INTO ESIYAZIYO NGOMFAZI KAWANDA SYKES, u-ALEX SYKES?
Nokuba umazi kumdlalo wakhe ohlekisayo ohlekisayo, iifilimu zakhe ezininzi, okanye indima yakhe edumileyo kwiCurb Your Enthusiasm, amathuba nguWanda Sykes kunye nelizwi lakhe elimangalisayo likwenze wahleka. Kodwa ngelixa umhlekisi oneminyaka engama-57 ubudala ethetha phandle xa eseqongeni, uzigcine kakhulu xa kuziwa kubomi bakhe bobuqu. Enyanisweni, abalandeli abaninzi banokungaqondi ukuba uWanda Sykes unomfazi kunye nabantwana! Nanku ujongo lwangaphakathi kubantwana bakhe kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, u-Alex Sykes.
Wazalwa nge-7 kaMatshi ngo-1964, ePortsmouth, eVirginia, uWanda Sykes wasebenza njengengcali yekontraka ye-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweSizwe (NSA) ngaphambi kokuba aqalise umsebenzi nokuzonwabisa. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990, wafudukela kwisiXeko saseNew York ukuze aqalise umsebenzi wakhe wokuma, ebonakala kwiiklabhu zalapha ekhaya kunye nokwazi abanye amaqabane ahlekisayo anjengo-DL Hughley, uBernie Mac, kunye noBill Bellamy.
Ukususela kwi-1991 ukuya kwi-1998, uSykes watshata nomvelisi werekhodi uDavid Hill. Ngelishwa, imanyano yayingonwabanga, yiyo loo nto uninzi lwezinto zokuma kweSykes ukusuka ngelo xesha zenza ukukhanya okubi kubudlelwane. “Ithetha nje ngokuba kubudlelwane obubi nomyeni wam,” uxelele I-New York Times Magazine ngo-2019. “Bendinyanisekile. Ndandifuna ukubaleka. Inga: 'Thixo, nanko ubuso bakhe obunyabileyo, kwaye uyahlafuna. Ewe, kufuneka aphefumle? Myeke ayeke ukuphefumla.' Ngoku ndithandana kakhulu, yaye ndonwabile, ngoko ukuhlafuna komfazi wam akundicaphukisi.”
USykes wadibana nomfazi wakhe wexesha elizayo u-Alex Niedbalski kwi-2006 ngelixa ehamba ngesikhephe ukuya kwi-Fire Island yaseNew York. Ngokutsho kwenkwenkwezi yeCrank Yankers, yayiluthando ekuqaleni kokubona. "Kukho into ethe yenzeka kum - ngathi, ngokuvakalayo - 'Wow, yiloo nto oyifunayo, Wanda,'" utshilo uSykes ngo-2018, ethetha okokuqala ebona u-Alex.
Esi sibini sitshatile kwi-2008 kwaye kungekudala emva koko, uSykes waphuma esidlangalaleni njenge-lesbian. Uyenzile kumhlangano owawuchasene nokuwiswa kweSindululo sesi-8, esasisilungiso esinenjongo yokuvalwa umlomo umtshato wesini esifanayo kwiphondo laseCalifornia. “Ukuphuma kwam, yayingeyonto icwangcisiweyo konke konke,” utshilo ngo-2013. “Ibilusuku lukazwelonke loqhanqalazo oluchasene nokugqithiswa kweProp 8. Ndathi, 'Kulungile iphi irali, siza kuya kwindibano.' Ndenjenjalo. Kwaye kwintetho yam ndithe nditshatile kwaye ndinomsindo.
USykes wayesele ephumile esiya kusapho kunye nabahlobo bakhe, ngoko wothuka xa isibhengezo sakhe se-impromptu saba sematheni ngoko nangoko. "Ndifika ehotele kwaye ndavula iTV kwaye kwi-CNN skrola ithi, 'umculi uWanda Sykes, 'Ndiyaziqhenya ngokuba yi-gay,'" kwaye ndandifana, Owu, le yinto enkulu [echazayo]. . Ndingumfazi ontsundu, umntu odumileyo, kwaye ndiphumile.' Akho kuzisola."
Ngubani u-Alex Sykes?
Inzalelwane yaseFransi, u-Alex Niedbalski (ngoku ongu-Alex Sykes) wazalwa ngo-1974. Uphumelele kwisikolo sezoshishino esihloniphekileyo eParis kwaye ube nomsebenzi ophumelele kakhulu njengosomashishini. Okwangoku, usebenza njengosekela mongameli ophezulu kwintengiso yenkampani yaseCanada yasekhitshini.
Nangona engekho kwishishini lokuzonwabisa njengomfazi wakhe, u-Alex uwuxhasa ngokupheleleyo umsebenzi kaWanda. Ngapha koko, inkwenkwezi ye-Black-ish ithi inkosikazi yakhe ihlala isiya kwimiboniso yakhe yamahlaya, kwaye usebenzisa oku ukuze azuze xa isibini singavumelani ngento ethile. Ngamanye amaxesha, ukuba ndiyamazi ukuba uphakathi kwabaphulaphuli, ndiza kuthetha ngabom into ebesiyixoxa nje ukuze ndiyivavanye kubaphulaphuli,” uxelele iWindsor Star ngo-100. ngayo emva koko.”
UWanda kunye no-Alex Sykes banabantwana ababini
Esi sibini sinabantwana ababini kunye, amawele angama-12 aneminyaka eli-2009 ubudala u-Olivia noLucas. Bazalwa ngoAprili wowama-2016, yaye uWanda uye waqhula ngeengxaki zokukhulisa abantwana ababini ngaxeshanye. "Ndandingathi oh Thixo wam senze ntoni?" uxelele uVulture ngo-XNUMX. Bendinje, singayibuyisela enye? Ndithetha nyani, owu nkosi yam. Bendicinga ukuba asinakuyenza le nto, kuza kufuneka sibuyise enye.”
UWanda ukwathi ukuba ngumama kuye kwaba nomphumo omkhulu kumatshini wakhe wokuzigcina. “Itshintshe kakhulu. Ndingatsho nje ukuba izihloko zitshintshile. Ngaphambili, ndiza kuthetha nje malunga nento eyenzekayo ebomini bam, "wavuma ngo-2017. "Nantsi i-snapshot yento eyenzekayo kum okanye kwihlabathi jikelele, kwaye ukususela kubantwana kuseyindlela efanayo njengoko ndithetha. Kwenzeka ntoni, kodwa uninzi lwayo luphathelele abantwana nosapho, kuba bathatha yonke into, uyazi?”
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