Eve addresses the backlash she experienced after revealing that she's had some 'difficult conversations' with her white husband since George Floyd was killed
Rapper and talk show host Eve is sharing her experience since revealing last week how she and her husband have been coping after the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The musician, 41, said in a preview clip of next Tuesday's episode of The Talk@Home that a backlash 'lit up' and 'trashed' her after she shared that she and her husband, Maximillion Cooper, have had 'some of the most difficult and uncomfortable conversations' they've ever had during this time.
'Some people lit up the comments and trashed me and were questioning whether this was the first time I had had these conversations,' the singer and television personality, born Eve Jihan Jeffers, said in the preview for The Talk's next episode.
Dealing with backlash: Rapper Eve is sharing her experience since revealing last week how she and her husband have been coping after the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd
'I want to be very clear,' she continued. 'We have had many conversations because I've been in this relationship for many years. When you enter an interracial relationship, there are conversations you must have, that's just natural.'
Eve and Cooper have been married since 2014, and she is a 'proud black stepmother' to his four children.
'So this is not the first one. I've been having some of the most difficult conversations because we are in one of the most difficult places in our nation, in our world, in this time. So that's why I said that it was difficult.'
Clearing the air: The musician said that a backlash 'lit up' and 'trashed' her after she shared that she and her husband, Maximillion Cooper, have had 'some of the most difficult and uncomfortable conversations' they've ever had during this time; seen here in September 2019
Some of the backlash Eve mentioned simply condemned the Let Me Blow Your Mind songstress for being in an interracial relationship, while others were more pointed, like this comment on Twitter:
'Eve talking about shes been recently having the most uncomfortable conversations with her husband because of whats going on. Ummmm ma'am? You married him before having these conversations.'
The comments came after Eve talked about her recent conversations with Cooper, 48, during last week's Talk episode with remote cohosts Marie Osmond, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Carrie Ann Inaba.
Talking it out: Eve shared her feeling with Talk cohosts Marie Osmond, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Carrie Ann Inaba
'I am in an interracial relationship. I am having some of the most difficult and uncomfortable conversations I think I've ever had, and vice versa with my husband,' explained the last Monday.
Despite the heaviness of the topic, Eve said that it has been a 'beautiful' and eye-opening experience for herself and Maximillion.
'But, at the same time, it's a beautiful thing, because … I don't know his life through his eyes. He doesn't know my life through my eyes.'
Eve said: 'We have had many conversations because I've been in this relationship for many years. When you enter an interracial relationship, there are conversations you must have, that's just natural'; seen in 2018
Eve praised her husband for wanting to 'understand' the unique and problematic experience African-Americans have had – and continue to have – with law enforcement in the United States.
'All he can do is try to understand and try to ask the questions, and he wants to understand, and that's what the nation — that's what the world — has to do.'
Eve stressed that although conversations around race relations can often be 'uncomfortable,' they are conversations that need to be had.
Sharing: The comments came after Eve talked about her recent conversations with Cooper during last week's Talk episode
'It's gonna be uncomfortable. Yeah, it's going to be uncomfortable! But we have to be OK with being uncomfortable so that we can get to a solution.'
Eve admitted that she has been 'glued to the TV' watching the protest coverage.
The Barbershop star also spoke about how much the peaceful protests have helped ground her.
'There are some people that are having beautiful, peaceful protests, with their fists in the air and their hands in the air and all different colors and genders, all together, on one knee, wanting to get past this.'
Trying to understand: 'It's a beautiful thing, because … I don't know his life through his eyes. He doesn't know my life through my eyes,' Eve said of talking to her husband about race; seen here in 2016
She added: 'That's what actually keeps me from getting too emotional.'
Before moving to the next segment of the interview, Eve left the audience with some powerful final words.
'We are under rock bottom. The only thing we can do now is to build up. I pray that we can build up from here.'
State of affairs: 'We are under rock bottom. The only thing we can do now is to build up. I pray that we can build up from here,' the singer said; seen here in a promo shot for The Talk
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