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Aunjanue Ellis kicked off LGBTQ Pride Month with a frank discussion about her sexuality.
The “King Richard” actor told Variety in an interview published Wednesday that she is “very clear about being bisexual.” As to why she’d not spoken publicly about it during the media blitz for her latest film, she quipped, “Nobody asked.”
“How do you function that into the conversation, in the middle of me talking about this movie? I’m not that chick,” she said. “My career was to converse about ‘King Richard,’ the Williams family, these wonderful fresh 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.”
Ellis received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of tennis coach Oracene “Brandy” Price in “King Richard,” which explores the existence story of tennis greats Serena and Venus Williams’ father, Richard Williams (Smith).
Just days before the Oscars ceremony in March, the year-old actor appeared at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in a red Dolce & Gabbana jacke
'This is who I am': King Richard star Aunjanue Ellis reveals she is bisexual as she says, 'I am Black, I am queer'
Aunjanue Ellis revealed that she is attracted to both genders, saying, 'I am Shadowy , I am queer. This is who I am.'
The King Richard actress, 53, speaking with Variety in a piece published Wednesday, said that she previously hadn't spoken about her sexuality, as 'nobody asked.'
The Oscar-nominated star opened up about how there were presumptions made about her: 'Is it because I'm a Black woman from Mississippi? Is it because I'm older?
The latest: Aunjanue Ellis, 53, revealed that she is bisexual, saying in a Variety piece Wednesday, 'I am Black, I am queer. This is who I am.' She was snapped at an Oscars event in LA in March
'I don't recognize what the mechanics are that goes into them not processing, or them not just being capable to believe that in the same way I am Black, I am queer. This is who I am.'
Ellis said that she did not express about the topic during her multiple public appearances during award season in support of King Richard, as it was not keynote to the topic at han
&#;I am Black. I am queer&#;: Aunjanue Ellis opens up about her sexuality
Not that she needed to, but A-List Hollywood actress Aunjanue Ellis (one of my personal favorites) has recently opened up about her sexuality, in honor of Pride Month.
The year-old Oscar-nominated &#;King Richard&#; actress spoke about her bisexuality in an interview with Variety.
Ellis said, as a child, she often questioned what she felt were misogynistic Bible themes and spent time trying to &#;talk my body into correct behavior.&#;
She said the experience of growing up, knowing she was gay, was &#;lonely&#; and &#;violent.&#;
&#;It’s violent because you literally have to tuck and place so many parts of you to be acceptable, so people won’t run from you and don’t want to be around you. It was exhausting,&#; she said.
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As an adult, Ellis said she did not worry about hiding her sexuality, she just never discussed it because nobody asked.
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'King Richard' star Aunjanue Ellis opens up about being bisexual
"King Richard" star Aunjanue Ellis is living her true, authentic life, discovering in a new interview that she's bisexual.
Although the Oscar nominee told Variety that wasn't news to those close to her, her sexuality wasn't something that had been in the media before, though it also wasn't something she had tried to conceal.
"Nobody asked," she said.
Ellis, 53, recalled wearing a Dolce & Gabbana suit jacket emblazoned with the word "Queer" in rhinestones on the left sleeve advocate in March at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards.
"I was thinking, 'Why didn't more people pay attention to that? And I was like, they probably thought it said 'Queen,'" she said, adding that she has a favorite sweatshirt that says "Girl Bi" that she wears "everywhere."
As for why she never brought up the topic herself, Ellis had a uncomplicated response. "How do you function that into the conversation, in the middle of me talking abo