How much of your ambiguous persona is really you and how much is for the cameras/public/etc?

Dugen said:

Controversy is my middle name.

Controversy is my middle name.

dawntreader said:

am i the only 1 who thinks vainandy's picture is smoking hot?

am i the only 1 who thinks vainandy's picture is smoking hot?

During the show in Paris 1997, Prince dropped an ear wrap, and also one of his gold chain he was wearing on his wrist.

sorry I'am out of topic

The very first time I ever saw Prince was on "American Bandstand" in 1980. He had a big hoop earring in his right ear. On the "Prince" album, he also has a small stud in his right ear. During the "Lovesexy" era, I remember Prince sporting a hoop in his right ear also. On Andre Cymone's first album, "Livin' In The New Wave", he also has an earring in his right ear.

During the early 1980s, everyone always said that players wore their earring in their left ear and gay men wore their earring in their right ear. This was widely said throughout the 1980s. In the 1990s, men began wearing earrings in both ears but never just in their right ear only.

Of course, an earring, regardless of which ear it's in determines someone's sexuality but people do have a reason for wearing them. When I watch old movies from the 1970s, the pimps wore their earring in their right ear. Sweet Daddy from "Good Times" also wore his in his right ear. When I got from underneath my mother's rule and could do as I pleased, I had my right ear pierced and still wear an earring in my right ear because I want my sexuality to be questionable and mysterious to others and also it's a "slap in the face" "fuck you" fashion statement to those that don't like it.

I'm wondering what Prince's reasons were for his earring in his right ear.
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doctamario said:

But no matter which ear u wear ur ring in, men don't wear hoop earrings.

mwu said:

dropped as in someone got it, or dropped onto the stage?

I am confused about the whole earring deal. i too remembered that left ear was ok, but right ear meant you were gay.
but with men getting both ears pierced... I think it doesn't matter that much anymore.

Does Prince even still wear his earring? I've heard a few stories about him lecturing fans with tattoos and piercings. If he was to be at all consistent he'd have to take it out. But then, consistency and Prince have never met each other, so who knows.....

But no matter which ear u wear ur ring in, men don't wear hoop earrings.

jone70 said:

I remember that! I spotted that immediately in the "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" video. Earrings or no earrings, I don't know why people didn't know about George because he was pure tuna in that video.