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Sheryl Lee Ralph’sson Etienne Maurice reflected on two of the scariest moments of his life followinga recentAARP: The Magazinecover story.
In the publication’s August/September issue, theAbbott Elementarystarrecalled two terrible incidentsthat occurred to Etienne in 2013: a DUI during college in which he suffered a concussion that “changed his whole brain” and a mugging in which Etienne was shot three times. “He woke up in the hospital with two bullets in his leg and a wound in his forehead where a bullet had grazed him,” Ralph recalled.
“I just want to hop on here and let everybody know that I’m okay, and that [those incidents] happened 9, 10 years ago,” Etienne said in a video he tweeted. “Two very separate situations that happened. They did not happen at the same time, and they didn’t happen recently, either. But I say all that to say that those experiences happened, and it led me to what I’m doing right now with WalkGood.”
Later in the clip, Etienne showed off WalkGood’s new creative space in Los Angeles centered around “community healing” and “community building.”
Elsewhere in her cover story, the actress revealed that she always “knew I was going to be somebody’s mother," calling her children “my greatest gift.”
“When I met their father, my first husband, I could see my children just as clearly as they are in life right now, and I said, ‘Oh, I know the assignment right here,’ ” she explained. “We got married and had our son, Etienne, and our daughter, Coco.”
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“If I had a regret in life, it would be that I didn’t have more children," she added. “But I have two beautiful children.”
Etienne and Ivy-Victoria have long supported their mother. When Ralph won herfirst Emmy Awardfor best supporting actress in a comedy series in 2022, Etienne shared a video on Instagram of himself and his sisterscreaming in their seats.
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“I’ve envisioned this moment for my mother my whole entire life. We are so proud of you Mommy! @thesherylleeralph you are A WINNER!!!!,” he captioned the post. “@ivycoco23 are in our seats crying. #emmys2022.”
source: people.com
