Prince’s ex-wife opens up

Prince was girly, yet masculine.

Blog King, Mass Appeal

MINNEAPOLIS — “Inside the Industry” released the explosive chronicle of Prince’s ex-wife, Mayte Garcia, who dropped bombshells about their marriage in her memoir “The Most Beautiful: My Life With Prince.” The publication reveals intimate details about how she became Prince’s adopted daughter, the night he took her virginity, and why he tried to conceal their son’s death. Mayte was only 16 and living in Germany when her mother sent Prince, then 32, a video of her belly dancing. The “Purple Rain” star invited her backstage for one of his concerts, telling her, “I like your tape.” Mayte said Prince was standing outside his dressing room, shaking a maraca. Even though he wore eyeliner, heels and women’s perfume, Mayte felt Prince exuded virility. He was certainly nobody’s bitch. A year later, Prince adopted Mayte and cohabitation ensued at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota.

Yep, he became Mayte’s legal guardian (with her parents’ permission, of course).

Mayte would go on to dance professionally, and she became the star of Prince’s 1992 “Diamonds & Pearls Tour.” That same year, Mayte inspired Prince’s nameless (symbol) album. Then, three years later, Prince wrote the hit song “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” for Mayte. Love was definitely in the air. Wedding bells rung loud. Prince and Mayte got hitched on Valentine’s Day in 1996.

Eight months later, she gave accouchement to their son — Amiir Gregory Nelson (Amiir means Prince in Arabic).

But, when nurses held him up, all hell broke loose.

“The elation on my husband’s face turned to pure terror,” Mayte recalled.

“Why is he not crying?” Prince bemoaned.

Turns out, Amiir was born with Pfeiffer Syndrome Type 2 — which means he had a cloverleaf-shaped head due to extensive skull bone fusion. His hands and feet were webbed. He didn’t have an anus. And, his eyes — formed outside their sockets — were lidless.

The kid resembled an alien.

It was a damn nightmare.

“They brought the baby over to us,” Mayte recounted.

“He was curled on his side, gasping shallow little gulps of air. Because there were no lids to blink, his eyes looked startled and dry. I caught hold of his tiny hand, saying over and over, ‘Mama loves you, Mama’s here.’ After six days, he was struggling to breathe. And I said to the doctor, ‘He’s not leaving here, is he?’”

Sadly, the answer was “yes.”

Amiir died that same day.

Prince was devastated.

“I don’t think he ever got over it,” Mayte said.

“I don’t know how anybody can get over it. I know I haven’t.”

Prince determined he could never have a baby with Mayte.

She bled throughout the pregnancy, and her ultrasound images looked terrible.

So Prince divorced Mayte in 2000 and had every memory of her and Amiir burned.

It’s as if they never existed.

A depressed Mayte blamed herself before contemplating suicide.

But the affection of her dog, Mia, obstructed it.

Prince died in 2016 after overdosing on fake Vicodin laced with fentanyl.

He was 57.

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