Michaela Jaé Rodriguez says childhood bullying about being feminine didn’t affect her: ‘The exact thing I wanted to hear’
The IndependentSign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rodriguez discussed feeling a “divine feminine presence” inside herself at age seven in a new appearance on Meghan Markle’s podcast, Archetypes. The Loot star said she was “extremely feminine”, and that she would regularly be bullied for this in the early years of her school life. “Even though I knew my mother loved me to the moon and back, my dad loved me to the moon and back, there was always this tension and this scariness of ‘what if?’” Rodrizuez recalled. That just instilled even more strength in me.” The “Something to Say” singer said her parent’s acceptance had further affirmed her own feelings about her identity.
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