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Actor Taye Diggs and his wife Idina Menzel are now the proud parents of a baby boy named Walker Nathaniel Diggs. Walker was born yesterday (September 2nd, 2009). This is the couple’s first child.
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CONGRATS
Awww….Congrats on the new baby boy….by the way I love the name (Walker Nathaniel)
I remember when a freind of mines used to like Taye Diggs. Then when she found out he was married to somebody outside of his race, she went on a total flipside, LMAO. It was rather amusing to watch
Me too. As soon as I found out somehow all that crazy love just faded.
This is stupid, there’s no such thing as races. Only human race.
Yeah, Solene, Sadly, I wish that was the way it is in real life. SOME people will always see race. They always have and always will.
Solene…if you believe that why are you on a “BLACK” Celebrity Kids site?
There is a such thing as RACE we just have to learn to celebrate them all!
I’m black! My hair is that of a person with brown skin. I can’t use Purell or Herbal Essence I got to use what’s right for ME!! I get my hair straightened for manageability or it has kinky coils that I’m willing to deal with b/c I’m a brown skinned person with brown skin people features. There are medications that work better for me and there are things that I’m particularly good at b/c I get it from my culture. I’m a person of color who happens to be described as Black! No problems here!
I see color! otherwise I’d be invisible.
I’m pretty certain that she means that all people are of the same race ,HUMAN. To consider yourself of a different race means to apply the sterotype given Blacks during slavery that tried to instill in society that Blacks were not human. While we may have different ethnicties we as people are all of the Human Race. At least that’s what I gleaned from her statement.
Khrish, that’s what I gleaned from it as well.
Greetings! Ok, Tiiz, i think Solene is on this site because of the same reason why you are on this site- this site is the only one of it’s kind. For example, other sites related to this site show celebrity babies all the time but rarely do they show the “African American family”(whatever that may be).
One reason i am thankful for this site is that it shows children of color of all spectrum. Unfortunately, some readers do not see that
Some readers would rather focus on how dark a person is and that’s plain stupid. Solene probably knows that racism exists among the human race but she is probably wondering why it has to be an issue whenever a mixed couple is featured.
Teri, Khrish and babygirl, you got it right. I don’t understand why it should be a problem to date outside its “race”.
The fact is, I come here everyday because I happen to love babies and kids, I also go on [other sites] (where black kids are featured too, by the way, just not in every post) for the same reason. I’m a white french girl, and I think the most beautiful thing is two apparently different persons falling in love and having a child that will look like both of them.
Of course I see colours, I’m not blind, but race means nothing to me and doesn’t even exist to me. And there is caucasian people with frizzy hair too, you know…
Separating people because of their complexion seems like segregation to me, and it’s just not right.
Please tell that to the police that pull over my cousin DWB (Driving While Black), in his business suit on the way to work… I too wish your comment were true and do not harbor judgment aginst ANY race, but as long as there are INEQUALITIES, (usually twoard blacks), I WILL SOUND OFF about it. Don’t be decived people rascim is alive and well.
All the best to Taye and his wife, and hopefully, their children will grow up in a “raceless” world…
why, did she think taye was gonna marry her? lol
Despite it all, i would have loved to see him with a chocolate skinned woman just like himself….to me that is the ULTIMATE beauty. THere is beauty in interracical relationships but there is absolutely nothing that can compare to that BLACK love to me.
Also, it doesnt even seem like love to me anymore in hollywood, it just seems like the “it” thing of the moment to do. Im kinda sick and tired of seeing these successful black men going outside their race so much…it’s becomed so habitual that people are shocked when they actually DO marry a black woman. I just wonder what example it gives to young black boys who see that is what to aspire to do. WHen all their favorite actors, basketball players, football players are marrying white or non-black girls they are gonna favor that when they are older. How about the young black girls—they are already growing up with the european ideals of beauty shoved down their throats, they are already faced with feelings of inferiority when watching the media and seeing the biases against them—now to add insult to injury—they also notice when THEIR favorite male idols choose white or non-black women so they now may feel that white might be better and now she might try to change herself to look like that “white ideal” (i.e. the blond wigs, colored contacts, the rhinoplasty, bleached skin….or in other words–Lil’ Kim she is a perfect example of it)
I volunteer for this youth organization for black girls ages 7-12 and it is shocking to hear the things that these girls say about themselves and each other. THey make fun of whomever has the “nappiest” hair but they praise whomever has “the good hair”. THey debate over who has the lighter skin complexion as if it were some type of triumph for whomever was deemed the lightest. They drove this one girl to tears because she was deemed to be the darkest of the group and she was affectively ostracized. Apparently being deemed the darkest was the equivalent of being a leper in olden times. These girls utter such ignorant remarks about each other and themselves which showcase their inferiority. THis epidemic in hollywood sure does not help elevate their self worth.
THat is all…
Izzy,
I don’t think the problem of identity or appreciation of our beauty all of the medias fault or black men dating white women etc.
I come from a family where my mother is fair (Black) and my father is very dark. Now I am the oldest (23) and I came out with a lighter complextion than my sister who is younger. When we were growing up my sister felt slighted by my fathers family because they would always tell me I am so pretty and look just like my mother and ohh your sister looks like her dad. They never once told her she is pretty. My sister barely talks to that side of the family today and it has deeply affected her. So what does that say the older generation is hung up on skin color and hair while my generaton (Milenialls) not so much.
When growing up I went to private schools, and I never once felt like an outsider until I went to a predomately black school. There I was made fun of because I talked like a ‘white girl’ (no I just knew how to speak), and I have some european features. It wasn’t till I went to high school which is predomately white that I truly felt accepted for who I was. No one talked about skin color or hair,or race.
Fast forward to today… I was in a relationship with a white (Ok turkish, iranian, and white) man for 4 1/2 years. I didn’t seek him out because he is white, we started dating because we had a similar upbringing (Military, police family), and have the same interests and he treated me with respect. Today we aren’t together because he relocated for a new job. But if I were to start dating again, its sad to say the odds are I would date outside my race again because its hard to find a Black man these days who has the level of education (masters degree) I do, or that has same interests , or treats me with the level of repect that I deserve. If I find him I’d be happy, if I don’t I ‘d still be happy because we are all of the same race the human race. And I’m not saying Izzy stated this , but people should be able to date, marry, have children with whomever they want without being judged, as long as its legal!
Beacuse the only person I am worried about judging me is GOD!
I don’t think that it’s an older generation thing. I think it’s an ignorant and stupid thing. On this site I think that most are young and they continue to breed the same type of ignorance.
As far as you dating Black men, please say that you don’t really look at color when you date. You sound accusitorial of Black men and what you consider they lacking as your reason for not dating them. That is the same excuse that many Black men use for not dating Black women. It really bothers me as I think that one should have the courage to date whomever without dissing a total ethnicity of men or women as the reason for their choice. It seems nicer simply to say that you date men you like instead of why you don’t usually date Black men. Though we all say that we will only be judged by God, everyone knows that you are judged by society.
This subject always comes up with people of color. People marry and date who they want and I, personally, am glad for them. We forget to mention, however, that most Black men, successful and celebrities are married to Black women. That’s why the ones who are not always stand out. Just really think about it. The ones we really see as the top stars are married to women of color as well as the ones who are wealthy.
I agree, issy and I know speaking for myself, I don’t care who or what this blue-black out of shape mofo Taye does. I don’t like his acting and I will NEVER support any film he’s ever in.
He’ll never reach the star status of a Will Smith on my dime!
Idina Menzel is the greatest. Taye, ehh… haha.
Congrats to them, they seem really in love. Some couples really look like they were meant to be together, and Taye and Idina look like one of those couples.
cant wait to see him, hope he looks like taye…
Aww finally! =)
Finally, I can’t wait to see pics of him!
LMBO at Judd!
congrats…can’t wait to see him!!!
Finally a normal name for a child of a celebrity.
He was actually born last night, Sept. 2nd.
Congrats to them! Love the name, Nathaniel was my Dad’s name:)
You notice the title says wife not babymama like the others on the site congrats I Love this Couple.
Yes! Its rare to see a CELEBRITY relationship the is like theirs nowadays…they dated for seven years before the got married, and then were married for six years before they decide that the were ready to add a baby to the family.
Congrats to them!!!
I know that’s right. They went by their own time table. Good for them. Probably has made their relationship as lasting as it is.
I don’t find it that rare. We’ve seen Denzel Washington and his family, the Smiths, Forest Whitaker and his family, Samuel L. Jackson and his family, Cedric the Entertainer and his family, Rev. Run and his family, Kimora and her ex, and now her new family, Malinda Williams and her family, Holly Robinson and her family, The Martins,Spike Lee and his family, The Lathan Family, Eddie Murphy and his family, Bill Cosby and his family and I could go on and on naming the many families who are husband and wife and not “Baby Mammas” that have been presented to us here at BCK. I guess you just tend to look over all of those families that have been presented on this website for your browsing pleasure. Prehaps these photos and stories don’t have enough negatives to hold the interest of many who only seem to see “Baby Mammas”.
@Khrish…agree! Thanks for reminding me again of all the wholesome African American successful, nuclear families that are excellent role models to the community at large.
And I apologize to you for having to come out of myself to straighten out Rita who posted at this site. Can you believe the nerve of her!? I couldn’t, and that’s why I HAD to get ignorant (to use her word) to put her A$$ on BLAST.
Please don’t think less of me, Khrish, et al.
Everyone’s having boys lately. Love baby boys. I can’t wait to see pics of him, no matter what he’s probably cute!
Congratulations to Idina and Taye.
Congratulations!!!
I love both Taye and Idina and I wish them nothing but the best with their new baby boy.
dat us gna b 1 hansome boy cuz taye diggs is FINE!!!
Good for them! They have been together for a long time.
I agree Solene was simply stating that people are all of the human race. Perhaps if we attempted to look at our similarities rather than our differences, the world may be a better place. I too come to this site because it is one of a kind but it is disheartening to see all the negative comments regarding hair and skin tone or the assumptions such a Heidi Klum not KNOWING how to take care of her boys hair (because she is white). I have seen children with mothers of EVERY race look unkempt, it is not a race issue, it is a socieconomic issue and just because the childs hair is’nt the way YOU would do it does not make it wrong. By the way, I can’t use Purell or Herbal Essence, I get my hair straightened for manageability or it has kinky coils, there are certain meds that work better for me and I have features I can attribute to my background and I am a red head white woman.
White people just don’t understand! And I don’t think you’re supposed to. Just because you may not understand, doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
And I mean this in the best way, not an ethnocentric way.
But what is black, what is white? Some people have black origins and look white, some have white origin and look multi-ethnic, it doesn’t mean anything anymore! We have to live with our times, the world is different now, and one day, almost everyone will be mixed somehow.
Although I’m white, I understand a lot of things, Pisces, I just don’t adhere to everything. But it’s so much easier to say that I don’t understand, to validate your opinion.
@Solene,Thanks you did validate my opinion.
Good comment. That’s the reason we have so much unrest and fear here in the U.S. The whole color of this country is changing and it’s happening so fast that many are afraid. It’s known as the Browning of America.
I’ve been a fan of Idina since I first heard her on the original cast recording of Rent(where she met taye, on broardway many years ago).
I was delighted to see on her stage when she came to do Wicked with the British cast of the show.
I know she a Taye have been together for a long time, I repsect relationships that last especially in the show biz world.
Wishing you and your family the best Idina, Good luck
Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel have been together forever. They met while doing the broadway show Rent over 10 years ago. they are happy and still in love and that all that matter, I for one dont see race but i understand that other might. That just the world we live in. I think black woman she stop being angery that black men are dating white chicks and i think black women should go out and find a white guy, or latin or asian guy and be happy. skin should not be the first reason to fall in love.
I am black, 100% pure African.
I was adopted as a baby by my aunt and her white husband because they can’t have children of their own, and my biological mother couldn’t face having 3 absent babydaddies.
My Dad is my best friend, and I feel so blessed to have him in my life. We live in England but he has embraced our Ghanaian culture so fully that after 27 years of marriage, my mother’s family joke about how Dad is more Ghanaian than Mum.
It makes me so angry when I hear people talking trash about interracial relationships because it is racist and unforgivable.
Most African-Americans aren’t 100% black anyway, and I think that it is beautiful how varied you are.
Love should always be encouraged, no matter what colour it is!
That’s a beautiful story Ama, and I agree 100%
I am sick and tired of ignorant people saying that interracial relationships are wrong. You can’t help who you fall in love with. I am white and my husband is black, we have been together for 11 years and we have four beautiful children together. How dare anyone judge me or judge my husband for choosing to be with a woman outside his race. We love each other and have a family together, does that not mean anything to some people? How cruel and heartless can somebody be?
Don’t worry, there are enough black men to go around. Nobody is “stealing” them. And maybe if some of you weren’t so close minded, you’d have no problem finding a man because there are PLENTY of fish in the sea, but by refusing to date outside of your race, you are limiting your options and making things harder for yourself. You never know what ethnicity your soulmate will be.
There’s no need to be jealous and insecure. Because only jealous and insecure people start spewing negative garbage about happy families. Worry about your own lives.
This is year 2009!!!! Our president is biracial!!!!!!! Jeez!
I hear the “jealousy” and “insecurity” b.s. all the time. Read my post and you’ll realize that is not always the case. I’m a black woman and I’m hardly jealous of any white or any other woman. My brother is married to a white woman and I love her a lot. The issue is not always about who falls in love. The issue is about SOME insecure and hateful black men who use black women as an excuse for crossing over. I don’t care what black men do because we live in a huge world and they aren’t the end all, but there are a lot of black men who believe that women who look like them aren’t good enough. Those are the black men I despise. How can you hate a person who looks like you? Right. It’s called preference. The MAJORITY of married black men are married to black women. I will not knock anyone who falls in love with someone of another race, but I will knock someone who is color struck and has a problem with people of their own race because they are ignorant enough to generalize, but even then, it doesn’t consume me.
Also, the majority of the posts aren’t even bashing black men/white woman so where in the h-e-double hockey sticks did this conversation turn into a “shame on you black women for hating on IR couples?”
Most Black men in the US make up the majority of our prison population, making them less available.
Is that how you secured the one you have, through writing him love letters and sending money?
You know best on how to get a Black man, so please advise me and others who are interested in getting one of those.
My comment about how to get one of the choice Black men was in response to Rita’s comment.
And my asking Rita for advice on how to get a a Black man was truly sarcasm because we all know how easy it is to get a Black man.
Wow, that’s really ignorant. No, I did not meet him writing him letters in prison. Is this some kind of joke? You’re losing validity in your arguments by insulting me. There’s no need to get personal. Anyway, if you really must know, I met him at my cousin’s graduation party. My cousin and my husband were in medical school together and my cousin introduced me to him at the party because he thought I would like him. I did like him and he liked me. We got married after only 7 months of dating and have been happy together ever since.
I wouldn’t even bother commenting back to such ignorant people if I weren’t a mother. I honestly don’t care what people think about my relationship with my husband, they can hate all they want, but when it comes to my children, I will not stand for this kind of nonsense. By insulting me and my husband, you’re also insulting my innocent CHILDREN. How dare you say anything negative about a happy family. Are you that unhappy with yourself that you feel the need to pick on families that you don’t know? Not only is the love between my husband and I beautiful, but our love brought 4 beautiful kids into this world, so you better shut your mouth about my family.
If you weren’t so close minded, you’d have no problem finding a man. There are more than enough black men to go around, but you really are limiting your options by only being open to dating black men. What’s wrong with other races? Would you really turn down a chance at true love just because of the color of someone’s skin?
And I don’t know where you live, but maybe you should get out of town because where I live (in california) there are plenty of successful black men who have never been to jail.
Perhaps you are just looking for love in the wrong places.
You don’t need to blame others just because you can’t find a man. Have you ever thought to yourself “What am I doing wrong?”.
And I will never stand for any of this. This makes me so angry because I have mixed kids and I can’t believe people would be so hateful. But not only is MY family mixed, but my sister is married to an arab guy and they have 2 mixed kids, and my sister-in-law is engaged to a Korean man. Yes, a black woman with an asian man.
I’ll say this once again: its year 2009. We have a biracial president. We are all human, we are all exactly the same on the inside. People need to get over such petty things.
KISS MY GRITS, Rita! HA!
And……? This site is not about YOU, Rita. It’s about Black celebrities and their kids and bigger societal issues, like the question, why are so many Black males incarcerated even though we have a biracial President?
I love President Obama’s choice in a wife! She’s gorgeous and enhances her hubby tremendously! I thank BCK for highlighting our President and his beautiful, wholesome Black family so frequently on this site!
So powerful to see a Black man with pride in who he is as the leader of the nation.
“Kiss my Grits”? Wow. You are just proving to be extremely immature and ignorant with your silly insults and stupid comments.
You don’t even have anything to say to me because you know everything I said was true. Grow up and stop blaming others for your problems.
Ha ha. My god, this is just ridiculous.
@ Rita…You don’t know me, and you don’t have to write that you are angry because you come across here as an ANGRY person with your nasty comments! Thou doth protest too much! You don’t seem happy at all, just outraged that I would dare challenge your statements.
I’m not going to let you think you’re going to get away with, as a White woman, telling me anything about myself or Black men.
The way I feel about women like you is if you felt enough confidence in yourself, you’d be married to a successful man in your own race. It goes both ways, you know.
How dare you address me about men of my own race. I have a successful African American man.
California is not exempt from crime and many Black men are locked up here. I know there are successful Black males and I don’t need or appreciate you telling me anything about them, so address the general public on here on that topic and not me directly.
Wow! Four kids! You and your husband have been busy. I guess you are loving what he has to give you so no wonder you are so defensive.
If this were slavery days, Master would have had him lynched and castrated!
As a mother of 4 kids how are you finding time to type such silliness online!?
Shouldn’t you be somewhere tearing your hair out now or looking for the monthly mail?
I won’t assume that you are as wealthy as Halle Berry or that your “good man” has hired a nanny for your assistance.
I was trying to keep it clean because I respect this site, Rita, but since you scoffed at my KISS MY GRITS remark, I’ll state it more clearly on a level you may comprehend better…KISS MY A$$!
@Rita, You can dish it but you can’t take it? Grow up or keep your pompous, self-righteous, self-serving bull—- to your self-absorbed self.
I’m not the one, and you need to get your great Black husband to finance furthering your education, because you come across as being dumb as H-E double hockey stick.
@ Rita…There are a plenty of people married and on section 8. And guess what? A lot of them are interracial couples.
@ Rita…Take your own advice and worry about your own life and stop trying to go online to find a forum to tell Black women off, and how much better you think you are than them for a Black man.
And expect a retort when you make your blanket comments that you make.
Ain’t nobody afraid of talking back to you!
As you can see, Rita, I had a lot to say to you but again, I’ll cut to the chase…double kiss my A$$, loser!
I think black woman she stop being angry that black men are dating white chicks and i think black women should go out and find a white guy, or latin or asian guy and be happy. skin should not be the first reason to fall in love.
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Ama, I agree with you. When it comes to LOVE and other matters of the heart, color, race, etc. should not make a difference; however, let me explain why a lot of black women are angry at many IR relationships. One reason is because many black men shoot black women down and use their disdain for black women as an excuse to “fall in love” with women of other races. Black women are weave wearing, attitudinal, loud, fake, baby mamas, etc. Instead of saying, “Hey, I got into a bad relationship with a woman,” they shoot down and start generalizing all sisters. Secondly, a lot of people are color struck and they believe other races are more superior than their own. That is not a healthy attitude to have. I understand the “preference” issue; however, to me, I have a preference in the kind of meat I like or my favorite color, but when it comes to human beings, my preference is a man who is loving, faithful, caring, funny, has a wonderful character, etc. That’s me, and I’m not saying everyone else has to think how I think, but I believe a person can “preference” themselves out of a wonderful mate. That’s my take on it.
As far as sisters going outside their race. I totally agree. I believe people need to expand their horizons. There are millions of men on the planet. Even though I love brothers, I’m not going to limit myself to them. They surely don’t do it. I’m also not going to date outside my race just because I feel other races are better than mine.
Sorry for the long post everyone. I didn’t mean to write a dissertation
Amen Teri!
You said it so right as far as preferences and how that may apply to a color of shirt or material object but ultimately shouldn’t be given as much weight when it comes to a person’s color.
I have a black friend who justifies her “preference” not to date black men stating nonchalantly its a matter of taste–what about the quality within? She is approaching 40, no kids or man in sight and I truly believe sadly she is “preferencing’ herself out of, like so many people who lose sight of the big picture, of potential quality mates with this limiting view.
Also, I do believe that some black men (& increasingly so as the taboos have been shot down) are deliberately dating outside their race because 1.men in general still have that conquest mentality when it comes to women, 2.they somehow think the grass is greener and want to explore–forgetting women are just women when it boils down whether black, orange, blue and 3.have been brainwashed like some other men to go after what is perpetually foisted by the media as the feminine ideal—-
That said,I have nothing against interracial dating in general as when it boils down, people ar just people. That said, I feel that black women need to open horizons as far as potential mates and not dwell too much on who black men are choosing to date and marry.
Thank you, BB. Someone gets it. This “preference” stuff is dangerous. Your friend’s going to “preference” herself right out of a potentially wonderful mate. It’s crazy to me. When we stop focusing so much on the outward and realize that it’s the quality of a person that makes them the person they are, we might be just a bit happier.
Your comment was 100% on point!
Congrats can’t wait to see pics of his cute little self! I hope they enjoy this special time together and that the baby is healthy and happy. This seems to be the year of the baby boys for celebs!
wow. I am very surprised at the direction this thread has taken. This is my question: why must we only perceive life through the lens of our “blackness”? Are we not apart of the greater society that consists of human beings? History cannot be changed, but the beauty of it all, is that it’s not over yet. We need to stop letting skin color dictate our paths in this life or we continue to fall behind…
congratulations to the new parents
That was very beautifully stated.
I know a lot of sistahs who stepped off Taye Diggs when it was found that he may want you to support his career but Black Women are not to his liking. When his show Kevin Hill was on it became insulting to see week after week his White or near white love interest. Those of you who want to pretend that race doesn’t matter can join hands and sing kumbaya but remember when you’re stopped because you look like a suspect the police are looking for, when the sales person follows you all over the store and you’re compared to monkey’s go ahead and Kumbaya! BTW, when Mr. Diggs show was canceled he blamed Black women for the shows demise it never crossed his mind that maybe White America got tired of seeing him with White women every week. Throw him in with the likes of Wesley let the women they idolize support them don’t b**ch and moan when Black women don’t
He looks out of shape in this photo. I don’t think she’s enhancing his life no matter what race she is.
Your an actor/entertainer, Mr. Diggs. Work out!
How is she not “enhancing his life”. They have been together 13 years and just celebrated the birth of their first child. And both are successful in their careers. They are clearly happy and content with their lives. I think it is safe to say she has enhanced his life plenty.
Just look at him and her in the picture and ask yourself that question because I think I already answered it. No need for you to get snide with me just because I don’t see this coupling as you do.
And I don’t care if he’s been married to her for 100 years, that’s not my focus here it’s yours and the longevity of this union means nothing to me because 13 years is relatively not that long to me.
You can attempt to elevate this C or D rated so called “celebrity couple” to a superstar status to make your point, but I’m letting you know that I know better.
I guess I don’t see your point. I am looking at the picture and I see a married couple expecting their child. What else should I see? Is your point that because they aren’t “A List” celebrities their careers and lives are meaningless or something? I mean think what you want. People always want to find negatives in people for no reason.
I remember that article. It was from Rolling Out Magazine. They were insulting Taye just about the entire time they were interviewing him and then started to critize his marriage because Idina isn’t Black. He was pissed and told them that if they didnt want to support his stuff, then go find other black actors to support. Was it harsh? Sure, but they were being flat out rude.
I didn’t know that. I know a lot of women that I know said they wouldn’t watch it for the reason you said; but I didn’t watch it because I didn’t like it. I’ve never been “taken” by Taye. He’s not my type. I just didn’t like the show. As a matter of fact I liked his acting in the HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK, but he should have never starred against Morris Chestnut as he did in THE BEST MAN. While I thought he was cute in Stella; he cooled that right down when he stood next to Morris Chestnut. He failed!
I agree, Raquel and I just want to add that Taye Diggs is no Will Smith as far as his acting abilities, popularity or bank account and he needs as big a fan base as he can get.
He’s just another blue black mofo living with personal issues of self hate. I bet he looks just like his mother.
I don’t care who dates who…..it’s all about love, but I do love me some black men! It’s something about the struggle that I love. How they can over come anything (well some)! I love seeing to strong black people together! It shows every black child that there is a such thing as REAL BLACK LOVE! This is just my opinion, so please no need for bashing! I just love black love, but I also don’t see a problem with people dating outside of their race.
Wow. Who knew a simple birth announcement could get so ugly so quickly? Jeez! O_O
LOL!
2 leo,
For me, it’s not about the birth announcement, it’s about Taye Digg’s remarks against Black women and then a White woman, Rita writing her 2 cents here.
And just because she didn’t use expletives in responding to me, it’s still name calling when she refers to me as ignorant, even though I know she resorted to that because she was at a lost for words.
Pisces, you sound straight ignorant. Are you old enough to be on a computer without adult supervision?
@Simka…Whatever! I hope you absorbed my previous remarks intellectually if you’re capable as well as your friend, Rita!
Obviously I have left you for a lost of words. Anybody can respond as you did with an empty comment that has absolutely no meaning, stupid!
1. There hasn’t been one hint of intelligence in your posts.
2. My so called “empty” comment left you with a lot to say.
3. I prefer to live by the statement: Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
4. You should live by the statement: Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
….which you did with all your wordy posts.
My posts have been succinct and to the point…if you’re referring to me. You have me confused with your friend Rita here. If you don’t like what I write move on and ignore it.
By the way, you write like a 4th grader lining up your points for content.
You’re not only ignorant and a fool but you’re dumb as H-E double hockey sticks, too!
P.S. Simka ( for your edification p.s. means post script in the English language).
I hope you listened to the President’s message about education today. It’s never too late for you to go back or continue in school particularly to hone your writing skills.
Just thought I’d add a kind recommendation to lift you up a little today.
Congrats to Taye and Idina on their son.
There are some double standards. Folks come to bck to ridicule. While over at other site such as JJ they get to call Tara Wilson the mother of Chris North son Ugly and gold digger. Along with Keshia Chambers Wife of Justin Chambers. sad indeed
What is JJ. I never heard of it. I’m spending far too much time at this site though. LOL
I admit, I do too, Khrish.
Agree Anonymous! The “elephant in the room” that neither myself or anyone else referred to at this post is the way Idina or whatever her name is, appears in this photograph. That’s no cutie patootie Taye is holding hands with!
I’ve read extremely ugly and horrifying comments from BCK readers about Black female celebrities pre and post pregnacy, but nothing negative about this lady’s face,legs, knees or midriff.
Sure is a double standard with some people.
Idina Menzel looks like she is about to give birth. What should people comment on? Whether she be Black, Hispanic, or White, why does it ALWAYS have to be a race thing with people? Why do people always feel the need to trash talk women? Does it make your lives feel better or something?
Please note that Rita here is the one that introduced race into the conversation by identifying herself as White, and her declaring that Black women are jealous of Black men with White women.
Also, Mr. Diggs’ own previous negative statements about his Black female fan base also introduced race into the discussion.
Celebrities should be cautious in alienating any of their fans no matter what race they are. Fans buy movie tickets and support the celebrities livings.
Many Black female celebrities are featured here during various stages of pregnancy as well, and have been savagely called everything negative that you can imagine in terms of their appearance.
Why should there be a double standard? This lady may look very lovely in some people’s view, and may look sloppy to others.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it is highly subjective.
Not a racial issue!
Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Double standard. Why is there a standard at all? It is ridiculous that women are criticized during pregnancy at all. Women during that time of their lives are having life changing things happening to their bodies. It just shows how insecure the person is if they feel the need to judge another woman. That is on them and their personal demons to deal with.
And as for racial comments. I have only seen people comment on those black woman remarks from that ONE interview. I get people don’t have to like Taye. I personally don’t think he is that great of an actor myself, thought I respect his work (especially his dancing. He is a beautiful contemporary dancer!). But he is a very nice man who does A LOT for his family, autistic children, charities, and is involved with a lot of African American organizations. He and his best friend Shane Evans (www.shaneevans.com) just finished a children’s picture book about an African American Boy and self awareness that is due out in 2010. But those things aren’t advertised and I only know about them because I have been around his family when they supported those events.
I wish people would stop being so judgmental about each other and look at the entire picture, and not just a corner dot. But people will think what they want. And support who they want. That is our right.
Congrats to Taye and Idina.
Again, why is it when Seal is on here, no one talks about how he is with a white woman, but when Taye does it, it’s a problem? Is it because Seal is not as attractive as Taye?
hmmmmmmm….maybe people support Heidi and Seal more as entertainers. I don’t recall Seal making irresponsible remarks on the record against his Black fans.
I don’t think it’s a racial issue, it could be that Seal and Heidi are just more popular and respected as a couple and they haven’t publicly injected race into the equation as Taye Digg with his provoking remarks against Black women.
Seal and Heidi also are higher up on the celebrity chain than Taye and his spouse.
Also, in my opinion, Seal is a gorgeous specimen! IMO, he’s way better looking than Taye Diggs.
I adore Seal’s rugged sex appeal as well as his singing talent and sexy accent.
He and Heidi are a sexy couple and after having all of her kids, it is commendable how she is in fantastic physical shape!
I was jst asking……While reading the post, it seemed as if there were many who had an issue with black men dating white women and I never saw it on the Seal posts. Also, I’ve never heard of or read about the Taye Diggs statement against Black women……This is news to me and I will looking this up. If this is true….Shame on him.
Here is exactly what Taye said in the [now dead] Rolling Out Magazine. I felt like the interviewers were not professional and were even rude with some of their questions to Taye. Though Taye didn’t handle himself well either. No wonder the magazine ended. Anyways, here is the snippet that caused the uproar.
“What [black women] were happy about was that [Mendes’ character in Hitch] wasn’t white; she was Latina,” Diggs explains when asked why Will Smith’s role in the film didn’t draw as much cultural ire as some of the choices he’s made on- and off-screen. “That’s what they were happy about, if we’re gonna be real. That’s how the scale goes. First off, if it’s a dark brother and the dark brother isn’t with a dark sister that causes issues. … After that, if you’re going to date outside the race, then they go down the list of how poorly other minorities have been treated after blacks. [So] after that, you have Latino. … Like, I’ve had people say that about my wife: ‘At least she looks Spanish.’ Like that makes it a little bit better. So that’s why people accepted it. If Will Smith had been with a lily-white woman, it would’ve been a completely different situation in the black community as far as females are concerned. I guarantee you that.”
And here is when he was asked why he married Idina, who is Jewish, and if being married to her has negatively affected his career in Black Hollywood.
“I’m too far along in my life and in my career to really give a question like that any type of dignified answer,” says Diggs, who was raised in black, middle-class Rochester, N.Y., intones. “When I was in high school, maybe. College, maybe. But I’m a grown-ass man and if people have a difficult time dealing with that, then I welcome them to see a movie with Omar Epps or Denzel Washington or some of those other brothers that have chosen to spend the rest of their lives with sisters, as you say. I just don’t have time for it. You can’t make everybody happy. And for the fans that are out there that are into me; they don’t really give a f— what’s going on with my personal life.”
I think Seal is extremely sexy as well. But I have seen plenty of comments regarding their union as well. But like Taye and Idina, there is a positive one comment for every negative one. Racism won’t completely go away, but it is decreasing. Thankfully.
I’m happy you posted Mr. Diggs’ past remarks in the magazine. I agree with you, they were totally misguided and negative remarks that he allowed a publication to print on the record.
He was further misguided and a little delusional to compare himself to Will Smith. If I can recall, Diggs has acted primarily as part of ensemble acting cast, not carrying a movie or featured as the “STAR” such as Will Smith and Denzel Washington.
There is a huge difference in Will Smith’s bank-ability compared to Taye Diggs. Will Smith is a HUGE crossover star and I’m sure that his Black female fans are not mad at the fact that both of his wives have been African American. Will Smith and Denzel Washington marrying Black women has not diminished their paychecks or cross over appeal at all.
I will do as Mr. Diggs suggested and I will continue to support movies made by Will Smith and Denzel Washington. I admire their artistry as well as the personal choices they’ve made in their lives.
Well technically Taye didn’t compare himself to Will Smith and Denzel Washington. The interviewers compared him to them and their roles with women of the opposite sex. Taye was just responding on their question.
I get really sick of men like Taye making statements that cover the entire gender of Black women. I didn’t watch his show because I didn’t like it. As far as he is concerned, personally, he could have been married to a woman of color and I still would not have watched it after the first episode. It was not a good show. That’s the problem, not to whom he is married. I saw “RENT”. Like I said I watched him in HOW STELLA GOT HER GOOVE BACK and THE BEST MAN as well as the movie he made with Queen Latifa as one of the stars. He needs to MAN UP and admit that his TV series failed because it sucked. That would be mature.
Well said Issy,(4 sept 2.38pm) I agree, as black people we can be our own worse enemies. I can totally understand why Lil Kim did what she did, not because she wanted to look more European but because it was her own black people that ridiculed her features. I have a big nose, and because I still get put down about it, from my own people I would have a nose. I know we should all love ourselves but it is hard when your own race seems ashamed of you and unaccepting.
Re; My last comment. Nose job(rhinoplasty).oops
@Khrish, I agree and I find Taye Diggs acting in all of his work that I’ve seen to be one dimensional…he always acts the same whether he’s playing a romantic, action or dramatic character. All he does is talk fast and acts incredulous, smirks and grins.
I still say entertainers need as many fans as they can get and if they care about their careers, they should not alienate any of them if they can help it.
He may think he has a huge following of fans, but if he did, he would financially and popularity wise be on par with Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker, Morgan Freeman, et al.
Oh yeah, not to mention that these four great African American actors I’ve mentioned have either been Academy award nominees or winners. Their Black wives and families have supported them all the way.
I don’t think Mr. Diggs has gotten there yet, as far along as he says he is in his career.
It’s fan power that makes or breaks them in the long run.