Carmen Electra’s authorized title is Tara Leigh Patrick.
Jan. 9 2024, Printed 6:41 p.m. ET
Carmen Electra is making it official! The Baywatch babe filed paperwork in a Los Angeles courtroom to legally change her title to Carmen Electra.
Within the paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, the 51-year-old bombshell requested that she be given authorized permission to vary her birthname — Tara Leigh Patrick — to her stage title, which was given to her by the late singer Prince.
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Carmen filed the authorized paperwork to vary her title final month.
Whereas everybody is aware of her by the title already, Electra desires it acknowledged on her authorities paperwork and all the opposite necessary paperwork. The Scary Film actress should be searching for a recent starting within the New 12 months as a result of she filed the docs on December 29, 2023.
RadarOnline.com has reached out to her rep for remark.
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Apparently sufficient, Prince topped her with the title within the ’90s when she auditioned for a lady group the rock legend was placing collectively. Whereas Electra did not land the job, she gave Prince credit score for launching her profession and the catchy new title.
“I acquired a name from Prince saying I feel you have to be your personal artist and never again up anybody else. I will write you a track and in case you prefer it, you may report it,” she recalled in an interview with OWN.
Prince gave her the stage title within the ’90s when she auditioned for a lady group he was placing collectively.
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That is when Electra defined her title change.
“The title of the track was ‘Carmen on Prime.’ My title is Tara, so I used to be confused. I beloved the track,” she acknowledged. “I beloved it, however he stated, ‘You are not a Tara. You are not Tara. You are Carmen.'”
Prince then remodeled her into the Hollywood star that we all know and love at the moment.
“He managed all the pieces, however I beloved that about him,” she informed E! Information. “How I dressed, the music, hairstyles. He was genius in any respect that.”
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The pair dated within the ’90s and Prince was allegedly pondering of popping the query.
The pair started courting and the Purple Rain singer allegedly considered proposing.
“His brother as soon as informed me Prince was rings once I was nonetheless in Minnesota and that he was going to suggest to me. I used to be so excited and in love,” Electra revealed. “Someday, Prince requested me if I needed to work or be a housewife. I stated I need to work. I used to be solely 19 or 20 and he ended up by no means asking me to marry him.”
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Like all good issues, their relationship got here to an finish.
“I informed him I needed to stay in LA and he spent as a lot time right here as he did in Minnesota. He needed me to maneuver again to Minnesota and I stated no. I broke it off with him and stayed in LA,” she defined. “I gave up all the pieces with him to stay right here and make my very own profession. It was a tough time. I ended up calling him and he employed me to bop at his membership in LA. I made $90 per week. I wasn’t his girlfriend anymore, however I used to be certainly one of his women. This was after we cut up,” she disclosed concerning the breakup.
Carmen was crushed when Prince died of an unintended overdose in 2016.
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Electra was crushed when she heard about Prince’s loss of life. The singer died of an unintended overdose in 2016.
“I am in shock,” she stated concerning the information. “That is so unhappy.”
“He all the time talked about life, not loss of life. He was enthusiastic about music,” Electra remembered. “However, again then he talked quite a bit about God, however not about faith. Prince was like a god. Possibly that is why I am so shocked he is handed away.”