She notes of incidents where Austin would get angry at certain shows she watched on TV. Even though she has appeared in music videos during her career, Austin would not allow her to watch MTV & BET.
There were even incidents where Austin called her a N***** Lover when she tried to watch BET (Black Entertainment Television).
"I thought that was a bit odd myself," she remembered, "I wasn't allowed to watch BET because he called me an 'N***** Lover'. He didn't want me to watch anything that had to do with HBO, Cinemax, or Showtime". Tess
also said that part of the reason she was forbidden to watch those channels were
due to her prior career appearing in late night Cinemax / Showtime movies.