You know, the possibility was there. You'll never eat lunch in this town again.

I had people who knew about what we had going on say to me, this is going to, this is going to ruin everything you work for.

And I was like, is it? And I still jumped and I still jumped.

And that's why I love her, Jeffrey.

You know what I'm saying?

Nisi Nash, the acclaimed actress from TV shows like Claws, Reno 911, and when they see us,

she didn't know what the reaction was going to be when the world found out that she'd married a woman.

But that's not the same thing as being nervous.

There was no hesitation on her part. She hadn't been hiding or grappling over the years with her sexuality. She perhaps,

rather simply, just found herself in love. This time with the singer Jessica Betz, one of her

closest friends in the world, and she didn't want that relationship

to only exist behind closed doors. So today, this is a story about learning something new

about yourself in your 50s, when you assume that all your life you're straight, and then

giving yourself permission to follow a new path. From The Advocate magazine in partnership with Glad, I'm Jeffrey

Masters, and today we're kicking off our big pride celebration on LGBTQ&A with Niecy Nash and

Jessica Betts. Here it is.

I want to jump right in.

The two of you have been friends

are about four years.

And when friends start dating,

I always wonder, after that much time, like, what changed?

Nisi, let's start with you.

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