Isn't that called the Arianna Huffington effect?
Posted on 06/26/2005 8:09:18 AM PDT by SmithL
In a tale rich in lost love, closeted secrets and acrimonious divorce, it turns out that famed local writer Terry McMillan -- whose celebrated romance and subsequent marriage to a man 23 years her junior became the subject of her fictionized best-seller "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" --
actually got her groove back with a man who now says he's gay.
The story is spilling out in made-for-Hollywood detail in Contra Costa County Superior Court, where McMillan has filed for divorce from her Jamaican- born husband of six years, Jonathan Plummer.
McMillan, 53, said in court documents that the marriage was based on a "fraud'' because Plummer lied about his sexual orientation -- and married her only to gain U.S. citizenship.
"It was devastating to discover that a relationship I had publicized to the world as life-affirming and built on mutual love was actually based on deceit,'' she wrote in her declaration. "I was humiliated."
Plummer, 30, countered in court papers of his own that McMillan has turned on him with a "homophobic'' vengeance and is trying to force his return to an uncertain future in Jamaica. He wants to void the couple's prenuptial agreement that would keep from him most of the millions she's earned as a writer.
He also claims he was denied his full share of royalties, as spelled out in the prenup, from "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," the fictionalized account of a single mother's torrid relationship with a Jamaican young enough to be her son that very much parallels the lives of McMillan and Plummer.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Isn't that called the Arianna Huffington effect?
He looks old.........
Her Gaydar must be broken. His picture pegged mine.
But then, you weren't concentrating on getting your groove back.
; )
It's all about money.
Sounds like her husband is in breach of contract. He said the "I DO" as a hetero-man. Not a gay man. I do understand her fury. Plus, if he was having any kind of intimate relations with her WHILE catting around in the gay community -- I'd be throwing a huge ugly in his face too.
Good Point
Hey, he was in the "down low" or stealth mode.
The below is from the link you provided. See if you can find the word "gay" or "homosexual" in the description.
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From The Publisher:
Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life "on the down low," (the D.L.) J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex between black men who lead "straight" lives. The trend is proving to have skyrocketing health consequences for wives and girlfriends unwittingly caught in the double lives of their men: African American women represent 68 percent of new HIV cases, and an alarming one out of 160 black women carries the virus, compared to one in 3,000 white women.
Drawn from hundreds of interviews, statistics, and the author's firsthand knowledge of D.L. behavior, On the Down Low reveals the warning signs and protective measures every African American woman needs to know. Providing a long-overdue wake-up call, J. L. King bravely puts the spotlight on a topic that has until now remained dangerously taboo. Volatile yet vital, On the Down Low is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.
So wonder what she is going to call the sequel. Man if I were him I would watch out. Another of her books had a woman burn her husbands stuff I think. At least that happened in the movie version clip I saw in the advertisements...
In Jamaica, many of the huge hit songs are anti-homosexual and violently so.
T.O.K - Chi Chi Man Lyrics
Intro:
Bassie:
My Crew (My Crew) my dogs (my dogs) Set rules (Set rules) set laws (set laws) We represent for di lords of yards A gal alone a feel up my balls
Chorus:
From dem a par inna chi chi man car Blaze di fire mek we bun dem!!!! (Bun dem!!!!) From dem a drink inna chi chi man bar Blaze di fire mek we dun dem!!!! (Dun dem!!!!)
Verse 1:
Craigy:
So mi go so, do yuh see weh I see??? ****** when your doin that Nuff a dem a freak dem a carry all dem dutty act Thug ***** wanna bees nuff a dem a lick it back It dem bring it to we, hold on nuff a cop a shot Cop a shot rise up every calico go rat tat tat Rat tat tat every chi chi man dem haffi get flat Get flat, mi and my ****** ago mek a pack Chi chi man fi dead and dat's a fact
Chorus:
From dem a par inna chi chi man car Blaze di fire mek we bun dem!!!! (Bun dem!!!!) From dem a drink inna chi chi man bar Blaze di fire mek we dun dem!!!! (Dun dem!!!!)
Verse 2:
Flexx:
So mi go so la la la la la la la la la la la Nah go mek nuh chi chi man walk right a so From a bwoy a deep we ago dun dem right now Leff him whole family dem a blow wow
Alexx:
I see it from far mi and dem nah go par A nuff a dem bwoy mi a smoke man cigar Mi and dem coulda never inna wrong bar Dem bwoy deh flex too bizarre
Chorus:
From dem a par inna chi chi man car Blaze di fire mek we bun dem!!!! (Bun dem!!!!) From dem a drink inna chi chi man bar Blaze di fire mek we dun dem!!!! (Dun dem!!!!)
Repeat intro twice
Repeat Verse 1 till song end
I doubt all her anger is based on homophobia. This guy is a real pig. He is trying to pretend he is the victim.
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