The Chicago star, real name Dana Owens, grew up in New Jersey with her mother Rita. Her dad, policeman Lancelot Owens, left the family home after her parents divorced when she was 10 years old.
Latifah reveals she would often be placed under a babysitter's care, but her life was turned upside down when one teenage male sitter decided to take advantage of the youngster.
She struggled to come to terms with the traumatic experience for years, and refuses to let pals and potential lovers get "too close" to her as a result.
She tells Essence magazine, "He violated me. I never told anybody. I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arm's length."
Single Latifah, who has long been rumoured to be a lesbian, even admits the abuse has caused irreparable damage to her love life - suggesting she previously turned down a marriage proposal because of her childhood tragedy.
The 39 year old adds, "I never really let a person get too close to me. I could have been married years ago, but I had a commitment issue."
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Mother Jones Magazine
Sep-Oct 1990
Question: Why was Queen Latifah hanging around David Bowie? Is she "secretly" admitting to the reasons why she fell into her current lifestyle or is she prepping the public for an arranged relationship with famous or not so famous "male"? Developing...
Oh bitch please I'm soooo tired of these freaking celebrities blaming sexual abuse on all of their problems. Damn there every last one of them claims sexual abuse. Why is it that we never see a pic of king latifah's supposed brother that supposely died in a motorcycle accident. Her stories don't sit right with me either. She is definately hiding more info.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, have anyone else noticed that none of these black celebs father is ever in the picture. Their parents are either divorced or the father left the family when the celeb was a CHILD. this bullshyt don't set right with me either.
@1:17 PM
ReplyDelete"Why is it that we never see a pic of king latifah's supposed brother that supposely died in a motorcycle accident. Her stories don't sit right with me either. She is definately hiding more info."
Weird! It was also odd behavior for Alicia Keys to appear with her so-called brother when no one knew she had a brother. They spoke of her being the only child for many years.
"Another thing, have anyone else noticed that none of these black celebs father is ever in the picture. Their parents are either divorced or the father left the family when the celeb was a CHILD."
There's only one reason for this excuse - the fathermother (merged into one) was born as a hermaphrodite and they gave birth to the child.
There's always some made-up lame excuse as to the so-called biological parent whereabouts.
Queen Latifah use to hang around David Bowie?
ReplyDeleteShe grew up surrounded by her own kind.
The Others - not female not male.
Someone within our societies created a category for th others and its called "Gay and Lesbian".
They are actually marching around the globe in "Pride" parades. They are happy that they were birthed through INCEST!
And this crap is celebrated every year!
@ 5:01 Okay are you saying that that the fathermother person got themselves pregnant? I did see a pic of Queen's father and she looks just like him. If you watch her movie Beautyshop, he is one of the customers sitting in her chair.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Latifah hung around Davie Bowie. When did this happen?
No meaning the child wasn't born through a person born 100% female and i heard that Queen Latifah's father is really her BROTHER who they claim DIED!
ReplyDeleteThey linked up in 1989 and recorded a track in 1990 but Queen Latifah use to sing the hook on so many people songs. She took the money and didn't want the credit because she didn't know how people were going to accept her - she transformed! You never saw pictures of her as a child.
ReplyDeleteI really don't believe that old azz man is king latifah's brother because he is tooooo old looking and she does favor him. If he is her brother that would mean the women who is claiming to be her mother is an imposter. Because there is no way that women gave birth to that man. I saw some high school pics of queen and she pretty much has not changed that much. However I haven't seen any pics of her when she was in grade school.
ReplyDeleteShes from Newark NJ and it would be pretty hard to keep a lid on a transformation. But you never know with these evil ppl.
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