SCNDLS said:

Hey SCNDLS!! I am not an insider either, but you are dead on. I have seen and heard some things that I will not comment on in order to respect P's privacy, but he DEFINITELY has not been alone for awhile now. He does operate on the low with his WOMEN and I like that about him. It's really nobody's business. If you are ever in close proximity at times you see things and know who's who but it's the kind of thing that folks know to respect and keep private. However, he has definitely had a steady since Mani.

SCNDLS said:

Hey SCNDLS!! I am not an insider either, but you are dead on. I have seen and heard some things that I will not comment on in order to respect P's privacy, but he DEFINITELY has not been alone for awhile now. He does operate on the low with his WOMEN and I like that about him. It's really nobody's business. If you are ever in close proximity at times you see things and know who's who but it's the kind of thing that folks know to respect and keep private. However, he has definitely had a steady since Mani.

bellanoche said:

But that's the way it should be... with any of them. Maybe these celebs' relationships would last longer if they worried less about being seen and more about lying low!
That's why I respect couples like Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedwick.

chocolate1 said:

I blame the media for being sooooo intrusive but at the same time some of the blame also lies with these publicity seeking celebs. I'm tired of them selling their baby pictures, showing their pregnant bellies in mags, parading around their mansions, etc. It's like boundaries don't even exist anymore and it's not just cuz of the paparazzi. So I give P tons of credit for being to maintain his privacy for sooooo many years. But I swear, if I EVER see that nucca on Cribs I'ma whup some ass.

SCNDLS said:

CRIMINAL!!!

Dance said:

He's been doing a whole lot more than that for awhile now. But it's not for public consumption which allows him to maintain this facade that he's still righteous and not consumed by the flesh, etc. Saying shit like, "I'ma go home and read the Bible after this tour" at a press conferece. I'm not saying he's not religious or spiritual but he's definitely not complying with many of the JW rules, but who's gonna call him on it or hold him accountable if it's all done on the low???? And I do think that appearances are very important and he wants to be viewed as some newly reformed paragon of rectitude. But as my mama always said, "That which is done in the dark always come to the light." He's still my boo though. . . lil hypocrite.

But that's the way it should be... with any of them. Maybe these celebs' relationships would last longer if they worried less about being seen and more about lying low!
That's why I respect couples like Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedwick.

Let us recap: We have covered...
- that another artist would love to date Prince, so she's a ho & bitch
- that Prince prefers light-skinned women
- that dark-skinned women don't always feel respected
- that Prince has possibly been dating "someone on the low" for over a year
- that Prince has allegedly strayed from JW
- that some celebs are publicity whores....

Damn! What a thread!

chocolate1 said:

Pretty much all the public relationships are fake. Kevin and Kyra can be put in that category as well.

SCNDLS said:

Well of course, but considering he did those very public things I think it won't be long before he makes some kind of statement(even if he doesn't come right out with it)that he's not JW, not that he's not Xtian, but that he's no longer with that.

Or maybe he'll treat it like he does his orientation

Dance said:

I agree that he's behaving counter to the tenets of JW. However, I disagree about him publically stating he's no longer with them. I think he would just stop and not address it publically because doing so would be an admission that either he was wrong about the religion OR that he was too weak to stay the course. Either way, he's not going to open himself up to that public scrutiny. Just like with the baby thing. I don't think he's EVER publically acknowledged or discussed the loss. Not that he has to or should, but that was 12 years ago and still not a peep. I think this is how he'd handle the JW defection as well. He just wouldn't say anything about it, that's his MO. And for the last comment, shut up Dance.

What I mean is, they've been married for about 20 years, and U don't hear every move they make. No reality show, no grocery store trip papparazzi,... the only time U might see them is on a red carpet.
Even if he's beating her butt- or vice versa- we don't know about it.

I agree that he's behaving counter to the tenets of JW. However, I disagree about him publically stating he's no longer with them. I think he would just stop and not address it publically because doing so would be an admission that either he was wrong about the religion OR that he was too weak to stay the course. Either way, he's not going to open himself up to that public scrutiny. Just like with the baby thing. I don't think he's EVER publically acknowledged or discussed the loss. Not that he has to or should, but that was 12 years ago and still not a peep. I think this is how he'd handle the JW defection as well. He just wouldn't say anything about it, that's his MO. And for the last comment, shut up Dance.

SCNDLS said:

No, I don't mean he'll be on CNN or anything, but in a few songs or during shows over the next few years or so he'll hint at it. His son is a different situation.

As for your last comment

he's pinker than a...um...flower

Dance said:

Whatever. . . as long as he stops calling me a "pagan" at his concerts.

chocolate1 said:

But you can't really discuss it in that way when these "relationships" are really just jobs. From day one that's what they've always been. These people know how they benefit their career and/or make excellent covers and once they get all they can out of it, they leave with some being much sooner than others depending on the situation and the person. Being public as far as pics and reality shows is a way to hustle it.

And hell, even though Kevin isn't everywhere with his wife, he still pimps it and talks about it and both of their careers have benefitted from it, or at least it seems that way to me.

Desire2006 said:

Why, because she isn't light enough to be a Prince-Girl?!?

chocolate1 said:

yeah, i know Prince wasnt right in the past with his choice of 'hiding' who he dated when it came to darker skinned sisters (Nona, Cat, Robyn and someone mentioned he was calling Kenya too, secretly complimenting her)..... every light skinned person he seem to pick for himself.. doesnt work ..that story Nona told of what he did to her.. i didnt like that.. and see, could be Prince is 'reaping' (it back) for what he's done to females in the past (why his present relationships dont work).. including what he's done to darker skinned sisters..

SO Estelle (love her song) decides to say how she thinks Prince is fine and would offer herself to him and all most of everyone can say is how she is a bitch...hoe..."dark skinned"...lord have mercy, society will never come to terms with the allure, sensuality and power of a black woman. We will forever be denied the same consideration that a lighter skinned woman will always get. Much love to my lighter skinned sistas cuz they go through their trials and tribulations also. Im not as dark as Estelle, I am mocha but I am easily offended when a beautiful dark skinned sista gets called out her name because people automatically associate dark=ugly. As for Prince, yes we are all familiar with his choice of women, at least in public. If he has dated black women besides the public affair with Nona Gaye, and it has been on the low then it hurts me to hear this. I have never heard him speak out of terms about a dark skinned woman and I know when I had the opportunity to meet him, he didnt take his eyes off of me and even grabbed my hand. He wasnt repulsed nor did he ignore me. He seems to love all women.

chocolate1 said:

To me, this is the key: Nona is the ONLY "brown-skinned" girl the public "knows" about. However, I think P likes pussy no matter what color the skin is. I say this because I saw him pushing up on all kinds of women in Vegas, somewhat on the low, but he was definitely flirting. And more often than not they were sisters, not mixed, not necessarily light-skinned but bona "fine" sistas. I noticed this especially with Sanaa Lathan. She went to several shows, was on stage several times, and I heard him a couple of times when he sang Black Sweat change the lyric to: "You'll be screaming like Sanaa Lathan, when I count to three." Now I ain't saying he hit but that shows IMO that he lettin' her know that he'd be down.

Shoot, he even pointed at me and holla'd Sexual Chocolate at ME in an aftershow and I'm dark. And for the record, best believe he was bangin' Tamar. So I think the real issue is that no one knows what he's REALLY doing because he keeps his shit on the low-low. Shit, he's had a girlfriend for the last year and a half and MOST people aren't even aware of it. I'm just saying brotha be doin' his thang behind the scenes and I think it's a huge assumption to make that he excludes dark women from his roster. Prince got a whole rainbow o' hoes.

Maybe the real issue is that people only notice or pay attention to the Vanities, Maytes, and Manis because they are more readily accepted as beautiful, as opposed to Tamar or Nona???

SCNDLS said:

Hey SCNDLS!! I am not an insider either, but you are dead on. I have seen and heard some things that I will not comment on in order to respect P's privacy, but he DEFINITELY has not been alone for awhile now. He does operate on the low with his WOMEN and I like that about him. It's really nobody's business. If you are ever in close proximity at times you see things and know who's who but it's the kind of thing that folks know to respect and keep private. However, he has definitely had a steady since Mani.

SCNDLS said:

scndls- how do you know which Bible principles he's breaking? Is he not dating a JW- if not what does that mean anyway? ummm his relationship with God is his business- no congregation can decide that and I doubt that you have seen him smoking doing pot or having sex with anybody.

Is this even the right forum for this thread?

Why does she have to be a bitch? Folks need to check their minds and the readiness to use that term. We really need to consider the genesis of it, especially where black women (of all hues) are concerned. As others have pointed out, she was very complimentary. I agree with her, he had the same effect on me when I met him. Also, I am not light or dark, and he was VERY kind and warm with me.

Honestly, I have less of an issue with Prince dating women who look like him than I do with people who specifically seek out people who look nothing like them. Or these R&B and Rap artists who have videos littered with women who look NOTHING like them.

My preference is for men who look similar to me. However, that does not mean that I don't notice a fine man who doesn't resemble me. I am sure that is the case with Prince. He has his "type" but he is not blind. He has strayed from that type at times with women like Nona Gaye and Kim Bassinger. Although he usually sticks with his type, women who look like him - Vanity, Mani, Mayte, Susan Moonsie, Sheila E., Maneca Lightner, Troy Beyer, Robyn Power, dag he's had so many women that I can't even keep up. Anyway, you get my point.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a92240/estelle-i-wanted-to-be-princes-lover.html

If I was Prince, I wouldnt even give this ho a second look!!!!!

Desire2006 said:

All she said was that she found him attractive. Is that worth beating her up over? As a Prince fan, I'm glad to hear young sisters still find him attractive.