Taye Diggs isn’t swearing off love.
The actor, who already has a number of iconic roles underneath his belt with Harper in “The Greatest Man,” Winston in “How Stella Obtained Her Groove Again,” and Dre in “Brown Sugar,” remains to be on the lookout for Mrs. Proper.
Whereas selling his new Lifetime film, “His, Hers & Ours,” the 54-year-old actor defined what life is like now as a single man in Hollywood who hasn’t given up on love.
“It’s simply totally different,” Diggs informed Individuals. “I’m older now and I’ve sure boundaries and my tastes have modified and my persistence is low. I can barely use my cellphone as it’s! Now I’ve to make use of it to speak with somebody of the other intercourse? When do you textual content again? How lengthy do you wait? Monosyllabic solutions. I simply don’t know. It’s been an fascinating journey.”
Diggs was married to actress and singer Idina Menzel from 2003 to 2013, and the couple has a 16-year-old son, Walker. Diggs was linked to actuality tv star Apryl Jones from 2022 to 2023, however he championed the concept relationships and love take work and vowed by no means to surrender on them.
“I’m simply saying it’s not simple,” Diggs defined. “It takes some work and a spotlight. I’m taking it someday at a time as a result of my style will change hourly. I’ll need to be in a relationship, having one other child, after which the following day I can think about myself being single till I die. My moods are continuously swinging, so we’ll see the way it finally ends up.”
“His, Hers & Ours” which premieres on Lifetime on Saturday (Nov. 1) is the most recent movie in Terry McMillan’s partnership with Lifetime. The film additionally stars Lesley-Ann Brandt and Aimee Garcia and focuses on Diggs’ Darius Stone, a single father in his 50s who finds his daughter in mattress together with her boyfriend. Not lengthy after Darius kicks the boyfriend out, he meets the boyfriend’s mom, performed by Brandt, kickstarting a whirlwind romance much like Diggs’ private life.
When requested in regards to the similarities between the 2, Diggs laughed.
“Being in your 50s, being single, being a Black man, attempting to determine if he’s prepared for love,” Diggs mentioned. “That’s a really particular sort of style. I can pull on life experiences far more than I used to be capable of earlier than.”
Watch the trailer to “His, Hers & Ours” under. The movie airs on Lifetime Saturday (Nov. 1) at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.
