{"id":1597,"date":"2011-01-10T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/2011\/01\/10\/regina-means-queen-you-know\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:56:16","slug":"regina-means-queen-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/regina-means-queen-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina means ‘queen,’ you know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I honestly don’t remember the exact day that I discovered that my name meant ‘queen,’ but I do<\/span> know that it was a huge turning point for me. I mean, really…me?<\/span> Royalty? It’s quite a fabulous feeling, if I do say so myself.<\/p>\n

That brings me to Essence’s latest cover girl, Regina King, who is the subject of my first, big interview of 2011. I’ve interviewed Regina a few times before<\/a> and she’s always been approachable, forthcoming and oh-so down-to-earth. And not to sound too, too corny, but I feel as though we’re bonded in a special way, especially because I think I’ve met a total of maybe three other ‘Regina’s’ in my entire life (Mean Girl ‘Regina’<\/a> and Principal Regina “Piggy” Grier<\/a> don’t count!). I think King appreciates our kinship as well because every time I see her – whether it be at an event or sitting for an interview – we both bow and greet each other with, “Hello, queen!” And how cosmic is it that during our interview late last year, we discovered that we not only share a first name, but also a middle<\/span> name? That’s very cosmic, indeed.<\/p>\n

Just so you know, I really championed for this cover…like, really!<\/span> I’ve followed her work since her early days on 227 <\/span>and like most others, have watched her blossom on the big and small screens. I mean, I’ve seen Ray <\/span>four times, OK?! I think she’s an incredible actress who has stood the test of time and always brings her A-game. Oh, and I’m a Southland <\/a>die-hard, too! Her character, Detective Lydia Adams<\/a>, ain’t no joke.<\/p>\n

So, with all of that said, please stop by the newsstand to pick up the February issue of Essence. Besides the ridiculously-beautiful photography (courtesy of the uber-talented, Kwaku Alston<\/a>), the story is pretty damn good, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I honestly don’t remember the exact day that I discovered that my name meant ‘queen,’ but I do know that it was a huge turning point for me. I mean, really…me? Royalty? It’s quite a fabulous feeling, if I do say so myself. That brings me to Essence’s latest cover girl, Regina King, who is… Read More »Regina means ‘queen,’ you know?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions\/2521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}