good idea to get involved with a married man, but it's not like Prince didn't have any choice... He was the one who was married, he should have said "No thanks, I already have a woman I love"...
I feel you on that girl, but I will say that Mani don't get any sympathy from me cuz she saw an opportunity to come between Mayte and Prince and when you play that game, your promises to love and honor dont' mean anything. You're basically making that promise until things don't go the way you want anymore. I know this one chick who went after a married guy and yeah he told her he was unhappy so she thought she was rescuing him but then after 5 years he cheated on her. She didn't leave but he still cheats now and then. She stays cuz she too embarassed to leave and don't want ppl like me telling her "told ya so!" Prince would have stayed with Mani and still cheated on her. Guess she thought she was too good to get played.  | |
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Y'all be hatin'.
Seriously, you can't be mad at Mani for chasing the men she's attracted to. A lot of you ladies fantasize about Prince, fantasize about Eric Benet, etc. and so on. She just went out and made her fantasy men her reality men. OR Maybe they are attracted to her and seek her out? Maybe she's got that "good, good" that Ashanti's talking about?
Either way, you can't be mad at her for trying to make a good life for herself. Isn't that one of the goals of most people in life? To try to have the best life possible? Y'all try to make Prince out to be some victim when he's not. He knows exactly what he does. He's not some innocent victim in his relationships. Often times, its would seem that he's the manipulator if anything. [Edited 9/8/08 10:53am] | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Y'all be hatin'.
Seriously, you can't be mad at Mani for chasing the men she's attracted to. A lot of you ladies fantasize about Prince, fantasize about Eric Benet, etc. and so on. She just went out and made her fantasy men her reality men. OR Maybe they are attracted to her and seek her out? Maybe she's got that "good, good" that Ashanti's talking about?
Either way, you can't be mad at her for trying to make a good life for herself. Isn't that one of the goals of most people in life? To try to have the best life possible? Y'all try to make Prince out to be some victim when he's not. He knows exactly what he does. He's not some innocent victim in his relationships. Often times, its would seem that he's the manipulator if anything. [Edited 9/8/08 10:53am] Y'all nothin!!! I'm not absolving Prince of anything. He a slut! I like him that way tho! My point with Mani and other chicks chasing their dream man is don't do it if he's already taken. She helped push Mayte to the curb, that's my problem with her. Also, I don't entirely believe that she loved Prince but believed that she loved the lifestyle he could provide her. Eric bout to do the same thing. Both Eric and Prince share similar taste in women and Mani fit that mold. And she don't got the good good (fucking love that song) or else Prince would never have given her reason to leave - he would be coming straight home each and every night! Mani a playa, good for her I guess, but players get busted! Eric bout to hang on to her cuz nobody wants his used ass! He still fine tho.  I wouldn't touch him with some other chick's pussy! | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Y'all be hatin'.
Seriously, you can't be mad at Mani for chasing the men she's attracted to. A lot of you ladies fantasize about Prince, fantasize about Eric Benet, etc. and so on. She just went out and made her fantasy men her reality men. OR Maybe they are attracted to her and seek her out? Maybe she's got that "good, good" that Ashanti's talking about?
Either way, you can't be mad at her for trying to make a good life for herself. Isn't that one of the goals of most people in life? To try to have the best life possible? Y'all try to make Prince out to be some victim when he's not. He knows exactly what he does. He's not some innocent victim in his relationships. Often times, its would seem that he's the manipulator if anything. [Edited 9/8/08 10:53am] EXACTLY, you are SO right! | |
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DesireeNevermind said: And she don't got the good good (fucking love that song) or else Prince would never have given her reason to leave - he would be coming straight home each and every night! That's not necessarily true. As a man, I can tell you that some men are going to poon chase no matter how good a woman is in ANY aspect (bedroom, good wife, good mother, etc.). I have a cousin like that. He's tossed aside many decent women because he can't control himself. Some men are just going to be that way, just like some women are so materialistic that they lose good men because they are forever looking for the "ultimate sugar daddy" or their definition of "Prince Charming". | |
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DesireeNevermind said: BlaqueKnight said: Y'all be hatin'.
Seriously, you can't be mad at Mani for chasing the men she's attracted to. A lot of you ladies fantasize about Prince, fantasize about Eric Benet, etc. and so on. She just went out and made her fantasy men her reality men. OR Maybe they are attracted to her and seek her out? Maybe she's got that "good, good" that Ashanti's talking about?
Either way, you can't be mad at her for trying to make a good life for herself. Isn't that one of the goals of most people in life? To try to have the best life possible? Y'all try to make Prince out to be some victim when he's not. He knows exactly what he does. He's not some innocent victim in his relationships. Often times, its would seem that he's the manipulator if anything. [Edited 9/8/08 10:53am] Y'all nothin!!! I'm not absolving Prince of anything. He a slut! I like him that way tho! My point with Mani and other chicks chasing their dream man is don't do it if he's already taken. She helped push Mayte to the curb, that's my problem with her. Also, I don't entirely believe that she loved Prince but believed that she loved the lifestyle he could provide her. Eric bout to do the same thing. Both Eric and Prince share similar taste in women and Mani fit that mold. And she don't got the good good (fucking love that song) or else Prince would never have given her reason to leave - he would be coming straight home each and every night! Mani a playa, good for her I guess, but players get busted! Eric bout to hang on to her cuz nobody wants his used ass! He still fine tho. I wouldn't touch him with some other chick's pussy!If Mani succeeded in "pushing Mayte to the curb", it was only because Prince let her. And if your man acts that way then you know that, as painful as it is, it's good he isn't your man anymore. | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Y'all be hatin'.
Seriously, you can't be mad at Mani for chasing the men she's attracted to. A lot of you ladies fantasize about Prince, fantasize about Eric Benet, etc. and so on. She just went out and made her fantasy men her reality men. OR Maybe they are attracted to her and seek her out? Maybe she's got that "good, good" that Ashanti's talking about?
Either way, you can't be mad at her for trying to make a good life for herself. Isn't that one of the goals of most people in life? To try to have the best life possible? Y'all try to make Prince out to be some victim when he's not. He knows exactly what he does. He's not some innocent victim in his relationships. Often times, its would seem that he's the manipulator if anything. [Edited 9/8/08 10:53am] oh i always give her props for accomplishing what she planned but the reality is stalking someone, from canada to minneapolis is insane and it brings into question did she really really love him. I'm not feeling sorry for Prince, maybe he got what he deserved, i don't know, its just that when I see her in the media and on front pages of magazines, i have my opinions on how she got there. Mani is an opportunist, you could either hate her or pat her on the back for pimpin the game, which she continues to do...with eric benet. | |
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BlaqueKnight said: DesireeNevermind said: And she don't got the good good (fucking love that song) or else Prince would never have given her reason to leave - he would be coming straight home each and every night! That's not necessarily true. As a man, I can tell you that some men are going to poon chase no matter how good a woman is in ANY aspect (bedroom, good wife, good mother, etc.). I have a cousin like that. He's tossed aside many decent women because he can't control himself. Some men are just going to be that way, just like some women are so materialistic that they lose good men because they are forever looking for the "ultimate sugar daddy" or their definition of "Prince Charming". so these kind of folks need not be married...EVER!! and no kids either, i mean why fuck up the life of an innocent. your cousing need to go to the same clinic that Eric did. LMAO assuming that worked. jus kidding, sort of.  | |
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