no i am not advocating women staying in fukked up relationships
i agree with the sentiment that she have left
i was mainly disagreeing that she stayed cause of who bro is
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Even though she was gorgeous, she wasn't an a list talent in her time. She didn't get the white roles like Halle berry and she doesn't have the acting skills like Angela Bassett.
So 20 to 30 years after her prime, her options would've been:
1. Retire out of the game and raise children or work a normal job.
2. Be apart of an ensemble cast of washed up black actors on a show on some network most people don't watch.
3. Play some much younger actresses' mom or grandma on a Tyler Perry movie.
Being married to dude she still got to go on red carpet events. Still get to rub shoulders with A listers like Denzel. Still had pull to get into the best restaurants and social settings.
So it comes down to basically fading away from the Hollywood conciousness vs putting up with her husband to maintain VIP treatment years after her prime.
You're crazy if you don't think that factored into her decision making process.