Panache Report 5/06/08: "Hollywood Dream Gone Bad"

[hustle4alivin]

She was always determined to become famous. She took advantage of an opportunity when it presented itself. A very rich much older black male celebrity was going to be at a local function. She had her hair done and hired a professional makeup artist and then she purchased an expensive designer outfit she really couldn't afford.

Her ploy worked, she caught his attention and he would become her rich sugar daddy. Overnight, all of her bills went away and she had money to burn.

This illicit affair went on for a couple of years and then she went in for the kill. She told her sugar daddy that she always had dreams of becoming a black leading lady. He paved the way for her. She started making appearances on shows and a few movies.

And then, she discarded him and traded up for a more famous man (who became her main man) who wasn't as rich, during this time, she was two timing him with a famous/rich white man. The situation with her main man didn't last long and a few harmful scandals emerged that directly and indirectly affected her career opportunities.

And, she never completely recovered and her potential was wasted.

Goldigging Actress: Robin Givens
Rich Sugar Daddy: Bill Cosby
More Famous but not as rich man: Mike Tyson (although it's debatable if he is more famous than Cosby)
Rich White Man: Donald Trump or Howard Stern
Scandal: ??

Robin Givens was never that great of an actress to me. She went from leading lady roles to doing chitlin circuit plays and doing a movie based on Wendy Williams. I could totally see Bill Cosby blackballing her when she kicked him to the curb. He would've had enough pull in the 80's and 90's to do that.

[Natalie]

Originally Posted by hustle4alivin

She was always determined to become famous. She took advantage of an opportunity when it presented itself. A very rich much older black male celebrity was going to be at a local function. She had her hair done and hired a professional makeup artist and then she purchased an expensive designer outfit she really couldn't afford.

Her ploy worked, she caught his attention and he would become her rich sugar daddy. Overnight, all of her bills went away and she had money to burn.

This illicit affair went on for a couple of years and then she went in for the kill. She told her sugar daddy that she always had dreams of becoming a black leading lady. He paved the way for her. She started making appearances on shows and a few movies.

And then, she discarded him and traded up for a more famous man (who became her main man) who wasn't as rich, during this time, she was two timing him with a famous/rich white man. The situation with her main man didn't last long and a few harmful scandals emerged that directly and indirectly affected her career opportunities.

And, she never completely recovered and her potential was wasted.

Goldigging Actress: Robin Givens
Rich Sugar Daddy: Bill Cosby
More Famous but not as rich man: Mike Tyson (although it's debatable if he is more famous than Cosby)
Rich White Man: Donald Trump or Howard Stern
Scandal: ??

Robin Givens was never that great of an actress to me. She went from leading lady roles to doing chitlin circuit plays and doing a movie based on Wendy Williams. I could totally see Bill Cosby blackballing her when she kicked him to the curb. He would've had enough pull in the 80's and 90's to do that.

The scandals: her mom giving herpes to that ball player and Robin and her Mother looking like a controlling shrews.
She did that 20/20 interview telling the world who awful Mike was (before the world really knew) she came of looking
reallly really bad.....a gold digger.

[judejack]

The full blind item is below, missing the last few paragraphs. I bolded the part that was missing:

She was always determined to become famous. She took advantage of an opportunity when it presented itself. A very rich much older black male celebrity was going to be at a local function. She had her hair done and hired a professional makeup artist and then she purchased an expensive designer outfit she really couldn't afford.

Her ploy worked, she caught his attention and he would become her rich sugar daddy. Overnight, all of her bills went away and she had money to burn.

This illicit affair went on for a couple of years and then she went in for the kill. She told her sugar daddy that she always had dreams of becoming a black leading lady. He paved the way for her. She started making appearances on shows and a few movies.

And then, she discarded him and traded up for a more famous man (who became her main man) who wasn't as rich, during this time, she was two timing him with a famous/rich white man. The situation with her main man didn't last long and a few harmful scandals emerged that directly and indirectly affected her career opportunities.

And, she never completely recovered and her potential was wasted.

She had become so addicted to the rich and famous lifestyle that she hooked up with another very rich (famous) white man, he tossed her aside after he fulfilled his sexual fantasies.

Over the years, the bills piled up and she's had severe financial problems.

Despite this, she is still trying to run game and land a rich man.

She currently attends very expensive seafood buffets and elite events populated by rich men, but so far, she's only had one night stands, afterwards, the men never call again.

Update from Panache:

Not Sanaa. Focus on rich older famous man (cheater) and everything else should fall into place. Not Quincy.

[McJag]

Yep. She fits.

[judejack]

Goldigging Actress: Robin Givens
Rich Sugar Daddy: Bill Cosby
More Famous but not as rich man: Mike Tyson
Two-Timing with Famous Rich/White Man: ?
Another Very Rich White Man: Howard Stern
Scandals: (1) labeled "The Most Hated Woman in America" in the fall of 1988; (2) her short-lived 1997 marriage to tennis instructor Svetozar Marinkovic (they separated after one day); (3) she returned to television in 1999 to host the talk show Forgive or Forget and might have ousted Mother Love who created the show. Love didn't take the firing well. Petitions circulated to restore Love as host.

So she definitely fits but don't know who she was two-timing Mike Tyson with. What was the time period of the Donald Trump affair?

[RevellingInSane]

For this I am torn between Vivica and Robin Givens. Probably Robin Giveme.

[VelvetElvis]

I remember some gossip years back about her writing herself a big check for something like $2 million before she split up with Mike Tyson. I can't remember if she had to give it back or not.

I think this BI is Robin too.

[feedthepilot]

Originally Posted by judejack

Goldigging Actress: Robin Givens
Rich Sugar Daddy: Bill Cosby
More Famous but not as rich man: Mike Tyson
Two-Timing with Famous Rich/White Man: ?
Another Very Rich White Man: Howard Stern
Scandals: (1) labeled "The Most Hated Woman in America" in the fall of 1988; (2) her short-lived 1997 marriage to tennis instructor Svetozar Marinkovic (they separated after one day); (3) she returned to television in 1999 to host the talk show Forgive or Forget and might have ousted Mother Love who created the show. Love didn't take the firing well. Petitions circulated to restore Love as host.

So she definitely fits but don't know who she was two-timing Mike Tyson with. What was the time period of the Donald Trump affair?

Howard Stern? How did you make that connection?

[judejack]

Originally Posted by feedthepilot

Howard Stern? How did you make that connection?

He talked about dating her on his show. Not a secret.

[AllieCat]

The white man could be Brad Pitt. They dated for a while back in the days.

[judejack]

Originally Posted by AllieCat

The white man could be Brad Pitt. They dated for a while back in the days.

I considered that as well but they dated in 1989 and he wasn't famous yet. It wasn't until Thelma and Louise in 1991 that he rose out of obscurity.

[MrsDark]

I've always thought that Robin Givens either pissed off the wrong people or was a megabitch to work with and be around because she's downright gorgeous, not too shitty an actress (given the mediocre ones who have become big and raked it in) and I'm surprised she didn't become much more famous than she has.

The mention of Trump makes me think of Vanessa Williams, since she was an ex-Miss America for a short spell. But nothing else fits there.