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I believed in myself enough to say, This wont be forever.
This is how I started, but this wont be how my story ends.
I felt like, OK, this is a cool way to be honest and open with people.
Shes familiar with filming her life for audiences, even when shed rather not.
But New York had been tough.
She and her two kidsmoved into a shelter, which MTV was eager to capture.
They filmed us picking all of our stuff off the side of East Harlem.
When the episode finally aired, Wright was humiliated but her drive never wavered.
I believed in myself enough to say, This wont be forever.
This is how I started, but this wont be how my story ends, she says.
Wright credits a group of Black women and mentors for their guidance.
Get to know more about Wright including her love of messy reality TV in her Bustle Booth questionnaire below.
In The Bustle Booth
Whats your coffee order?
Id skip the coffee and grab some English breakfast tea.
Loose leaf only, hey and thank you!
What are the saved weather locations on your phone?
New York, LA, Osaka, and Bermuda.
Whats your sign?
Favorite overused movie quote?
Ill be back Terminator.
What was your favorite cartoon as a kid?
Oh man, I had so many but I would have to sayThe Proud Family.
Whats one movie or TV show youre currently obsessed with?
I have been getting intoMarried to Medicine.
Its so messy but I kinda love it.
Who is your celeb idol?
B E Y O N C E… no questions asked.
My Virgo, Houstonian sistaaaa.
If you had to be on a reality TV show, what would it be?
I am a homebody so that show is right up my alley.
Go-to karaoke song?
While I dont loooove karaoke…
I love a good Paramore Misery Business moment.
Whats something thats inspiring you lately?
I have been re-readingAsk and It Is Givenand man, its changing me with every page.
What is something you would want people to say about you?
That they always can be themselves when I am around.
SIXis playing at the Lena Horne Theatre (256 West 47th Street) in New York City.
This article was originally published onJan.
