Taye Diggs To Black Women: “Don’t Give My White Wife Attitude”

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Taye Diggs To Black Women: “Don’t Give My White Wife Attitude”

Posted at 06/24/2010 by Staff 1 Comment

tayediggswife In an interview with British publication, The Voice, actor Taye Diggs opens up about the drama his interracial marriage with his wife, Idina Menzel, has brought him. Swirl on, Taye, swirl on…..

Here are some excerpts published by MediaTakeout.com:

“When I was younger I did get caught up with that. When I was growing up, there were guys who dated everybody, there were guys that only dated black girls, and there were guys who only dated white girls. Back then, I used to judge the black guys that only dated white girls and for so long, I wanted people to know, I’m not one of those guys.”

“But as I got older, I realised what the important things in life are. I can’t worry about changing the way that people see me. If you like me, you like me, if you don’t, you don’t. And luckily, I’ve been just fine, you know what I mean? I think people are becoming more understanding.”

“I won’t pretend [race] wasn’t an issue, because it was. We’ve had to deal with situations in the past where black women would give her attitude or not acknowledge her, and you’ve gotta nip that s**t in the bud.”