Taraji P. Henson’s current take a look at her internet hosting gig is elevating issues.
The Golden Globe award-winning actress, who at present is among the many many celebrities in France for the Cannes Movie Pageant, received glammed up on Could 22 to host the amFAR Gala.
Rocking a signature pixie lower with blond highlights and a aspect bang, Henson donned a celestial white robe from Gaurav Gupta’s fall 2024 couture assortment to the occasion. Whereas the outfit sparked loads of chatter on-line — very like her 2025 Met Gala look — followers largely ignored the lavish apparel and as an alternative zoomed in on her facial options.
The Shade Room shared a photograph of the “Child Boy” actor posing in entrance of the occasion’s branded banner.
Henson confronted the digital camera within the photograph, displaying off the costume, which was embellished with white beads and sparkles. The design supplied a contact of intercourse enchantment with a daring thigh-high slit and cutouts across the waist that highlighted her determine.
Her make-up featured a tender glam look, with a sweep of sunshine pink blush on her cheeks and a powdery pink lipstick that gave her lips a fragile end.
Regardless of the gossip outlet importing a number of celebrities’ pictures from the occasion, together with Henson’s, of their carousel put up, followers couldn’t assist however suppose one thing was off along with her look specifically.
One particular person stated, “One thing is occurring with Tarji like atp, what is going on. And that hair.”
A second commented, “Is it me or Taraji going by means of a midlife disaster or one thing? She look drained.”
One fan speculated that Henson had executed some beauty surgical procedure or process on her face. “She positively received some work executed and that’s not a foul factor trigger she didn’t over do it. However that’s not it she simply look over it and drained. The make-up positively performs aside.”
One other wrote, “Taraji been trying exhausted ever since ‘The Coloration Purple’ press tour and he or she began telling her fact. My woman want a break.”
Throughout late 2023 and early 2024, Henson had just a few emotional outbursts in the course of the press tour for the musical adaptation of “The Coloration Purple.” The seasoned actress portrayed character Shug Avery within the Oprah Winfrey-produced movie.
Nevertheless, concern for Henson grew as she tearfully condemned pay disparities in Hollywood. She opened up concerning the ongoing problem of securing honest compensation, even after greater than 20 years within the trade.
“You bought to barter and struggle tooth and nail to get what you made the final time. The place’s my elevate? I haven’t seen a elevate in my revenue since ‘Proud Mary,’” Henson admitted throughout a 2023 interview with the movie’s forged by Winfrey’s bestie Gayle King for SiriusXM.
She went on to disclose, “I virtually needed to stroll away from ‘The Coloration Purple.’ If I don’t take a stand, how am I making it straightforward for Fantasia [Barrino], Danielle [Brooks], Halle [Bailey], and Phylicia [Rashad]?” referencing her co-stars.
Taraji ought to have waited till after the Coloration Purple hype was over to talk publicly on her pay being too low. pic.twitter.com/afrWpc7vTD
— James Jones (@jamesjonesesq) December 21, 2023
It was introduced that Henson can be internet hosting amFAR again in March. The occasion is named Cannes’ greatest style present and is a fundraiser for the American Basis for AIDS Analysis — amFAR — to proceed to help AIDS analysis, HIV prevention, remedy schooling, and advocacy.
She launched a press release saying, “I’m proud and excited to be supporting amfAR at this yr’s Cannes profit gala. AIDS is much from over and we should proceed to face collectively and help the lifesaving analysis that’s our greatest hope of lastly ending this lethal pandemic.”
