Rachel Maddow and Her Girlfriend Give Up TV on Weekends

People Magazine ^ | 4-6-10

[Justaham]

Rachel Maddow doesn't bring her work home with her.

The MSNBC host, 37, and her artist girlfriend Susan Mikula spend each weekend at their quaint home three hours north of New York in Western Massachusetts, and it doesn't have cable – or even a television.

"We realized that the two of us have the TV Disease," explains Mikula, 52. "Rachel can't have one because she'd watch it all the time!" Instead, they enjoy the solitude and home-cooked meals Mikula prepares.

Maddow does have a small TV in their tiny New York City apartment, but Mikula only uses it "so that I can watch her on Friday nights before I come pick her up."

The couple met in 1999, when Maddow, who then worked odd jobs, was hired to do yard work on Mikula's property in the Berkshires.

"It was very Desperate Housewives," jokes Maddow of how their relationship began.

[Vasilli22]

Who? The guy on the left??

[JPG]

Not widely known but both Rachel and Susan clean carpets.

[manic4organic]

It’s Pat!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

LOL!

[y6162]

Oh my god
Becky, look at her butt
Its so big
She looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends
Who understands those rap guys
They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute
I mean her butt
It’s just so big
I can’t believe it’s so round
It’s just out there
I mean, it’s gross
Look, she’s just so black

[Rap]
I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can’t deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung
Wanna pull up tough
Cuz you notice that butt was stuffed
Deep in the jeans she’s wearing
I’m hooked and I can’t stop staring
Oh, baby I wanna get with ya
And take your picture
My homeboys tried to warn me
But that butt you got
Make Me so horney
Ooh, rump of smooth skin
You say you wanna get in my benz
Well use me use me cuz you aint that average groupy

I’ve seen them dancin’
To hell with romancin’
She’s Sweat,Wet, got it goin like a turbo vette

I’m tired of magazines
Saying flat butts are the thing
Take the average black man and ask him that
She gotta pack much back

So Fellas (yeah) Fellas(yeah)
Has your girlfriend got the butt (hell yeah)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake that healthy butt
Baby got back

(LA face with Oakland booty)

I like’em round and big
And when I’m throwin a gig
I just can’t help myself
I’m actin like an animal
Now here’s my scandal

I wanna get you home
And UH, double up UH UH
I aint talkin bout playboy
Cuz silicone parts were made for toys
I wannem real thick and juicy
So find that juicy double
Mixalot’s in trouble
Beggin for a piece of that bubble
So I’m lookin’ at rock videos
Knockin these bimbos walkin like hoes
You can have them bimbos
I’ll keep my women like Flo Jo
A word to the thick soul sistas
I wanna get with ya
I won’t cus or hit ya
But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna —
Til the break of dawn
Baby Got it goin on
Alot of pimps won’t like this song
Cuz them punks lie to hit it and quit it
But I’d rather stay and play
Cuz I’m long and I’m strong
And I’m down to get the friction on

So ladies (yeah), Ladies (yeah)
Do you wanna roll in my Mercedes (yeah)
Then turn around
Stick it out
Even white boys got to shout
Baby got back

(LA face with the Oakland booty)

Yeah baby
When it comes to females
Cosmo ain’t got nothin to do with my selection
36-24-36
Only if she’s 5’3”

So your girlfriend throws a Honda
Playin workout tapes by Fonda
But Fonda ain’t got a motor in the back of her Honda
My anaconda don’t want none unless you’ve got buns hun
You can do side bends or sit-ups, but please don’t lose that butt
Some brothers wanna play that hard role
And tell you that the butt ain’t gold
So they toss it and leave it
And I pull up quick to retrieve it
So cosmo says you’re fat
Well I ain’t down with that
Cuz your waste is small and your curves are kickin
And I’m thinkin bout stickin
To the beanpole dames in the magazines
You aint it miss thing
Give me a sista I can’t resist her
Red beans and rice did miss her
Some knucklehead tried to dis
Cuz his girls were on my list
He had game but he chose to hit ‘em
And pulled up quick to get with ‘em
So ladies if the butt is round
And you wanna triple X throw down
Dial 1-900-MIXALOT and kick them nasty thoughts
Baby got back
Baby got back
Little in tha middle but she got much back x4

[jennyjenny]

So, she doesn't let her watch too much TV, cooks her meals for her, and picks her up from work? Maybe she'll let her get her driver's permit during summer break if she can prove she is responsible enough to earn the privilege.

LOL, she only watches her on TV one night out of five, hehe.

[N. Theknow]

Batteries? We don't need no steekin' batteries!

[ejonesie22]

I wonder how much thrust Madcow has to generate to reach escape velocity from her “SIGNIFICANT other” when going off to work...

[ejonesie22]

It’s not TV, it’s MSNBC.

[skimask]

What is the “Partner” of Maddow’s name on DU?

[ejonesie22]

Man, I missed that one...

getting slow...

[ejonesie22]

In this case does it matter...

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[JohnBrowdie]

this is one of those threads about which people will say, "everything was going along fine until someone got hurt".

[ErnBatavia]

D-d-d-d-doesn’t this almost sound like they live together??

[PzLdr]

That would kill my appetite. Either way.

[Oldpuppymax]

Obviously, Mikula’s the girl of this pair.

[JRios1968]

[JenB987]

It’s just way, way too easy. These things practically write themselves!

[JRios1968]

“It was very Desperate Housewives,” jokes Maddow of how their relationship began.

No, it was not.

Well, she did have the "desperate" part down...