Carmen Electra Says Their is So Much Pressure for Wedding

Is Carmen Electra getting cold feet about walking down the aisle with guitarist Rob Patterson?

Well, not exactly, though the actress-model complains about the constant barrage of questions about their impending plans.

“It’s funny, everyone else puts so much pressure, [asking], ‘When are you getting married?’ ” Electra said at the Dodge Celebrity Challenger event at California’s Willow Springs Raceway. “If it was up to everybody else, we’d be married and divorced already.”

The couple, who became engaged in Las Vegas during her 36th birthday weekend, have been busy traveling from Dubai to New Orleans and then to Boston to meet Patterson’s parents.

For the record, the prospective bride and groom are completely content with their leisurely trip to the altar. Says Electra, “We’re taking it slow, and we’re happy.”

Carmen Electra Hopes To Be a Mom 'Someday'

Carmen Electra may be completely smitten with her fiancé Rob Patterson, but she says motherhood can wait – for now.

“I hope to be a mom some day, but I’m not rushing to be one,” Electra said at Shrine at MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Connecticut. “It would be a lot of fun. A lot of hard work, but I’ll look forward to it someday.”

The bombshell took a detour from filming her latest movie Mardi Gras in New Orleans to meet Patterson’s parents. “They’re really cool,” she says. “We had a great day today and . . . we’re looking forward to doing some dancing then going straight back to New Orleans.”

She may be getting back to work on her movie, but that’s not the only project Electra, 36, has in the works. She will be releasing her own new line of portable stripper poles so ladies can get a work out Carmen style. “They’re so much fun,” she says. “I actually put one up in my living room with the help of a girlfriend.”

“Pole dancing really isn’t as easy as it looks,” she adds. “I’m still taking pointers. It’s a good workout.”

CARMEN ELECTRA ENGAGED TO ROB PATTERSON

Carmen Electra is engaged to her boyfriend, guitarist Rob Patterson, her rep Jill Fritzo confirms.

“He told friends three days ago that he got engaged,” adds a source. “The ring is a black diamond set in white diamonds.”

Patterson, 37, who is the former touring guitarist for Korn, popped the question over the weekend while he and Electra were in Las Vegas to celebrate her 36th birthday, says the source. The couple have been dating less than a year.

This will be the third marriage for the actress-model, who was previously wed to rocker Dave Navarro and, briefly, to NBA star Dennis Rodman.

CARMEN ELECTRA

Biography

Originally names Tara Leigh Patrick, Carmen Electra was born on April 20, 1972, in Sharonville, Ohio. Carmen Electra's talents were evident when she was a child, as she attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts at only 9 years old.

In school, Carmen Electra began taking singing lessons and practicing her vocal talents. By the time she was a teenager, she was performing in musicals (as a dancer) and doing her own choreographies. Her ultimate ambition was to go to Los Angeles and sign a record deal. And by the tender age of 15, Carmen was on her way to realizing her dream.

carmen electra meets prince
Carmen Electra decided to relocate to Minneapolis, where she resided with her sister and made a living as a model for Target department stores. After four years, the aspiring star moved to Los Angeles and only one week later ran into musical genius Prince, who decided that she should change her name to Carmen Electra.

Prince liked Carmen's look and style, and he signed her to his label, Paisley Park Records, in 1992. Unfortunately, despite all of Prince's efforts in helping Carmen Electra by promoting her and her new album, her music career failed miserably.

Her single "Go-Go Dancer" hardly got any airtime on MTV, and when the single hit store shelves in 1992, it didn't sell well.

carmen electra singled out by mtv
Perhaps Carmen Electra's most noted move was posing for Hugh Hefner's magazine in 1996. The following year, she was chosen as the next host of MTV's Singled Out as a replacement for Jenny McCarthy. Although the deal was for 65 episodes, Carmen Electra was not as popular as Jenny and the show eventually fizzled. But she did get another chance as the host of Loveline, also on MTV.

Bigger things lay ahead for Carmen Electra, however, namely the role of Lani McKenzie on Baywatch Hawaii, in the 1997 and 1998 seasons (in the post-Pamela Anderson days).

Since then, Carmen's fame has only gone uphill. She was featured in a comic book, was the national spokesperson for Budweiser, and appeared in the 2000 sleeper comedy hit of the year, Scary Movie.

carmen electra weds dennis rodman
Carmen Electra's relationship with Dennis Rodman certainly didn't hurt her publicity. The two tied the knot in 1998 and separated only nine days later -- with Rodman claiming that he wasn't in the right state of mind at the time. The marriage was eventually annulled.

With a failed marriage behind her, Carmen Electra found her niche by taking on small film roles. In 2001, Carmen Electra appeared in Get Over It, Perfume and Sol Goode, and the following year, she was featured in Whacked! and Rent Control. In 2002, she also became a ringside reporter for Comedy Central's BattleBots and the host of Livin' Large.

carmen electra the pussycat doll
Carmen Electra's film career remained somewhat prolific in 2003, with appearances in the made-for-TV movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding and the feature films Uptown Girls and My Boss's Daughter. To the delight of men everywhere, Carmen Electra launched the self-explanatory DVD workout series, Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease. After all, she has surely been getting quite a workout as a featured performer in the Pussycat Dolls show.

carmen electra and dave navarro's wedding
When MTV learned that Carmen Electra was going to marry her long-time beau, Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, they decided to give the pair the Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey treatment. As a result, the network launched 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave, a reality show about the months of planning leading up to the couple's November 2003 wedding. The show debuted in January 2004 (and the two divorced in February 2007).

In 2004, she appeared in the Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson comedy, Starsky & Hutch, and lent her voice to the animated comedy Lil' Pimp. She also added 2005's Getting Played, with Vivica A. Fox and Stacey Dash, to her filmography. That same year, Carmen Electra started the Naked Women's Wrestling League.

In 2007, Carmen Electra became the official spokesperson for Ritz Camera Centers, and she also became a playable character in Def Jam: Fight For New York.