Before Colman Domingo became an Emmy Award-winning actor, he was a struggling artist with a dream, and his mom was willing to do anything to make those dreams come true. The Rustin star, who got his start on the theater stage back in 1998, recently sat down with SiriusXM’s Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa to discuss his humble beginnings and the support he received from his mom, Edith Bowles. "My mother used to write to Oprah ," Colman told Kelly.
"She wrote to Oprah at least six times because I remember, I was like, 'Mom, why are you writing Oprah again?'" "She would write because I was a struggling artist, and she believed in me, and she would, you know, every so often, especially if I was down and I was bitching about auditions or not getting things, and she said, 'Well, you know what? I wrote to Oprah.' I was like, 'Why?' 'Well, because Oprah helps people.'" She believed that if she could just get her son on Oprah's show, she would immediately recognize how "fantastic" Colman is, and want to help him with his career .
The 54-year-old Philadelphia native remembered being against the idea, both his mom reaching out to the media mogul and the possibility of Oprah actually helping him. "I was, you know, bitter, disgruntled. [I said,] 'No, mom.
What are you talking about? Get outta here. There's no way, shape, or form I'm gonna get on that show. Oprah does not care.
'" Well, fast forward to present day, and Colman and Oprah have not only worked together (most recently .