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Just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have. Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool,Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end.
He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.
Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out. When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna’s heroic act she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she said, ‘Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you’re being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the person you love. I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness.
‘The bad news is, Ralph hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he’s dead.’
Edna replied, ‘He didn’t hang himself. I put him there to dry…. How soon can I go home?’
Happy Mental Health Day!
R Kelly’s Chicago mansion has gone into foreclosure. Apparently, Kelly has not made a payment on the house since June of last year. The home has six bathrooms and a four-car garage. Kelly had it built 11 years ago.
Shaquille O’Neal is calling it a career. After years of speculation and criticism for staying too long, Shaq took to his twitter to announce his retirement from basketball. He took three NBA Championships with Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson as an L.A. Laker and one more with the Miami Heat. O’Neal, 39, ends his career as a Boston Celtic. Despite the locker room feuds, the divorce from Shaunie, and his growing injuries, he still leaves as a 15-time All Star, a three-time NBA Finals MVP and the NBA’s fifth overall scorer.
Whoa! Look who won game 2 of the NBA Finals Thursday night between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat. Well put it this way, it wasn’t Miami.
Dirk Nowitzki shook off an injury to his non-shooting hand and made a tie-breaking layup with 3.6 seconds left and the Mavericks came all the way back from 15 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Heat 95-93 and tie the NBA finals at one game apiece.
“You can just sense it in us that we weren’t going to give up, we were going to be resilient,” Dallas guard Jason Terry said.
Nowitzki, the game hero … for Dallas … made two late baskets using his (non-shooting) left hand – despite a torn tendon on the middle finger. He finished with 24 points.
SIDEBAR: I’m pulling for Dallas, heh! heh!
MARISKA HARGITAY has paid tribute to her longtime LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT co-star CHRISTOPHER MELONI as he prepares to leave the TV show after 12 years.
Meloni recently confirmed he won’t be returning to the hit cop drama for the upcoming 13th season, leaving his onscreen partner Hargitay to continue without him.
The pair’s co-star Ice-T recently spoke of his “surprise” and sadness following news of Meloni’s departure, and Hargitay has now revealed she will miss her pal “terribly”.
She tells TVLine, “For the past 12 years Chris has been my partner and friend, both on screen and off. He inspired me every day with his integrity, his extraordinary talent and his commitment to the truth. I love him deeply and will miss him terribly – I’m so excited to see what he’ll do next.”
Hargitay, who recently adopted a baby girl, is expected to cut back her role in upcoming episodes so she can spend more time with her family.
Wrestling legend Macho Man Randy Savage died in a car accident today in Tampa, Florida. He was 58.
According to reports, Savage suffered a heart attack while driving his Jeep Wrangler around 9:25 a.m. and lost control of his car.
Florida Highway Patrol officials say the car veered across the concrete median and collided with a tree.
Savage was transported from the scene, but died from his injuries at Largo Medical Center.
His wife Lynn was also in the car, but she survived. Officials say they were both wearing seatbelts and alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
TMZ is reporting that Wendy Williams was sued by a concert promoter who claims she was paid $25,000 to appear at an Atlantic City resort, but her conduct at the event “was best described as … ungrateful.”
According to the lawsuit, Williams was scheduled to make a two-hour appearance at The Pool at Harrah’s Resort. The suit claims Williams hardly mingled with guests and left after only an hour — after complaining how she and her husband wanted to leave.
The talk show host and “Dancing With the Stars” contestant was supposed to take the mic on stage, but instead retreated to a cabana, the lawsuit states.
The suit also claims Williams “disappointed her fans who came out expecting her to host the party,” and alleges she demanded four bottles of Ace of Spades champagne and two bottles of white wine at her cabana.
The lawsuit states Williams and her husband said they wanted to be left alone while they drank.
Don’t invite Bill Cosby and Russell Simmons to the same event. In the past, Simmons has taken issue with Cosby’s stance against gangsta rap, parental responsibility and disrespectful youth. Simmons feels Cosby has been too harsh. Cosby has criticized many of the entertainment ventures the rap mogul has some connection with, most famously taking to the airwaves to criticize Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam show. At the recent Jackie Robinson Foundation Awards (The ROBIE’s), the two came face to face, and it didn’t go well. Cosby told the media mogul and bestselling author to Get The F*&% Out Of My Face, and bumped him as he walked away. Even though he and Mr. Cosby have their differences, Simmons says he still loves him. (it’s like that Bill?)(Bill your an educated man
I’m surprised at your behavior. Are you becoming senile, and know
one wants to confess it to you?)
Two of the men who accused Bishop Eddie Long of coercing them into sexual relationships gave an extensive interview to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2 Action News. Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande were among four young men who accused the founder of New Birth Missionary Church of sexual coercion. Their lawsuit against him was settled in May. The following is an excerpt from the story, which will be posted in its entirety on ajc.com around 5 p.m. Atlanta’s Channel 2 Action News will air the first part of their interview with the men in their 5 p.m. newscast.
Among those tuning in to watch the most anticipated sermon of Bishop Eddie Long’s career were two of the young men who, one week earlier, had filed suit claiming the powerful Lithonia pastor had coerced them into sexual relationships.
“It was like the Super Bowl for us,” said 24-year-old Jamal Parris, describing the anxiousness he felt before Long took to the pulpit last September. “This might be the day he finally says something.” Neither Parris nor fellow accuser Spencer LeGrande, now 23, expected an admission of wrongdoing or an apology.
“I knew who he was,” LeGrande said. “I knew what was coming.” In speaking before 25,000 New Birth Missionary Baptist members who packed the church and watched on television and online, Long vowed to clear his name. “This thing I’m going to fight,” he said, comparing himself to the biblical David, turning the table on his accusers.
Ironically, they say, Long often compared the two young men to David, the metaphorical armor-bearers to the bishop’s King Saul. Now they were being portrayed as Goliaths.
“I just got quiet,” Parris said. “I started crying. I couldn’t even stop crying because I was angry. The way he walked up [to the stage]. The way I saw people stand up and applaud this man. How dare you.”
Nearly one year later, the wounds are still raw for Parris and LeGrande who, along with two other plaintiffs, filed lawsuits last September alleging the charismatic pastor “uses monetary funds from the accounts of New Birth and other corporate and non-profit corporate accounts to entice the young men with cars, clothes, jewelry, and electronics.” Each alleged that, once they reached the age of consent, Long coerced them into sexual relationships. The cases were settled in late May after months of mediation talks.
Long has, through a spokesman, denied the allegations. He did not respond to requests from the AJC for an interview. Following the announcement of the settlement agreement the 58-year-old bishop released a statement saying the decision was made “to bring closure to this matter and to allow us to move forward with the plans God has for this ministry.” “This resolution is the most reasonable road for everyone to travel,” the statement continued. Documents were filed May 27 in DeKalb State Court confirming the lawsuits had been dismissed “with prejudice.”
Parris and LeGrande declined to discuss specifics of their settlement with Long, per the terms of their agreement. Their attorney, B.J. Bernstein, said at the time neither she nor her clients would be available for an interview “now or in the future.” By speaking out, Parris and LeGrande risk losing unspecified monetary rewards outlined in the settlement.
“The truth should’ve set [us] free,” said Parris, interviewed along with LeGrande in Miami late last week. “I thought I could cover the pain up. I thought I could move, start over and everything would go away. I was terribly wrong. I’m living a lifestyle meant to crash.”
The money is irrelevant, LeGrande said. “I’m going to tell the world – money does not buy happiness,” said LeGrande, who was 15 when he met the bishop. “When you sleep at night, the problems are still there. The money stuff, who cares about the number.” “I feel like burning [the money],” he said.
LeGrande was 15 when he met Long at one of New Birth’s satellite churches in Charlotte. The sermon, on the importance of fathers, left him in tears. “When I started crawling, that was the day [my father] left,” LeGrande said. “A lot of years I didn’t even see him.” LeGrande said Long embraced him. “I got you” … “I will be your dad,” the bishop told the teen. Soon they were talking regularly on the phone.
“The day I met him it was like a God moment,” LeGrande said.
Parris said he too was raised without a strong male influence. “I have a clown for a father,” he said. “My dad was abusive, my dad would flake out … that’s all a predator needs.”
Long was the father figure both youths craved. He called them his armor-bearers and their loyalty was rewarded with exotic trips, expensive gifts and, more importantly, a role model. “He did teach us good things,” LeGrande said, “but something had to be wrong with him.”
In 2004, when LeGrande was 16, he accompanied Long to Kenya. On another trip, to Johannesburg, they dined with Winnie Mandela. Rubbing elbows with the rich and famous became routine. “You’re thinking you’re the luckiest kid in the world, like someone’s always got your back,” LeGrande said. “For me, it was more of a spiritual connection. It was about God.”
Parris met Long a few years earlier, in 2001 when he was 14 and new to Atlanta. He was at choir practice when he met the man he’d soon be calling “daddy.” Parris said he left that day with the preacher’s cell phone number, which he called days later after getting into trouble at school. Long interceded, getting the teacher who had reprimanded Parris nearly fired, said Parris. The power wielded by the bishop made an impression on the teen. “It’s the power he commanded when he walked into the room. It’s like I’m with the president,” he said.
The bond was intense, say both accusers. Neither was aware of the other until after they broke away from Long. Beyond the gifts — each more expensive than the last, Parris said — and the trips, there were deep conversations about spirituality. “Out of nowhere he hits you with the most emotional question,” LeGrande said. “‘I know what you’re feeling. I know what it’s like.’” Parris equated their relationships to high school. He and LeGrande were like freshmen girls. Long, they said, was the senior with the fancy car, the big man on campus.