Maya Rudolph Isn't Taking Any More Questions About One Tragic Detail About Her Life
Don’t ask Maya Rudolph any more questions about her mother’s death because she’s done talking about it.
The Saturday Night Live alum told Variety in a September 11 interview that the one questions she’d like to retire is anything related to the early death of her mother, Minnie Riperton. “My whole career, people have always brought up my mom, which is wonderful,” she told the outlet of the famous soul singer who died of breast cancer at age 31, weeks before Rudolph turned seven.
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“But then they also bring up the tragedy of losing my mother when I was little,” Rudolph added. “And they ask me how old I was when she died. The other day, I said, ‘Why the f-ck are we still doing this?'”
“First of all, if you know me and you know who I am, you already have that information. And the second thing is, who wants to be asked about their childhood trauma every time they talk about their career? I’m 52 years old, and I have survived my childhood trauma.”
Rudolph, who did note to Variety that she is deeply proud of her mother and her impact on music history, added that she regrets feeling pressured to dig up the traumatic moment in previous interviews.
“I answer the question and then afterwards, I’m like, ‘Why the f-ck did I do that again?'” she said. “Maybe this is the day where we just go, like, ‘You can stop asking.’ It just makes a sad story. But we’re talking about great things, yeah, and humans are capable of so much more than one thing. But for whatever reason, people want to really focus on the sadness, and I’m like, ‘I good.'”
The Loot star, who could win her seventh Emmy Award at the September 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, noted that she has reached a point in life where the “zero-f-cks hormones” have kicked in and she’s no longer trying to people please when it comes to things that make her uncomfortable.
“I am a polite person, and I care about how I treat other people, obviously. And I try not to ruffle feathers. I like to be respectful,” she said. “But at a certain point, you have to stand up for yourself. It took me a long time to get to feeling more comfortable in this space, but I’m in it now.”
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