Last week actress Taraji P. Henson stunned her fanbase after announcing that she considered quitting showbiz over the pay disparities for Black actresses [click here if you missed that].
Taraji shares how she had to fire her entire team for not capitalizing on the success of the hit series 'Empire...'
From ETonline
Taraji P. Henson says that of all the smart business decisions she has made in Hollywood, one stands out as the best.
In a new interview with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the 53-year-old star of The Color Purple said that firing her entire team after her time on FOX's hit series Empire was one of the most salient.
"Firing everybody after Cookie," she answered while speaking with Variety's Angelique Jackson. "Everybody had to f**kin' go."
The Hidden Figures actress -- who played Cookie Lyon for six seasons prior to the show's end in 2020 -- pointed to her character's many iconic attributes when explaining why she thought her team would be ready and able to capitalize on her fan-favorite role after the show stopped.
"Where is my deal? Where's my commercial? Cookie was at the top of the fashion game. Where is my endorsement? What did you have set up for after this? That's why you all haven’t seen me in so long. They had nothing set up," Henson said during the sit-down.
The one thing her team did bring to her after Empire had ended was the idea of a Cookie-centric spinoff, which she said she was only open to if it had been done "right."
"All they wanted was another Cookie show, and I said, 'I'll do it, but it has to be right. The people deserve- she’s too beloved for y'all to f**k it up.' And so, when they didn’t get it right, I was like, 'Well, that’s it,' and they had nothing else. 'You're all f**kin’ fired,'" she said.
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