The Brand
become
extremely rich, but publicly he would have been viewed as a bad
guy. Still, Joelyn was unconvinced that she should let the libelous
columnist continue to mentally harass innocent people. She called
Chris Woodyard and screamed down the phone that the newspaper
should be sued in a very unforgiving way. Woodyard, loved and hated
by equal numbers of film critics in the world, told her wisely that
she should let it go.
    ‘Embrace those that love you, and don’t let
those who don’t destroy you. Don’t let one bad word from a single
bad person to diminish the value of all the millions of good words
that have been mentioned by good people about you.’
    Joelyn took those words to heart and they
calmed her rage. Meanwhile, following the authorized revelation of
their impending nuptials, there ensued a media and public obsession
with Joelyn Smith and Raizer T of such a critical magnitude that it
overshadowed the Republican nomination race for the presidential
candidate for the 2012 election. Capitalizing on that storm of
publicity, a song containing lyrics by both Joelyn and Raizer T was
purposely leaked onto the internet. It became one of the
most-listened-to tracks on YouTube that week. Two more tracks, with
Joelyn singing and Raizer T rapping, were released on a digital
platform and they affirmed Joelyn’s status as a recording artist to
be watched in the coming year.
    The interest in her music was not, strictly
speaking, because of her genuine talent in singing. It had more to
do with the fact that she was one of the foremost sex symbols of
the day, combined with the fact that Ryze Entertainment had thrown
its most talented music producers together to create sounds for her
songs that would appeal to the younger generation, which over the
years has been identified as being the most crucial audience for
any pop star. Also, the public always loves a new thing, so with
the right amount of marketing and public appeal, a new music artist
will find fans. The interest in Joelyn Smith, christened Jo S at
Ryze Entertainment, was so phenomenal that the label pushed forward
the release of her debut album from a May date to February of the
coming year.
    In between shooting a film in Australia,
Joelyn was busy recording material for her upcoming album at
various locations in America, given that she would feature in five
of her songs for the album seven popular recording artists who were
strewn across the US. She was also shooting videos for her album’s
first two singles, to be released weeks apart in December. She was
travelling between Australia, where she was on the set of an epic
period-drama, and America, where she was appearing on MTV, radio
stations, TV shows and magazines, doing promotional work for her
upcoming album.
    It might be important to note that Joelyn
Smith and Anthony Ryzor had nothing in common, save for their
passionate love for good sex and good music. From their individual
backgrounds right through to their lifestyles, it was apparent to
anyone who cared to notice that their marriage was doomed even
before it commenced. In fact, Mrs. Ryzor, when Anthony took his
fiancée to meet his mother, actually uttered these words:
    “Well, well, Anthony has outdone himself this
time. Don’t worry, girl, there’s nothing wrong with you. In fact,
everything’s right with you. And I like you alright. I’m just not
sure my son is the right one for you.”
    It was a measure of the depth of
understanding Mrs. Ryzor had for her son that she said those words.
She knew fully well that her talented but misguided Anthony was
emotionally incapable, and mentally insecure, to commit himself to
one woman. To put it bluntly, and taken verbatim, Mrs. Ryzor said
to the other ladies at her regular hair salon that Anthony was not
ready to give up all the pussy he could get from a wide selection
of whore-fans, bitch-ass groupies and downright porn whores just
for one high-priced White pussy.
    The superstitious amongst us might say
those

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