For the April issue of JET Magazine, NJ native Queen Latifah took the cover and shared some heart-felt deets about her life for the interview. The “U.N.I.T.Y.” femcee spoke on losing her brother in 1994 to a motorcycle accident, her methods of coping with the tragedy, adopting children, her participation in the same-sex marriage ceremony during the Grammy Awards and much more. Check out some of the interview below and peep the Queen’s cover in the gallery!
On when her faith was most challenged
The biggest thing to ever test my personal faith was the loss of my brother in a motorcycle accident… I believed it ruined my life. I probably had a five-year interruption in any type of personal growth. There were some things I didn’t learn in my twenties because I was disconnected emotionally. I could only get so close or feel so much.”
How she was able to move forward
I fell in love. It was like a circuit breaker had switched off.
On if she wants to have children
I’ve wanted to adopt since I was 18 because I grew up with friends who could’ve used good parents. Maybe it’s my romanticism of after-school specials where someone would adopt a child and life would be great afterward. I have a lot of love to give.
On her participation in the same-sex marriage ceremony at the Grammy Awards
It was a beautiful moment and not a political decision… I knew it would make a statement and I’m fine with the statement it made.
Source: Necole Bitchie
