Teddy pendergrass is gay
I knew this week’s interview was extraordinary , but I didn’t know how extraordinary until I searched for her label in my pre-interview research. A slew of websites popped up asking, “Who was the mystery woman?” “Where is she now?” and “Whatever happened to Tenika Watson?” This interview should help respond those questions.
In 1982, R&B star Teddy Pendergrass was severely injured in an auto accident, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. In the car with him that night was a woman, Tenika Watson, who for several years now has kept a low profile. Her own career as a model and entertainer was knocked off track when news outlets start out that Watson had been born male. She’s about to tell all in a forthcoming book, “My Existence is No Accident,” but she agreed to meet with me to distribute a little of her story. I met with Watson in her house, a lovely apartment filled with antiques and artwork. An easel was position up in the corner with a still-life in progress.
PGN: Are you a Philly gal? TW: No, I was born in D.C. and grew up there and in Brandywine, Md.
PGN: Any siblings? TW: Oh yes, I’m one of eight! Well, nine actually, but my oldest sister died shortly after birth. I’m the thi
A Little Bit About Teddy Pendergrass
Since Zayn has just re-made on of his songs for The Get Down…
Black Ensemble Theater has just debuted “I Am Who I Am: The Story of Teddy Pendergrass,” a new musical on the life of the legendary former lead singer of the iconic Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes who shot to superstardom as a solo artist. Pendergrass’ stay shows “were celebrated for their theatrical sexuality” and at the height of career, he was paralyzed in a car accident in the early 1980s. The passenger, Tenika Watson, was relatively unhurt.
Tenika Watson “turned out to be a transsexual nightclub performer whose first name was John Watson” and “Pendergrass would only express that Watson was a casual acquaintance whom he was giving a drive home.” (Hello, Eddie Murphy!) Pendergrass has never discussed the circumstances of the accident and snaps at Gregg Shapiro, a gay correspondent with the LGBT weekly The Chicago Free Press:.
GS: Throughout your career, you have had songs that were linked with the disco scene, such as the solo road “If You Comprehend Like I Know,” and “Bad Luck,” “The Love I Lost” and “Don’t Leave Me This Way” with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.
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marv2
10-22-2014, 08:02 PM
30 Years Later [[VIDEO)...........
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/teddy-pendergrass-accident-tenika-watson_n_6024336.html?ncid=webmail11Jerry Oz
10-22-2014, 08:41 PM
Teddy Pendergrass was a superstar who was cut down good before his time. There are so many stories of careers derailed by death, drugs, it controversies. Jackie Wilson, Al Lush, Sly Stone, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix. Teddy was going to be the greatest Philly celestial body and not only was his body destroyed by the accident, his very image as a charismatic man was ridiculed by details nobody really knew. I'll never forget the shock of hearing that he was in the car with a 'transvestite' and all of the jokes about how Teddy Tender-ass had pulled the wool over everyone's eyes regarding his sexuality. Maybe the street history can be rewritten and his dignity restored.
arr&bee
10-22-2014, 08:52 PM
A former prostit