Actress-comedian Kim Wayans is opened up about her twenties in a special YouTube series promoting Lena Waithe‘s new show Twenties, which airs on BET.
Wayans is candid about learning to trust herself and voice, sharing that for a long time she “looked to other people to basically tell me who I was.” “When I was young, I didn’t really trust my voice.
I looked to my brothers, I looked to other people to basically tell me who I was,” she said. “Deep inside, I knew who I was and I knew what I wanted to do, but when you’re young like that, sometimes it’s hard to trust that.” The actress also shared what it was like navigating the entertainment industry as a young Black woman as she struggled with being “put you in a box.” “Trying to figure out my
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