Wanda Sykes called in to Rosie O’Donnell‘s SiriusXM radio show to talk about her decision to come out and how difficult it’s been with her family.
Wanda came out publicly during the Prop 8 rally, making a snap decision to do so. She said she didn’t feel any pressure from the gay community in particular, but Rosie felt the opposite saying she felt “stalked” by former Advocate Editor-in-Chief, Judy Wieder:
├óΓé¼┼ôShe├óΓé¼Γäód be at every event I was at and she├óΓé¼Γäód say ‘I really want to talk to you about coming out. When are you going to come out?’ It felt like pressure from the gay community, not really anyone else.”
Wanda had the most trouble coming out to her family saying that it was “not cool. We’re still working on it. They’re getting better with it. I know they love me…”
Wanda’s family seem the most concerned about the “double stigma” she’d face being gay in the black community. Her mother even told her, “if it ever gets out, I hope I’m dead.”
How awful!
Well we think both ladies are amazing and they’re both doing VERY well for themselves both personally and professionally!
[Image via Adriana M. Barraza / Joseph Marzullo / WENN.]
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