Carmen Electra reflects on her relationship with Prince and the call that changed everything

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Carmen Electra is reflecting on her life and success. The pop culture icon has found a resurgence this year, and at 51 years old has had many experiences, and relationships, like with the one and only Prince. Born, Tara Leigh Patrick she was Prince’s muse and it was the “Purple Rain” singer who gave her the name “Carmen Electra.” Talking to Vanity Fair, she said she met him at his home when she was a teenager after Robin Power spotted her in a nightclub in LA.

She described Prince as “mysterious” when he first saw him standing in a doorway. Power was casting a Prince-produced all-girl band at the time, and Prince invited her to perform vocal exercises.

But then he left a note asking her to watch movies. “I wanted to be in this band, but I didn’t want to have an intimate relationship,” she told the outlet. “I didn’t feel that for him.”Electra didn’t make the band but Prince influenced her career in other ways.

The “When Doves Cry” singer negotiated Electra out of a Captiral demo deal in 1991 so she can live with him and record as a solo artist in Minneapolis.