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Marlon Wayans Reacts to PCA Nomination: "I'm Excited!"
Marlon Wayans is utilizing his symptom to uplift others.
Just days aft the death of Howell Wayans astatine property 86, Marlon is detailing however drama has helped him grieve the patriarch of his family.
"I've learned that, successful my beingness close now, I person truthful overmuch worldly that tin beryllium depressing, you know?" helium said during an April 6 interrogation connected Good Morning America. "I mislaid my ma successful 2020, I mislaid my dada similar 3 days ago, and I realized the lone happening that saves maine is the signifier because, erstwhile I'm hurting, those laughs that I perceive from different radical healing from my pain, I go, 'I recognize my purpose.'"
The Air actor, who antecedently said losing his ma Elvira Alethia "shattered maine into 1000 pieces," went connected explicate that helium feels radical successful his enactment of enactment person a work to usage their level to uplift others.
"I deliberation it's important for each of america to bash what comedians do, which is look astatine this world, look astatine this life, and ever effort to walk your beingness trying to find smiles," Marlon continued, "and that's what I bash connected the stage."
In the aftermath of his father's passing, the comedian took to Instagram to bespeak connected words of contented Howell passed down to Marlon astatine a young age.
"My Dad said, 'a antheral takes attraction of himself and his responsibilities. His household is ever first,'" Marlon wrote in portion alongside a photo of the 2 April 1. "From that time connected I wanted to beryllium a man."
"Thank you Pop for being an illustration of a Man to each your boys," the Scary Movie star added portion telling his dada to "kiss Ma for me. Tell her her babies miss her."
As helium enactment it, "I got 2 angels. I consciousness y'all lifting maine already."
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In summation to Marlon, Elvira and Howell—whose origin of decease has not been revealed—shared 9 different children together: Keenan Ivory, Damon, Shawn, Dwayne, Kim, Nadia, Elvira, Diedra and Vonnie.
Most of the household members collaborated connected deed projects successful Hollywood, including I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Hollywood Shuffle and The Wayans Bros.
Back successful 2004, Marlon praised his parent for however she raised him and his 9 siblings. "I recognition my ma a batch due to the fact that though she had 10 children, we each had our clip and abstraction to beryllium the baby," he said on The Oprah Winfrey Show at the time. "She made america each consciousness loved."
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