You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-Nonsense Mother, And How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss - Plot & Excerpts
I’m proud when her fans recognize me and I always answer, “Yes.” But that’s not my only accomplishment. Vanessa has a brother, Chris, who is also in show business. And I have an identity of my own. However, being “the mother” does offer many rewards. Yippee!—HELEN WILLIAMSThe story goes that Arnold Schwarzenegger was compiling a list of costars for Eraser, a big-budget action-adventure movie, when his then-wife, Maria Shriver, chimed in: “You know who I think would be great? Vanessa Williams.”“She doesn’t act—she’s a singer,” he said.Arnold only knew me as a recording artist. But Maria was persistent. “She’s an actress, too, and she’s great. At least have her audition.”Maria and I had met years earlier when she had interviewed me for NBC News shortly after the Miss America scandal. We had become instant friends—bonding over the fact that we both felt we had so much to prove. As a member of political royalty (Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver were her parents, President John F.
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