![]() ![]() ![]() “Our show, I don’t think was as important to them as it was to our community,” she stated. Curvy Wives and Girlfriends (Showoff) 1,950 111 38m 9 4y pics taken by friends - married ladies only 3,505 6 1mo 16 4y Curvy, Plump, BBW & All Natural Ladies. We weren’t executive producers or showrunners, we were just actresses, so we have no say in none of that.”Īnd Ellis Ross had a theory as to why “Girlfriends” ended without a proper sendoff or a closing out of the storylines. Women who like to show off their curves 152 2 10mo 0 - Erotic Breast Coverings 359 1 5y 3 15y Guys Next Door 17 0 - 1. “But what they don’t realize is we literally have no power over that. “People will literally come up to us and say, ‘Why don’t you guys get on Netflix,’” said Ellis Ross. But Ellis Ross explained the decision for the popular sitcom to live on isn’t up to them. The ladies also said it would be hard to reboot the show because it ended so abruptly, but they’d be open to a “Girlfriends” movie. So I chose to leave to strike while the iron was hot.” So I made the decision to see what else is out there, because I didn’t know how much longer things would last. “I landed the role when I was 25 and the show was on at the time for six years, putting me at 31 years old. “What people don’t realize is that ‘Girlfriends’ was my third audition,” Jones explained. In another part of the interview Jones, who played Toni Childs, talked about leaving “Girlfriends” after the sixth season, and she shot down rumors that her exit was related to beef with the cast.Ĭontrarily, Jones said her reason for leaving was just a career move. “Because it was such an assumption, and that’s not the way it is everywhere.” “And it changed the way I go forward in my career,” she added. “We were led by Mara Brock Akil, by a black woman, our writers room was majority black women, our crew, our director of photography was a black man.” “‘Girlfriends’ and our crew, cast had so much diversity,” Ellis Ross explained. And she didn’t realize how rare that was until later on. The “black-ish” star also talked about how “Girlfriends” was pretty much a Black show with Black folks working on both sides of the camera. “We’ve been wanting for it to happen for a long time, and you’ve been one of the people that have been really vocal about that, which we can all say thank you,” said Ellis Ross, who played the lawyer Joan Clayton on “Girlfriends.” She also thanked “The Breakfast Club” host for the part he played in bringing them back together. “Girlfriends” ran on UPN/The CW between 20 before being canceled, and it starred Tracee Ellis Ross, Jill Marie Jones, Persia White and Golden Brooks as best friends living in Los Angeles.Ĭharlamagne’s interview was published on Tuesday, and Ellis Ross said the reunion is something they’d wanted to do for awhile. And now the ladies have all sat down for a new interview with Charlamagne Tha God. People are definitely still buzzing about the cast of “Girlfriends” reuniting on “black-ish” on Tuesday, Oct. ![]()
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