USHADILE OTHANDWENI: ULINDA WALLEM NO MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Meyi 31, 2014, lo mculi, 53, washada “nothando lweqiniso” kanye nengoduso yakhe cishe unyaka, uLinda Wallem, eSan Ysidro Ranch eMontecito, Calif.
“Uthando lweqiniso… lubusisekile. "Ngamandla atshalwe kimi yisifunda saseCalifornia..." Ngiyabonga,” ubhale u-Etheridge ku-Twitter ngemuva kokusho "Ngiyavuma."
Umbhangqwana uthembisene umshado ngemuva kokuthi iNkantolo Ephakeme yachitha i-Proposition 8 yaseCalifornia, evinjelwe umshado wezitabane. Abantu babike ukuthi zonke izingane ezine zika-Etheridge, u-Bailey Jean Cypher, i-17; U-Beckett Cypher, 15; namawele uMiller Steven Etheridge noJohnnie Rose Etheridge, 7, babambe iqhaza emishadweni. Abanye ababekhona nguJane Lynch, Chelsea Handler, Rosie O'Donnell, Whitney Cummings, noPeter Facinelli.
UMelissa Etheridge: Sahlangana lapho umkami, owayedlala uhlelo oluthi “That '70s Show” futhi eqala uhlelo olusha olubizwa ngokuthi “That '80s Show,” enalo mbono wokuthi ngizoba yingxenye ekahle. Sasingakaze sibonane ngaphambili, ngakho wangibiza ukuba ngingene. Angikwazanga ukwenza ingxenye; akuphumelelanga, kodwa sahlala singabangane abakhulu iminyaka eyi-10.
Linda Wallem: Bekungumnikazi wesitolo samarekhodi ngeminyaka yawo-'80s. Futhi lapho abantu bakhe bethi uzongena, ngaba ngathi, “Kuhle lokho.” Ngiphatheke kabi ukuthi akuphumelelanga. Kodwa okwakumnandi ukuthi ngithole umngane omkhulu kuyo. Futhi wagcina ejabule.
I-Etheridge: Saqala kanjani ukuthandana? Ungase uthi, lapho enza “uNurse Jackie,” wayehlala eNew York futhi ngangimkhumbula kakhulu futhi sasiyombona. Futhi ngangibhekene nesehlukaniso esibi kakhulu, futhi wayesezomisa okwesikhashana futhi wayethengisa indlu yakhe [eLos Angeles] ngoba wayengekho kuyo kakhulu. Ngase ngithi, “Heyi, kungani ungezi uzohlala nami na?”
Wallem: Impilo yakho yayisangana.
I-Etheridge: Nganginezingane ezine. I-ex yathatha umgcini wendlu, zonke izinhlobo zezinto. Kwakuhlanya. Sathandana ke ekhaya.
Wallem: Uqala ukudideka!
I-Etheridge: Ngiyazi ukuthi nginguye. Ngiphatheke kabi kakhulu. Uyazi, wangisiza kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi. Sasisemagunjini ahlukene kodwa njalo ekuseni, sasivuka siphakele izingane sizenzele ukudla kwasemini nesidlo sasekuseni siziyise esikoleni. Ngisho ukuthi ukujola nomngani wakho omkhulu kuyahlanya. Ngiyakuhlaba lokhu. Tshela uhlangothi lwakho.
Wallem: KULUNGILE …
I-Etheridge: Ngolunye usuku, ngabona, “O nkosi yami. Ungumlingani wami. Wenza konke ongakufuna kumuntu othandana naye. Kungani kungenjalo?" Kodwa ngamthanda ngendlela ehluke kakhulu. Yingakho kunzima ukuchaza, ngaphezu kwalokho engake ngathandana nanoma ubani.
Wallem: Ingxenye yakho ihlale ifuna ukuthandana nabantu obathandayo, abangani bakho. Futhi ngikhumbula lesi sikhathi sokuhamba, "Oh wow." Lena inhlolokhono ehlekisayo engake nganikeza yona.
Wallem: Wangicela umshado.
I-Etheridge: Ekuqaleni kuka-2010 kwaba ukuqomisana. Sagcina sibuqedile ubudlelwano bethu maphakathi no-2010. Sabe sesishada ngo-2014.
Wallem: Ngicabanga ukuthi awukho ngesikhathi. Sibadala kanjalo.
I-Etheridge: Cha, ngiyazi ukuthi nginakho.
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