Gabourey Sidibe Is Slimmed Down, Raw and Real AF in The April 2017 Issue of Nylon Magazine

Gabby Sidibe is fast becoming my favorite actress ever. In a recent interview with People magazine she revealed that she underwent weight loss surgery almost a year ago due to health concerns. You can read the full story HERE.

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Now, she’s opening up even more about how she got to be the Gabby we know and love in a raw and emotional interview for Nylon Magazine.

Gabby, who has a memoir coming out next month (read about it HERE), reveals that she was beaten and called names by her Dad and other family members:

“For a long time, my father was dead to me.”

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But Gabby isn’t letting the weight of her past weigh her down.

“The six-year-old in me is still pissed, but I don’t think I am a victim. I don’t want people to shed tears for me. He beat me, but we have all been through shit.”

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And she’s honest about the fact that she’s still processing the events of her past, and working on herself.

“A lot of people will write a book and pretend that whatever they are writing about they are done with, and now they are perfect. I’m not perfect.”

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And she is real AF.

I am just as fucked up. I am who I am, and all of this shit in my life will be a struggle forever…but I’m fine. Well, I’m becoming fine.”

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Read Gabby’s full interview HERE and pre-order her her memoir, HERE.

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