After moving to Minneapolis and getting discovered, Electra started what would become a very diverse career.
However, her life was not all glitz and glamor.
She had just moved to Los Angeles after touring with Prince.
“I remember sitting on a park bench in the valley.
I was crying because I was stranded.
It was over 100 degrees outside,” she told theLas Vegas Review-Journal.
“I didn’t have a penny.
Electra was just 26 years old when her mother Patricia died of brain cancer in August 1998.
“My brother gave up everything to be by her side and he’s so strong to do that.
While she was still reeling from the loss of her mother, tragedy struck again.
“I felt like I was going around in a cloud, like it wasn’t real.
I wasn’t equipped to deal with this pop in of emotion.
I wasn’t dealing with any of the pain or grief.”
“I didn’t really realize, when my mom was sick, what I was doing.
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she said while appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
The couple wed at 7 a.m. inside a Las Vegas chapel.
“This was the worst part of my life and during that time I made some really bad choices.
The pair had quite a tumultuous relationship.
They were once both arrested on battery chargers after a violent incident in a Miami hotel room.
Rodman’s agent Dwight Manley questioned the legality of the marriage since they were both intoxicated.
He also leveled some harsh accusations against Electra, calling her and others “leeches,“Peoplereported.
In November 2003, she married guitarist Dave Navarro.
Navarro even got her initials tattooed on his chest.
However, only two and half years later, the pair announced they were amicably separating.
“They’re both heartbroken, but they still love each other,” a source toldPeopleat the time.
“The reality of it is that they’re better off as best friends.”
It seems Electra never quite got over her ex.
Will we get back together?
Patterson popped the question when the two were in Las Vegas celebrating Electra’s 36th birthday.
However, after a whopping four-year engagement, the couple decided to part ways.
Then in October 2012, a friend close to the couple confirmed that Patterson had moved out in September.
The group sued for defamation and trademark infringement, seeking $75 000 in damages.
Electra was also not awarded damages.
Prince discovered Electra after she auditioned to be a dancer for an all-girl band.
“My name is Tara, so I was confused.
I loved the song.
I loved it, but he said, ‘You’re not a Tara.
You’re not Tara.
You’re Carmen,” she revealed in an interview with OWN.
“He made me who I am today.
He believed in me.
“I think of Prince every day.”
