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Denise Matthews intervied on Extra Just saw "Extra"--the TV entertainment magazine show,
broadcast Thursday 7/27 - Friday 7/28, and they did a profile of Vanity. Nothing new, except that the reporter really played up the contrast between "Vanity" and "Denise Matthews" and suggested that Prince was responsible for Vanity's fall into drugs and despair, which Vanity corrected... Here's the relevant portion: (Reporter voice over Vanity images): ...He[Prince] christened her "Vanity" which means among other things "worthlessness," and dressed her up in provocative black lingerie. Under Prince's direction, her girl band Vanity 6 climbed the pop charts with songs like "Nasty Girl" and "Wet Dream." Looking back, the sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll lifestyle seems more like a nightmare. Vanity: I hated everything about Vanity, and... Reporter: Why were you doing it? Vanity: Well, you know, get tied up into greed, you get tied up in the money, you get tied up in drugs. It's the devil, and he gets you so consumed with what you're doing. Reporter: Did people like Prince, are they the ones that got you into drugs? Vanity: Oh, no, no, no. Prince didn't do that. He was against drugs. | |
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