Mayte Garcia on Prince's Death

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. Power by AI, your daily dose of celebrity buzz. 10 years after Prince passed away on April 21st, 2016, his ex-wife Mayte García is opening up about the moment she got the call. She was driving when her phone rang with the devastating news and somehow she made it home before breaking down completely. She kept saying no, refusing to believe her ex was gone from an accidental drug overdose at age 57. Their story started when García was a 16-year-old belly dancer. Her mom sent a tape to Princess Team, and by 18 she was touring with him as a backup dancer and living at Paisley Park in Minnesota. What began as friendship and penpal letters turned into her becoming his muse, leading to a magical romance and marriage on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 1996. She struck soon after with the birth of their son, Amir, who lived just six days.

1:00They started live for love charities in his memory, but a later pregnancy ended in miscarriage. The couple divorced in 2000, yet García held deep love for him right up to the end. When Prince died, the world lit up monuments in purple to honor him, which hit her heart amid the intense sadness. She couldn't even watch TV as her phone blew up with tributes, but she knew it was a powerful show of his impact on fans everywhere. García figures Prince, ever the humble artist, would have grinned at all that love, shocked by how deeply he touched lives even after all these years.