Taraji P. Henson breaks down over pay disparity in Hollywood
nme.comTaraji P. Henson recently got emotional when talking about the pay disparity she has faced during her time in Hollywood.While speaking on Sirius XM to promote her new film, The Color Purple, Henson was asked by host Gayle King if the rumours of her considering quitting acting were true.
Immediately, Henson got teary-eyed and said: “I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do and getting paid a fraction of the cost.”“I’m tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over.
You get tired. I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’ Well, I have to. The math ain’t math-ing. When you start working a lot, you have a team.
Big bills come with what we do. We don’t do this alone. It’s a whole team behind us. They have to get paid.”“When you hear someone go, ‘Such and such made $10million,’ that didn’t make it to their account,” Henson explained. “Off the top, Uncle Sam is getting per cent.
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