Uptown Magazine

Super-talented actress and singer Tichina Arnold has been acting since she was a kid. With that, she has an impressive laundry list of A-list sitcoms and co-stars.

She got famous on the FOX sitcom Martin opposite Martin Lawrence, and then moved on to the CW’s Everybody Hates Chris with Chris Rock. Now, she’s heartily alongside Fran Drescher in Happily Divorced, and the forty-something talked to Karu F. Daniels for Uptown Magazine.

Here are some highlights:

Marriage equality…is not just about love. It’s about property, belongings, what you built together, what you share together and the things people don’t realize that are caught in the balance of two people not being able to have this union. The institution of marriage was built for the purposes of property, not love.

Martin Lawrence…taught me to keep on my toes. Once those cameras started rolling, he would go off script in a matter of seconds. You had to be ready. That’s what I loved about his comedy. It prepared me to be a better comedic actress.

Gay husbands…are called “gusbands.” I told my real husband, “Listen honey, you’re going to be happy to have him around because he’s going to do all the things that you don’t want to do.” Now, he introduces him to his friends as my “gusband.” Every woman needs one.

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