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Given that Taraji P. Henson won a Golden Globe, was nominated for an Oscar and several Emmys, and features in the new musical version of the film of Violet color , you might assume that she is completely engaged in her acting career. But during a recent interview, the star revealed in tears that she was considering go away entirely from Hollywood . During an appearance of Henson, Violet color director Blitz Bazawule , and co-star Danielle Brooks On his program Siruxxm, host Gayle King asked the Empire Star on rumors that she could stop acting. Henson made tears by explaining how the treatment of black women in the industry has exhausted and upset her.

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"I just tried to work so hard, to be graceful as I do, by making paying a fraction of the cost. I am tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing again and again," Henson told King From the salary disparity to Hollywood. She then explained that just because the cinema and television actors can be paid a high salary, they end up winning only a small part after the taxes and the percentages that go to their team.

"I hear people go," you work a lot. "I have to." And when you start working a lot, you know, you have a team. Big bills come with what we do. We don't do this alone. The fact that we are here, there is a whole whole team behind us. They must be paid. So when you hear someone say: "Oh, such or such have made $ 10 million". No, this is not the case - which has not reached their account. ""

Henson said that "Uncle Sam gets 50%" and that the team of an actor gets about 30 percent "of what you are rude, not after what Uncle Sam has taken. Now do the calculation".

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The nominated at the Oscars continued: "I am only human, and it seems that every time I do something and I break another glass ceiling, when it is time to renegotiate, I am again basically as if I had never done what I just did, and I'm just tired. " She added, referring to 34-year-old Brooks and a 41-year-old bazawule, "And if I can't fight so that they come behind me, when [explanive] am I done? I'm sorry . " Henson also said that she had other companies in addition to acting, including her mental health foundation and her hair care brand, adding: "This industry, if you leave it, will fly your soul, but I refuse to let this happen. "

Bazawule supported Henson's claims by sharing that he had to fight to obtain it, Brooks and Co-Star Fantastia Barrino All thrown Violet color . He also noted that despite the experience of the actors, they all had to audition for the film even if their roles "were for them". (Barrino, for example, had already played his role in the production of Broadway of Violet color .) "Especially for black women, and I will be very specific, it is as if you were never here," said the filmmaker. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

As indicated by People , colleagues actors of black women have gone to social networks Sympathized with Henson's struggle . "The entertainment industry is like any other industry. We run businesses to keep our brands afloat, we are the brand / business. And it is this team of members of the company that decrease any large lump sum supposed "," Keke Palmer written as part of a Long Instagram legend . "To earn money, you have to spend money, so what seems a lot is taken by many.

"Not a fucking lies said. Not. A. Fuck. Mentez," Gabrielle Union Written on X (formerly Twitter) . "We are going to beat for the next generation and hell even our own generation and more. We do not hesitate to be the change that we must all see and it makes you an impact on your mind, your health, your soul and your career if we 're keepn it [100]. "

Henson has already talked about wage inequalities.

"I still have to fight for that," Henson said Variety To be paid fairly in 2019. "We live in a world where people always try to get a good deal. You cannot negotiate my talent, I'm sorry ... I'm not afraid to leave because I know what I offer. "

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