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TheUncoupledstar says shes more of a badass bitch today than she ever was in her 20s.
The new Netflixrom-com series,Uncoupled,inextricably links relationships with real estate.
Its a feeling that Tisha Campbell who plays Michaels colleague-slash-confidante, Suzanne knows pretty well herself.
It was corny, Campbell tells Bustle.
It wasnt as sophisticated.
Right now, my style is all about wellness, and plants, and a lot of negative space.
Back then, I was trying to compromise masculine and feminine.
Now,two years after officially divorcing Duane Martin,Campbell is confident in cultivating her own space.
But adjusting to married life wasnt the only major transition Campbell faced in her late 20s.
She ultimately reconciled with her onscreen husband, and they even appeared together on theMartinreunion specialin June.
We worked really hard to reconnect, to forgive,Campbell told CBS.
It doesnt matter if it was 1996 or 2022, Campbell says.
My agent, to this day, is like, Do you ever just sit still and sit down?
No, no I dont.
Especially now as a single mom.
Walk me through what life was like in 1996, when you turned 28.
I was doing the last year of theMartinshow.
I was hanging out with Tichina Arnold every single day, trying not to get in trouble.
We didnt go to a lot of clubs.
We went to mostly house parties.
At the time, it was the 90s, so we were really working a lot.
What was your go-to outfit for going out?
Tichina and I werentthosegirls.
We didnt dress up.
We mostly wore jeans and sneakers because we wanted to dance.
We dancedhard.They still call me Dance Too Hard.
When you decided to step away, what was it like putting yourself first?
You dont think of anything like that.
You just think about whats next.
You dont even look at the old episodes or the movies, you just move forward.
Were you settled into a routine or constantly having those conflicts at 28?
The first year of marriage is an adjustment period.
People always say that, but it really is.
Youve said that the end of a relationship can be like abeautiful devastation.I thought that really meshed well withUncoupled.
When you first break up, there are a lot of different feelings.
When you discover yourself your true self oh my god, it’s so sexy!
Yo, Im so joyful.
Joy is a badass bitch.
Does it feel like a new period of discovery now like a whole new 20s?
It doesnt feel like the 20s.
Lets break it down like this.
In your teens, you think you know it all, right?
In your 30s, you go, Oh, you know what, Im a bad bitch.
Yeah, I’m sexy.
In your 50s, you dont give a f*ck!Andyoure a badass bitch.
Thats how I feel.
Im in the greatest chapter of my life because Im actually not living for anybody else.
In my 20s, I was taking care of everybody else and putting myself last.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
This article was originally published onJuly 28, 2022
