ANAKWATIDWA MWACHIKONDI: LINDA WALLEM NDI MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Meyi 31, 2014, woimbayo, wazaka 53, adakwatirana ndi "chikondi chenicheni" komanso bwenzi lake pafupifupi chaka chimodzi, Linda Wallem, ku San Ysidro Ranch ku Montecito, Calif.
“Chikondi chenicheni…chodala kwambiri. "Ndi mphamvu zomwe boma la California linandipatsa ..." Zikomo,” analemba Etheridge pa Twitter atanena "Ndikutero."
Awiriwa adachita chinkhoswe pambuyo poti Khothi Lalikulu lidathetsa Proposition 8 yaku California, yomwe idaletsa banja la gay. Anthu adanena kuti ana onse anayi a Etheridge, Bailey Jean Cypher, 17; Beckett Cypher, wazaka 15; ndi mapasa a Miller Steven Etheridge ndi Johnnie Rose Etheridge, wazaka 7, adachitapo kanthu paukwatiwo. Enanso amene anapezekapo anali Jane Lynch, Chelsea Handler, Rosie O'Donnell, Whitney Cummings, ndi Peter Facinelli.
Melissa Etheridge: Tidakumana pomwe mkazi wanga, yemwe amawonetsa "Chiwonetsero cha M'ma 70s" ndikuyambitsa pulogalamu yatsopano yotchedwa "Chiwonetsero cha '80s," anali ndi lingaliro loti ndikhala wangwiro pagawo lina. Tinali tisanakumanepo kale, choncho anandiitana kuti ndilowe. Sindinathe kuchitapo kanthu; sizinaphule kanthu, koma tinakhala mabwenzi apamtima kwa zaka 10.
Linda Wallem: Anali eni ake a sitolo yosungiramo zinthu zakale m'ma 80s. Ndipo pamene anthu ake anati iye abwera mkati, ine ndinali ngati, “Izo nzodabwitsa.” Ndinali wachisoni kuti sizinaphule kanthu. Koma chomwe chinali chabwino ndidapeza mnzanga wapamtima pamenepo. Ndipo anamaliza osangalala.
Etheridge: Tinayamba bwanji zibwenzi? Munganene kuti pamene ankachita “Namwino Jackie,” ankakhala ku New York ndipo ndinamusowa kwambiri ndipo tinkapita kukamuona. Ndipo ndinali kupyola mu chisudzulo choyipa, ndipo iye anali pafupi kupuma ndipo amagulitsa nyumba yake [ku Los Angeles] chifukwa sanalimo kwambiri. Ndipo ine ndinati, “Hei, bwanji osabwera kudzakhala ndi ine?”
Wallem: Moyo wanu unali wopenga.
Etheridge: Ndinali ndi ana anayi. Woyambayo anatenga wantchito wapakhomo, mitundu yonse ya zinthu. Zinali zopenga. Kenako tinacheza m’nyumbamo.
Wallem: Akuyamba kukhumudwa!
Etheridge: Ndikudziwa kuti ndine. Ndimakhumudwa kwambiri. Mukudziwa, adandithandiza kwambiri panthawiyo. Tinali m’zipinda zosiyana koma m’maŵa uliwonse, tinkadzuka ndi kudyetsa ana ndi kuwakonzera chakudya chamasana ndi kadzutsa ndi kupita nawo kusukulu. Ndikutanthauza kuti kucheza ndi bwenzi lako lapamtima n’kupenga. Ndikupha izi. Inu muwuze mbali yanu.
Wallem: CHABWINO …
Etheridge: Tsiku lina ndinazindikira kuti, “Oh mulungu wanga. Iye ndi mnzanga. Akuchita zonse zomwe mungafune mwa mnzanu. Kulekeranji?" Koma ndinayamba kumukonda m’njira yosiyana kwambiri. Ichi ndichifukwa chake zimakhala zovuta kufotokoza, kuposa momwe ndimakondera aliyense.
Wallem: Ena mwa inu nthawi zonse amafuna kugwa m'chikondi ndi anthu omwe mumawakonda, abwenzi anu. Ndipo ndikukumbukira nthawi iyi yoti, "O, wow." Uku ndiye kuyankhulana koseketsa komwe ndidaperekapo.
Wallem: Anandifunsira.
Etheridge: Chiyambi cha 2010 chinali chibwenzi. Tinathetsa ubale wathu pakati pa 2010. Kenako tinakwatirana mu 2014.
Wallem: Ndikuganiza kuti simunagwiritse ntchito nthawi. Ndimo momwe ife tiliri.
Etheridge: Ayi, ndikudziwa kuti ndili nazo bwino.
Siyani Mumakonda