HONEYSUCKLE DIVINE - SEE HER WIKIPEDIA
I assert
that she should be remembered as she wished - as a spiritual person rather than
being limited to the roles she played for a livelihood. And I might
add, many of those in the adult trade love God & have good hearts. Jesus
said to the Pharisees 'The Prostitutes shall go into Heaven before you.'
So ‘as a woman’ she had no ‘pride’ or ‘self
esteem’. But when she did her ‘Honeysuckle’ act she was perfect as
it was SELF DEMEANING /DEPRECATING. This SUITED HER PERSONALITY, her
total humility & self abnegation. She came out on the stage as a
CLEANING WOMAN, with a mop that she used as a joke, & did all sorts of
incredibly humiliating, salaciously ingenious things with her
vagina. Her ability to make money came out of this act – it was
hit. She went from $300 a week as a dancer to $1,500 a week doing
this. No woman had ever done the kind of things she
did. They were humiliating, embarrassing &
hilarious. The audience screamed with laughter.
However, this is important:
You cannot judge, measure or define a person by what they do on stage or in the
‘theater of life,’ – as long as it’s not ‘for real.’ What she did
was for money / survival. Boris Karloff was
not a monster, though he played Frankenstein & other villains, neither is
Anthony Hopkins or Bela Lugosi. To rivet the mind & focus on the
sexually comedic act Betty Jane did on stage is to focus on a part she played –
it was in her life but NOT HER LIFE, it was theater. It was
personality, not her soul. She was not, in her heart, the character
she played. Inside she was a kind, gentle, humble soul who loved God
& cared about others. To focus only on her theatrical act, to
speak of it only, is to continue her entertainment, but it is not explaining
her true self. As her act was a form of self-exploitation, for
people to focus on that & that alone, is to exploit her again, & to
make matters worse, it makes her seem eccentric in a bad way, like she’s
crazy. Her act was ‘crazy’ but she’s smart as a fox………………..
Parts from the “
11. Kellie Everts – the Stripper for God (1976-1979)
Betty’s religious calling
continued to play an important part in her life: “I often daydreamed of being
in a group of nuns working secretly together as strippers – who mysteriously
disappear after work going back to the convent.”
In early 1976, Betty met her ideal counterpart, Kellie Everts.
*** {Rasa says: It was July 1975, I was on AM
Washington speaking about the Esquire article – the first national article on
female body building. But I talked about God a lot.} ***
Everts was a bodybuilder and stripper, who had been Miss
Nude Universe 1969 and Miss Body Beautiful 1974.
*** {Rasa says: Miss Body Beautiful 1st place,
twice Second Place & twice BEST BODY {on stage with Arnold1972
B’klyn Academy of Music}. Miss Americana 2nd place
& BEST BODY on the same stage with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Felt Forum.}
***
She also had a deep evangelical religious
conviction and was the self-styled ‘Stripper for God’, an ecdysiast who was
also a minister. Everts was the Vice President of ‘One World Light Church’,
a small offbeat Christian sect that sought to unite all faiths.
Betty was smitten with the
idea of joining Everts: “I became a student and a disciple of Kellie Everts
after seeing her on a T.V. show. I was impressed by her spiritual qualities. I
believe Kellie Everts is a Living Saint, and her closeness to God can’t help
but cause me to love and admire her.”
When Everts ordained Betty
as a minister in February 1976, reactions were skeptical to say the least:
From Cheri magazine (April 1977):
God must be having a nervous breakdown. I dig that his job must be
incredibly demanding but Honeysuckle Divine a REVEREND?! I guess the big G does
work in mysterious ways but it sure is a sign of the changing times that his
newest messenger’s specialty is shooting pickles out of her snatch.
Betty and Everts (right) become close and talked about
how stripping could spread the word of the Lord, and how they could set up a
boarding home for children from poor homes in Fort Lauderdale, but their
relationship was strained by Betty’s frequent busts.
On March 8, 1977, she was
arrested for performing at Aquarius Adult Center in Gloucester, NJ – whilst in
the middle of playing ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ on the horn (“That’s what you
get for fucking sheep, I guess!”) This time it was the
Then Betty was arrested in
But on a Tuesday night, Betty was busted with another
act, Wendy Williams (who, as Wendy O’Williams,
would later achieve greater fame as lead singer for the American punk band,
the Plasmatics). Rod
Swenson, Wendy’s partner and a
*** {Rasa says: On the news, instead of
talking about herself, she talked about me!} ***
Another bust came a few
weeks later at the Studio Theater at 1632 Market St, Philadelphia where she was
given a police citation.
Betty was keen to prove her
value to Everts and to the ‘
*** {Rasa
says: I was impressed by her zeal for God’s work, & the way she
handled the promotion. She wrote things out by hand – not typewriter
– xeroxed them - & sent them to all the media including the Russian
Embassy, which answered her that they would consider witnessing the sermon!}
***
As a publicity event, it
was successful (it was covered the following day on the front page of the
Washington Post)
*** {Rasa
says: There was front page publicity COAST TO COAST in the United
States – all the way to the Los Angeles times – where I got a call from an
agent about doing a movie on my life. We were ON THE WASHINGTON NEWS
before & after the speech, the Washington Post did a huge article the DAY
BEFORE the speech & that’s why we had a BIG AUDIENCE of Washington men in
suits & the Washington News there again. We were called, at the
theater by SIXTEEN RADIO STATIONS the day after the speech – from all over
the
Betty Jane Allsup
I knew her fairly well, she stayed with me like 3
months because God told her to "stay close to Kellie" so she called
me & asked me to move in. I said OK & the exorcisms I did on
her had not to do with porn or performing. While she traveled by bus
on her way to see me {she called me at each stop from pay phones}, she kept
getting psychosomatic paralysis. I defined this as being 'from the
devil' trying to stop her from reaching me, & did exorcisms on the
phone. Each time I prayed the paralysis disappeared.
The article says I denied knowing her –
that they had contacted me - not true – No one contacted me about her - I have
made inquiries even recently but could not get any info.
Understand that those in the adult trade
are working out of necessity to SURVIVE. They are not IMMORAL – it
is not SIN or an affront to the Almighty. Second, her PERFORMANCE is
an ACT, NOT REAL LIFE. Do not confuse the person with their act or
performance as 'All the world's a stage, & we are merely players.'
As far as being a person like
she said, in spite of her actions, including adult sex therapy, she 'felt like
an angel' & why? Because she has a good heart, 'the pure in
heart shall see God' Jesus said. She was NOT SINNING as adult trade
workers do not sin because of their actions, unless they are hateful, cruel or
do something to hurt others. WHO DID SHE HURT?
I did NOT like her act because it was
demeaning / self deprecating. But she did it to
SURVIVE. As just a plain dancer, like this says, she was unable to
support herself. She was clever & thought of gimmicks that
worked - her finances increased after that. As this says, she became
a star & had big audiences. I also thought her act was bad for
her psyche & life in general, as it was incredibly stressful to get
arrested constantly, where in each state she got arrested, in order to clean
her record, she would have to return to that state & face
charges. There would be only a deficit not a benefit to her, each
time she did this. The time & expense was so great she missed
facing some of these accusations. So the charges remained on record.
Perhaps because of her good heart,
religious background & spiritual intentions, she was CHOSEN BY GOD to set
up the occasion of my preaching in front of the White House. This
was the highlight of my life & hers, although this event HAS NOT BEEN
RECOGNIZED OR APPRECIATED AS HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE WORLD STAGE. It
is DISMISSED because the women involved were in the adult trade – society is
not yet able to see past that.
Because of Our Lady of Fatima,
the Power of her Immaculate Heart, the Polish Pope got elected, then Reagan
& Gorbachev. People did pray the rosary for the conversion of
Russia {Betty Jane went to Church daily & said they were praying it as a
group in the Church of the Immaculate Conception}, the Pope did consecrate
Russia to her Immaculate Heart {after he got shot & the moment he recovered
asked to see the papers on Fatima}, then Perestroika & Glasnost occurred. The
Cold war ended, Communism fell because of this event. And mark
this: the threat of World War III which loomed at that time was
AVERTED & nations were not annihilated. Holy Mary's Immaculate
Heart Triumphed. See my account:
http://www.kellieevertsistripforgod.com/fatima.php












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Excellent work, Rasa! Very well said overall. Indeed, she definitely deserves far more recognition that she has gotten. As do you as well!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes and keep up the great work! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays in advance 🎄🎁🎄😊🍀🙏😺🙏🍀😊🎁🎄
Pete
WE WENT THROUGH A LOT LAST TWO DAYS ON THIS ISSUE. WE DESERVE A BREAK, LOL. BLESSING & LOVE
ReplyDeleteAmen to that! Indeed we did, and we sure do! Blessings and Love to you as well 😊🙏
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