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Author, ex-hubby mired in post-divorce warfare {How Stella lost her groove, again}
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/21/7 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

Posted on 01/21/2007 7:49:54 AM PST by SmithL

Fifteen months after her bitter divorce and an appearance on Oprah, Bay Area author Terry McMillan says the younger man who once helped her get her groove back -- only to break her heart by coming out of the closet -- is making her life a living hell.

And, from the looks of things, it's about to get worse. McMillan's hairstylist ex-husband, Jonathan Plummer, has signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster for a fictionalized tell-all account based on his decadelong relationship with McMillan, whose own novel and movie about their early romance, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," was an international best-seller.

Life for McMillan is anything but groovy these days. She says she's afraid to leave her home and accuses Plummer of trying to bleed her for money and threatening to release embarrassing anti-gay slurs she left on his answering machine if she doesn't go along.

For his part, Plummer says his ex-wife misinterpreted his motives.

"He is like a f -- Duracell, and I want him out of my f -- life, and he won't let me out of his life. I can't live like this,'' McMillan said in an emotionally charged interview that ranged from rage to tears. We also received several e-mails from her, including this plea: "I just do not want to end up dead because no one did anything to stop him.''

A flash point came...last March, telling her, "There are people that are dying to hear the messages, and it will definitely put you back on the homophobic ... um, you know, stereotype again.

...McMillan filed for divorce from Plummer in January 2005 following 6 1/2 years of marriage. That was not long after Plummer -- 23 years her junior -- disclosed he was gay and had been cheating on her.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: faghag; homosexualagenda; pwn3d; stellasgroove; terrymcmillan

1 posted on 01/21/2007 7:49:55 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Geez Louise, how could anyone look at that dude without setting off full-on gaydar alarms???


2 posted on 01/21/2007 7:54:56 AM PST by To Hell With Poverty (If this city were any 'bluer', it'd be spelled 'bleu'.)
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To: SmithL; rabidralph

Batty boy!


3 posted on 01/21/2007 7:56:06 AM PST by Clemenza (Put down that coffee! Coffee is for closers!)
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To: To Hell With Poverty; SmithL

I saw McMillen and hubby on Oprah. He may be flamingly gay but she is flamingly egotistical, self-righteous and nasty. Perhaps hubby couldn't take another minute of her militant fury and fled to more tender arms.


4 posted on 01/21/2007 8:04:58 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Veto!

Perfect for each other.

Likely they are still together, just playing things up for publicity.


5 posted on 01/21/2007 8:12:25 AM PST by SteveMcKing
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To: SmithL

She didn't know that guy was a fag?
BWAHahahahaha...


6 posted on 01/21/2007 8:34:30 AM PST by gate2wire
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To: SmithL
book deal with Simon & Schuster for a fictionalized tell-all account

What the heck is a "fictionalized tell-all". Talk about oxymoron.

7 posted on 01/21/2007 8:56:45 AM PST by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: SmithL

I just wonder how many people were led into self-destructive wish fulfillment by this book and the movie based on the book. Only to find out that reality intrudes, even for the author.


8 posted on 01/21/2007 8:57:37 AM PST by ikka
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To: Berosus; Cincinatus' Wife; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; Fedora; ..
hairstylist ex-husband

9 posted on 03/02/2007 10:23:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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