Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated.
No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.
When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't.
I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.
