Wanda Sykes tells Ellen what it’s like to be a mom [video]
”Olivia, she’s a year-and-a-half now…. My wife, she’s French, so she speaks French to the kids. So, Olivia’s using her words now. In French, maman is mother. ‘Maman, maman,’ and she nails it…. And I’m ‘Mommy,’ but with Olivia, it’s doesn’t sound like ‘Mommy’ — it sounds like ‘Mammy.’ And, uh, that ain’t cool!”
Comedian Wanda Sykes relaying stories about being a mom on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Sykes was wed to her wife Alex in California, and she came out publicly as a lesbian after Proposition 8 was overturend. Metro Weekly interviewed Sykes a year ago. (Ellen)
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