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Aunjanue Ellis is getting candid about her sexuality.
In a new interview with Variety published Wednesday (June 1), the 53-year-old King Richard actress told the outlet that she hadn’t spoken about her sexuality publicly because “nobody asked.”
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“How do you work that into the conversation, in the middle of me talking about this movie?” she shared. “I’m not that chick. My job was to talk about King Richard, the Williams family, these wonderful young women I worked with, Will Smith‘s incredible work in that movie. I wasn’t going to be like, ‘And by the way, in case you ain’t heard yet…’ Because that’s artificial.”
“There is an assumption made of me — a presumption made of me. Is it because I’m a Black woman from Mississippi? Is it because I’m older?” she added. “I don’t know what the mechanics are that goes into them not processing, or them not just being able to believe that in the same way I am Black, I am queer. This is who I am.”
Back in March, Aunjanue attended the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in a red suit jacket with the word “Queer” written in rhinestones on the sleeves. However, the fashion statement was mostly ignored on the red carpet.
“I was thinking, ‘Why didn’t more people pay attention to that?’ And I was like, they probably thought it said ‘Queen,’” she said. “It wasn’t that I was expecting any sort of major reaction or anything like that. One of my family members noticed, but nobody else did.”
She went on to say that the family member had been “hurt” by her decision to wear the look, despite having already known about her sexuality.
“I am a work in progress, and my family and my community are works in progress,” she noted. “I really believe that that is important to
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Aunjanue Ellis has been open about her sexuality for decades, but when asked why her personal life has rarely been in the media, the 53-year-old actress pointed out that «nobody asked.» In a candid interview with , the actress recalled walking down the red carpet at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in March with the word «Queer» emblazoned on the left arm of her red-hot Dolce & Gabbana suit jacket. But nobody on the press line or inside the event ever asked her about it.«I was thinking, 'Why didn’t more people pay attention to that?' And I was like, they probably thought it said 'Queen,'» Ellis told the outlet, laughing.