Gabourey Sidibeis grateful for her husbandBrandon Frankel’sprotective nature.
Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE at theESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awardsin Los Angeles on Feb. 27, thePreciousactress, 41, praised Frankel for sticking up for her on social media and offline.
When told that he appears not to “play about” her, Sidibe replied, “he don’t, and I deserve every bit of it, okay. Come down here right now. If you step on my dress, he will be here."
“Like, he’s in a feud with a lot of things,” she continued. “I have to be careful about telling him that somebody gave me an attitude because he’ll write them off forever."
“He’ll beef with his grandma about me. And I deserve it. And I love him so much and I would beef with a lot of people for him too,” she added.
Sidibe and Frankel met on the members-only dating app Raya.
Gabourey Sidibe and her husband Brandon Frankel.Brandon Frankel/Instagram
Brandon Frankel/Instagram
The pair - whoquietly married around four months after their engagementin November 2020 - welcomedtwins Cooper and Mayain April 2024.
Sidibe confessed to PEOPLE that she didn’t expect their initial meeting to blossom into a lasting “radical love.”
Gabourey Sidibe at the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles.Robin L Marshall/Getty
Robin L Marshall/Getty
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“I did not know that the person who I am today existed. And she only exists because of how much he loves me,” she added. “Isn’t that crazy? I would have punched myself in the face 10 years ago.”
Sidibe concluded, “My husband’s the guy, just that guy.”
The actress also revealed that a huge first birthday party is not currently planned for their 10-month-old twins’ celebration in April. She added that throughout 2025, she plans to balance motherhood responsibilities with her own projects.
“Them babies don’t know what’s going on, nothing,” Sidibe said. “They don’t know nothing ‘bout nothing. We’re not gonna throw a big party for the first birthday because, you know, it’s gonna be a normal day."
“We might give them cake, but also they’re so little they would throw up a cake, so we’ll take them out, probably get them a present,” she added. “But we’ll really get into it for probably that third birthday.”
source: people.com
