Taraji P. Henson graces the cover of July’s Allure magazine, and in it, she opens up about everything from her dating life to her beloved Empire character, Cookie Lyon.
Henson opens up on her hard and fast rule of not dating her co-stars.
“I always wanted to be known for my work. Not who I dated. Not who I slept with…. I have a gift, and my gift is acting,” Henson says. “I started in the business at 26 with a kid, so I was smart enough to know reality from fantasy. I didn’t want to blur the lines. This is a job that I have to do. I cannot get caught up in it. And if I sleep with these guys, why would they want to work with me again?” Why wouldn’t they? “The conquest is up,” she says.
The Oscar-nominated actress also discusses allegations plaguing her Empire co-star Terrence Howard. Howard has two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend who have all accused him of domestic violence.
Henson tells Allure, “Let’s pop the trunk to your life and see what’s dysfunctional and what’s bad…. At the end of the day, we’re all human and we got flaws and we got sh*t.”
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