Quote Originally Posted by jim aka jtigre99 View Post
I think Diana really underestimated Mary in terms of who she was by 2000. She had managed to continue on despite Motown's indifference in the 1970's, dealing with losing Florence, dealing with an abusive marriage, dealing with her son's death. She was no longer the person who couldn't make decisions and went along with things after all of these adversities. I think Diana thought they would just be happy to go along with whatever she wanted. I also think since she had the FLOs in her back pocket, she really never seriously thought that it would be a reunion with Mary and Cindy. Yes, everyone loved Diana Ross but everyone also loved the Supremes. And Mary was a huge part of that, despite what anyone may say or think.
I think Diana and Mary underestimated each other. Diana probably never thought that Mary wouldn't sign on to a Supremes reunion. And Mary probably never thought that Diana would do a Supremes tour without her. Just sad all the way around.