Taraji P. Henson kept it all sorts of candid on the latest stop on the press run of ‘The Color Purple’ – and she got emotional and teary-eyed in the process.

During an interview SiriusXM, the Golden Globe winner was quizzed about a previous quote about contemplating quitting acting.

Waxing honest, she broke down in tears and cited how tired she is having to navigate the racial and gender pay gap as a woman of color despite her decades of success.

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Speaking candidly while appearing alongside director Blitz Bazawule and co-star Danielle Brooks, Henson said:

“I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do [and] getting paid a fraction of the cost. ’m tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over. You get tired. I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’ Well, I have to. The math ain’t math-ing. When you start working a lot, you have a team. Big bills come with what we do. We don’t do this alone. It’s a whole team behind us. They have to get paid.”

Continuing, she added:

“When you hear someone go, ‘Such and such made $10 million,’ that didn’t make it to their account. Off the top, Uncle Sam is getting 50%. Now have $5 million. Your team is getting 30% off what you gross, not after what Uncle Same took. Now do the math. I’m only human. Every time I do something and break another glass ceiling, when it’s time to renegotiate I’m at the bottom again like I never did what I just did, and I’m tired. I’m tired. It wears on you. What does that mean? What is that telling me? If I can’t fight for them coming up behind me then what the f*ck am I doing?”

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