Of Course Prince Got Teased a Lot as a Child

Posted by Emily Farris

VIA THE REMOTE ISLAND: Prince was on PBS' Tavis Smiley Show Monday and Tuesday nights, and a running theme throughout the interviews was how much he got teased as a child. Must have been the raspberry beret. Seriously, can you imagine? The dude is five-foot-nothing, can't weigh more than a buck twenty, and wears cutoff shirts and assless pants. That can't have been a pleasant junior high school experience. Of course, being a musical genius can solve a lot of your problems.

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Posted Apr 29 2009, 11:21 AM

Filed under: nerve, prince, television, the remote island, nerve blogs, blog feed, nerve.com blogs, raspberry beret, the tavis smiley show, tavis smiley, jehovah's witnesses

Comments

Mayday said:

Is it true? In addition to removing nudity, Nerve is now shutting down all the culture blogs as well?

I'm a very sad Panda.

April 29, 2009 11:49 AM

Brian Fairbanks said:

Where'd ya hear that?

April 29, 2009 1:08 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.