Am I first!. Wow, Sidney is an old-school 1950′s dog. Well he got the white woman that he wanted and he aint never left her. I will look at thim a little sideways from now on. Good actor though

1st for the first time–I just wanted to be able to say that for some silly reason.

Wow – that is truly some old mean shyt right there! I wonder if that is the reason why she started seeing white men and even married Vic Damone?

Oh–well…That’s a sad recollection. What prompted the tell-all now?

Dang that is rough…

Wow…two of the most well known, blacks who didn’t want to be with one of their own…speaks

Diahann Carroll is a legend. Sidney Poitier is also a legend. I believe people arent perfect at all and everyone has their demonds. In that time frame men were the kings and women had to be submissive so..if Ms. Carroll is telling the truth, which I dont see why she would lie, them it is what it is. Hopefully Mr. Poitier has changed. Sidebar: Ms. Carroll in The Five Heartbeats, particularly at the funeral of her husband when Big Red tried to push up on her= CLASSIC!!!

For some reason this doesn’t shock me. Sometimes people have the perception that old school men never behaved the way men do now, and that’s not always the case.

Oh Sidney! There always did seem to be something a little off about him. I know I’m decades too young to even understand what they were going through back then so who knows what the real stories are.

That’s one side of the story, only a fool would believe a story before hearing both sides.

When I have a book to sell I will say anything, do anything to make people buy it.

I too have had my misgiving about Sidney Poitier I just could not put a finger on it. As a black woman I have always felt rejected when supposedly strong black men who have made it in any area have chosen a white woman as their mate. I felt that was my misgiving about him and moved on, now I know it must have been my sixth sense telling me he is no better than some of the young celebs today who disrespect not only the sisters they reject but show no respect for the women who they claim as their #1 since they do all the ish Sydney did to Diahann Carroll. Thank you for sharing Ms. Carroll.

She makes women look bad.

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Damn in regards to the story.

RE: But on the flip side I would like to say even though I respect your opinion Hot Sauce you sound very ignit right about now. U must be one of dem dudes.

I am tired of all these memoirs…some stuff need to be left in the closet. I Love Dianne Carrolll but she could have taken that to her grave.

It’s interesting to hear more info on their relationship. She’s talked a bit about it before, many, many years ago.

Someone asked about why should would write a tell all now. I don’t believe it’s a tell all. I believe it to be a biography. And it makes more sense for her to write it now that she has a history. So many people are writing about their life before they really have a story.

carroll is a great actress, but she does appear to have a bitter edge. Not quite as bitter as Shirley McClaine, but bitter nonetheless.

I don’t doubt that poitier conducted himself in the manner she recounts, but her phrasing comes across as if she is trying to tarnish poitier while accepting no fault of her own.

Women were treated like Sh*t back in the day. I’m glad she’s telling the truth because a lot of these black icons we admire are flawed human beings. No wonder Diahann and her contemporaries like Leslie Uggams, Lena Horn, Pearl Bailey etc married white men. How many of us females today are dealing with black men with egos trying to make it? As soon as they get to the top, as Kanye says, they trade you in for a white girl. No big surprise. People walking around like Sydney is Jesus. Not. I’ve always thought he was shady when he left his first wife. Diahann ain’t no angel either for creepin’ with a married man, so she got what she deserved too.

So ladies, NEVER hook up with an entertainer, they are self-conscious, self-centered damaged people who seek adulation to make up for what they lack spiritually. That’s why so many crash and burn at the end.

This story saddens me. I hope Sidney has made peace with her, for how he hurt her. Then again, she also had an affair. But to see two icons treat each other and to be treated by each other like this, it saddens me.

As for Sydney, Sydney opened doors, as an actor, director and producer. He went through hell, including death threats from stupid. It really was a different time back then. Horrible time.

But that was wrong of him to do that to Diahann. That *is* old school. Too bad there are suckers who think the old school is the only school even now… old and young. Again, I hope he’s apologized to her and made peace.

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@ This is some bull

I agree with you – I am sick of these memoirs too. There aren’t too many of us without a story to tell. After all of these years, one would think that Diahann Carroll would have moved on from this incident in her life. In some cases, it is o.k. to let people believe what they want about a person, even if the image they project is false. How is he supposed to respond to this now – if at all? He is about 80 years old… She makes herself look worse than the picture she paints of him.

I had heard about this for YEARS…I mean, back in the 70′s (okay, I was a baby then)…about this…it was a big SCANDAL that my Mama and aunts would talk about…those West Indian men…and my Mama’s family is W.I.

And yeah…after that afair…She never messed with Black men again…

And I also believe that if you’ve gone through decades on this planet in the public eye…and you want to put your private business out there…

That’s cool too…

MISS CARROLL WROTE A BOOK BACK IN 1986 DETAILNG HER 8 YEAR AFFAIR WITH S.P. NOTHING NEW FOR REAL FANS.

harry belafonte treated eartha kitt and dorothy dandrige like they were dogs. in fact, after having sex with eartha kitt, harry told eartha that a black woman couldn’t do nothing for him. she felt used sexually and that’s why she married a white man. lena horne was treated like a dog by black men as well. she married a white man.

famous black women married white men because they were treated so poorly by black men.

oprah treats sidney pointer as if he’s a king. she has never asked him anything about his racist attitude towards black women.

STOP TRIPPING!

maybe that means we aint ment to be together. It be like tryin to fit a square peg in a round hole. We the only mutha fukkas in this cuntry who aint got a real organik culchur. We should swirl so we can breed ourselfs out of existinse. That way everybody be happy.

I thought Sidney only liked em light and bright??

What is this world coming to? Is nothing sacred anymore?

I wasn’t aware that Sidney Poitier had ever dated a black woman. Go figure!

Nothing shocking here. Why would Sid be any more perfect than any other man? The shocker would have been if he wasn’t a dog. It’s nice to know he liked one black woman for a minute at least.

I am not shocked by this. Mayme Johnson widow of famous Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson told how even though when he needed Bumpy he could come around but when Bumpy passed his sheisty behind was nowhere around although his first wife at the time did attend the funeral.

Aquarius is right….she wrote this twenty years ago in her first memoir. The fact that she kept messing with him, after in told her he did not want her daughter to live with them is beyond sad. All of the major male stars back in the Poitier, Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr., all chased after white women. You see he left her and his black wife with a quickness for the white woman he is with still today. What wonderful power couples any of them could have been if they had chosen strong beautiful sisters like; Dorothy Dandrige, Eartha Kitt, and Diahann Carroll.

what’s going on?

“I just left your bed…you belong to me!”

Sidney was a old OG pimp.

You know, people back then kept their dirt quiet because they knew it would destroy them. Now, celebrities enjoy public scandal. It’s like no one feels they are talented enough, so they air their dirty laundry.

WTF?!?!?!?

WOW!!!!

ummm whatever that memoir has been out how long now….? Guess sells weren’t goin so well not surprised with this economy.

Young hoes grow up to be old hoes…

*Point blank.

Po thang…

3 sides to every story, let’s listen to his side before we start a’callin them ho’s and dogs please

Her first husband was an white guy. And the father of her only daughter is a white guy. So what is the big deal about Sidney having a white chick? This is the chick all the white guys passed around.

Sidney poiter has always been a nobody in my book. Yes the man can speak 5 different languages, but he’s a sell out and Dianne Carroll is beautiful. I would’ve expected much more. But all in all, he did what I expected him to. Get with a no talent white woman and he stayed with her all those years…He’s happy, so I’m happy. just leave he black community alone, because Mr. Poiter, you are not one of us….

Monte Kay, her first husband, was a powerful

Hollywood producer.

The idea that Mr. Sidney “Make No Waves” Portier

would confront a powerful white producer over this woman bak in the day is LAUGHABLE.

She probably broke old Sid off, and the white guy DUMPED her ass for “race mixing” — in the

cracker’s mind if her ass was his, her ass was

“honorary white”.

Don’t believe the hype.

Sidney was a little B%$#*#

Keep in mind that it was long ago that the event happened. Both probably had not reached emotional maturity. But, it still reads nasty if what Dianne recalls is true. Beauty can be a beast!

Love DC, especially as whitley’s over-bearing mother on Diff World, and in the movie claudine. SP is a great actor i love the movies he did with bill cosby. back then you kept your personal life personal, but then again it’s nowhere what it is now with celeb obsession so it was easier to keep your crap under wraps. Anyway, i respect both of them because they opened doors for others who came afterwards, despite them behavng like asses or making bad choices in thier personal lives.

Hot Sauce, why? And Harlem King you cannot spell dear.

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