Taraji P Henson slams The Color Purple production for lack of transportation support

After speaking up against pay disparity in Hollywood, Taraji P. Henson is now calling out her own recently released movie, The Color Purple. The actress stated that during production, she was treated like an inferior—that is until she rebelled. She delivered a biting critique, claiming that while working on the set of the WB movie, she was forced to demand better working conditions, which included being given transportation to and from the set.

Taraji P. Henson refuses to drive herself to set 

In a conversation with the New York Times, Henson revealed that the entire cast of The Color Purple had to drive themselves to work in rental cars. “I was like, ‘I can’t drive myself to set in Atlanta.’ This is insurance liability, it’s dangerous,” What do I look like, taking myself to work by myself in a rental car? So I was like, ‘Can I get a driver or security to take me?’ I’m not asking for the moon," said the actress.

Henson continued, “They’re like, ‘Well, if we do it for you, we got to do it for everybody.’ Well, do it for everybody! It’s stuff like that, stuff I shouldn’t have to fight for. I was on the set of Empire fighting for trailers that weren’t infested with bugs.”

Taraji P. Henson about pay disparity in Hollywood 

Previously, in an interview with SiriusXM, Henson had a breakdown about struggling with pay equality in the film industry. "I'm just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do (and) getting paid a fraction of the cost," said the 53-year-old actress. 

She added, “I'm tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over. You get tired. I hear people go, 'You work a lot.' Well, I have to. The math ain't math-ing. When you start working a lot, you have a team. Big bills come with what we do. We don't do this alone. It's a whole team behind us. They have to get paid.”