Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Idris Elba on Being Deceived About Fathering a Child
Plus, quotes from Paula Patton and Meek Mill.
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Idris Elba on finding the child he thought he fathered was not his son: - "To be given that and then have it taken away so harshly — was like taking a full-on punch in the face: POW.” (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
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Isaiah Washington on his life after uttering a gay slur: - “I lost everything. I couldn't afford to have an agent...I couldn't afford to have a publicist...I couldn't afford to continue."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Amel Larrieux on taking time for yourself: - "You can think you're doing something for yourself by working hard so you can make money so you can have this great life, but then you're just in this grind..." (Photo: WENN)
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Paula Patton on the Miley Cyrus twerking scandal: - "I didn't know [folks] thought Miley was going to sit down and play piano like Alicia Keys. Her song's about taking molly! I don't understand. I didn't get the big deal." (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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Kerry Washington on her character Olivia Pope on the hit series Scandal: - I love that Olivia, that her race is an important aspect of who she is, but it’s not the defining aspect of who she is and I think that just rings true of all of us in humanity.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)
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Joy Bryant on Kerry Washington: - "I am just so proud of her, everything she’s doing and everything she’s done. Kerry is an extraordinary woman and is breaking down the doors and burning down the house [Laughs] in her amazingness. (Photo: Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
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Big Daddy Kane on DJ Mr. Cee: - “Cee has always supported me. And I've always supported him, and that’s not going to change because of today. What he said on-air was real. I support the brother and I'm going to always be his friend."(Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for All Stars Helping Kids)
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Meek Mill on his musical beef with Cassidy: - "I just do it 'cause I like that s--t. I don’t earn nothing from coming at no Cassidy. I'm just having fun … I don't gotta drop a diss rap to keep you popping." (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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LaLa Anthony on Miley Cyrus' twerking skills: - “I like it… And I just heard her song with French Montana, and I thought it was so good.”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for ELLE)
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Jill Scott on if she was ever invited to Paula Deen’s house for dinner: - “Oh, I’m going [to that]. I wanna go. I wanna know. I want to overhear. And I wanna eat.”(Photo: Daniel Tanner/WENN.com)
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Tech N9ne on how he plans to get a Blacker audience: - “So I'm breaking into colored houses, man. I'm tired of bangin' on my people's doors and they're not answering and I go to a Jeezy show and they're all there, or I go to Waka Flocka's show and they're all there.”(Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)