Taye Diggs' ex-wife said Black people were unhappy he married a White Jewish woman.

Idina Menzel, the acclaimed Broadway star and ex-wife of Taye Diggs, has recently revealed that the "interracial aspect" of their relationship was a major contributor to their 2013 divorce. As reported by USA Today, Menzel said in a recent interview on the Dinner's On Me podcast that Diggs had to navigate his newfound fame as a Black leading man, and the fact that his wife was a white Jewish woman.

The couple first met as actors in the groundbreaking Broadway play Rent in 1995, which went on to make both Menzel and Diggs successful and in-demand performers. However, the acceptance of the fine arts community was not mirrored in the world at large, according to Menzel. She said, “So, I took that on, too. That was stuff we had to deal with. It was less about being successful and more about that stuff.” The couple were married in 2003 and had their first son, Walker, in 2009.

The two eventually went in separate directions career-wise. Diggs went on to have a successful filmography while Menzel stayed true to her Broadway roots and provided the voice of Queen Elsa in the wildly popular Frozen movies. Menzel noted that Diggs was always supportive of her, saying, “He was always so supportive and probably relieved so he didn’t have to feel like he was overshadowing in some way or taking up too much space.”

Currently, Diggs is dating reality TV star Apryl Jones and the two frequently post content together on social media. Menzel, on the other hand, remarried in 2017 to actor Aaron Lohr.

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