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'Desperate Housewives' star Vanessa Williams covers the Power 100 issue of Ebony magazine and in the feature story confessed to recently passing on a $600,000 book deal to write a tell-all tome.
The 47-year-old chanteuse tells the African American lifestyle glossy that a book publisher wanted her to disclose intimate details about her first marriage to Ramon Hervey II and second marriage to former NBA star Rick Fox in a memoir.
"I don't want to reha
sh the past," she told Ebony. "I want to talk about what makes me, and why I'm a survivor. And [the publishers] didn't want that. They wanted to know about my ex-husbands. But I'm not going to throw my kids' dads under the bus."
The 15-time Grammy Award nominee, who was also nominated three times for Emmy Awards for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy for her role as Wilhelmina Slater on 'Ugly Betty,' joined the seventh season of 'Desperate Housewives' earlier this year after 'Betty' was canceled.
Ebony magazine is on newsstands now.
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By: Mimi on 12/06/2010 6:39PM
OK CLARKE,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LINKS I POSTED BY THEY ARE GONE.
I POSTED THREE DIFFERENT LINKS.
AND THEY ARE GONE.
SO IGNORE MY PRIOR POST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO BACK AND POST LINKS.
SOMETHING HAPPENED BECAUSE MY PRIOR POSTS IS ALL JUMBLED TOGETHER AND THE LINKS ARE GONE.
I RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT SAID YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THREE URL'S AND THAT WAS ALL I POSTED.
THE BOTTOM LINE CLARKE IS VANESSA'S EYES CAN BE BLUE, GREEN OR GREY DEPENDING ON WHAT SHE WEARS.
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By: Mimi on 12/06/2010 6:44PM
CORRECTION:
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LINKS I POSTED BUT THEY ARE GONE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF AOL HAD A WAY TO DELETE OR EDIT A COMMENT.
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By: Pink on 12/02/2010 5:21PM
Good for u Vanessa. These tabloid gossip mongers just want some dirt.
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By: Pink on 12/02/2010 5:21PM
Plus $600,000 isn't jack compared to what others get for their memoirs. Sarah Palin for one supposedly got an advance of (1) million for her book; why I don't know because she doesn't have a darn thing to say that we don't already know.
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By: AllBahianGirl on 12/02/2010 7:36PM
Good for Vanessa Williams and it shows that she was thinking of her children when she turned down the offer of a tell all book. After all I'm sure her children wouldn't have wanted to read anything negative about their Dads.Vanessa Williams has been blessed with longevity in her career and is still relevant in the industry so I'm sure she could let $600k go as she got 20 mil alone just for doing those Proactiv commercials. By the way I thought that Vanessa's eyes were green or maybe she has those changeable green/gray/hazel/blue eyes that look different colors depending on the outfit or the mood. My Dad a former child model has eyes like that.
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By: woogie on 12/04/2010 2:17PM
Alright Vanessa...you are a real classy lady...inside and out. Everybody can't be bought by the almighty dollar$$$$. I hope the ex's return to you the same degree of respect. Your ratings as an acress/singer/woman and sister shot to the stars as far as I'm concerned. Keep it stellar my sister.
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By: mg on 12/04/2010 2:21PM
thats called CLASS people are not use to that anymore BRAVO MS VANESSA WILLIAMS
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By: joan on 12/04/2010 2:26PM
I met Vanessa Williams years ago when her oldest child was a baby and she was starting her singing and acting career. She was a lady then and has maintained same with dignity. Kudos to her for staying that way and keeping her private life private.
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By: Cynthia on 12/04/2010 2:30PM
Williams definitely deserved an Emmy for "Ugly Betty." Why one of the best shows on tv was ever canceled, I'll never know. It came as such a shock. I'll forever mourn the loss of "Betty," one of the most innovative & charming shows ever on television. You watch, it will go down in history as a classic.
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By: Andy V on 12/04/2010 2:30PM
what a classy gal
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