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American star actress Gabrielle Union Wade is the cover of the September issue of Health Magazine.
What I love is we don’t insist she’s likable. She’s the friend who doesn’t always get it right, but she’s real. Like all of us, she hasn’t figured out how to have it all.
I don’t think so. A mother, to have it all, has to somehow also provide a check, also be superfreak Kama Sutra down to the ground, be a size double zero, be super present in the PTA but still putting in extra hours at work. It is impossible. There are literally not enough hours. To me, having it all is not having it all and it being OK.
We put guilt on ourselves because people are judging us. I have figured out how to say no and create comfortable spaces where I have real joy in my work, in my home, in my marriage, with the kids.
If it kinda strikes a nerve, I need to know who said it. I deep dive into their social media. No one who’s ever said anything super negative to me has an amazing life. Once I realized that, it’s different than, like, J.Lo saying, "Her squat form wasn’t right." Because she would know. But you, in your mom’s basement, really?
It’s probably way more candid than I’ve ever been. I’ve been speaking at colleges for years, and during the Q and As, everyone has taken something completely different from my life that they want to know more about. A lot key in on sexual assault, or being a feminist at work, or divorce and stepparenting. And in the book, I have a chance to tell all those stories. Not everything is a lesson. Some are just funny stories.
I have a tampon story. I write about how it’s impossible to go buy tampons as a known person because people are like, "Oh, super plus, huh? Heavy flow?” They want to know those intimate details, and what is more intimate than something that literally goes inside my vagina? Whenever I go into a drugstore—flop sweat! Much less, if I have an itch and I need to buy Monistat. When me and D were dating and I was getting my birth control, the pharmacist was like, "When are you guys gonna have kids?" I was like, "No time soon," waving the packet.
I work with a trainer for the most part. I do know how to train myself, but I’ve realized that if someone’s not waiting for me, I do not feel obligated to get up.
I do not. [Laughs] I’m not one of those people, like, "I can’t start my day without it." Nope. I can actually start my day beautifully, sleeping in, eating some pancakes. But I work out because I have a family history of diabetes and heart disease. Knowing what I can do to prevent that has been a huge thing. And then there’s my job. Knowing that there are people who cannot wait to circle your fat and draw an arrow to it keeps me in the gym.
No, but I learn my lesson from other people. So between fearing health issues and fearing "Stars, they’re just like us! Look at their cellulite!”—that keeps me in the gym. Then when I get in there, I get competitive and won’t leave. I basically have the Olympics happening in my mind with strangers. They don’t realize we’re competing, but I usually take gold. Mainly because they’ve
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American star actress Gabrielle Union Wade is the cover of the September issue of Health Magazine.
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Your character on Being Mary Jane is also funny, complicated, and true.
What I love is we don’t insist she’s likable. She’s the friend who doesn’t always get it right, but she’s real. Like all of us, she hasn’t figured out how to have it all.
Do you think having it all is even possible?
I don’t think so. A mother, to have it all, has to somehow also provide a check, also be superfreak Kama Sutra down to the ground, be a size double zero, be super present in the PTA but still putting in extra hours at work. It is impossible. There are literally not enough hours. To me, having it all is not having it all and it being OK.
As women, we put so much guilt on ourselves.
We put guilt on ourselves because people are judging us. I have figured out how to say no and create comfortable spaces where I have real joy in my work, in my home, in my marriage, with the kids.
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Do social media haters ever get to you?
If it kinda strikes a nerve, I need to know who said it. I deep dive into their social media. No one who’s ever said anything super negative to me has an amazing life. Once I realized that, it’s different than, like, J.Lo saying, "Her squat form wasn’t right." Because she would know. But you, in your mom’s basement, really?
So will your book be as open as your social media is?
It’s probably way more candid than I’ve ever been. I’ve been speaking at colleges for years, and during the Q and As, everyone has taken something completely different from my life that they want to know more about. A lot key in on sexual assault, or being a feminist at work, or divorce and stepparenting. And in the book, I have a chance to tell all those stories. Not everything is a lesson. Some are just funny stories.
What’s one funny one?
I have a tampon story. I write about how it’s impossible to go buy tampons as a known person because people are like, "Oh, super plus, huh? Heavy flow?” They want to know those intimate details, and what is more intimate than something that literally goes inside my vagina? Whenever I go into a drugstore—flop sweat! Much less, if I have an itch and I need to buy Monistat. When me and D were dating and I was getting my birth control, the pharmacist was like, "When are you guys gonna have kids?" I was like, "No time soon," waving the packet.
Walk us through a typical workout.
I work with a trainer for the most part. I do know how to train myself, but I’ve realized that if someone’s not waiting for me, I do not feel obligated to get up.
Is it fair to say you don’t love working out?
I do not. [Laughs] I’m not one of those people, like, "I can’t start my day without it." Nope. I can actually start my day beautifully, sleeping in, eating some pancakes. But I work out because I have a family history of diabetes and heart disease. Knowing what I can do to prevent that has been a huge thing. And then there’s my job. Knowing that there are people who cannot wait to circle your fat and draw an arrow to it keeps me in the gym.
Has it happened to you?
No, but I learn my lesson from other people. So between fearing health issues and fearing "Stars, they’re just like us! Look at their cellulite!”—that keeps me in the gym. Then when I get in there, I get competitive and won’t leave. I basically have the Olympics happening in my mind with strangers. They don’t realize we’re competing, but I usually take gold. Mainly because they’ve
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