“It’s almost like light just beams out of his heart. He lightens up a room,” Blonsky said of her “Hairspray” co-star Travolta.
and recalled how Travolta — who dressed in drag and played Tracy’s mom, Edna — helped build her confidence.“He said, ‘Always stay true to Nikki. Don’t change for this business or anybody in the business. Don’t take any roles that don’t feel right to you. Do it your way. Just do what feels right in your heart.’ I have taken that with me through every movie, every TV show, and every life experience that I’ve gone through,” she said.
She added that they talk “every year” on their birthdays and on holidays, saying it “means so much” to her. She also shed more light on coming out as gay at the age of 30 during the podcast. Even before she said she knew she was a lesbian, Blonsky played a gay character in the 2013 movie “Geography Club.” She said the character helped her find the courage to be herself.“This character was so out and open and free. I remember feeling so free because that character was so herself,” she remembered.
Blonsky shared that she always felt “different” but she “thought that was the actor side of me” and finally realized that she was living her life to please other people when she finally took the leap to date a woman.“Then I did and guess what? It wasn’t the scariest thing in the world,” she said. “I found out it was exactly where I needed to be, romantically. I needed to not be dating guys because it was nothing but bad, bad, bad; bad story after bad story.”“Sorry if he hears this.
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