UTSHATE NGOTHANDO: LINDA WALLEM NO MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Nge-31 kaMeyi, 2014, imvumi, i-53, yatshata "uthando lokwenyani" kunye neqabane lakhe eliphantse libe ngunyaka, uLinda Wallem, kwiRanch yaseSan Ysidro eMontecito, eCalifornia.
“Uthando lokwenyani…sisikelelwe kakhulu. "Ngamandla atyalwe kum lilizwe laseCalifornia ..." Enkosi," wabhala u-Etheridge kwi-Twitter emva kokuthetha "Ndiyavuma."
Esi sibini sathembisana umtshato emva kokuba iNkundla ePhakamileyo yawisa iSindululo sesi-8 saseCalifornia, esavalayo umtshato wesini. Abantu babika ukuba bonke abantwana abane baka-Etheridge, uBailey Jean Cypher, i-17; uBeckett Cypher, oneminyaka eyi-15; kunye namawele uMiller Steven Etheridge kunye noJohnnie Rose Etheridge, i-7, badlala indima yomtshato. Abanye ababekho yayinguJane Lynch, Chelsea Handler, Rosie O'Donnell, Whitney Cummings, noPeter Facinelli.
UMelissa Etheridge: Sadibana xa inkosikazi yam, eyayisenza umboniso “Loo Mboniso ka-70s” kwaye wayeqalisa umboniso omtsha obizwa ngokuba yi “Laa Show ka-80s,” wayenoluvo lokuba ndingagqibelela inxalenye. Sasingazange sibonane ngaphambili, ngoko wandibiza ukuba ndingene. Ndandingakwazi ukuyenza loo nto; ayizange isebenze, kodwa sahlala singabahlobo abasenyongweni kangangeminyaka eli-10.
ULinda Wallem: Yayingumnini wevenkile yerekhodi kwi-'80s. Kwaye xa abantu bakowabo bathi uyakungena, ndangathi, “Kuyoyikeka oko.” Ndandibuhlungu ukuba ayiphumelelanga. Kodwa eyona nto yayimnandi kukuba ndifumene umhlobo osenyongweni kuyo. Uye wagqiba ukonwaba.
Etheridge: Saqala njani ukuthandana? Unokuthi, xa wayesenza “uNurse Jackie,” wayehlala eNew York kwaye ndandimkhumbula kakhulu yaye sasisiya kumbona. Kwaye ndandikuqhawulo-mtshato olubi, kwaye wayesele eza kuphumla kwaye wayethengisa indlu yakhe [eLos Angeles] kuba wayengekho kuyo kakhulu. Ndaze ndathi, “Hee, kutheni ungahlali nam?”
Wallem: Ubomi bakho bebuphambene.
Etheridge: Ndandinabantwana abane. I-ex yathatha umgcini wendlu, zonke iintlobo zezinto. Yayiphambene. Siye sajola ke endlini.
Wallem: Uya kuphazamiseka!
Etheridge: Ndiyazazi ukuba ndinguye. Ndothuka kakhulu. Uyazi, wandinceda kakhulu ngelo xesha. Besihlala kumagumbi ahlukeneyo kodwa qho kusasa, besivuka siphakele abantwana sibenzele isidlo sasemini nesidlo sakusasa sibase esikolweni. Ndithetha ukuthi, ukuthandana nomhlobo wakho osenyongweni kuyaphambana. Ndiyayihlaba lento. Wena xela icala lakho.
Wallem: KULUNGILE …
Etheridge: Ngenye imini, ndaqonda, “Owu nkosi yam. Uliqabane lam. Wenza yonke into oyifunayo kwiqabane. Ngoba kutheni?" Kodwa ndamthanda ngendlela eyahlukileyo. Yiyo loo nto kunzima ngokwenene ukucacisa, ngaphezu kokuba ndithandane nabani na.
Wallem: Inxalenye yakho ihlala ifuna ukuthandana nabantu obathandayo, abahlobo bakho. Kwaye ndikhumbula lo mzuzu wokuhamba, "Owu wow." Olu lolona dliwano ndlebe luhlekisayo endakha ndalunika.
Wallem: Wandicenga.
Etheridge: Ekuqaleni kuka-2010 kwaba ukuthandana. Sade sagqibezela ubudlelwane bethu phakathi ku-2010. Kwaye ke satshata ngo-2014.
Wallem: Ndicinga ukuba uphelelwe lixesha. Nantso indlela esibadala ngayo.
Etheridge: Hayi, ndiyazi ukuba ndilungile.
Shiya iMpendulo