**BUMPING UP AN OLDIE, BUT GOODIE. BLOG ENTRY ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2007**
This girl! Here I was thinking she'd only become crazy a couple of years ago, but low and behold I find this excerpt from her 2002 King magazine interview which proves, at least to me, she'd been a bit off for a while now. For her to be such a beautiful girl, the craziness she once embraced wasn't a good look at all. However, that was then, these days, from my understanding, Maia has pulled herself together since the death of her mother, best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell. Moore Campbell died at the age of 56 on November 27, 2006 from complications related to brain cancer...just one day after Maia's 30th birthday. It's no secret that Maia, who scored the biggest role of her career as 'Tiffany Warren' on UPN's In the House, privately battled drug abuse. Soon as the hit sitcom was canceled, rumors of Maia's drug abuse and erratic behavior around Hollywood began to swarm around the Internet and beyond. In the July 2004 issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine, Maia candidly admitted to abusing drugs while vehemently denying rumors that she's a certified nut job. 'I am not a psycho. There's a rumor going around that I'm a psycho,' Maia told the magazine. The actress's rapid decline into drugs and whispers of the beauty being bi-polar is what some believed was the catalyst that strained her relationship with her mother. And some speculate Bebe's last novel, 72 Hour Hold, was loosely based on her relationship with her daughter.....
CLICK ON THE PIC BELOW to read what Maia had to say about Jay-Z, Shaq and Suge Knight. And don't forget to CHECK OUT THROWBACK PICS OF MAIA'S PHOTOSHOOT IN KING MAGAZINE BY CLICKING 'READ MORE AFTER THE JUMP!' ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.
CLICK ON THE PIC BELOW to read what Maia had to say about Jay-Z, Shaq and Suge Knight. And don't forget to CHECK OUT THROWBACK PICS OF MAIA'S PHOTOSHOOT IN KING MAGAZINE BY CLICKING 'READ MORE AFTER THE JUMP!' ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.
...Whatever the case may be, Maia says she was able to make peace with her mother before she passed away.And I know from from personal experience (I lost my father to bone cancer in 2005) that a moment like that is a truly welcoming comfort as well as one of the most precious privileges God can ever bestow upon you. Some say Maia has gotten herself together and has become stronger since her mother's untimely death. Maia says she now finds happiness from the love she feels for her family, true friends, her profound belief in God and everything else that makes life worth living, bless her heart. It's true what they say: Loosing a loved one can have one of two effects on a person. Either you'll fall by the wayside something terrible OR you'll get your dusty ass up, brush yourself off and get back on the right track in order to move on with your life.
Let's hope and pray for the best for her.
These days Maia is busy taking care of her young daughter, Elizabeth Elisha Gutierrez (who is named after Maia's mother) and operating her production company, MCC which is a multi-tasked business that provides today's film and television culture with quality entertainment.
Let's hope and pray for the best for her.
These days Maia is busy taking care of her young daughter, Elizabeth Elisha Gutierrez (who is named after Maia's mother) and operating her production company, MCC which is a multi-tasked business that provides today's film and television culture with quality entertainment.
10 comments:
I am an old classmate of Maia from elementary school. I am glad to see positive things about her online. I just recently lost my mother to cancer, and I am having a very hard time dealing with it. It is nice to see that she is doing well
I think we should be more supportive of our black actresses and actors. She lost her moms and then probably went through a depressive stage and all we can do is say damn. We need to help her with her problem and be supportive and not be negative. Come on people, support our people.
jmwebb- I agree with you totally. Whenever you hear of Maia Campbell all the comments are always deridatory...calling her a "psycho...nut-case...crack-head". Since when was mental illness a big joke? She's a beautiful woman and could have had a promising career.If she was some famous white hollywood actress she would be getting all the support she needs from her peers and community. Yet,mental illness in the 20th century in the black community is still taboo. Either we're too immature/shallow or in denial(?) to care or take action. Wake up people!!
Please, ok? This hefa aint close to straight. As a matter of fact, if you go to Media Take Out today, there is a whole article detailing her crazy ass using meth and runnin the streets. And there are pics to prove shes still a damn addict. Just a hot ass mess.
My mother and Maia mother were friends in the writing and academic world. And while people assume that her mother having money and her being from a middle class family should equal fame, fortune and then sudden happiness, it is a stupid assumption. People struggle with demons you have no clue about. We all have issues and we all deal with them differently, but I just think that people should be very careful how they judge. It is sad, shocking and scary! She is stuck in a cycle and I pray that someone steps up and takes hold as much as they can, too help her. Mental ilness is soooo real and in the black community we don't like to acknowledge it. We say pray and get better, but if she is in fact bipolar as it has been stated in the past. Then it explains not excuses, but explains some of the issues she has. Picking her up and dragging her around LA is not going to help her. And how about this beauty thing? If I hear one more person say but she is so beautiful! Come on y'all! That means nothing it doesn't negate you from the pain of your past.
I saw something on a gossip site today about this lady. I did not recognize her, but after searching the web I realized who she is. I also all kinds of nude pics and videos of her in compromising positions and I felt instantly saddened because she seemed and looked high. Someone is taking advantage of her in her weakness and if she is a mother too it makes it even sadder. I did not know her mother was Bebe Campbell. God bless her. She seems very troubled. She needs help not ridicule.
After I read that shit on MTO I went searching for her also because I remember way back in 2000 I had a close friend who worked with Avant little faggot ass and my friend was like. "She wants to get with Avant, but he thinks she's crazy"...that kinda took me by surprise back then...but then after studying psychology and watching thoses damn videos and pictures of her but ass naked(just like that chick on crackheads gone wild all naked and smoking a pipe)...I was upset for-real...I hate when men exploit women like that and I pray that she gets the fuck out of the HOOD!!! I hope that she finds the will to save herself if she wants to be saved (and I think she does)...what can I do to help???
its true her mental illness is being exploited. Shes sick, and she cant help it. Why are people doing these things?? Is it supposed to be funny?I dont get off on others misery.
where can i see the video of her???
Recently, I met and personally spoke with this young woman in LA when my daughter wanted to stop at our old baber shop to say hi- it was only God...because I was running late and didn't want to stop! The moment I laid eyes on her I knew who she was though she already had my heart when I saw the condition that she was in. I praise God for those of you who have a genuine concern for her and would reach to her if you could... because she wants help. She spoke very honestly about her mental status, drugs use, her daughter, her where abouts and God... she does want to be found. By no means is she crazy or a psycho... she is clear about life and what is going on around her, as well she knows the difference between those who continuously abuse and use her and those who are reaching out. God is awesome in all that He does... I had no intentions on putting her name in the search field while on the computer, I am taking care of business, yet this blog pops up and I am here. So the message is this: for those of us that TRULY wish this Young Black Woman well, we must COLLECTIVELY pray and BE IN agreement that she will receive what God has for her and come out of where she is. The Spirit WILL MOVE and I promise you--in DUE TIME... the woman that God has called her to BE will EMERGE!
God Bless... Love & Peace, Ms. Rae!
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