Tracee Ellis Ross On Being Called The ‘Poster Child for Single Women’: What I Would Prefer Is That I’m The Poster Child For Living My Life On My Terms

Tracee Ellis Ross On Being Called The ‘Poster Child for Single Women’: What I Would Prefer Is That I’m The Poster Child For Living My Life On My Terms

Despite being the daughter of the legendary Diana Ross, Tracee Ellis Ross keeps a pretty low profile and doesn’t get into lots of details on her personal life. The 48-year-old hasn’t publicly been in multiple high-profile romantic relationships and she’s become known for being single.

Now she’s addressing the people who say she’s the “poster child” for single women. Reportedly Tracee Ellis Ross said,

“I didn’t see enough examples of different versions of how a woman can find happiness and joy and power and sensuality, sexuality, all of that, without it being through the lens of how I’m seen by a man.”

The Black-ish actress continues,

“People are like, ‘You’re the poster child for being single.’ And I was like, ‘Great.’ But what I would prefer is that I’m the poster child for living my life on my terms. And that there’s a version of that for everyone. I don’t live my life for other people. I just totally live it for me. This is something that has really solidified itself into an unbreakable, unshakable foundation in the last four or five years.”

Tracee Ellis Ross goes on to explain how she started her journey to self-acceptance. She said,

“I tried being small and feeling things in little ways. It took me a long time to get to know myself, to accept myself, and even on some days to really like and love myself. And then it took me a whole other load of years to have the courage to actually live in the world as that person. And it’s been trial and error, chewing on ground glass. It’s been a hard-earned journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance. I’m the sexiest I’ve ever been. And when I say that, I mean I feel the most myself,”

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