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Thread started 03/15/17 5:35am

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RE Mayte's revelations today in People Magazine - where do we draw the line on revelations?

just read it..won't link it [sorry but I cant bring myself to]..i feel sick after reading it & suspect you will too? Q is...where do we draw the line on these books / stories etc. Do you want a Judith Hill tell all [as she did re the events on the plane] , inevitably Wendy & Lisa amongst many others will be doing their books etc. In your opinion what do you want...is it a case of what the hell..if I dont wnat it I wont look / buy it OR do you want to know everything?

The pain & mixed emotions regarding P's mind set start all over again.

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Reply #1 posted 03/15/17 5:50am

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http://people.com/music/prince-ex-wife-mayte-garcia-son-born-pfeiffer-syndrome-refused-genetic-testing/

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Reply #2 posted 03/15/17 5:50am

1Sasha

None of this matters to me. I pre-ordered the book, and I will read it. I had longed for answers - the autopsy report - to help resolve what happened in my mind, but I have given up on that.

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Reply #3 posted 03/15/17 5:56am

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1Sasha said:

None of this matters to me. I pre-ordered the book, and I will read it. I had longed for answers - the autopsy report - to help resolve what happened in my mind, but I have given up on that.

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Same. I see no problem with Mayte telling her story as she remembers it. If she makes any money off the book, fine. If she gets extra publicity, fine too.

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That goes for anyone else, for that matter. The OP asked "where is the line re: books/stories" - there is no line.

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Reply #4 posted 03/15/17 6:01am

NoOneReally

I don't want or need to know everything but I think Mayte needs to do this for her own good.

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Reply #5 posted 03/15/17 6:02am

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You draw the line at your wallet. Just because a book is written, there's nothing that obligates you to purchase or even read it.

As for what's been published today in People by Mayte, it was very difficult for me to read, I will admit that. However, after nearly 21 years of hearing hushed speculation and innuendo, I feel strangely relieved to finally know what really happened from one of the only people that could have honestly known. And that's all I'm going to say about that. I earnestly await reading the rest of what Mayte has to say about her life with Prince.

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Reply #6 posted 03/15/17 6:09am

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That's just it -- the fans don't get to draw any lines anywhere. You don't have a right to tell anyone anything about whether they speak or not. The nly thing you can do is not read it if you don't want to know.

There was nothing disrespectful in that article. Very saddening, yes, of course, but really? How did it make you 'sick to your stomach'? That's just.... /wow/, man. How could she possibly have done anything to offend you by relating the grief they shared about their child dying? Or was it that she were upset to find that the poor baby had complications that led to his death?

Give these people a break, would you? Either read the things or don't read the things, but stop beating on them for talking about someone they worked/lived with/were married to. If it doesn't live up to your magical view of who Prince was, that's just too bad; Nobody EVER lives up to the romantic dream some people like to make up in their heads regarding celebs. And on the org, it reaches some truly epic proportions. This post is a symptom of it, I think. Mayte DARED to talk about the pain and terror of losing her child, and somehow it's read as 'an attack on Prince'. It wasn't. It talked about a shared moment of grief.

So what if Prince 'wouldn't have talked about it!' Maybe he should have like a normal person.

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Reply #7 posted 03/15/17 6:25am

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Damn. I always felt I could understand stand how it played a major role in their divorce but now reading the story yeah that's a tough one to come back from. I have 2 children and just imagining that moment for them. So sad. Not fair for anyone to have to go through that.
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Reply #8 posted 03/15/17 6:34am

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SpookyNopetopus said:

That's just it -- the fans don't get to draw any lines anywhere. You don't have a right to tell anyone anything about whether they speak or not. The nly thing you can do is not read it if you don't want to know.



There was nothing disrespectful in that article. Very saddening, yes, of course, but really? How did it make you 'sick to your stomach'? That's just.... /wow/, man. How could she possibly have done anything to offend you by relating the grief they shared about their child dying? Or was it that she were upset to find that the poor baby had complications that led to his death?



Give these people a break, would you? Either read the things or don't read the things, but stop beating on them for talking about someone they worked/lived with/were married to. If it doesn't live up to your magical view of who Prince was, that's just too bad; Nobody EVER lives up to the romantic dream some people like to make up in their heads regarding celebs. And on the org, it reaches some truly epic proportions. This post is a symptom of it, I think. Mayte DARED to talk about the pain and terror of losing her child, and somehow it's read as 'an attack on Prince'. It wasn't. It talked about a shared moment of grief.



So what if Prince 'wouldn't have talked about it!' Maybe he should have like a normal person.


//We get to decide by not buying her book and feeding into her nosense. She has a right to say whatever she wants to say and people have a right critize her it. She is milking that child's death to get a check instead of getting off her ass and getting a job. She just as much admitted that she was pissed off that she did not get any Purple Rain money. She is trying to ride the purple train for the rest of her life and she needs to deal the critism that is coming her way like an adult.
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Reply #9 posted 03/15/17 6:39am

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Hey all. I'm locking this thread, and we're going to have an official one, as we'll be getting lots of posts about this and we as staff have come together to address it officially.

Please continue all discussion in the sticky.

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