Celebrities (with public accounts) should suppose twice about what they like on X (previously Twitter). Netizens caught actress and TV character Gabrielle Union liking after which unliking a publish about Vivica A. Fox’s unmatched success in comparison with Taraji P. Henson’s.
Quote-tweeting TMZ’s report about Fox’s assertion concerning her not experiencing Henson’s troubles as a Black actress, an X person added, “[Fox] hasn’t skilled Taraji’s successes both. Subsequent.”
Union’s likes tab revealed she authorized the publish however eliminated it by unliking it.
To eagle-eyed followers, the Daddy’s Little Women co-star appeared to be taking sides. However her help for Henson is clear in the truth that she appreciated an X quote-tweet about how actress Hannah Waddingham had Tom Cruise and 4,500 energetic navy members ready for her on the Mission Unimaginable 8 set, but Taraji couldn’t get a driver to escort her to The Shade Purple set.
Neither Union, 51, nor Fox, 59, have publicly addressed the problem.
Social media customers started evaluating and contrasting Henson’s and Fox’s careers, with many mentioning how Fox broke into the leisure biz within the early ’80s.
The 59-year-old’s assertion to the TMZ reporter wasn’t a snub. She said she didn’t share the identical experiences Henson, 53, just lately publicized.
“You understand, darling, to every its personal,” the Two Can Play That Sport actress mentioned. “I’m very pleased, very blessed…to every its personal. I didn’t have that have. To get your piece out is essential. I completely perceive that, and I really like my ladies for searching for one another.”
The Hustle & Circulation actress revealed The Shade Purple stars needed to drive themselves to the set with out safety in an interview with the New York Instances.
“Plenty of the stuff on that set, [her castmates] obtained as a result of I fought,” the Benjamin Buttons star mentioned, diving into the inconveniences her co-stars confronted. “They gave us rental automobiles, and I used to be like, ‘I can’t drive myself to set in Atlanta.’ That is insurance coverage legal responsibility. It’s harmful. Now they robbing folks. What do I seem like, taking myself to work on my own in a rental automobile? So, I used to be like, ‘Can I get a driver or safety to take me?”
When she introduced her complaints to set employees, they instructed her in the event that they did it for her, they must do it for everybody else.
“Effectively, do it for everyone! It’s stuff like that, stuff I shouldn’t should battle for. I used to be on set of Empire combating for trailers that wasn’t infested with bugs,” Henson, who performed Shug Avery within the 2023 musical adaption of The Shade Purple, mentioned.
Danielle Brooks portrayed Sofia within the 2023 movie and revealed her castmates didn’t have dressing rooms or meals throughout the preliminary rehearsals.
