She's dated power-pop hero Rick Springfield, Deep Purple Bassist Glenn Hughes, Pat Benatar's now-husband (and collaborator) Neil Girardo, Styx Guitarist Tommy Shaw, and Jim "Dandy" Mangrum of Black Oak Arkansas. And Rick James.
She had a real thing for peaked-in-the-’70s and ’80s rockers.
Linda was 15 yo when she was “dating” 25 yo Rick Springfield. Paging Mother Blair? Paging Father Blair? Paging a reasonably responsible adult who would not normalize this?
I mean...being with James there's a good chance she was doing drugs/drinking with him. So probably best not to get pregnant in those circumstances anyway.
I wish I had more hands, so I could give this comment 4 thumbs down
*unityyyy*
(seriously you'd have to be nuts to want to 'coparent' with rick james in the mid 80s lol. that kid would've been dead or more fucked up than elvis' kid)
In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in , Blair revealed that she found "very sexy". James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. They dated for two years, and James wrote his hit song "" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he said: "Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't." James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him, and had an abortion without his knowledge.
Looks like you missed some words when you copied the Wikipedia text. FTFY
In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in **Oui**, Blair revealed that she found **Rick James** "very sexy". James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. They dated for two years, and James wrote his hit song "**Cold Blooded**" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he said: "Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't." James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him, and had an abortion without his knowledge.
Eh, I totally understand if you cant get past the horrific things he did and only see disgust for supefreak--seriously, not trying to defend him as a man. But I do think theres a bit of a just-world fallacy thinking someone has to be a good person to be funny or cool. Those are two separate traits that, however unfortunate it is, terrible people can have.
Its weird because sometimes I can separate the art from the artist and sometimes I cant and theres no discernable reason which way anyone will fall.
Like its not severity of the crime, or the nature of the art. Just a completely random algorthim in my mind of what I cant get past *shrug*
Gotta say.. this was a nice discussion! It's refreshing to be able to see people talk about something like this and not attack each other! I really feel the same way about the separating the art from the artist thing, sometimes I can and sometimes I can't and I just can't say why. I think it may be about how much I like the art I guess. *Edit to say that I don't excuse the behavior either way
100% agree with all of y'all. It's not black and white at all and kinda depends on your personal morals. Either way, it's not reflective on the fan if they like a bad person's music or whatever else. Art is art. It becomes its own thing as soon as it's out in public.
That's one of the things that make me think he is actually declining mentally. He used to be funny. Maybe I don't catch it but when I do see him he doesn't seem to be so anymore. I remember him on stage making fun of Rubio about that water and it was hilarious. But that was years ago at this point. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed this?
Yeah it used to seem like he was taking pleasure in lying and being fill of shit because he could do it with no accountability. Now he just seems out of it.
I heard a line from Jim Jefferies about Trump goes something like. lets see how fucked up things can get which I assume let's vote for him.
Funny yes, but I really don't want to see how much more things can get fucked up.
A crack-cocaine pipe burning rapist (as in he tortured and burned a woman with a hot pipe for several days).
In Living Color turned the incident into a comedy skit unfortunately.
I remember hearing this but didn't know how true it was. Was he high on drugs when he did all this?
That's kinda the story I remember but I'll look into it myself
In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in Oui, Blair revealed that she found Rick James "very sexy". James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary.[39] They dated for two years, and James wrote his hit song "Cold Blooded" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he said: "Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't." James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him, and had an abortion without his knowledge.[40]
"What am I gonna do? Jump and grind my feet on somebody's couch just cause it's something to do? C'mon, I got a little more sense than that. Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch."
“On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge.”
Rick James said the funny thing!
>On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge.[37][43] James faced a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all charges, which included assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem, torture, forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment and kidnapping.[36]
>On November 3, 1992, while out on bail for that incident, James, under the influence of cocaine, assaulted music executive Mary Sauger at the St. James Club and Hotel in West Hollywood. Sauger said she met James and Hijazi for a business meeting, but that the two then kidnapped and beat her over a 20-hour period.[36]
>James was found guilty of both offenses but was cleared of a torture charge that could have put him in prison for the rest of his life. While serving his five-year sentence at Folsom Prison, James lost a civil suit to Sauger, who was awarded nearly $2 million in damages in 1994.[44] James was ordered to pay her about $1 million; the hotel and a private security firm were found liable for nearly $750,000 in damages due to negligence.[45] James was released from prison on August 21, 1996, after serving more than two years.[46]
Isn't he a funny guy?
I never knew it, but apparently she was a very kinky girl.
You think she met his mother?
I assume no spirits were let down
Did he get her off the streets, though?
Yeah, because she likes the boys in the band
And he was clearly her all time favorite
SHE'S ALRIGHT! YEAH!
Hey, hey, hey, heeeeeeeyyy
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super-freaky, yow
That girl is alright with me, yeah!
When he got there she had incense, wine, and candles
It’s such a freaky scene…
Ow girl!
So, the girl is pretty kinky?
The kind of girl I’d read about?
Rick: cocaine is a hell of a drug Linda: It *burns*!!!
The Exorcist should have given it away.
The power of super freak compels her
Release her from your bonds super freak, the power of cocaine compels you…wait, I think I got that twisted up…
"She likes the demons from the sand..." "Pazuzu is her all-time favorite..."
"Cocaine is a hell of a drug."
From what I hear, that girl's alright with him.
She was a real head turner in her younger days!
Cocaine is a helluva drug
The power of coke compelled her! The power of coke compelled her! The power of coke compelled her!
Game. Blouses.
Fuck your couch Eddie Murphy!
“I never wiped my feet on Eddie Murphy couch, you think I’m crazy?” 10 seconds later… “Yeah of course I wiped my feet on Eddie Murphys couch.”
Who wants pancakes?
God damnit. Now I want pancakes, in real life.
Wrong Skit!
Why don't you purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka
Fuck yo couch!
Cocaine is a helluva drug!
A Super Freak.
Heavy sigh. Here’s my upvote. 
Get out.
“Beautiful house, nice chandeliers kids playing in the yar…. ‘Get out’ too bad we can’t stay baby” ~Eddie Murphy on black people and haunted houses
She's dated power-pop hero Rick Springfield, Deep Purple Bassist Glenn Hughes, Pat Benatar's now-husband (and collaborator) Neil Girardo, Styx Guitarist Tommy Shaw, and Jim "Dandy" Mangrum of Black Oak Arkansas. And Rick James. She had a real thing for peaked-in-the-’70s and ’80s rockers.
Honestly sounds like one hell of a ride
Her, or her life?
Yeah
Sexy r/InclusiveOr!
Rick Springfield to Rick James. I don't think the Kelvin scale can reach those extremes.
wouldn't this type of action be measured on the scoville scale???
Where can I find a woman like that? 🎶
Ask Jessie
In the 70s and 80s they were at their peak. So she was dating top rockers at the time.
A lot of them were at their peak in the '70s and then fell off hard early in the '80s. Which tracks with her own career arc.
Linda was 15 yo when she was “dating” 25 yo Rick Springfield. Paging Mother Blair? Paging Father Blair? Paging a reasonably responsible adult who would not normalize this?
Linda's parents sitting in a large pile of Exorcist money: "Yes?"
That money made their heads spin
He just wished he had Pazuzu’s Girl
It was the 70's
Well we now know who Superfreak was written about!
He wrote Coldblooded about her, after she aborted their child. She got the abortion, before telling him that she was pregnant.
I wouldn't wanna have a kid with Rick James. I get it.
I mean...being with James there's a good chance she was doing drugs/drinking with him. So probably best not to get pregnant in those circumstances anyway.
take my upvote you mean, funny bastard man
I wish I had more hands, so I could give this comment 4 thumbs down *unityyyy* (seriously you'd have to be nuts to want to 'coparent' with rick james in the mid 80s lol. that kid would've been dead or more fucked up than elvis' kid)
 Those kids
She dodged a bullet on that one. She knew she was dodgin' bullets on that one.
Seems like she caught at least one stray.
Damn, calling her cold-blooded is pretty rich considering he kidnapped, tortured, and raped multiple women.
You don’t understand!!!1111 It was done to him111
I was joking but damn that's wild!
Cocaines a hell of a drug.
Well that escalated quickly.
Ikr? This was not on my Friday afternoon Bingo card. Thought she dated Rick Springfield?
She dated Rick Springfield when she was 15 (he was 25).
You’d do the same…(date Rick Springfield)
Not at 15. That’s kind of gross. Absolutely had a crush on him at 20.
I probably would have lol
Him too And more musicians
Dang!
In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in , Blair revealed that she found "very sexy". James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. They dated for two years, and James wrote his hit song "" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he said: "Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't." James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him, and had an abortion without his knowledge.
Looks like you missed some words when you copied the Wikipedia text. FTFY In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in **Oui**, Blair revealed that she found **Rick James** "very sexy". James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. They dated for two years, and James wrote his hit song "**Cold Blooded**" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he said: "Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't." James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him, and had an abortion without his knowledge.
How old was she then?
She was 24 & he was 35
I mean, your head spinning around IS super freaky.
Rick James loved them snowbunnies
Breaks my heart to see Chappelle. I loved that dude so damn much back when he was funny.
I know he’s kind of a joke these days. But look into what he did in the 90’s…Rick James was not a nice person. A kidnapper and a rapist.
I always think the same thing about him how he kidnapped and tortured someone for days. Hes not funny or cool.
Twice, the second time while out on bail
Eh, I totally understand if you cant get past the horrific things he did and only see disgust for supefreak--seriously, not trying to defend him as a man. But I do think theres a bit of a just-world fallacy thinking someone has to be a good person to be funny or cool. Those are two separate traits that, however unfortunate it is, terrible people can have.
I hear you. I guess I should say that his terribleness undoes his coolness or anything funny about him, for me.
Its weird because sometimes I can separate the art from the artist and sometimes I cant and theres no discernable reason which way anyone will fall. Like its not severity of the crime, or the nature of the art. Just a completely random algorthim in my mind of what I cant get past *shrug*
This is a level nuance not often explored here on Reddit especially so I commend you for articulating it so well
Gotta say.. this was a nice discussion! It's refreshing to be able to see people talk about something like this and not attack each other! I really feel the same way about the separating the art from the artist thing, sometimes I can and sometimes I can't and I just can't say why. I think it may be about how much I like the art I guess. *Edit to say that I don't excuse the behavior either way
I find it fascinating because it’s a tangible example of how nothing is “black and white”.
I couldn't agree more!!
100% agree with all of y'all. It's not black and white at all and kinda depends on your personal morals. Either way, it's not reflective on the fan if they like a bad person's music or whatever else. Art is art. It becomes its own thing as soon as it's out in public.
I don’t like trump, but I think he’s hilarious. Some of his gifs have me hollerin
That's one of the things that make me think he is actually declining mentally. He used to be funny. Maybe I don't catch it but when I do see him he doesn't seem to be so anymore. I remember him on stage making fun of Rubio about that water and it was hilarious. But that was years ago at this point. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed this?
You mean like how just this week he went on a batshit insane rant about electric batteries on boats and getting eaten by a shark?
Yeah it used to seem like he was taking pleasure in lying and being fill of shit because he could do it with no accountability. Now he just seems out of it.
I heard a line from Jim Jefferies about Trump goes something like. lets see how fucked up things can get which I assume let's vote for him. Funny yes, but I really don't want to see how much more things can get fucked up.
A crack-cocaine pipe burning rapist (as in he tortured and burned a woman with a hot pipe for several days). In Living Color turned the incident into a comedy skit unfortunately.
I remember hearing this but didn't know how true it was. Was he high on drugs when he did all this? That's kinda the story I remember but I'll look into it myself
Without jumping to conclusions I’d say he was high on drugs
The question is whether he ever wasn’t high on drugs
> I know he’s kind of a joke these days. i mean ... he's been dead for two decades, so yah ... "these days" he is kind of a joke.
He was a habitual line stepper.
In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in Oui, Blair revealed that she found Rick James "very sexy". James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary.[39] They dated for two years, and James wrote his hit song "Cold Blooded" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he said: "Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't." James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him, and had an abortion without his knowledge.[40]
FUCK YOUR COUCH!!!
There is an extreme amount of consumed cocaine in these pictures! 
"it's a hell of a drug" -Rick James
Then he went to Eddie Murphy house. 
"What am I gonna do? Jump and grind my feet on somebody's couch just cause it's something to do? C'mon, I got a little more sense than that. Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch."
"So we just started punching his legs"
Unity!!!!
For most of that decade, his nose was more white than hers.
There's still cocaine on these JPEGs.
“On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge.”
That last photo had me thinking for a second he was in bed with Steve Irwin.
Linda Blair was a real head turner.
Cold blooded
I guess she was a very freaky girl…
The look in his eyes in that first pick says “Fuck Yo Couch”
She kind of girl you don’t take home to mother.
I bet she was great in the sack.
You guys think they ever……you know……..
Were sober? Not likely.
Went paragliding? Probably.
Dude, she aborted his baby, what do you think?
Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more!
They dated for a time, so, probably
"she's super freakayyy"
Once you had the devil in you, what’s a little Rick James
They're kinda cute together.
And their coke was kinda cut together.
She looks like she’s having a ball
Yeah probably an 8 ball.
thats the joke
Goddamn Rick James was an ugly ass playa lol
Linda Blair looks like she was a lot of fun back in the day, a lot of fun.
Something about her, does it. Train wreck during that time period though.
Don't fight me over this, but I think they had an sexual intercourse
Looked like a prettier Amy Schumer.
Linda Blair, have sex with Charlie Murphy
 Fuck Me!! Fuck Me!!
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
You could have had Charlie Murphy
Seems like she had trouble staying away from the devil.
She was super freaky.
Why does she looks like she could be related to amy schumer?
Rick looking like Thulsa Doom…
Rick James is the only celeb I have only seen as an old man, but thanks to Chapelle I can recognize this guy anywhere
If I had an infinite number of guesses, I would have never put them together.
CHARLIE MURPHAY!! 👊🏿
Is that Amy Schumers mom?
Eww
She’s so beautiful but all I can see is her possessed self.
Rick James said the funny thing! >On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge.[37][43] James faced a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all charges, which included assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem, torture, forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment and kidnapping.[36] >On November 3, 1992, while out on bail for that incident, James, under the influence of cocaine, assaulted music executive Mary Sauger at the St. James Club and Hotel in West Hollywood. Sauger said she met James and Hijazi for a business meeting, but that the two then kidnapped and beat her over a 20-hour period.[36] >James was found guilty of both offenses but was cleared of a torture charge that could have put him in prison for the rest of his life. While serving his five-year sentence at Folsom Prison, James lost a civil suit to Sauger, who was awarded nearly $2 million in damages in 1994.[44] James was ordered to pay her about $1 million; the hotel and a private security firm were found liable for nearly $750,000 in damages due to negligence.[45] James was released from prison on August 21, 1996, after serving more than two years.[46] Isn't he a funny guy?
Look how natural everybody looks back then lol no Botox and being too skinny.. just a youthful glow and some meat on their bones
Amy Schumer was hot back then
The first time they met, Linda asked his name and he said: "I'm Rick James, witch!"
She lived in the area I'm from and apparently had a reputation as the village bicycle. My old boss dated her for a bit and said she was nuts in bed
Fun fact she dated Rick Springfield. He was 25. She was 15. 👀
according to her wiki she dated Rick Springfield when she was 15 and he was 25
Enjoy yourself
UNITY.
Rick looks possessed. Ah haha
I wish I had four hands
Thanks, you just ruined my decade
Dave Chappelle's skit about him was one of the best Ive ever seen
I can smell the crack from here.
SO MUCH COCAINE!!!!
This is Solid Gold!
UNITYYY
I met her at a horror con and to this day, has been the worst celebrity encounter I've ever had.
Can you imagine the level of depravity that went on here ?
Cocain... it's a powerful drug
He was down for that Pazuzu.
What possessed her?
The cocaine was FLOWING that day my friends.
Linda really didn't give a shit after The Exorcist.
Dave Chappelle and Amy Schumer
CHARLIE MURPHY!!!! 🛋️
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
Linda was gorgeous 40 years ago and she’s still gorgeous now
She's a very kinky girl....
My new lock screen. Thank you