Prince Isn't Crazy About Gay Marriage
Singer Was Misquoted, Purple Insider Tells Blogger Perez Hilton
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(Nov. 18) - Prince shows his true colors on the touchy subject of gay marriage in a rare new interview, and his views may surprise fans of the man who taught the world how to "Cream" and "Get Off."
"God came to Earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever," he says in the new issue of the New Yorker magazine, presumably referring to Sodom and Gomorrah or the Flood. "And he just cleared it all out. He was, like, 'Enough.'"
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Photo from '21 Nights' by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas
Randee St. Nicholas
Photo from '21 Nights' by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas
Randee St. Nicholas
Photo from '21 Nights' by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas
Randee St. Nicholas
Photo from '21 Nights' by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas
Randee St. Nicholas
Photo from '21 Nights' by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas
Randee St. Nicholas
Photo from '21 Nights' by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas
Randee St. Nicholas
'21 Nights' by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas is in stores September 30.
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The 50-year-old funk icon, who seven years ago became a Jehovah's Witness and therefore does not vote, also talks about politics and religion and his disagreements with both parties.
Skip over this contentOn the Right: "So here's how it is: you've got the Republicans, and basically they want to live according to this," he says while pointing to a Bible. "But there's the problem of interpretation, and you've got some churches, some people, basically doing things and saying it comes from here, but it doesn't."
On the Left: "And then on the opposite end of the spectrum ... you've got the Democrats, and they're, like, 'You can do whatever you want.' Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them is right."
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has a source within the Prince camp that claims the singer was misquoted by the magazine's writer, who was said to have not used a recording device. "We're very angry he was misquoted," says the Prince insider.
In a behind-the-scenes piece on NewYorker.com, the interviewer expands on the political discussion she had with the singer:
"We were having a larger conversation about his belief system and his politics. He told me he didn?t have a horse in the November election and that he didn't believe in getting involved with these kind of earthly contests. I had asked him if the fact that Obama was black didn?t compel him to get involved.
He said, 'Why?'
And I said, Well, because you're black.
And he said 'Am I?' and held up his wrist next to my ruddy one. Indeed his skin was lighter, and he cracked up."
He said, 'Why?'
And I said, Well, because you're black.
And he said 'Am I?' and held up his wrist next to my ruddy one. Indeed his skin was lighter, and he cracked up."
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