Did You Know Kim Basinger Dated Prince? The Year Was 1989!

Prince and Kim Basinger had a brief romantic relationship in the mid-1980s. They reportedly met while filming the 1989 movie Batman, in which Prince contributed the soundtrack. Their relationship was characterized by mutual admiration, with Basinger expressing her appreciation for Prince’s music and artistic vision, leading her to move from Hollywood to his hometown of Minneapolis to be with him.

During their time together, the couple collaborated musically. They recorded an unreleased album titled Hollywood Affair, featuring tracks like “Color of Sex,” where Basinger raps lines such as “I’ll be your slave” and “I like the way you make me feel.” Additionally, Prince released “The Scandalous Sex Suite,” a 19-minute extended version of his song “Scandalous!” from the Batman soundtrack, which included suggestive exchanges between the two. Basinger later confirmed that these intimate sounds were authentic recordings from their studio sessions.

In 2015, Basinger spoke to The Daily Beast about Batman and her time dating Prince. Asked what it was like to go out with him, she said, “Oh god! You sound like my teenage daughter! He’s a brilliant talent. There’s no doubt about that. You know that, I’m sure.”

She continued, “Hey, listen, I don’t really have boundaries, so I enjoyed that time of my life. It was a really special moment in time, and I have great memories. I don’t put a lot of restrictions on myself, let’s just put it that way. If there’s someone I connect with, we’ll go on these rides together. So that was a neat time in my life.”

Their intense relationship raised concerns among Basinger’s family. Believing that Prince had an undue influence over her, they intervened by arriving unannounced at his residence when he was absent and persuaded Basinger to leave with them. This familial intervention contributed to the end of their relationship.

Following her split from Prince, Basinger returned to Hollywood. In 1990, she met actor Alec Baldwin on the set of The Marrying Man. The two married in 1993 and had a daughter named Ireland in 1995. However, their marriage ended in divorce in 2002.