Birthday: Aug. 1, 1973.
Birthplace: Chicago.
Occupation: Entertainer.
Current home: Manhattan.
Marital status: Single.
Working on: My new syndicated talk show, “Tempestt” (WPWR-Ch. 50).
The last good movie I saw: “Pulp Fiction.”
I stay home to watch: Talk shows, so I can keep abreast of what everyone’s doing.
The book I’ve been reading: Anne Rice’s “Memnoch the Devil.”
Favorite childhood memory: When I was 4 or 5, I used to sleep over at my grandmother’s house, and she would roll my hair on pink sponge rollers, and I’d feel so adult.
Prized possession: My great-grandmother’s engagement ring.
Personal hero: My mother. I know all the trials and tribulations she’s gone through and what she’s sacrificed for me.
Nobody knows I’m: Not as self-confident as I appear.
I wish I could stop: Taking the blame for others’ mistakes.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Talking.
If I could do it over I: Would have dropped a college class on sex and feminism. The teacher didn’t like me, and I didn’t realize that college was about giving the teachers what they wanted, not doing good work. It messed with my head.
If I could change one thing about myself: I wouldn’t be so afraid of confrontation. I avoid it at all cost. I avoid asserting myself, but this is my show and I have to be willing to say, “This is the color I want for the chairs,” “This is the introduction I like.”
Nobody would believe it if they saw me: Bungee jump.
The best time of my life: My early teens. I had no responsibilities, but I didn’t know how good it was, and I didn’t enjoy it to the fullest.
The worst time of my life: I have moments of insecurity when I feel nothing will work out.
Major accomplishment: Taking the last two years off to finish college and then coming back to work and getting this show.
Most humbling experience: Meeting Rosa Parks.
Three words that best describe me: Intelligent, dramatic and sensitive.
