Issa Rae’s mother, Delyna Diop, is the reason why the usually reserved entertainer took to social media earlier this year to shut down pregnancy speculation.
In since-deleted tweets, the 37-year-old actress-writer halted the internet’s chatter that she and her husband, Louis Diame, were expecting a child, after her mom wondered if she was keeping it a secret from her. “My sister sent me a screenshot of my mom texting her an article like, ‘Did she tell you… Are the rumors true?,’” the star and creator of tells in its first-ever digital cover. “I was like, ‘What?!’ (My sister) was like, ‘Not Mom believing in gossip!’ I was like, ‘But she texted you and she didn't even ask me!’ I'm like, ‘Mom, a pregnancy … you really think that I would hide a grandchild from you?
That you’ve been begging for?!’ So I had to say something, because it was getting out of hand.” As for if the world will get a baby reveal if Rae and her husband chose to expand their family, she says she isn’t sure. “Maybe if I have a child, I'll feel like, ‘Everybody needs to see this thing!’” she says. “I don’t know.” One thing the creator is sure about is taking time off.
Rae admits that last year, while riding the wave of success, she jumped into a host of projects that didn’t allow enough time for her to decompress, causing her to burn out. “Last year taught me that the balance needs to be planned in advance for me, because, otherwise, I would just work, work, work, work, work,” she explains. “Even after , like a dummy, I did an episode of .
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