American actress Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the first same-s*x couple to grace the cover page of Essence magazine.
The pair recently made history as they graced the cover of Essence’s March/April 2022 issue, officially becoming the first same-s*x couple to do so.
“Making H E R S T O R Y 💫👑🖤” Nash, 52, wrote on Instagram, celebrating the historic cover. “Thank you @essence for choosing The Betts as your FIRST same-s*x couple to cover you [sic] magazine! #BettsOfWorlds #MakingHistory #Herstory #BlackHistoryMonth”
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In a separate post, alongside a photo of the pair posing topless, the “Claws” actress added: “Simply The Betts 🖤 L o v e > U N C O V E R E D”
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In the new issue, which hits newsstands on March 1, Nash and Betts open up about their love story and share why, despite their uncertain beginnings, they are now happier than ever.
“The least of my attraction is gender,” Nash told the magazine. “What I was and am still attracted to is Jessica’s soul. She was the most beautiful soul I had ever met in my life. Now that I’ve experienced it, I can’t imagine going through life without it.”
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Nash and Betts, a singer-songwriter, first connected on social media in 2015 while Nash was still married to ex-husband Jay Tucker. After her split from Tucker, Nash’s friendship with Betts took a romantic turn.
“Not only was it challenging for me to realize I’m having feelings for a woman that I’ve normally had for a man, but it was compounded by the fact that this is my friend,” Nash recalled to Essence. “I thought, ‘What I do not want to do is anything that would allow this person to not be in my life for the rest of my life.'”
On August 31, 2020, the couple made a surprise announcement on their respective Instagram accounts and revealed that they had said “I do.”
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