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Carmen Electra, He may like loud music, but Prince I liked it when she was all dressed up.
The "I Like It Loud" singer revealed that the late legendary musician, whom she briefly dated in the '90s, asked her to sleep with full makeup on during their nights together.
«"When I was dating Prince, he wanted me to sleep with full makeup and false eyelashes," she told E! News in an exclusive interview at the 33rd annual Race to Erase MS charity gala on June 5. "Prince loved it, and I was okay with it, and I continued to do it for a long time.".
As for how the 54-year-old's approach to self-care has changed since then?
«"I need at least eight hours of rest a day," she explained. "I take very good care of my skin. I now remove my makeup.".
«"I don't drink. I'm sober," she added. "And I use a lot of skincare products, and I don't mind a little Botox every now and then. A little Botox never hurt anyone.".
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Carmen (née Tara Lee Patrick ) first met the creator of the hit "Purple Rain" when she, an aspiring singer and dancer, auditioned for the all-female group he was putting together. Although she was ultimately not chosen, she made a strong impression on Prince.
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«Prince called me and said, „I think you should be your own artist and not sing backup with anyone. I’ll write you a song, and if you like it, you can record it,“„ she recalled in a 2014 interview with OWN. “The title of the song was „Carmen on Top.“ My name is Tara, so I was confused. I really liked the song. I really liked it, but he said, »You’re not Tara. You’re not Tara. You’re Carmen.’”.
After their relationship turned romantic, Carmen revealed that Prince was considering proposing to her.
«"His brother once told me that Prince was picking out rings when I was still living in Minnesota and that he was going to propose. I was so excited and in love," she told E! News in 2016. "One day, Prince asked me if I wanted to work or be a housewife. I said I wanted to work.".
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«"I was only 19 or 20, and he never proposed," she added. "But I was with him every day. I needed to get out there and be my own person.".
After Prince died of a fatal opioid overdose in 2016, the star film "Scary Movie"« spoke in detail about the impact he had on her life and career.
«"He made me who I am today," she explained. "He inspired me. He believed in me. He chose a few he believed in and taught us everything.".
She added: "I think about Prince every day.".
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Cardi B accidentally flushed her $13,000 butt piercing down the toilet.
Ellen Pompeo was detained by TSA bomb squad for possessing sunflower seeds.
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Ellen Pompeo She said that TSA (Transportation Security Administration) officers checked her for trying to bring a simple snack on board a plane.
«"I had a bag of sunflower seeds, organic seeds from Erewhon, probably the most expensive you can buy," the star said. «Grey's Anatomy» Travel + Leisure In 2025. "They literally held me for an hour, and then they called the bomb squad. And I thought, 'What's going on? Is this a joke?'"«
«"They said it was probably some chemical on the packaging of those super-expensive, gourmet, organic, pure sunflower seeds," she added. "My go-to protein source on the plane!"»
Ozzy Osbourne drank 28 gallons of alcohol before Christmas.
Tyra Banks eats yesterday's crumbs right from her bed.
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The show's host «America's Next Top Model» talks about the unusual food scraps she finds in her bed the next day.
«I love to lie in bed with my mom and watch TV,» she shared. Tyra Banks in the program «"Today with Jenna & Friends"» in July 2025. "We eat ice cream in bed, popcorn in bed.".
«"But the best thing is, after a couple of days…" she said, demonstrating how she picks up crumbs from the bed. "I pick up the crumbs by eating them, because if I throw them in the trash, I think they might get roaches or something. So I just pick them up with my finger and eat them.".
Brad Pitt admitted that he farted "diabolically" on set.
Jennifer Garner once bit off a piece of the actor's ear.
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This story may not be to anyone's liking, but it's a star nonetheless. film "13 Years Later"« revealed that she once accidentally took on too much (literally) during a fight scene in in the film "The Kingdom"« 2007.
« Pete Berg , who was the director, told him to try to kill me,» Jennifer said of her scene with Saloy Baker . "We had little choreography, and he told me to do everything I could to survive.".
«"He did it, and so did I, and I ended up on his back," she continued. "I bit his ear, and we have a picture of him with part of his ear missing because we weren't kidding.".
Joy Behar admitted to "sleeping with a few ghosts.".
Ghouls just want to have fun.
When the program participants The View watched a video in which a woman claimed that her house was haunted by "sexual ghosts,", Sarah Haines In one episode in October 2022, she asked the group an important question: "Can you get pregnant if you have sex with a ghost?"«
Luckily for her, her co-host Joy Behar The solution was found: "I had sex with several ghosts and I never got pregnant.".
«I’ll just leave it without comment,» she replied. Whoopi Goldberg . "I don't know how many of you just heard what Joy said, but I'm just going to ignore it.".
Jenna Bush Hager explains why she doesn't wear underwear.
Jenna Bush Hager и Khoda Kotab — inseparable friends, although Khoda didn’t know something about her co-host on the program Today . When they were preparing for release Today with Hoda and Jenna , Hoda discovered that Jenna always went without underwear.
«"We both had to change before the show, and we were like, 'Oh, we need to go back to the locker room,'" Hoda said on a November 2022 episode of the program. «Today with Hoda and Jenna» . "But then I noticed that Jenna never wears underwear.".
Jenna's logic? Well, she just feels more comfortable without underwear.
«"I think it creates a more flattering silhouette," she said. "And I think you don't have to carry so much stuff. It has so many benefits!"»
Britney Spears admitted that she has no idea who Pete Davidson and Scott Disick are.
Looks like someone is behind the times.
Britney Spears reacted with delight to the viral video Keke Palmer , where she says, "He could be walking down the street, I wouldn't recognize anything," admitting she doesn't know who they are. Pete Davidson и Scott Disick .
After reposting a funny video from March on his Instagram account, Pete (who was then dating Kim Kardashian ) and ex-boyfriend Kourtney Kardashian , Scott, enjoying a "men's night out," Britney wrote that they made her laugh a lot.
«"Sorry, had to repost," Britney wrote in a since-deleted post. "I have no idea who those people are in the video, but it made me laugh so hard!!!!"»
Jana Kramer explains why 'asparagus pee' could have led to her breakup with Chris Evans.
Before the world knew Chris Evans as Captain America and the Sexiest Man Alive 2022 People magazine , Jana Kramer She knew him as a "handsome heartthrob" with whom she had gone on several dates.
As the singer said in November on her podcast Whine Down with Jana Kramer , it happened over ten years ago, and although she doesn't remember "how many dates it was," she does remember their last meeting.
Yana, who was about 26 at the time, said Chris invited her to his home when he had friends visiting from Boston.
«"The last thing I remember is him going to the bathroom after I peed on asparagus," Yana recalled, referring to the vegetable's ability to impart a very distinctive odor to urine. "We didn't get along that evening. He stayed out late with friends, and in the morning, I ran out of his house, ashamed, covered in asparagus.".
She added: "I never heard from him again.".
Former Grey's Anatomy writer Elizabeth Finch has admitted that she lied about having cancer.
Not all of these confessions are funny.
Eight years after the article for ELLE magazine She opened up about her battle with a rare form of bone cancer – her false diagnosis even served as the basis for a storyline in the series «Grey's Anatomy - series writer Elizabeth Finch In December, she admitted that it was all just a ruse.
«"I lied at 34, and it was the biggest mistake of my life. It just kept getting bigger and bigger and burrowing deeper inside me," Elizabeth told the publication. The Ankler December 7, adding: "I have never had any form of cancer.".
In closing, Finch, who was first suspended from the ABC medical drama and then resigned, said, "What I did was wrong. Wrong. Horrible. All those words.".
Kim Kardashian confessed and then reiterated why she "ate poop" to look younger.
Beauty requires sacrifice, but Kim Kardashian, maybe he can handle it.
In an interview with the newspaper The New York Times The reality TV star joked that she would try almost anything to look younger.
«"If you told me I literally had to eat poop every single day and I'd look younger, I probably would," she said in June. "It probably would.".
In an interview with the magazine Allure In July 2022, Kim said she was "kind of joking" about the comment, though the idea itself didn't seem all that terrible.
«"But now that I think about it," Kim added, "I'd probably eat shit if someone told me, 'If you eat this bowl of poop every single day, you'll look younger.'".
How much can she eat? "Maybe just a piece," she told the publication. "I don't think I could eat a whole plate.".
Jelly Roll admitted that he once shit himself on stage.