Queen Latifah shared how she’s reclaiming her energy whereas experiencing menopause throughout a current interview on “Today With Jenna & Friends.”
“One of the things that we love about you is that you always use your voice for good,” host Jenna Bush Hager stated on a Wednesday episode whereas sitting down with the music icon, whose actual identify is Dana Owens. “And now you’re talking about something that all of us are gonna need to know about, which is menopause,” including that when she was rising up, it wasn’t a subject her mom or grandmother talked about together with her.
Latifah responded that menopause isn’t a topic that has been “discussed a lot.”
“Still a lot of people have a problem with saying the word,” she stated. “This is something we gotta get comfortable with as women.”
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The “U.N.I.T.Y” rapper stated that menopause just isn’t “taboo” and that “menopause care should not be a luxury,” and ought to be accessible to those that want it. “We’re all gonna feel it, and we’re all gonna go through it. Our hormones are gonna change as we age.”
“I feel more powerful and more empowered when I know what’s going on with my body and I can make a decision about it,” she said.
In an interview with Folks, the “Living Single” actor detailed her expertise listening to the phrase from her physician, and the way the physician made the expertise much less “scary” — however she realizes how this may be daunting for anybody going via it.
“At the end of the day, it’s a physical change that’s happening and we all want to understand how to deal with it and how to handle it better,” she stated.
