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Wand ndi Alex Sykes

KODI TIKUDZIWA CHIYANI ZOKHUDZA MKAZI WA WANDA SYKES, ALEX SYKES?

Kaya mumamudziwa kuchokera mu sewero lake la standup, mafilimu ake ambiri, kapena gawo lake lodziwika bwino la Curb Your Enthusiasm, mwayi ndi Wanda Sykes ndipo mawu ake odziwika bwino akuchititsani kuseka. Koma ngakhale nthabwala wazaka 57 zakubadwa amalankhula momasuka akakhala pa siteji, amakhala wosungika kwambiri zikafika pa moyo wake. M'malo mwake, mafani ambiri sangazindikire kuti Wanda Sykes ali ndi mkazi ndi ana! Nayi kuyang'ana mkati mwa ana ake ndi mkazi wake, Alex Sykes.

Wanda Sykes ndi Alex Sykes

Wobadwa pa Marichi 7, 1964, ku Portsmouth, Virginia, Wanda Sykes adagwira ntchito ngati katswiri wazachitetezo ku National Security Agency (NSA) asanayambe ntchito ku National Security Agency (NSA) zosangalatsa. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, adasamukira ku New York City kukayambitsa ntchito yake yoyimilira, akuwonekera m'makalabu akomweko komanso kudziwana ndi osewera omwe akubwera monga DL Hughley, Bernie Mac, ndi Bill Bellamy.

Kuyambira 1991 mpaka 1998, Sykes adakwatiwa ndi wolemba nyimbo David Hill. Tsoka ilo, mgwirizanowu sunali wosangalatsa, chifukwa chake zambiri zomwe Sykes adayimilira kuyambira nthawiyo zidasokoneza maubwenzi. "Zimangonena za kukhala paubwenzi woyipa ndi mwamuna wanga," adauza The New York Times Magazine mu 2019. "Ndinali kunena zoona. Ndinkafuna kuthawa. Monga: 'Mulungu, pali nkhope yake yopusa, ndipo iye akutafuna. Kodi ayenera kupuma? Mulekeni kupuma.' Panopa ndili pachibwenzi ndipo ndine wosangalala, choncho kutafuna kwa mkazi wanga sikundikhumudwitsa.”

Sykes anakumana ndi mkazi wake wam'tsogolo Alex Niedbalski mu 2006 ali pa boti kupita ku New York's Fire Island. Malinga ndi nyenyezi ya Crank Yankers, chinali chikondi poyang'ana koyamba. "China chake chandiwuzadi - momveka - 'Wow, ndi zomwe mukufuna, Wanda,'" Sykes adatero mu 2018, polankhula za nthawi yoyamba yomwe adawona Alex.

Awiriwo anakwatirana mu 2008 ndipo posakhalitsa, Sykes adatulukira poyera ngati mkazi wachiwerewere. Anachita izi pamsonkhano wotsutsana ndi ndime 8, yomwe inali kusintha koletsa ukwati wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha m'chigawo cha California. "Nditatuluka, sichinali chinthu chokonzekera konse," adatero mu 2013 zolemba. "Linali tsiku lachiwonetsero lotsutsa ndime ya Prop 8. Ndinati, 'Chabwino msonkhano uli kuti, tipita ku msonkhano.' Ndipo ndinatero. Ndipo m’mawu anga ndinanena kuti ndinakwatiwa ndipo ndakwiya.”

Sykes anali atatulukira kale kwa achibale ake ndi abwenzi, kotero adadabwa pamene kulengeza kwake kosayembekezereka kunapanga mitu. "Ndikafika ku hotelo ndikuyatsa TV ndi mpukutu wa CNN, 'woseketsa Wanda Sykes,' ndimanyadira kukhala gay, '" ndipo ndinali ngati, O, ichi ndi chinthu chachikulu [chonyoza]. . Ndine mkazi wakuda, wotchuka, ndipo ndatuluka.' Palibe chisoni.”

Alex Sykes ndi ndani?

Mbadwa ya ku France, Alex Niedbalski (tsopano Alex Sykes) anabadwa m'chaka cha 1974. Iye ndi wophunzira wa sukulu yapamwamba ya zamalonda ku Paris ndipo wakhala ndi ntchito yopambana kwambiri monga wamalonda. Pakadali pano, ndi wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wazogulitsa kukampani yaku khitchini yaku Canada.
Ngakhale kuti sali m’gulu la zosangulutsa monga mkazi wake, Alex amachirikiza ntchito ya Wanda 100 peresenti. M'malo mwake, nyenyezi ya Black-ish imanena kuti mkazi wake nthawi zambiri amapita kumasewera ake oseketsa, ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito izi kuti apindule pamene awiriwo akutsutsana pazachinthu china. “Nthaŵi zina, ngati ndidziŵa kuti ali m’gulu la omvera, ndifotokoza dala nkhani imene takhala tikukambirana kuti tiyese omvera,” iye anauza nyuzipepala ya Windsor Star mu 2015. “Ngati angagwirizane nane, ndimamuseka. za izo pambuyo pake.”

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Wanda Ndi Alex Sykes Ali Ndi Ana Awiri

Awiriwa ali ndi ana awiri pamodzi, mapasa azaka 12 Olivia ndi Lucas. Iwo anabadwa mu April m’chaka cha 2009, ndipo Wanda wakhala akuchita nthabwala za mavuto amene amakumana nawo pakulera ana aŵiri panthaŵi imodzi. "Ndinali ngati oh Mulungu wanga tinatani?" adauza Vulture mu 2016. "Nthawi ina ndinkaganiza zobwezera. Ndinali ngati, tingabwezere mmodzi? Ndikutanthauza, oh mulungu wanga. Ndinkaganiza kuti sitingachite izi, tibwezanso imodzi. ”

Wanda ananenanso kuti kukhala mayi kwamuthandiza kwambiri. “Zasintha kwambiri. Ndingonena kuti mitu yasintha. M'mbuyomu, ndimangonena zomwe zikuchitika m'moyo wanga, "adavomereza mu 2017. "Pano pali chithunzithunzi cha zomwe zikuchitika kwa ine kapena padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo kuyambira ana akadali njira yomweyi monga momwe ndikulankhulira. za zomwe zikuchitika, koma zambiri zimakhudza ana ndi banja, chifukwa amangotenga chilichonse, mukudziwa?"

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