Dalia11 said:

The latest excerpt from her book online is that he adopted her when she was 17.

None of this is new.

i saw cats reaction to the book, makes me wonder if she's planning on writing one too.

purplethunder3121 said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

laurarichardson said:

--And you were there so you know how he handled it? I think he was just as grief stricken as she was but did what a lot of men do. Shut down when things get to emotional. We know he threw himself into his work, moved on, and never used the death of that child for profit or publicity. We all see that she is doing the opposite and are well within our rights to judge. Everybody on this earth can be judged.

Seriously? Considering what we know now, pretty strange (some would say cruel to his wife, who was going through possibly the worst thing a new mother should experience). Here are his actions after his child's death: -Went on Oprah and declared "it's all good! Never mind what you hear!" -Went on the Today Show and declared "Our family exists!" -Filmed the "Betcha by Golly Wow!" video which celebrates Mayte's pregnancy -Was already beginning to ditch Mayte for Mani Those are 4 examples. [Edited 3/15/17 17:06pm]

"-Filmed the "Betcha by Golly Wow!" video which celebrates Mayte's pregnancy"

Is the timeline for the filming of that video confirmed? I feel like it was out before the birth, but i could be wrong.

benni said:

moonsister said:

paulludvig said:

morningsong said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

laurarichardson said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

...so? A lot of grown adults smoke (usually nicotine) out of a hooka.
You're really grasping at straws at this point to vilify this woman for some reason. And you sure seem to post a lot in a thread about a book you claim to not care for or want to read. Just saying...

//But I am not buying the book and there is other stuff you do not even know about but the truth is you and the rest of the noisy gossip mongers are packing a lunch and living in La La land which actually think is funny. You think tobacco is her hooka. and it is cool to post that on Instagram and it is cool to film yourself drunk off your ass and put it on YOUTUBE. No question of taste or sanity and she can make allegations about Prince' drug use that she never saw😳[/quote
in the book, prince pleaded 2 her to return to his hotel room to flush his pills down the toilet...prince had an opioid problem, some of his fans are delusional to this fact.
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she can't be pure evil if she didn't make up seeing him take drugs and shooting up, i'll give her that.

PeteSilas said:

purplerabbitholesaid:

tell alls no doubt have lies in them, i mean, they have too, people have an axe to grind. She could have said all kinds of stuff and no one would know any better. Priscilla said that Elvis raped her when he caught her cheating, I don't think she can say anything worse than that. Usually, the embellishments that hangers ons put in bios is harmless, they make it seem as if the star liked them better than everyone else around them. but I'm sure there have been lies, lots of lies.

benni said:

Militant said:

The ridiculous thing is that from what we know, she's not dogging him out in the book - but just telling her side of the story.

If Prince had managed to complete his book - and for argument's sake let's say he dogged out Mayte, Mani, Carmen, Vanity, Wendy, Lisa, anyone........ Would anyone here be jumping to their defence and saying that Prince shouldn't have written his book etc etc etc? No, of course not. Because he is entitled to his side of the story and Mayte is entitled to hers.

Right now, people are judging someone they don't know for writing a book they haven't read that's about a relationship they weren't in. And why? Because Prince didn't want her to write it? Well, let me tell you all something - there were times where he didn't want any of us talking about him on this very forum either. Other people will use that as some sort of twisted evidence that none of us should even be here doing what we're doing right now. Other times, he'd happily log on himself and chuckle at some of the nonsense that gets posted on here. Hell, he said it himself in the AOL chat with that journalist who passed away - he asked her if she ever read prince.org and that some stuff was fun to read. And he would relay messages to us many times, even up until his passing, through Tyka, Meron, Julia, Trevor......whoever was around.

They're afraid. Afraid that Prince will be seen as less than perfect. That's all it is. Personally, I'm looking forward to the book. There's nothing (short of rape, or possibly murder) that could make me love Prince less.

I wonder who on TV will get the interviews with her. Anyone think Oprah might be up for a sequel?

So all people who speak about their issues with this book are doing so because they don't like that Prince is depicted as less than perfect???and We should just not read the book.

This trivialization of others concerns is a bit unfair. I, for one, don't care if she wrote a book (even though I have always been weary of people thinking random strangers can give you support and therapy), Everyone knows he is less than perfect. everyone knows his wife wasn't given the right kind of support from Prince when the baby died.

My concern is that the magazine is cherrypicked for salacious details without balance, the headline was tacky, and the timing of the book is atrocious. Plus, I doubt she calls out her parents or herself for their own flaws and mistakes--at the very least we all make mistakes and have flaws..

AnnaSantana said:

Militant said:

The ridiculous thing is that from what we know, she's not dogging him out in the book - but just telling her side of the story.

If Prince had managed to complete his book - and for argument's sake let's say he dogged out Mayte, Mani, Carmen, Vanity, Wendy, Lisa, anyone........ Would anyone here be jumping to their defence and saying that Prince shouldn't have written his book etc etc etc? No, of course not. Because he is entitled to his side of the story and Mayte is entitled to hers.

Right now, people are judging someone they don't know for writing a book they haven't read that's about a relationship they weren't in. And why? Because Prince didn't want her to write it? Well, let me tell you all something - there were times where he didn't want any of us talking about him on this very forum either. Other people will use that as some sort of twisted evidence that none of us should even be here doing what we're doing right now. Other times, he'd happily log on himself and chuckle at some of the nonsense that gets posted on here. Hell, he said it himself in the AOL chat with that journalist who passed away - he asked her if she ever read prince.org and that some stuff was fun to read. And he would relay messages to us many times, even up until his passing, through Tyka, Meron, Julia, Trevor......whoever was around.

They're afraid. Afraid that Prince will be seen as less than perfect. That's all it is. Personally, I'm looking forward to the book. There's nothing (short of rape, or possibly murder) that could make me love Prince less.

[Edited 3/17/17 4:08am]

AnnaSantana said:

Militant said:

The ridiculous thing is that from what we know, she's not dogging him out in the book - but just telling her side of the story.

If Prince had managed to complete his book - and for argument's sake let's say he dogged out Mayte, Mani, Carmen, Vanity, Wendy, Lisa, anyone........ Would anyone here be jumping to their defence and saying that Prince shouldn't have written his book etc etc etc? No, of course not. Because he is entitled to his side of the story and Mayte is entitled to hers.

Right now, people are judging someone they don't know for writing a book they haven't read that's about a relationship they weren't in. And why? Because Prince didn't want her to write it? Well, let me tell you all something - there were times where he didn't want any of us talking about him on this very forum either. Other people will use that as some sort of twisted evidence that none of us should even be here doing what we're doing right now. Other times, he'd happily log on himself and chuckle at some of the nonsense that gets posted on here. Hell, he said it himself in the AOL chat with that journalist who passed away - he asked her if she ever read prince.org and that some stuff was fun to read. And he would relay messages to us many times, even up until his passing, through Tyka, Meron, Julia, Trevor......whoever was around.

They're afraid. Afraid that Prince will be seen as less than perfect. That's all it is. Personally, I'm looking forward to the book. There's nothing (short of rape, or possibly murder) that could make me love Prince less.

No one is afraid of anything and no one thinks Prince was perfect either but she is not perfect herself and exploiting the worst four years of someone's life to put a dollar in your pocket is wrong. It is plain and simple she has a right to say what she wants and no one can stop her you have a right to do something does not mean you should. He never dogged her in public I doubt after almost a 40 year carreer he would have started his book writing about his women. I believe his book was going to be about the music. You can do that when you have talent and something to offer people other then gossip.

She is greedy and some of you are in a serious state of denial. See below.

Prince Worn Jewelry
>
> In March 2016, one month before Prince died, we at NateDSanders.com Auction House, had Prince worn jewelry at auction consigned by his first wife, Mayte Garcia. We knew that Prince was very litigious so we were worried about having Prince worn jewelry at a public auction given that he sued almost every frivolous thing. We asked Mayte if he was going to sue and she said: “Prince doesn’t want to mess with me.” A month later, Prince sued, and we pulled the items from the auction. It wasn’t that we didn’t think that we could win the auction, it just wasn’t worth the time and money to fight Prince. A month after that, Prince died. Now, Prince worn jewelry would be worth fighting a lawsuit for as his jewelry could sell for $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 and up. Back then, Prince worn jewelry was much harder to sell. His death brought great demand for his memorabilia. Here are descriptions and pictures of the Prince worn jewelry at our auction:"
> ========
> Source: http://natedsanders.com/b...n-jewelry/

[Edited 3/17/17 4:09am]

[Edited 3/17/17 4:13am]

laurarichardson said:

AnnaSantana said:

They're afraid. Afraid that Prince will be seen as less than perfect. That's all it is. Personally, I'm looking forward to the book. There's nothing (short of rape, or possibly murder) that could make me love Prince less.

No one is afraid of anything and no one thinks Prince was perfect either but she is not perfect herself and exploiting the worst four years of someone's life to put a dollar in your pocket is wrong. It is plain and simple she has a right to say what she wants and no one can stop because you have a righ to do something does not mean you should. He never dogged in public I doubt after almost a 40 year carreer he would have started his book writing about his women. I believe his book was going to be about the music

She is greedy and some of you are in a serious state of denial. See below.

Prince Worn Jewelry
>
> In March 2016, one month before Prince died, we at NateDSanders.com Auction House, had Prince worn jewelry at auction consigned by his first wife, Mayte Garcia. We knew that Prince was very litigious so we were worried about having Prince worn jewelry at a public auction given that he sued almost every frivolous thing. We asked Mayte if he was going to sue and she said: “Prince doesn’t want to mess with me.” A month later, Prince sued, and we pulled the items from the auction. It wasn’t that we didn’t think that we could win the auction, it just wasn’t worth the time and money to fight Prince. A month after that, Prince died. Now, Prince worn jewelry would be worth fighting a lawsuit for as his jewelry could sell for $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 and up. Back then, Prince worn jewelry was much harder to sell. His death brought great demand for his memorabilia. Here are descriptions and pictures of the Prince worn jewelry at our auction:"
> ========
> Source: http://natedsanders.com/b...n-jewelry/

[Edited 3/17/17 4:09am]

Project much, sweetie?

AnnaSantana said:

laurarichardson said:

No one is afraid of anything and no one thinks Prince was perfect either but she is not perfect herself and exploiting the worst four years of someone's life to put a dollar in your pocket is wrong. It is plain and simple she has a right to say what she wants and no one can stop because you have a righ to do something does not mean you should. He never dogged in public I doubt after almost a 40 year carreer he would have started his book writing about his women. I believe his book was going to be about the music

She is greedy and some of you are in a serious state of denial. See below.

Prince Worn Jewelry
>
> In March 2016, one month before Prince died, we at NateDSanders.com Auction House, had Prince worn jewelry at auction consigned by his first wife, Mayte Garcia. We knew that Prince was very litigious so we were worried about having Prince worn jewelry at a public auction given that he sued almost every frivolous thing. We asked Mayte if he was going to sue and she said: “Prince doesn’t want to mess with me.” A month later, Prince sued, and we pulled the items from the auction. It wasn’t that we didn’t think that we could win the auction, it just wasn’t worth the time and money to fight Prince. A month after that, Prince died. Now, Prince worn jewelry would be worth fighting a lawsuit for as his jewelry could sell for $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 and up. Back then, Prince worn jewelry was much harder to sell. His death brought great demand for his memorabilia. Here are descriptions and pictures of the Prince worn jewelry at our auction:"
> ========
> Source: http://natedsanders.com/b...n-jewelry/

[Edited 3/17/17 4:09am]

Project much, sweetie?

No just providing the facts. I am not the greedy person gleeming on to a dead man.

laurarichardson said:

AnnaSantana said:

Project much, sweetie?

No just providing the facts. I am not the greedy person gleeming on to a dead man.

It's okay. You can admit you're scared.

AnnaSantana said:

laurarichardson said:

No just providing the facts. I am not the greedy person gleeming on to a dead man.

It's okay. You can admit you're scared.

I am scared at the level of foolishness on this board. I honestly think some of you belong to the flat earth society or you have stock in publishing company.

compared to elvis fans, the fans here are docile, elvis fans are very protective.

morningsong said:

AnnaSantana said:

PeteSilas said:

BillieBalloon said:

morningsong said:

Honestly, I'm looking at Tyka's reaction to the whole thing. So far she seems supportive.

Tyka hasnt said a thing yet.

No, she has not said anything some people on this board are just making it up as they go along.

BillieBalloon said:

PeteSilas said:

compared to elvis fans, the fans here are docile, elvis fans are very protective.

Dont you know that Prince has been trolled here for years? When he died they cried, but old habits die hard.

don't i know it, i got booted off here before, maybe will again. Anyway, I'll say what i feel about Malcolm X's last big hack job, my question is, what good does it do? for anyone? And that's not even considering whether most of it was lies, the question i have is, what good does it do to take an icon, a great example and "humanize him" or whatever. I guess for the bougie it makes them feel better but for people that actually need some of the great attributes that Malcolm had, what good does it do them to hear crap?