now if you’re familiar with Prince music then I’m sure you’ve heard of Mighty Garcia right he’s very famous ex-wife his first wife but she is more than just prince wife okay Maite Garcia is a talented actress singer and dancer and has a lot to offer and have paved a way for herself and made a name for herself and she has persevered through the tragedy that she endured and she’s come out really a beautiful soul who is healing and her story is just so touching we are going to get into all of the juicy details of her story because I know that’s why you guys are here you know from her
meeting Prince really young and the scandals of it all and becoming her legal guardian and and then our birth control so many details we’re going to talk about and I do want to give a trigger warning because we are going to talk about the loss of a child which is going to be pretty detailed I don’t want to trigger anyone this is your trigger warning I am going to show a lot of Clips Etc so I’m just letting you guys know now as a courtesy there will be sensitive topics and sensitive clips shown okay but before we get into all of that hey friend welcome to my channel Karine Alourde while
we Deep dive and break down the most iconic stars to history if you’re not yet subscribed please be sure to do so and if you’re already subscribed please turn on your notification Bell so you never miss an upload without further Ado let’s jump into this video as always I want you guys to be a little familiar with the personalities of the icons that we break down so I’m gonna give you guys a quick run of her personality who is Maite Garcia before we get into her childhood and then how she met prince in all of those details okay let’s start with her beauty profile first mate
always had this Allure this mysterious vampy look right but did you guys know that her look especially when she worked with Prince in her younger years was the vision of Prince we’re gonna talk about that he really decided on the hair colors and the fashion and although people tried to make that seem very controlling of him she never had an issue with it she really found it like hey it was his vision I was working for him and he helped me to look to have that look that is timeless that is Iconic that is her signature look even with the v-shaped bang as
iconic as it is friends you know encouraged her to do that and she always gave him Credit in his flowers for that even though people tried to spin it into a controlling situation we went further with no with your clothing and your hair and all the thing I know in a way you can go well that was him as an artist and that’s what he saw and that was his vision but actually living that on a day-to-day thing it must have sometimes she must have felt quite stifled but he’s he was Infamous for that I mean if you notice that’s why the the band was so tight and everybody was I mean it was
just a respect thing no I mean it wasn’t like he was asking me to have orange hair or do create anything crazy it was something to add to what he was doing his vision his album at the time so it didn’t feel controlling I mean it was fun I never looked at it and was like I don’t want bangs or I don’t want to wear this it was always like yes this is awesome it actually works out a lot even now as she got older she still has a very toned physique as someone who still dances she still dances and she still works out a lot and she has spoken about that since the very beginning
that she’s on stage a lot dancing first of all I wonder how do you keep fit and you have to go on stage every night dance yeah well basically um dancing on stage is what keeps us keeps me fit because it’s non-stop I’m dancing non-stop in the concert yeah and when you’re off the road doing workout every day yeah yeah training for hours a dance you have to train every day so she take care of her skin a lot and then she also loved witch hazel which is an astringent that’s one she’s dancing or her day to day because she dealt with so much trauma that she doesn’t want to like
remember all of them and have to think and stuff so she stays in this constant state of meditation but her favorite way to relax is to sit down with some tea and knit she’s into knitting her favorite City to visit of all is Madrid which is in Spain she also loves to cook and she’s obsessed with the culinary world now let’s get into her childhood okay so Maite Garcia is a dynamic and fascinating woman who was born on November 12 1973 and Fort Rucker Alabama her parents John and Janelle both came from Puerto Rico and they have Puerto Rican backgrounds her father was a pilot in the U.S
military while her mother was a talented dancer her life was full of Travel and Adventure spending much of her childhood in both Germany and the United States growing up in Germany Maite quickly developed a love and passion for ballet and became a prima ballerina with the wise Baden ballet as a teenager she attended General H.
H Arnold High School in wisevin where her passion for dancing continued to grow and flourish Maite spoke fondly about the time she spent in Germany immersed in the culture and surrounded by Art and history and despite her love for dance matay’s true passion was always belly dancing she began practicing at the young age of three and was soon recognized as a prodigy Maite even appeared on the American television program that’s incredible at the tender age of seven becoming the world’s youngest professional belly dancer Maite Summers were spent with her extended family in San Juan Puerto Rico where she soaked up all the vibrant energy and
culture of her Heritage she treasured these visits and spoke of them fondly saying that it was where she truly fell like she belonged she loved music and was even part of a choir when she was younger her artistic talent extended to drawing painting and even writing displaying a broad range of creativity now in terms of her career in 1990 16 year old Garcia met 32 year old Prince backstage in Barcelona after he saw a tape of her dancing the story began in 1990 when her mother took a chance by sending a video of Garcia’s captivating dance routine to one of Prince dancers hoping it
would reach the legendary musician himself as fate would have it Prince was spelled bound within minutes of watching The Young dancer’s performance and within 10 minutes she was invited backstage continued saying his hair was straight into a soft wave his eyelashes was unfairly lovely he smelled like the most expensive shelf in the Sephora perfume aisle this man wearing eyeliner heels and ladies perfume somehow managed to be more masculine than the Burly bodyguard Prince then told Garcia I like your tape are you really 16 and after confirming that she was Prince
told the teenager well I like to talk to you more can I get your number the two maintained contact for two years Prince called that same night asking Garcia to come to his hotel room with more tapes he was soon calling her every night and writing to her saying in one note you’re so pretty it cheers me up if someone tries to ruin my day many do thank you for coming into my world end quote that same year she was also invited to visit Paisley Park where she belly danced with Prince and then slept in a separate bedroom in the morning he made pancakes right Garcia by many people believed
something did happen comment below what you think and Prince was also known as saying when he first saw her you know first time he laid eyes on her he said that’s going to be my wife I said that’s my future wife just as you know did you think this is my future husband no I mean I was 16 when I met him so just the idea of meeting him I was really scared before I met him and then when I met him I just felt this I was just calm and I didn’t feel nervous after she graduated high school in Germany at the age of 17 Prince became her legal guardian and upon turn in 18 Garcia was asked to join the
npg um you were too young to go on the road with him and this is the bit that both Holly and I went what um that your your dad made him your legal guardian so that you could go on the road with him my father saw the back and forth between between Prince and I I would send him video tips of my dancing and he would send me music and I kept going on these trips to visit him and just he just knew and and when Prince asked him if I could come to Los Angeles there was a possibility that I could work so instead of having to deal with all the paperwork meeting him my mother and
father you know they both spoke to him the father have got two girls as a father here of two girls if one of my girls at 17 said I’m going on the road with a rock star will you sign over um my legal guardianship to them I would have said are you absolutely out of your mind no chance comment below what do you guys think about about him becoming her legal guardian what are your thoughts but might they seem to have seen it differently and in 1992 Garcia’s career took flight as she was hired to dance during Prince diamond and Pearl’s tour at first he was horrible to her he gave her a
meager salary of just 300 a week unable to afford meals she was forced to sneak scraps there were times I was hungry enough to sneak food from room service carts in a hotel hallway she recalls when Prince thought she did eat too much he punished her for it she claims when he believed a makeup artist cookies in the dressing room were actually Garcia’s he shamed her and docked her Pig because you went dancing as much and you’re on tour and you’re eating and you said your body changed and you you put on weights and Prince’s reaction to that was harsh docking your wages it went
further with no everybody was I mean it was just a respect thing and upon moving to Minneapolis Princeton members of his team helped set her up with her own apartment at first I stayed at the selfie tell she said then they moved me to a nice little prairie house at the Country Suites but I couldn’t even make cup of tea there so they got me an apartment and rented Furniture she said when she was 19 Prince instructed her to get on birth control thus beginning their sensual relationship friends later told Oprah Winfrey he remembered thinking that was my future wife when he first
saw the dancer Garcia said she couldn’t really pinpoint when the relationship became romantic but she did tell the Irish Times that when she was 19 Prince told her it was time for her to go on birth control Maite was a virgin when she met Prince and was actually very sheltered and protected by her parents according to her then I don’t know what the Holyoke guardianship thing I don’t know so she was pretty inexperienced in the areas of Love according to her she really makes my soul Feel Complete he continued I feel powerful with her around and she makes it easier
to talk to God end quote she became the Muse for his next album love symbol where she assumed the role of an Egyptian princess from 1992 to 1996 she was a vital member of the npg and continued to make occasional appearances during Prince toys in 1998 and 1999 and and after a four-year courtship they married on February 14 1996.
Garcia’s talents reached New Heights in 1995 when Prince produced an album for her title child of the sun released in Europe under his MPG records label in 1997 she was appointed artistic director of the New Power Generation Dance Company and directed the music video for the one for Prince her directorial skills also extended to creating music videos for Chaka Khan which I did a video for in Graham Central Station she had some fond memories of her relationship with friends and really sees them in a very adoring light his wedding gift to her 7500 square foot Spanish villa equipped with a professional hair salon and a music studio and
although she wasn’t allowed to use the hair salon because it was for Prince only she had to always go get her hair done outside of the house because she said he needed his me time in the salon was his me time okay in her 2017 Memoir the most beautiful my life with Prince Garcia paints a picture of their shopping escapades that were anything but average and imagine this instead of mundane tasks by comparing prices or trying on clothes the couple would sweep down on Melrose and a limo blitzing through each door before anyone would even register that they
were in the presence of Music royalty their approach was simple find the coolest threads grab what you want hand it over to Security at the door price tags who had time for that when you’re living in the fast lane you don’t check price tags okay but their connection ran deeper than extravagant shopping sprees prints firmly believe that their souls had met in a past life during an interview with Oprah in 1996 he stated she was either my sister or we were the same person or something in another life and although Oprah found the idea slightly peculiar Prince remained unsued
there’s a closeness there that you know is right and you won’t argue with it he asserted Gracia echoed these sentiments in her Memoir writing together we explored universes and lifetimes in universal truth people say they are soul mates and believe they knew each other in a previous life I feel like she was either my sister or we were the same person or something in another life there’s a closeness that that you know is right and you don’t argue with I do feel that I’ve come closer to who I aspire to be by being with her really she makes it easier to talk to God yeah
the most romantic thing that he’s done is is right these beautiful songs for me you know there’s let’s have a baby because of that I mean I got pregnant in a conversation with Spike Lee in 1997 Prince took it even further saying my soul has been in love with Maite for thousands of years when asked to elaborate he added I am a firm believer in reincarnation for people who either have more work to do or have so much debt to pay back that they have to be here I hope for me it is the former and my work was Finding Maite and having a child which we will continue to work on
until there are several here end quote and in 1995 Prince pinned his hit song the most beautiful girl in the world for Garcia and during their Oprah win review Garcia made an interesting Revelation she never called her husband by his name Prince When I met him I didn’t call him Prince she explained I never called him that because I didn’t see him as that person and when people asked how she got his attention she had a simple answer I just said hey tell of Maite Garcia’s and Prince only child Amir is a heartbreaking one of all the memories on her four-year marriage to Prince Mayte Garcia
says her favorite was telling him she was pregnant with her first child he was so ecstatic they named the child Amir which is Arabic for Prince and he was born on October 16 1996. Amir was immediately diagnosed with Pfeiffer syndrome type 2 which is a rare genetic disorder that severely impacts the development of the skull this condition made it impossible for the newborn to breathe independently requiring a ventilator for survival they brought the baby over to us remembers Garcia he was curled on his side gasping shallow little gulps of air because there was no Lids to Blink
his eyes look startled and dry Garcia then writes I caught hold of his tiny hands saying over and over mama loves you Mama’s here that was one of the few times she was able to hold and speak to her baby who never left the hospital and immediately began to undergo operations and procedures to try and prolong his life Amir was still struggling to breathe rights Garcia nothing seemed to be working to help his condition they sew his eyes shut intubation feeding tubes every day something went wrong writes Garcia and after six days he was struggling to breathe
and I said to the doctor he’s not leaving here is he despite the best medical care that little prince could not overcome his health challenges and tragically possibly just six days after his birth and his ashes were brought to their home in an urn the loss was devastating to the couple and in their grief they struggled to accept the harsh reality of their son’s death and a week later they appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show presenting a facade of normalcy to the world pretending as though their son was still alive Maite was still grieving and was not in the mood to do
a sit down with Oprah she begged Prince to cancel the engagement but he resisted he replied telling her I needed to do this for me Garcia writes in her book and I quote he had me on my feet but I was sobbing people came a mask of heavy makeup was applied to my face my husband took Oprah on a tour of Paisley Park and her mission was clear she’d come to find out if the child was dead or deformed like people were saying there were so many rumors that Prince couldn’t have kids because he wasn’t human and there baby didn’t survive because of that fact and this is why their baby looked
Indescribable it must have been so hard for Maite I can’t even begin to imagine it’s been rumored that the couple’s baby boy was born with health problems and the reports have fans concerned what is the status of your baby my family exists we’re just beginning it we got it many kids to have a long way to go and that’s all the artist and his wife choose to say at this time Garcia also explains the disorder that claimed her son’s life which she only began to learn about after it says saying Pfeiffer syndrome 2 is a genetic disorder that causes skeletal and systematic abnormalities
rights Garcia the premature fusing of the bones in the skull sometimes resulting in Cloverleaf skull in which the eyes are outside the sockets the fusion of bones in the hands and feet causing a webbed or pawl-like appearance the absence of an anus indicating life-threatening abnormalities in colon and bowels Garcia goes on to write I learned all this later but in the first moment I couldn’t understand what I was seeing in quote that is why Prince had a look of Terror when he saw the boy whose arrival he had been eagerly planning on people who misunderstood the disorder had
ignorant comments and suspicions because like my day they couldn’t understand fully what they were looking at you know if you don’t understand you just be like okay why does this child look like this right it’s a very bizarre illness to have but back to Oprah and that horrifying interview Maite had to endure part of the tour that Oprah did at Paisley Park did a stop at a nursery and playroom Prince had installed at his Paisley Park while Garcia was still in the hospital she said I didn’t know anything about that she writes he wanted to surprise me Oprah started before I did I have to
wonder why he took her in there they stood in the middle of this colorful Paradise of toys it had everything our perfect Nursery needs except for the only thing a perfect Nursery needs which is a child Garcia says Oprah asked about the baby’s rumored health problems to which Prince responded it was all good but while touring Paisley Park he showed me their newly decorated playroom and here’s my favorite room the children’s to be the children’s to come yes ma’am and all those rumors about their baby well the artist shared this with us it’s all good never mind what you hear
Garcia later explained this heartbreaking decision saying that they were Paralyzed by denial and grief they held on to the belief that their son’s Soul would return that he was not really gone the death of their child Saint Garcia spiraling into a deep depression leading her to contemplate taking her own life in her darkest moment she found solace in the affection of her dog whose unconditional love served as a Lifeline pulling her back from the edge and unfortunately the couple struggle did not end there Garcia suffered a miscarriage sometime after amir’s death further
exasperating The Strain on their relationship the compounded grief and loss eventually proved too much for their marriage there Maite explains and I quote to lose two babies is really scary it really caught on me emotionally physical everything it took me at least 15 years to get over it and still to this day I miss my son I believe a child dying between a couple either makes you stronger or it doesn’t for me it was very hard to move forward and for us as a couple I think it probably broke us and he abandoned her in the house and just went on to marry his next
wife which is so odd because my taste cool with her now and my girl I don’t know I could never because the ex-wife kind of a legend to rumors and mighty they were messing around while you know mate was going through all of this too and she became friends with her I don’t know I think he thought because we lost our two children two babies that I wasn’t the one in 2000 after years of marriage and a series of heartbreaking events Garcia and Prince decided to part ways making the end of their Union when she was asked if she believed our relationship would have survived if
they hadn’t lost their son Grecia grows quiet then softly replies yes fighting back tears she continues I meet a lot of people and I’ve learned that not many couples make it after the loss of a child and then when you have another one that was really hard on us end quote what would you like to say about your relationship will it be forever yeah it will be forever yeah [Music] after the separation Garcia claims she learned from the friend that Prince had burned everything in his home that reminded him of her or their late child including amir’s ashes my whole
body felt taken over with rage she writes it felt hot and toxic and lasted for a long long time a few years later Garcia learned to forgive her eggs and the former couple was on good terms before his 2016 you know death I know as surely as I know my name that I will see my love again she insists and she her later career she choreographed Britney Spears iconic belly dancing routine for the I’m a Slave for You music video and the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards performance and during this period she dated drummer Tommy Lee and contributed vocals to his album never a dull moment and Beyond music
Garcia has made her Mark in films such as the Hindi film dust and Firehouse Dog she was offered a significant role in the film just like a woman but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts and on television Gracia has appeared on popular shows like Two Broke Girls Psych the closer Las Vegas niptuck and Keeping Up with the Kardashians she took on recurring role on lifetimes Army Wives as Jennifer Connor and was a judge on the first season of Oxygen’s dance her ass off in 2017 Garcia pinned a heartfelt book titled the most beautiful my life with Prince chronicling
her personal and professional relationship with the music icon she found it difficult to date after printing I think I’m now screwed for life because my first relationship was the most bizarre relationship ever and I’m not normal anymore I’ve kind of been spoiled and I guess I’m kind of screwed up you know end quote Garcia lives in Las Vegas Nevada with her daughter Gia whom she had adopted in 2013 and Garcia has multiple sclerosis which is autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system the symptoms begin in 2010 her treatment program along with
a healthy diet and exercise regimen has stopped the MS symptoms from progressing allowing her to live in an active lifestyle and continue working this is all I have for this video how tragic but but I feel like she is healing in her healing process I hope she heals from this because even in recent interviews she just always looks at it especially every time she talks about this so I pray for her healing this is all I have to say for this story comment below your thoughts what do you guys think about all of this if you like the music you’re listening to the link is in the description
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