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New York Post
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Niecy Nash-Betts gets candid on Hollywood sex scenes at 55: ‘It's stressful'
The claws are coming out for Niecy Nash-Betts. The actress, 55, opened up about sex scenes in the entertainment industry, while talking with Helen Mirren, Kathy Bates, Parker Posey, Keri Russell and Cristin Milioti during the Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actress Roundtable. 'Well, I was never the ingénue,' Nash-Betts told the ladies about past roles. 'Then, when I turned 45, it was like, 'And now we want you to be naked.' You waited until now? I was fine to play the part, but the days that you have to film intimate scenes, it's stressful. And I think it's men who do these call sheets because they put them at night. They think it's sexy. No.' 6 Helen Mirren, Kathy Bates, Niecy Nash-Betts, Parker Posey, Keri Russell and Cristin Milioti. Beau Grealy for 'The Hollywood Reporter' When it comes to intimate scenes on camera, the 'The Rookie: Feds' actress knows exactly what time of day works. 'Let's do it first thing in the morning, when this man just got out the tub and he's not smelling like a field mouse,' Nash-Betts explained. 'You go through all the heart palpitations, the closed set. 'Was my side meat a little too jiggly? Are my kibbles and bits covered?' And then they don't use it! I put myself out there to be that vulnerable, literally exposed, and you don't use it? Now I got an attitude. Stuff it back in there somewhere!' Milioti, 39, couldn't agree more. 6 The Hollywood Reporter sit down. Beau Grealy @beaugrealy 'I can get a little myopic about it,' the 'Black Mirror' star stated. 'I get defensive of the character, and I'm like, 'Why did they cut that thing that she says that explains this, this and this?' I forget to zoom out and think about the story as a larger piece. Much later, I can get why something was cut, but in the moment.' The powerhouse group also discussed being typecasted in Hollywood, with Nash-Betts revealing she feels she's had a variety of different roles throughout her career. She noted, 'I've lived a lot of lives as an actor — doing something as loud as 'Reno 911!,' and then you slide all the way over and that pendulum hits 'Jeffrey Dahmer.' I don't know what it would say [today] because it depends on which version of me they're looking for.' 6 Niecy Nash in 'Claws.' ©TNT/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection Although she's unsure of what version of herself she's looking to pull out now, Nash-Betts did add, 'I love that I can make people laugh and cry. I do not take it lightly.' Despite having a roster of variety, the 'Claws' star recalled one moment in particular that didn't sit well with her. 'I had it right to my face,' she said. 'I auditioned for something early in my career, and the two producers looked at each other and said, 'She's got a cute face. You think she can lose weight?' And I was like, 'Guys, she can hear you. She is here. And, no, she can't. Now are y'all going to give me the job?'' 6 Niecy Nash in 'Reno 911!' ©Comedy Central/Courtesy Everett Collect / Everett Collection Nash-Betts got the part, but as she remembered, 'I don't even know if I was the best one, but they probably felt so embarrassed.' After Mirren, 79, asked if she lost weight for the role, the 'American Horror Story' vet responded, 'No. I went home and ate a cookie.' Elsewhere in the sit-down, the 'Reno 911!' alum also got candid on her current romance. Nash-Betts was previously married to Don Nash from 1994 to 2007, before remarrying in 2011 to Jay Tucker. 6 Niecy Nash at the Disney 2025 Upfront. The pair split in 2020, and she went on to tie the knot with Jessica Betts that same year. Now, Nash-Betts is happier than ever – despite being told the union could derail her career opportunities. 'Everybody has an opinion! There were people who were like, 'Your fan base has known you to be a certain way, and you need to stay right there. Otherwise, you'll never eat lunch in this town again,'' she admitted. 'Some of that comes from older generations, family members, and that's how they think. But I've always been a person who does one thing: what I want to do.' 6 Niecy Nash hosting 'Clean House.' Style Network/Courtesy Everett Collectio / Everett Collection Looking back, Nash-Betts knows she made the right choice, sharing how the singer, 42, has been a constant support system for her over the past five years. 'And I'm going to do it all the way. I give very little thought, if any, to what somebody else thinks about it. I cannot even imagine my life without Jessica,' she expressed. 'This is the greatest love of my entire life. I would not even be able to enjoy my work as much as I do without that kind of support. So I did what I wanted to do. I don't regret it. I would do it again. As a matter of fact, we are about to celebrate five years.' Now, the wives are ready to celebrate their love story once more in honor of the five year mark. 'We're about to do another vow renewal,' Nash-Bettes told the table, 'a big party, just so I can say 'In your face' to whoever told me not to get married.'
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Niecy Nash-Betts says 2 producers discussed her weight in front of her face during audition: 'Guys, she can hear you'
Even before she was an Emmy-winning actress, Grotesquerie star Niecy Nash-Betts had no problem standing up for herself during auditions. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter as part of its drama actress roundtable, Nash-Betts recalled a very uncomfortable moment during an audition years ago when producers started talking about her body as though she wasn't standing right in front of them. "I auditioned for something early in my career, and the two producers looked at each other and said, 'She's got a cute face. You think she can lose weight?' And I was like, 'Guys, she can hear you. She is here. And, no, she can't. Now are y'all going to give me the job?'' Though Nash-Betts didn't reveal the name of the project, she said she did end up landing the role: "I don't even know if I was the best one, but they probably felt so embarrassed." Even better, she did not have to lose any weight to get the part. In fact, Nash-Betts recalled, "I went home and ate a cookie." The 55-year-old Nash-Betts, who married singer Jessica Betts in 2020, also discussed how surprised she was to be asked to do nude scenes later in her career. "When I turned 45, it was like, 'And now we want you to be naked.' You waited until now? I was fine to play the part, but the days that you have to film intimate scenes, it's stressful." After winning an Emmy in 2024 for Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Nash-Betts — who broke through in 2003 for her performance as Deputy Raineesha Williams on the comedy Reno 911! — has seen her career go in a more dramatic direction. "I literally just called my team and said, 'I think people forgot I'm funny,'" said the actress, who will next star alongside Naomi Watts and Kim Kardashian in Ryan Murphy's legal drama, All's Fair. "Every role I get, I'm crying. I'm falling out. I'm perturbed. I'm a funny girl too, so I'm out here in the streets trying to remind people." Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Closers 2025: Biggest Moments From TIME's Impact Dinner
See the full 2025 Closers list . Despite the mostly celebratory atmosphere at the TIME Impact Dinner for The Closers 2025—a list highlighting 25 Black leaders making strides to advance racial equity—the tense U.S. political climate cut through chants of 'Happy Black History Month' and 'Amens' throughout the evening. 'When we launched this community last year, the moment felt urgent—now, it feels even more so,' TIME Chief Marketing and Impact Officer Sade Muhammad said Thursday night in New York in a room of honorees including Emmy Award-winning actor Niecy Nash-Betts and Tara Duncan, president of the Onyx Collective, which amplifies content from creators of color. The panel and dinner took place just weeks after President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order calling for the end of what he called 'DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] discrimination in the federal workplace.' The directive impacted all corners of the federal government: prompting the Environmental Protection Agency to shut down its DEI office, and leading Secretary of State Marco Rubio to bar U.S. embassies and consulate offices from flying Pride or Black Lives Matter flags, which were previously permitted by the Biden Administration. A number of private corporations have also followed suit in shutting down DEI initiatives to align with the new administration's policy. 'We're living in a moment of counter-factual, of misinformation, of disinformation, of false equivalency and the normalization of anti science, and it's infectious,' warned Lisa Holder, president of the Equal Justice Society and civil rights attorney. But the trailblazers still centered hope in conversations with one another. Panelist La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, which sponsored the event, seemed resolved in her commitment despite the challenges impacting the work of the leaders in the room. 'In this moment, we are so steadfast in what we are doing,' Montgomery said, mentioning that many companies were engaged in bridging the racial equity gap even before George Floyd protests spurred conversations about systemic racism around U.S. dinner tables in 2020—and would continue to do so despite rollbacks in government. 'We are with you.' To achieve that equity that leaders are working hard to champion, some honorees challenged people to remove themselves from the political silos they find themselves in. 'So much of what's happened since November is that we've been retreating,' said National Black Justice Collective CEO and executive director David J. Johns in a panel discussion moderated by journalist and founder of birthFUND Elaine Welteroth. 'I'm asking you to do the tough work of staying in relationship with people who need to come closer to us and to show up with love.' Engaging in that work might also involve code switching to better cater to those who may not be receptive to the work activists are doing. 'We're in a moment where we're systematically under attack. How do we reframe the narrative around what it means to care and do the work of DEI?' said Elise Smith, CEO and co-founder of the tech startup Praxis Labs. The significance of leaning on those who came before you also dominated discussions across the dinner table. Olympian Gabby Thomas dedicated her speech to the inspirational women that shaped her: her mother, Allyson Felix, and Sanya Richards Ross. 'There's always someone ahead of us showing us what is possible,' Thomas said. Emmy Award-winning actor, director, and producer Colman Domingo, who graced the cover of TIME's most-recent issue, ended the night with a call to solidarity and perseverance. In order to truly heal, he said, it's important to rely on one another to foment strength and love. 'The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out,' Domingo said, citing writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin. 'It is all of our responsibility to close the racial equality gap, the racial equity gap. We will all win when we look at our fellows and see them thriving.' TIME Impact Dinner: The Closers was presented by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Contact us at letters@
