Taraji get personal & opens up about life on welfare after her son’s father was murdered, why her last relationship didn’t work and more…
Taraji P. Henson Talks Life After The Murder Of Her Son’s Father
‘Think Like A Man Too’ dominated the box office to land at the number one spot by raking in $30 million on it’s opening weekend earlier this month, but leading lady Taraji P. Henson still recalls her humble beginnings as a single mother following the murder of her son’s father when he was just three years old.
Taraji recently opened up about her personal life during a quick chat with Page Six. Check out a few interview excerpts below:
via Page Six
On her career and what’s most important:
My career’s good, but I think about my family. It’s just the two of us.
On her son:
After the best private schools, my college son, 20, is now a writer, trying to figure it out. Needing to like what he does. He writes essays, stories, and he’s also into music.
On taking care of her mother:
There’s also my mama, who was my date at the Oscars.
She lives in Florida, and I’ll give her anything she wants. But she doesn’t want anything. She remarried. She found her lucky sucker. So if you ask how’s Mama making it alone, you’re confused. She’s not alone. It’s me who’s alone. I’m always looking.
Taraji also opened up about life after the passing of her son’s father, what went wrong in her last relationship and what she looks for in a man. Hit the flip to read what else she had to say.
On life after her son’s father was murdered:
When [my son’s] father passed away, I had only $900 to my name. And getting nominated, I blew it all on a pair of Louboutin shoes. I figured I deserved it.
Listen, we’re like the Jeffersons. Now a big LA house. To us, it’s a mansion.
On dating as a celebrity & what type of guys she likes:
[It’s] hard to maneuver when you’re in show business. It shrinks the search pool. I don’t want an actor. I want a life partner. A real one.
On why her last relationship didn’t work out:
I had a guy, but cut to the chase… he was starstruck. They fall for the lady on-screen.
Face it, I don’t wake up looking like Beyoncé. I think I’ll have to start hunting abroad. Maybe get off the Northern Continent. I know you just cannot have two narcissists together.”
Hear that, hard-working, non-celebrity men? Taraji is on he prowl and you just might be her type…
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