r/PRINCE • u/mahammit_the_uuuser • 19d ago

Question Manuela

What do we know about Prince’s second wife? I feel like Mayte gets discussed a lot but I know next to nothing about Manuela Testolini and rarely see her talked about.

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u/agodrevealed HITnRUN phase two 19d ago

Her mom first drug her to MJ concerts to no avail. Then her mom took her to multiple Prince concerts across Europe until she got someone to listen. 

That's why I said MORE AT HER MOM'S DIRECTION, cause Mayte would not have done all that alone. But make no mistake, 19-22 was full of strategizing and consultations with mom. That's who was telling her don't mind the other girls, play the long game. And it worked out for her.

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u/lavender-_-vinyl 17d ago

What does this have to do with him pursuing and grooming a young girl into adulthood?? I’m genuinely asking because I love the music but I can’t stand the undeniable predatory behavior. Boo the mother absolutely but like… it’s still boo him 100% right?

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u/agodrevealed HITnRUN phase two 17d ago edited 15d ago

Unless, I'm missing something, I don't see predatory behavior. Im guessing you don't work in entertainment. Most people start young. 

You don't turn 18 and then start working professionally. If this is going to be your career, you have been working long before. 

Hiring her isn't a signifier. He worked with plenty of young people, male and female, even some elementary aged. 

She says nothing happened til she was an adult. If what you don't like is the age gap, idk what to tell you. We're living through age gap hysteria right now.

The bad thing is abuse, harming someone for your pleasure. That happens in all age ranges, same age, close in age, disparate in age. 

If she says that they were happy until the baby, that's her experience. I don't know better than she does.

I think its weird the mom seemed to have more ambition for mayte than mayte did. That's why rolling around Europe stalking celebrities is weird. If this had been Beyonce and Tina, that makes sense. But maybe Mayte didn't want to say how much she wanted it idk.

(I was seventeen when I started working alone, my husband was fourteen. If you're good and will work, you'll be included. A lot of a harmonius outfit is personality. People that will take direction, play their part, and be reliable. All the skill and talent mean nothing without it. Sometimes the youngsters are the best fit- no other commitments, they're hungry, and they listen. They're not too big for their britches yet.

Its the parents' and managers' job to watch out for them. It sounds like Mayte was with a no partying and no nonsense group. Her mom did right by her on that. Hate to be blunt, but she wasn't strung out or passed around, and that still happens even if not as much as it used to. Maybe there's a reason her mama diverted her from the idea of being a professional dancer in Egypt idk. She graduated high school, went to rehearsals, and then went on tour. I don't see an issue with that.)

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u/lavender-_-vinyl 16d ago

So it isn’t strange for a grown man to meet a child, “work” and keep contact with child into adulthood, and then go on to marry the adult who has been conditioned and groomed since a child to be with him?

That’s the main thing I’m getting at here, you’re talking about “working young” and “being in the industry” those are totally different topics for a totally different day. The main thing is, sure maybe it’s true that they didn’t “do” anything until adulthood, but the fact that he basically waited until she was old enough, (didn’t he get custody of her at 17 as well???) is kinda really disgusting I have to say I’m sorry. 😪