The ex-wife of the pop star Prince has spoken out about the singer’s long-term battle with drink, drugs and mental health. The shocking details have been revealed in a new book published by Mayte Garcia called The Most Beautiful: My Life With Prince. The couple were only married for four years and tragically lost their baby son when he was just days old.
Garcia said that she was in denial for years about the issues facing her husband. ‘Looking back, I can see it was something else. I didn’t see it then. Maybe because I didn’t want to.’ She added that she never saw him take any drugs but does recall many incidents when the singer was acting very strangely. Recalling one particular incident she said ‘He told me there were pills in the hotel room, he wanted me to go back up there and flush them down the toilet.’
She also spoke about the time Prince was admitted to hospital just days after they lost their child. At the time he told her that he had only taken aspirin and wine but she admits that she now questions if this was true. There were also pills she was prescribed started to disappear. ‘I assumed he was hiding them to keep me from hurting myself. ‘In retrospect, I don’t know what to think.’