Check out some photos from Taraji P.Henson’s spread in the September issue on Men’s Fitness. The Oscar nominated actress spoke exclusively with the mag about various topics. Peep some snippets below.
On Men
“Most men are fragile,” she says. “I’m a successful woman, in the public eye, and raising a kid by myself. It can leave guys feeling like, ‘Damn, how can I have a chance?’” Answer: “Just be a man!”Have a Gentleman’s Touch
“A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man’s position is to protect her-help her up stairs, make sure she’s in the car safely fi rst. Take good care of your woman, and the sky’s the limit!”Avoid Mama Drama
“Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it’s a position that comes with responsibility. If you don’t want anything too serious, then stay with women with no kids.” ( READ MORE / MORE PHOTOS)
I love her! She has grown into a wonderful actress.
Go head with your bad self!
She looks great! Love her!
One of HU’s finest!
She looks great!
Looking good Taraji. Hell she’s right men are fragile because you can bruise a mans ego real quick. I dont like babymama drama so i refuse to date any man with kids
if people find this appropriate, then Keri’s pictures had no right to be slammed
she looks good and tasteful but she is def not sexy
She is so FIERCE! These photos are absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Props to the photographer and the magazine.
Go head Taraji! Grown and Sexy Fierce!!
she looks so good compared to what she looked like back in the day.
iim so happy she retired that ghetto hoodrat look.
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN’T SEE THE PICS? ALL I SEE IS AN “X”
#12 I can only see the pics at the bottom of this post. Taraji looks real good and I’m glad a real actress getting some spotlight who deserves. I still think of her as Yvette though lol.
Wow, simply beautiful
sexy time..
I loooves me some Taraji!
wow nice body !
Alright Taraji girl work it!!!!!!!
yeah, but some woman want the man to be like a slave…
shovel the snow
open car door
work all day while she sit home
pull back her chair
risk his life for her
pay for everything
massage her back
move her furniture
listen while she keeps talking
what does he get?
taraji looks great…but for some reason i think she needs a voice coach..everytime she speaks its borderline hoodrat i hear talking.
I love her. & She looks great,
#6 D. Marie….. I hear ya!
I don’t have kids and I expect my mate to not have any as well… But do you know how hard it is to find somebody without kids in 2009?!! I mean dang, it seems like EVERYBODY has a baby mama
@7.
I know she is topless and Keri wasn’t but everybody had a problem. But it probably wasn’t everybody. Its usually just the Beyonce stans hating on other artists just for the fun of it. They have nothing else to do.
HOT MAMA HOT! VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE TOO!
I am so proud of Taraji.She has definitely came up since babyboy days.She looks great!
The problem with Keri pictures is that she was in the magazine acting all high and mighty about how she don’t do this and that and turned around and did it. Taraji isn’t talking about how she doesn’t want to show skin or be oversexed.
It’s funny to me how Keri fans are always saying people are hating on her when she is the one that always have something slick to say about the next female artist.
WoW, I so did not think she was 38! I gave her 35, I know it’s not that far away, but it’s still back from 40. If I’m not mistaken, she’s the same age as Ms. Jada! She looks amazing and she’s moving up in the world, very promising.. do ya thing girl!
Oh, I hope she has a magazine article with her daughter included, thx..dunno, I’m just interested in knowing how she looks
I really like Taraji but that comment about if you don’t want anything too serious get with a woman with no kids kind of put me off. I don’t have children so that means I can’t have a serious relationship with a man? Because I’m not a mother I can only be just a chick he plays around with but not get serious?
I CANT SEE THE DARN PICS, I HAVE AN X OVER ALL THE PICS
@ PEACEKEEPER
RIGHT! SHE SEEMS LIKE THE TYPE THAT LIKES TO LOOK DOWN HER NOSE AT OTHER PEOPLE. SHE SEEMS TO THINK TOO HIGHLY OF HERSELF. HER CD ONLY WENT GOLD SO SHE CAN HAVE A SEAT. I DON’T EVEN LIKE BEYONCE BUT TO COME OUT MAKING A DISS SONG ABOUT HER WHEN YOU ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT LEVEL IS JUST STUPID! THEN WHEN YOU GET CALLED OUT YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE THE BALLS TO STAND BY YOUR COMMENT. SHE GETS NO RESPECT.
WOW, she’s 38?! I so didn’t think she was the same age as Ms. Jada! She looks good though< I am proud of her and wish her continued success!
On another note, who’s to say I want someone to play with my emotions because they’re afraid to deal with women, especially SINGLE women, with children?! Just because a man doesn’t want to deal with that type of area of a relationship, doesn’t mean he can’t HANDLE it or whatever. Shit, the Father of the child is the one who can’t HANDLE it, that’s why he left or YOU dropped his ass. Not feeling the comment at all, and just figure that I’ll give her a pass and just chalk it up as taken out of context
N-E-ways, can we see your daughter featured with you in a magazine story? Just interested…thx
I don’t think mothers with kids should take half naked pics
go tarjai ( however you spell that ghetto sh*t LOL )
she doing her THING tho…i see you baby!!
#22, I hear you! Everybody I know has kids! I have none, don’t want any, so sometimes that can work out in favor if the person has a child so that pressure may not have to be on me about having one. I rather a man not to have one/them, but its real out here in ’09. When I meet someone who doesn’t, I’m shocked, lol.
@ Peacekeeper
That was exactly the issue. If u would look at the comments
ALL of them gave her props on the pics, but hypocrisy was too blatant to be ignored.
She is really fake and wishy washy. If she would have kept it 100 nobody would
have said anything negative in her post cause the pics were fire….and this is coming
from a Ciara stan.
she looks GREAT i can only hope to still look 30 at damn near 40!!! her pics are sexy but tasteful.
as far as baby mama drama thas not always the case. i am a woman with a son and when you look at a man or woman you need to maybe approach it in the mindset that it was a relationship between two people that didn’t end up working out but resulted in a beautiful child. some people just aren’t meant for each other and sometime you don’t find that out til later. i mean anyone who can’t take my child being in existance can’t deal with me cuz i would NEVER trade my son for the love of a man.
Lmao, “How can guys have a chance?”….if that is the question that cats are asking themself about some mid-30′s whore in the entertainment industry with children, then something is terribly wrong. One has to wonder what world some of these women are living in when they think that they are a “catch”. Is female this serious? The older they are, the more demons they have on them. This chic probably has the sperm of thirty Jewish movie executives on her tonsils and the pubic hair of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt stuck in between her teeth and she’s speaking like she’s a virgin? A man is supposed to help his woman up the stairs? Who is she, Ruby Dee? I don’t think she wants a man, she wants a butler and a hypeman like Mariah Carey has with Nick Cannon, smh & lol. “Date a woman with children if you are ready to ‘man up”‘, lmao? So after a so-called woman is milking her childrens’ father(s) for money, the new man should step in and play daddy for her for a piece of that worn out crotch? An article like this is unfortunate but informative because these are the things that many of these black women teach their daughters. Unfortunately, they don’t teach them how to dress, cook, speak, and keep their legs and mouths closed. If anyone forgets why the black woman has the highest rate of non-marriage, this is why.
APPLAUSE TO JUDAH FOR HIS DISRESPECTFUL AND DEGRADING COMMENTS TOWARDS BLACK WOMEN ONCE AGAIN. I EXPECTED NOTHING LESS FROM YOU.
Being a single mom at one time, I think she meant when you deal witha woman with a child/children she is ready for settlement. She looking for something real not maybe in maybe out. Basically be ready to become a family man she need foundation not the two year lets get to know each other phase, and then see where we ready just man up or keep it moving
#32 SUPERWOMAN – I don’t think women with children should be taken half-naked pictures either. My mama has a nice body but I wouldn’t want to see her on magazine covers looking like that – plus my dad wouldn’t approve lol. Every guy I know would talk about it and I wouldn’t want to hear what they would have to say.
But help her up the stairs? Unless she’s wearing some high heels then I can understand – and you’d most likely need help down the stairs. I don’t expect guys I’m with to do everything for me, I don’t expect him to pay everytime we go out – I prefer paying or I help pay, or open the door for me all the time – I’d expect it sometimes but not everytime we go out. I’d hope women who want their man to do everything for them would be doing something for him in return. A lot of women want their man to do everything, then complain when he doesn’t without even doing anything for him.
You go girl!!!
should be taking*
she looks great you betta preach girl!
#20 IF SHE SOUNDS HOOD, I SHO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT BEYONCE SOUNDS LIKE? DOUBLE HOOD I’M GUESSING. ANYWAY, MY GURL LOOKS FAB AS USUAL, DO UR THANG AND BRUSH THE HATERS OFF.
Oh she givin janet teas in that last pic.. gon girl!
Very sexy and classy!
She did that.yes she did. She did that!
Lol – you guys ruin every damn post with negativity.
I was gonna say something until I read #37.
JUDAH, that is one of the most poignant comments I’ve read pertaining to a specific thread; especially the last sentence. Pure delusion.
“One has to wonder what world some of these women are living in when they think that they are a “catch”. Is this female serious? The older they are, the more demons they have on them. This chic probably has the sperm of thirty Jewish movie executives on her tonsils and the pubic hair of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt stuck in between her teeth and she’s speaking like she’s a virgin? A man is supposed to help his woman up the stairs? Who is she, Ruby Dee?”
LMAO. Say no more.
@ Judah..While I usually agree with a lot of things you say concerning the illuminati…I find a lot of statements you made very disrespectful concerning this actress. First of all, this woman left with only 700 dollars in her pocket and her son and set out to LA to make it..I don’t know if she has been lured to the casting couches but I highly doubt it considering it took her a very long time to make it..there are actresses who are noticed for just their craft…yes a lot of woman in the black culture are not raised properly but that doesn’t mean she isn’t. And also what wrong with. a woman in the her late 30′s feeling that a man is checking for her..When you are that beautiful…men check for you no matter what age..I know that their are females who have no sense and all but I don’t think she has proven she is one of them…this is her time to shine..her pics are not lewd..they are tasteful and celebrate the human body..now if she had a crocth shot..spread eagle ok..then ur comment would warrant such venom..and I don’t think she wants a hypeman..she wants a man..who is a protector that is always wacthing out for her
As much as i hate to say this, Judah actually speaks truth alot of times. It can be in a harsh way, but its truth. I could probably learn a thing or two from him.
judah is like mariano rivera. a fucking closer lol. after he gets done its game over. goodnight everybody lol.
This comment is to Lady Love, I dont think Taraji meant that just because a woman doesnt have kids she doesnt deserve a serious relationhip, you are reading this all WRONG! Her point is that if a man doesnt want to accept a whole package meaning a mother with a child thats not his, then he shouldnt waste her time knowing good and well thats not what he wants, he should find a chick that is childless and kick it with her.
Judah you are so ignorant to talk about Black Women that way, this lady is successful and Rich and a great actress, yet you talk about her like she is the scum of the earth, its so unfortunate we have ignorant folks like you wasting good air and space you need to check yourself and talk about how screwed up your life is before you try to bring down this Beautiful Black Real Woman.
Wow, #37 JUDAH that is just nothing but the whole ugly truth. it really is a shame though but yeah i can learn a thing or two from that. the truth is always bitter.
she lady ahs a pretty. smooth even toned skin…amazing,other women with pretty skin:
halle berry
beyonce
gabrielle union
queen latifah
alicia keys
mariah carey
I love her! dc stand tha beep up lol….
I’m glad Taraji is finally making her way in Hollywood. She doesn’t look like she’s 38 to me at all.
@Judah, I feel you. Some of what you say is the truth, but I think you generalize too much. There are quite a few young black women like me who are well-raised, well-mannered, intelligent, educated, honest, attractive, kind, and generous with no kids and little to no sexual partners yet we get passed over all the time. I refuse to settle for a man who is not worthy, but waiting for one who is can be difficult. Black men nowadays are too busy chasing tail to see the good woman staring them right in the face, and then they wonder why some women act the way that they do. Let’s keep it real and stop blaming black women for everything when everyone is responsible in some way or another.
wowww sexyyyy
i cant see them pix somehow..but they look sexy from the far.