Taraji P. Henson Says she Fired her Team for not Capitalizing on 'Cookie Lyon'

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Taraji P. Henson Says she Fired her Entire Team for not Capitalizing on the Success of 'Cookie'
by Denise Petski
December 26, 2023


Taraji P. Henson, who has been speaking out about pay disparity in Hollywood, reveals she fired her entire team for not capitalizing on the success of her hugely popular Cookie character on "Empire".

Henson starred as Cookie Lyon, the wife of former drug dealer turned hip-hop mogul, Lucious Lyon, played by Terrence Howard, on all six seasons of the Fox drama.




Henson slammed her previous team for not following up on the success of the fan-favorite character in recent interview with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation when she was asked what her best business move had been as an actress.

“Firing everybody after Cookie,” she said. “Everybody had to f—kin’ go. Where is my deal? Where’s my commercial? Cookie was at the top of the fashion game. Where is my endorsement? What did you have set up for after this? That’s why you all haven’t seen me in so long. They had nothing set up.”




Henson added that her team wanted her to headline another show revolving around the Cookie character, which she wasn’t opposed to if it was done “right.”

“All they wanted was another Cookie show, and I said, ‘I’ll do it, but it has to be right. The people deserve, she’s too beloved for y’all to f—k it up.’ And so, when they didn’t get it right, I was like, ‘Well, that’s it,’ and they had nothing else. ‘You’re all f—kin’ fired.”

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