Taraji P. Henson sobs over being underpaid in Hollywood: ‘The math ain’t mathing’
nypost.comSiriusXM interview with Gayle King, claiming she’s “being paid a fraction of the cost” of what she should be making in Hollywood.
The 53-year-old star of “The Color Purple” appeared on the episode alongside the film’s director Blitz Bazawule and co-star Danielle Brooks to promote the upcoming flick, which is produced by King’s pal Oprah Winfrey.King asked the “Empire” star if she was serious in previous statements about being done with acting, to which Henson replied by taking a deep breath and putting her head in her hand before responding. “I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do [and] getting paid a fraction of the cost,” she said, becoming emotional. “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 mathing.”The Oscar-nominated “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” star continued, “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 $10 million,’ that didn’t make it to their account.”“Off the top, Uncle Sam is getting 50%.
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