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Actor
Taye
Diggs
joins
the
Small
Doses
with
Amanda
Seales
podcast
to
talk
about
growth
and
how
performing
on
Broadway
taught
him
how
to
let
go.
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Playing
iconic
roles
in
projects
ranging
from
How
Stella
Got
Her
Groove
Back
to Rent,
Diggs
charmed
audiences
over
his
long
career
on
stage
and
screen.
But
following
his
divorce,
the
chapter
he’s
on
now
is
about
growth
and
acceptance.
“Live
and
let
live.
That
has
never
meant
more
to
me
than
now,”
says
Diggs.
How
Divorce
Led
To
Growth
Related
Stories
Since
his
divorce
from
singer
and
Rent
co-star
Idina
Menzel
after
10
years
of
marriage,
Diggs
has
been
on
a
journey.
The
film
and
Broadway
star
says
the
divorce
(a
mutual
decision)
was
a
wake-up
call
and
a
catalyst
to
his
self-discovery
journey.
“It
started
after
my
divorce,”
he
tells
Small
Doses
host
Amanda
Seales.
“I
felt
so
lost
because
how
I
looked
at
myself
was
directly
related
to
being
a
husband
[and]
being
what
I
thought
a
good
father
was
…
I
had
no
idea
that
so
much
of
who
I
was,
was
attached
to
that.”
Upon
reflecting
on
their
marriage
and
the
issues
that
led
to
divorce,
Diggs
was
determined
to
grow.
“Like
okay,
I
need
to
change
what’s
going
on
with
me
because
this
isn’t
right,”
he
told
himself.
“I
started
reading
more
and
speaking
to
different
therapists,
spiritual
teachers.”
“It’s
very
common
for
people
to
be
at
their
lowest
before
they
have
a
realization,”
says
Diggs.
“And
I
didn’t
realize
that.”
The
Broadway
Role
That
Taught
Him
To
Let
Go
Not
long
after
the
divorce,
Diggs
was
offered
the
starring
role
in
the
Broadway
cult
classic,
Hedwig
and
the
Angry
Inch.
“So
I’m
at
my
lowest,
I’m
in
between
gigs,
and
I
had
been
a
fan
of
the
show,”
he
recalls.
He
was
“petrified”
but
took
the
leap.
“In
that
moment,
because
I
was
broken
down,
spiritually
I
knew:
just
say
yes,
this
is
something
that
you’re
going
to
grow
from.
It
was
the
hardest
thing
I’ve
ever
done
in
my
life,”
he
says.
The
actor
admits
he’s
a
classic
“overthinker,”
so
playing
Hedwig
was
more
than
a
job—it
was
an
exercise
in
letting
go
and
allowing
himself
to
change.
“I
was
forced
to
let
go,”
he
says.
“I
became
a
different
kind
of
performer
…
Now
I
bring
that
to
other
roles.
My
work
has
changed
and
I’m
happy
for
it.”
Get
the
full
conversation.
Listen
to
“Side
Effects
of
Growth
(with
Taye
Diggs)”
here.
This
episode
is
also
available
on
Apple
and
Spotify.
