Patty Jackson 411
Radio Personality Wendy Williams is the talk of the town in New York City. She is doing afternoons at WBLS in New York and she is as wild as ever. Wendy is truly entertaining and last week her shows were off the hook. Wendy is known for not pulling any punches and she will go there. Singer Whitney Houston was so enraged at one of Wendy’s reports that she called her up and cursed her out. Whitney was rambling on and she threatened Wendy. This was not a good career move for Whitney because during her tirade against Wendy she appeared to be high. Wendy also got into a confrontation with Singer Chante Moore. Chante is married to Singer Kenny Lattimore and the conversation between Wendy and Chante got heated. Wendy called Chante evil and referred to her as an industry Ho who had to settle for a gay man. DAMN! Wendy claimed that Chante was used by men such as R Kelly, Jermane Dupri and others before she hooked up with Kenny. Chante did not take these comments lightly and before she ended the conversation she called Wendy a Fat Bitch. Damn! Chante is pregnant and she is due this spring what happened between these two for the conversation to turn so ugly?
Singer/Actress Nell Carter died broke. Nell who passed away two weeks ago had filed for bankruptcy. She was 1.3 million dollars in debt and she owed the IRS a lot of money. During her career Nell blew 8 million dollars. Nell was best known for the 80’s TV Show Gimme a break and she a Tony Award for her work in the musical ‘Aint Misbehavin’. Over the past year she had lost 170 pounds and reports say she died of natural causes. Nell was raising two teenage sons at the time of her death and they will be now be raised by a woman that she was romantically involved with.
What’s going on with Prince? Prince is married but he’s not acting like it. Sources say Prince is infatuated with a 17 year old British Model. They say he’s even thinking of moving to England to be with her. The model is ten inches taller than Prince. What is he going to do about his wife?
Jennifer Lopez wants a big Catholic Church wedding to prove her love to Actor Ben Affleck but first she’s going to have to get an annullment. Jennifer has been married twice and the problem is coming from her first marriage to Ojani Noa. They had a catholic ceremony when they tied the knot and he won’t agree to an annullment. Ojani doesn’t want to cooperate because he feels he was screwed out of decent divorce and last year she fired him as manager of her restaurant. Jennifer will probably have to give him a lot of money to agree to an annullment and an annullment process could take as long as two years. Meanwhile I hear there is trouble in paradise with Ben and Jen. Ben wanted to hang out with his buddies at the Sundance Film Festival but Jen had a fit she wanted to come along and told him who do you want to be with your friends or me?
Diana Ross was a no-show at a recent tribute to her in New York. Diana was being honored by the ‘We are Family Foundation’. Diana was being honored for her Humanitarian efforts. Producer Nile Rodgers from Chic fame heads up this foundation. Diana did call in to express her thanks and she said thanks for the love and support right now she is going thru one of the biggest challenges of her life. Diana got a lot of support from her fellow entertainers including Patti Labelle, Nile Rodgers and Ashford and Simpson.
Diana made no mention of her recent drunk driving arrest.
Halle Berry’s Dad Jerome died last week. Halle has been estranged from her father for years. In interviews she claimed she cut off contact with her dad because he was abusive to her, her mother and sister. Jerome Berry was 68.
I got a lot of emails last week about the identity of Deborah Cox’s Husband. Deborah is married to her manager Lascelles Stephens they are expecting their first child. Deborah is four months pregnant and she is currently starring in a stage musical ‘Love on Layaway’.
Get ready for everything Michael Jackson. On Friday February 7th ABC’s 20/20 will be airing the special ‘Living with Michael Jackson’. ABC Paid 5 million dollars for this British Documentary that Michael agreed to participate in. For the first time Michael takes you inside his life with his children and his plastic surgeries. Michael wants to combat a special that NBC is doing on his face. On February 17th NBC’s Dateline is doing a special on Michaels ever changing face, all the plastic surgeries. In other Michael news he says when his brothers go on tour he will not be joining them.
Aretha Franklin says she is disappointed and puzzled with authorities who claim she is not being cooperative with the investigation involving a fire that detroyed one of homes. Aretha has been threatened with a subpoena for refusing to talk with authorities. Aretha insists that she hasn’t slowed down their investigation and she will get her attorneys to talk to them.
Barry White is still in the hospital. Barry has been in there for the past six months. He is still waiting for a kidney transplant.
A few weeks ago I mention how Pop Singer Carnie Wilson from the group Wilson Philips was going to take it all off for Playboy Magazine. Carnie underwent Gastric Bypass surgery and she lost 150 pounds. Carnie was scheduled to do a nude layout for the April edition of Playboy but when the new Editors of Playboy saw the pictures they decided she was still too fat so they are going to use Dennis Rodmans Ex-wife Carmen Elektra instead.
Singer Heather Headley is going to have a cameo in the new Jamie Foxx Comedy ‘The breakup Handbook’. The movie comes out this summer and also stars Gabrielle Union and Morris Chestnut.
Sidenote: How many more times will Gabrielle Union and Morris Chesnut meet up in a movie? They sure know how to recycle black actors in Hollywood for the same roles
