Idina Menzel Opens Up About ‘Very Complicated’ Motive For Her Divorce From Taye Diggs

Idina Menzel is reflecting on the scrutiny she and her ex-husband Taye Diggs skilled over the course of their decade-long marriage.

On this week’s episode of the “Dinner’s on Me” podcast, the “Wicked” and “Frozen” actor mentioned there have been “very complicated” causes for her 2013 cut up from Diggs, together with the destructive consideration the pair acquired as a mixed-race couple.

“The thing that came into play more, I would say ― and [Taye’s] talked about it, too ― is the interracial aspect of it,” Menzel mentioned after host Jesse Tyler Ferguson requested if she and Diggs ever felt aggressive with each other when it got here to their respective stage and display careers.

“He was on the cover of Essence and Ebony, and being interviewed by all of these Black journalists, and I think he had his own stuff to deal with, with that,” she defined. “And it seemed like there was disappointment in the community with him because he was married to a little white Jewish girl from some show that we don’t even remember. So I took that on, too.”

Diggs and Menzel met as co-stars within the 1996 Broadway smash “Rent,” and have been married in 2003. They share a 14-year-old son, Walker.

Shortly earlier than the divorce was finalized in 2015, Diggs addressed the cut up in an interview with Redbook, noting: “I’d be lying if I said there weren’t times when I thought, ‘Oh, man, people are going to trip out [if we split].’”

“There weren’t a lot of couples like us in the theater community—and I know there aren’t a lot of performers as talented as she is… and then you have the whole mixed [race] thing,” he mentioned. “It was easy for people to root for us.”

Menzel married Aaron Lohr, a former actor who now works as a therapist, in 2017. As of late, her performing profession stays in excessive gear, because of well-received appearances in movies like “Uncut Gems” and “Disenchanted.” In August, she launched her newest album, “Drama Queen.”

In her chat with Ferguson, Menzel mentioned she and Diggs stay “very supportive of each other, always,” noting: “[I’m] so excited for him.”

Catch Idina Menzel’s “Dinner’s on Me” interview beneath. Her remarks on her relationship with ex-husband Taye Diggs start at about 19:40.