TARAJI P. HENSON SAYS SHE CAN'T PLAY COOKIE FOREVER IT DRAINS HER

Taraji P. Henson says that playing 'Cookie' on the Fox hit TV Show 'Empire' drains her.  Henson says that she has to get away from Cookie as soon as the show is over.  She also says she doesn't want to play Cookie forever and will be leaving soon.

Henson says after the show goes into syndication she might be leaving.  I think a show can go into syndication after three seasons.  So she might be leaving soon.  Here is what Taraji P. Henson had to say:

“I could not do this forever. No. Cookie wears me out!” “She drains me, “She is emotionally all over the place. Those writers, they just keep pushing my emotions with every episode. By the 18th episode [of each season], I’m dead. I got to get far away. I don’t wear animal print. I cut my hair into a bob. I don’t wear a weave because I’ve got to get as far away from Cookie as possible.”When asked if she has a number of seasons in mind she’d like “Empire” to stay on the air, Henson quips, “Once it’s syndicated — and then I’m like, ‘Thank you. Goodnight!’”“I learned this from the women of ‘Sex and the City’ — you’ve got to know when to go out. You don’t want to overstay your welcome. You want to go out on a high. You want to be remembered as the number one show on network,” Henson adds. “I’m going to lose my passion, I know me. And Cookie is enough. I can’t do that for so long.”

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