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In her memoir The Black Mother of Hollywood ? excerpted exclusively in the current issue of PEOPLE ? black-ish star Jenifer Lewis opens up about a candid moment she had with legendary singer Whitney Houston.
?Whitney and I took to each other like eggs and bacon,? Lewis writes of her The Preacher?s Wife costar.
?Lordy, we laughed, sang and acted a fool together! I loved Whitney, not only for her extraordinary talents but for her warmth and humor. [But] it became more and more clear that she carried heavy burdens,? Lewis continues of Houston, who was found submerged in the bathtub in her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in 2012. (The cause of death was deemed accidental drowning, and an autopsy showed she had various drugs in her system.)
Lewis has battled her own demons ? a sex addiction and bipolar disorder ? and was quick to tout the benefits of seeing a therapist.
?I said to her, ?You know Whitney, I went to therapy to take care of my challenges, and baby ?? Before I could say another word she whipped her head around and said, ?Oh no Mama! My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will take care of me,? ? recalls Lewis. ?She said it with such fervor and determination that I never brought it up again.?
Just ordered Jenifer's book btw :ohwow:
Very typical attitude towards mental health in the Black community - it's not surprising.
Lewis has battled her own demons ? a sex addiction
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This explains alot tbh.
The black community needs to get it tf together and start taking mental health serious.
Although it is kinda odd that despite the ignorance to mental health suicide although not uncommon in the black community isn't as prevalent as it is in the white community.
Quote from: LORD GRAND SUPREME PRIME CELESTIAL MARSHALL on November 04, 2017, 10:38:02 PM
Lewis has battled her own demons ? a sex addiction
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WAIT queens
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I read that and was like :omgwatshappening: :caramelapple:
what's more surprising than Whitney refusing help is Jenifer and her sex addiction :guys:
this makes me look @ her character on Blackish differently fjlda;;;;;;;;dl
Sheesh
Quote from: Uzi on November 04, 2017, 10:38:58 PM
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This explains alot tbh.
The black community needs to get it tf together and start taking mental health serious.
Although it is kinda odd that despite the ignorance to mental health suicide although not uncommon in the black community isn't as prevalent as it is in the white community.
That's actually a good point.
No shade and I hope this doesn't sound to grossly ignorant but I think it could be because a lot us are built to be Ford tough from the beginning from starting our lives in tougher circumstances - like many of us are literally born into hardship. Could give more time to develop a thicker skin before we even know what the concept of suicide is.
Quote from: LORD GRAND SUPREME PRIME CELESTIAL MARSHALL on November 04, 2017, 10:38:02 PM
Lewis has battled her own demons ? a sex addiction
DKLSKDKLSLDKDSKLDS
WAIT queens
Yea, I had heard that before
Quote from: still dun care on November 04, 2017, 10:59:48 PM
Quote from: Uzi on November 04, 2017, 10:38:58 PM
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This explains alot tbh.
The black community needs to get it tf together and start taking mental health serious.
Although it is kinda odd that despite the ignorance to mental health suicide although not uncommon in the black community isn't as prevalent as it is in the white community.
That's actually a good point.
No shade and I hope this doesn't sound to grossly ignorant but I think it could be because a lot us are built to be Ford tough from the beginning from starting our lives in tougher circumstances - like many of us are literally born into hardship. Could give more time to develop a thicker skin before we even know what the concept of suicide is.
Very true. I say this all the time. unbeknownst to them, white privilege shields white people from alot of shit that other ethnicities face. That's why when alot of white people come upon hard times they check out or explode and kill everyone.
a little disgusted that she was a sex addict
Quote from: still dun care on November 04, 2017, 10:37:57 PM
Very typical attitude towards mental health in the Black community - it's not surprising.
Especially the older generation.
I swear most of my great aunts have mental illness.
All the bacchanal that be takin' place.
:melmel:
Quote from: still dun care on November 04, 2017, 10:59:48 PM
Quote from: Uzi on November 04, 2017, 10:38:58 PM
d
This explains alot tbh.
The black community needs to get it tf together and start taking mental health serious.
Although it is kinda odd that despite the ignorance to mental health suicide although not uncommon in the black community isn't as prevalent as it is in the white community.
That's actually a good point.
No shade and I hope this doesn't sound to grossly ignorant but I think it could be because a lot us are built to be Ford tough from the beginning from starting our lives in tougher circumstances - like many of us are literally born into hardship. Could give more time to develop a thicker skin before we even know what the concept of suicide is.
That sounds valid as fuck!!!
Quote from: Vonc2002 on November 04, 2017, 11:25:06 PM
Quote from: still dun care on November 04, 2017, 10:59:48 PM
Quote from: Uzi on November 04, 2017, 10:38:58 PM
d
This explains alot tbh.
The black community needs to get it tf together and start taking mental health serious.
Although it is kinda odd that despite the ignorance to mental health suicide although not uncommon in the black community isn't as prevalent as it is in the white community.
That's actually a good point.
No shade and I hope this doesn't sound to grossly ignorant but I think it could be because a lot us are built to be Ford tough from the beginning from starting our lives in tougher circumstances - like many of us are literally born into hardship. Could give more time to develop a thicker skin before we even know what the concept of suicide is.
Very true. I say this all the time. unbeknownst to them, white privilege shields white people from alot of shit that other ethnicities face. That's why when alot of white people come upon hard times they check out or explode and kill everyone.
Quote from: still dun care on November 04, 2017, 10:59:48 PM
Quote from: Uzi on November 04, 2017, 10:38:58 PM
d
This explains alot tbh.
The black community needs to get it tf together and start taking mental health serious.
Although it is kinda odd that despite the ignorance to mental health suicide although not uncommon in the black community isn't as prevalent as it is in the white community.
That's actually a good point.
No shade and I hope this doesn't sound to grossly ignorant but I think it could be because a lot us are built to be Ford tough from the beginning from starting our lives in tougher circumstances - like many of us are literally born into hardship. Could give more time to develop a thicker skin before we even know what the concept of suicide is.
Yeah that's true. plus I think were taught that suicide is bad. I remember growing up I didn't empathize with people who committed or had thoughts of suicide because I had been told they had a one way ticket to hell for it and thought they were just weak.
:plzstop:
Quote from: Uzi on November 05, 2017, 01:39:52 AM
Quote from: still dun care on November 04, 2017, 10:59:48 PM
Quote from: Uzi on November 04, 2017, 10:38:58 PM
d
This explains alot tbh.
The black community needs to get it tf together and start taking mental health serious.
Although it is kinda odd that despite the ignorance to mental health suicide although not uncommon in the black community isn't as prevalent as it is in the white community.
That's actually a good point.
No shade and I hope this doesn't sound to grossly ignorant but I think it could be because a lot us are built to be Ford tough from the beginning from starting our lives in tougher circumstances - like many of us are literally born into hardship. Could give more time to develop a thicker skin before we even know what the concept of suicide is.
Yeah that's true. plus I think were taught that suicide is bad. I remember growing up I didn't empathize with people who committed or had thoughts of suicide because I had been told they had a one way ticket to hell for it and thought they were just weak.
:plzstop:
I've heard shit like, "if you ever committed suicide, i wouldn't show up to your funeral, no one will".
:dead:
We're def taught differently. We need to be.
That's true - there's definitely pushing of this concept of "the only unforgivable sin" mess in the Black church.
I definitely remember that.
The idea was - you can't repent for this sin if you're already dead.
Quote from: still dun care on November 05, 2017, 01:41:52 AM
That's true - there's definitely pushing of this concept of "the only unforgivable sin" mess in the Black church.
I definitely remember that.
The idea was - you can't repent for this sin if you're already dead.
Yup.
I spent the first 15 years of my life on/off in the church during New Year's Eve... ball dropping.
I've now discovered God on my own.
I'm thankful my parents "allowed" me to do that... there was no discussion, I just went off and discovered God in a different way. As a child, you don't really get much room to figure out HOW to approach God.
Quote from: ???? on November 05, 2017, 01:46:01 AM
Quote from: still dun care on November 05, 2017, 01:41:52 AM
That's true - there's definitely pushing of this concept of "the only unforgivable sin" mess in the Black church.
I definitely remember that.
The idea was - you can't repent for this sin if you're already dead.
Yup.
I spent the first 15 years of my life on/off in the church during New Year's Eve... ball dropping.
I've now discovered God on my own.
I'm thankful my parents "allowed" me to do that... there was no discussion, I just went off and discovered God in a different way. As a child, you don't really get much room to figure out HOW to approach God.
:blush: :blush: :blush:
Quote from: ANIMMAI on November 04, 2017, 10:36:09 PM
Just ordered Jenifer's book btw :ohwow:
Ack! Ordering mine now
Looks like imma have to read this book.
Looking forward to this book. I remember watching this dateline story about this famous Olympic athlete that was exposed as an escort but it turned out that she was bipolar and sex addiction can be correlated with the disorder