ESSENCE Festival, Haitian-American actor and producer Jean Elie has a smile on his face neither you nor I, nor immense jet lag could wipe off.
The star, who most know for his role as Issa Dee’s witty brother Ahmal on HBO’s Insecure, is floating on cloud nine. He has a new series he’s producing and starring in, and he’s newly engaged.
His longtime girlfriend, Randall Bailey, is on the virtual call as well. He’s speaking from their home base of Los Angeles, she from her native state of Maryland where she flew from New Orleans to visit family (to both wind down and share the good news).
Even from complete opposite sides of the country, you can feel their chemistry radiate. But in the beginning, when they first met in 2015, their chemistry was nowhere near as strong.
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