Actress/host La La Anthony is Latina magazine’s August 2014 cover girl!
La La is definitely in grind mode right now. Her movie Think Like A Man Too is number one at the box office, she has a hit television show on Starz called Power, let’s not forget she’s a wife to New York Knick’s player Carmelo Anthony and they have a 7 year old son together. In the new issue, La La opens up about giving her son a sibling one day, family time and her fabulous fashion line, 5th & Mercer.
On her perfect night with her family: “My husband, my son and I have the best time when it’s just the three of us. It’s nice to all be together, put a movie on, lie in the bed and laugh. That’s my idea of a perfect, fun time.”
On being ready to have another child: “I do start feeling bad because [my son, Kiyan, 7, will] ask about a baby [sibling] and I feel a little selfish. If I did have another child, the reason would be that I wouldn’t want my son to be alone in the world as an only child. But we’ll see.”
On her new fashion line, 5th & Mercer: “I know what works on Latinas, black women and curvy women. But it’s great that a website like ShopBop that isn’t used to having that kind of consumer—they’re used to stopping at a six or an eight—to push them to go up to a fourteen and understand our kind of woman.”
On how her mom helps her be a better parent: “I always go to my mom for advice. Even when I went through crazy phases in my life, she allowed me to be me and never said, ‘You shouldn’t be doing that!’ She’d just give me the pros and cons and allowed me to make my own decisions. I hope I am my son’s best friend, and I want him to feel like he can come talk to me about anything—good or bad, because that’s what I used to do with my mom. If they can’t talk to you, that’s when they go to outside influences and they might make wrong choices.”
Head over to Latina magazine for more on La La!
