Rasputia Latimore

Rasputia Latimore is the main antagonist of Norbit. She is the ex-wife of the film's titular protagonist. She is played by Eddie Murphy.

Why She Intentionally Sucks

 * 1) She is extremely abusive towards her husband Norbit, even over things that are not a big deal.
 * 2) She is promiscious, as she cheats on Norbit multiple times throughout their marriage.
 * 3) She is lazy, as she never does anything in the house except watching television.
 * 4) She is a massive hypocrite, as she criticizes Norbit for kissing Kate despite the fact that Rasputia herself cheats on him on numerous occasions.
 * 5) She is a perpetual foulmouth, as she constantly curses in places where it is inappropriate to do so.
 * 6) *In fact, when she attempts to pursue Norbit for kissing Kate, only to realize that they left the church, she curses in said church.
 * 7) She attacks Lloyd the dog with her car for constantly barking at her, which is extremely petty of her.
 * 8) She is capable of being manipulative, as she tricked Norbit into believing that she is pregnant in order to prevent Norbit from leaving her after she injures Lloyd.
 * 9) She is a compulsive liar as she lied to Norbit about being pregnant and then in the water park she lied about her weight by claiming she was 165 when the lifeguard reminded her of the weight limit for one of the slides.
 * 10) During her early years of married life, she had a bad habit of constantly throwing herself on Norbit when the latter is on the bed, ignoring her large size. While what she does is for romantic affection, however, her large size causes her action to be incredibly painful for Norbit, though it is supposed to be played for laughs.
 * 11) Not only is Rasputia violent towards Norbit, but she also has no problem physically attacking children.
 * 12) *For example, when little kids stole her hat and took it to a bouncy house, she uses her weight on the bouncy house to launch kids up in the air.
 * 13) *One of them hit her head as a result of the impact. HOW HORRIBLE!!


 * 1) She is seen as a stereotype for black women, which is considered racist and offensive. In fact, she is so racially offensive that she even makes Mammy Two-Shoes from Tom and Jerry (another heavyset, middle-aged African-American woman similar to her) look like an African-American racial rights activist in comparison.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Eddie Murphy did a fine job portraying her character.
 * 2) Her catchphrase "How ya doin'!?" is iconic.
 * 3) She has her funny moments.
 * 4) She was much friendlier to Norbit when they were kids.
 * 5) She at least receives comeuppance for her abusive actions, such as when she flees away from Norbit's life once she got shot in the rear with a harpoon by Mr. Wong.
 * 6) Being the narcissistic, abusive villain she is, she's clearly supposed to be hated as such.