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But you got it…They gave me her 11 weeks. So, when they wanted me to re-sign, I said, “Let’s do it a year at a time.” They said, “No, we want three years.” I didn’t want to sign for three years, so at the end of my contract I sent a letter to them saying I’m going to move on and try other things. I wanted some balance in my life.
I was reading Joan Collins book every night and watching Stallone’s film every night and preparing and make sure I hear the new Snoop Dogg material, and who’s this Mariah that Tommy Mottola wants me to put on? That was my life.
This every-night thing, you have no idea. As a matter of fact, if I come back now, I want the Wanda Sykes thing, because that five nights works you hard, make you gray. I’m gonna come back and do it one night a week.
What did you do during your time away from entertainment?
Raising my kid, doing it different than my dad did it. Totally content, not a mistake with some stripper, totally planned, loving my life and putting show business second.
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