"Tisha Campbell & Duane Martin: Through the Fire"
Friday, September 7, 2007
, Posted by DJ Plan.B at 9/07/2007 02:27:00 PM
HAPPY couple Tisha Campbell and Duane Martin, both part of a vicious rumor last month that both were homosexual and thus getting a divorce, spoke to Essence Magazine about their relationship and their autistic son, Xen.
Excerpts from the article follow:
Essence.com: For the past month, the blogosphere has been filled with rumors about the future of your marriage. How are you holding up?
D.M.: Mark Twain said it best: “A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” So I’m not going to defend myself against a gay rumor when I’m trying to defend my son against autism...
Essence.com: Bloggers even wrote that Duane and longtime friend Will Smith are an item?
T.M.: (Laughs) Our theory is that it’s really a slave mentality. Whenever the Black community has leaders, potential leaders or a family unit, we emasculate them. You don’t ever see them do that to Ben Affleck or Matt Damon. They can be friends, and be powerful individually or collectively and do amazing things.
D.M.: It’s a Brat Pack when White people do it.