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In the May 2003 issue of Essence magazine Nona Gaye & Natalie Cole are on the cover. They talk about their famous fathers, troubled past and their plans for the future. Nona speaks about her relationship with Prince and this is what she says.

Nona: I’m trying to stay focused on my career and my son. If I let a man in right now, I don’t think I’d be able to handle it in the right way. I have the potential to be self-destructive, so I’m working on being more aware of what I’m doing and who I’m doing it with. For a long time I wasn’t aware. I was with Prince for three years staring from when I was 18….

Natalie: when we heard Prince was with this little 18-year-old child, we said,” Oh, God! Bless her heart.” Prince was…..

Nona: …not really stable. And I wasn’t either. I was still into drugs big time. I never really knew him, and I never let him really know me. I tried to be this woman I thought he wanted, very passive, just letting him lead. He was 16 years older than me. He told a friend of mine he was going to marry me and take care of me. I knew I wouldn’t get anything better than that from him, so I believed it. But after that we were in New York, and he asked me to come see his show. Mayte, one of his dancers, flashes the engagement ring he’d given her from the stage. When I asked him about it afterward, he was very evasive and defensive. I haven’t spoken to him since. He did marry Mayte. And it upsets me that we ended things that way, because at one point he was really, important to me.

whoooa...that's deep..

welp, that's one of the lessons u learn from being young and naïve...

Prince playa!...

Prince was such a playa...i swear had that been me my sterotypical puerto rican/latina side would've came out
[This message was edited Thu Apr 17 18:49:58 PDT 2003 by lovebizzare]

Starmist7 said:

he traded one younster for another and Nona was probably a better deal from observing Mayte's next choice in a partner. We all learn these lessons.

Hmmm...and he was with her for three years???!!!

I've always wondered how all those women dealt with that also, the back and forth stuff, and one swinging in front of the face of the other, that's why I say playa till' infinity, but looks like he settled down afterall, and that's lovely,

Rhondab said:

Well, hey, I don't go there, I'm just looking at it from the outside.

Three years, hell! I'll take three minutes!

But...but...

Prince would NEVER do anything so self-centered and misoganysitc...

Clearly, she's lying.

Starmist7 said:

You really think he settled down. He's a player for life.

OUCH!

U know what, what Nona said was very deep. People thought that was trippin' when told them that Prince is a very controlling man. He want things his way or the highway and that ain't cool. 4 a woman who want 2 b in a relationship with him have 2 b very careful, very strong, and very smart. U have 2 xpect the unxpected with him most of the time. Prince does tend 2 break women hearts and there r plenty of women out there 2 prove it. In my opinion couldn't marry him. But yeah, of course would fuck him. We would b nothing more than bed pals that's 4 sho'. He would give a new term 2 SUGAR DADDY.

OH YEAH... another thing! Nona had a bombin' ass body. better than Mayte's. :p

Well this story reminds of the "Beautiful Experience movie" where Nona sees Prince kissing Mayte during "Now"... In the film her character thinks she has a special relationship with Prince but not the one she really thought it was... the message is that she needs to open herself more to people...

Of course he must be a difficult personn having his own precise ideas on things but on the other hand i think the guy's smart and has a curious way to teach lessons (if lessons is what it's all about...)

herb4 said:

I trust that u are taking the piss here! If not, honey, pur-leeze!

I also think that what Nona said (and more importantly - HOW she said it) came across really well - she really seemed liked she opened up and revealed herself.

God, that sounds awful doesnt it?

I think u get the picture!

Well I don't see why she would lie about it all now so I believe her and Prince . . . I sure hope he has grown up and thinks with the head on his neck.

Clearly, she's still hung up about her whole relationship with Prince.

Every time I read a Nona Interview, If Prince gets dropped in the mix, it always goes into some sad sop story of "What Could Have Been"

At least she acknowledges that she's unstable, but I think it's a bit worrying that she also mentions that she doesn't think she can handle another relationship based on what Prince (so called) done to her 8 or so years ago - Move ON!

If Nona's daddy were around, I think 4 sure he'd be singing 2 her "What's Goin' On!"

SHASHA said:

I think Prince knocked up Mayte and decided to marry her. Then had to dump Nona. DOn't you luv gossip;)

SHASHA said:

Heh. There was a fan who lived in New York that used to chase Prince around town to all the aftershows and concerts he was doing at that time. And she wrote this long story recapping the things she heard and saw during that time and one of them was that Mayte gave Prince an ultimatum about their relationship and his relationships with Carmen Electra and Nona. Oh Miss Mayte played it to the hilt, boohoohoo-ing and all.

herb4 said:

Are you serious? if you know him, then ok maybe I can by this statement. I don't think she's lying it's just her side of the story.

Maybe Nona is Natasha? lol

Prince must have been dealing with Mayte for awhile to give her an engagement ring. Why wouldn't Nona see this?

When is Prince going to be on the cover of Essence, Jet, or Ebony magazine again? Come on baby, spill it...
[This message was edited Fri Apr 18 7:32:44 PDT 2003 by SummerRain]

jbchavez said:

At that time, Prince wasn't married, he could date whomever he wanted at anytime. Besides, she chose to give up the booty. It's True, most people want a monogomous relationship, but shouldn't a monogomous relationship only be practiced in a marriage? The assumption is that everyone waits until they're married to have sex anyway, right? A anyperson who expects a marriage after he had sex with a man and doesn't get the relationship he wants,is responsible for his pain.Hello, sex isn't love, nor is it a bargning tool. Hmmm, and we wonder why teenage pregnancies and HIV among teenagers have quadrupled, they learn from their environment. ~"I'm looking at the person in the mirror, and I'm asking him to change his ways"~ MJ

SHASHA said:

Ummm...

Exactly what is she talking about??

What would be better than marrying
and having the man you love/care
deeply for take care of you???

What the hell did she want from him exactly???

this seems a very odd statement!!!


...thought ya knew!!...

Prince should have married Nona. Mayte was probably the biggest mistake of his life.

LaMont said:

Who's to say that? How can you know that things would have worked out any better if he'd married Nona? Both girls were really just teenagers, and both were wrapped up in Prince and his world. No one really knows all the details of any of Prince's relationships, so its useless to speculate. Nona sounds like she was just as immature and screwed up as Mayte, so I really don't think it would have been all that much better with her.

herb4 said:

Nooo! Never!