*(CNN) — Idina Menzel has shared about a number of the “very sophisticated” causes she and Taye Diggs break up in 2013.
The “Depraved” star appeared on a current episode of the podcast “Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson.” Ferguson defined that he went from being a fan of Menzel from her time starring within the authentic Broadway manufacturing of “Lease” to co-starring together with her in “Hair” and turning into associates.
“Lease” can be the place she met Diggs. The previous couple married in 2003 and years later welcomed a son, Walker.
Menzel advised Ferguson that whereas they’ve at all times been supportive of one another, being in an interracial relationship introduced them outdoors pressures.
“The factor that got here into play extra, I’d say, and he’s talked about it too, is the interracial side of it,” Menzel mentioned. “If you’re within the theater, it’s simply not a factor. All of us love one another, sleep with one another and [are] greatest associates with whoever needs to be, no matter sexual orientation.”
However leaving the “cocoon” of the theater world was completely different, she mentioned.
“I believe he had his personal stuff to take care of, with that,” she mentioned of Diggs. “It appeared like there was disappointment in the neighborhood with him as a result of he was married to somewhat white Jewish woman from some present that we don’t even bear in mind. So I took that on, too.”
Diggs talked about their break up with Redbook in a 2014 interview.
“I’d be mendacity if I mentioned there weren’t occasions once I thought, ‘Oh, man, persons are going to journey out [if we split]. Perhaps they thought it was cute that we met in ‘Lease,’” he mentioned. “There weren’t numerous {couples} like us within the theater neighborhood—and I do know there aren’t numerous performers as proficient as she is… after which you’ve got the entire combined [race] factor. It was straightforward for individuals to root for us.”
Menzel married actor-turned-therapist Aaron Lohr in 2017.
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