World News – United States – Taraji P Henson ends engagement with Kelvin Hayden

The actress and former NFL pro called on him to quit

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Taraji P Henson and Kelvin Hayden have split The 50-year-old actress confirmed she was single again during an interview with Power 1051’s The Breakfast Club on Monday

Henson and Hayden, 37, a former NFL pro, got engaged in May 2018 after two years of dating Henson said they tried to do couples therapy to save their relationship before finally deciding to end it

« Haven’t said it yet but it didn’t work You know what I mean? » Said Henson of their relationship « I tried, I said, ‘let’s do the thing therapy ‘but if the two of you are not on the same page with that then you feel like you are taking it on your own and it is not a good position for anyone in a relationship »

« My happiness is not her responsibility and hers is not mine », she continued « We must first learn to make ourselves happy, to make each other happy So , when one person takes the brunt of the whole relationship it will never work You have to introduce yourself, yes you want to be understanding but you can’t get lost in that understanding You still have to stand up for yourself and be there for yourself, but it’s hard to do if the other person doesn’t do that either «

In May 2018, Henson spoke to ET about Hayden’s romantic proposal, which took her by surprise

« He takes me to where we had our first date, I didn’t organize this, » she shared « I didn’t put him together until we were went to the party room after eating, and I saw a violinist, because he was trying to say it was his friend’s birthday – which was, Friday – ‘Oh, Ronald is going to have a little reunion in the back room ‘And I was like’ Aw, that’s perfect We’ll be there already ‘ »

« I go back over there and I say, ‘Ronald is not a violin, what is going on here?' », she continued. « And as I put the stitches together, I turn around, he’s on his knees and then the river of tears started and my eyelashes ended up on the floor »

ET spoke to the Empire star again in April and she spoke about wedding planning during the coronavirus pandemic

“Well, everything’s stopped It was supposed to be June, but it’s complicated with corona,” Henson, who previously told ET that her original wedding date was April 4, 2020 , shared « Corona has it all [up in the air] because now you’re talking about a date that you had planned and that you might not be able to [meet] It’s a mess It’s a mess, so this could be in the yard »
« It will probably be a backyard wedding, » she continued. « It would break my mother’s heart, [after] all these years she had wanted me to marry and [now] it has to be virtually? »

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