I had to understand it even more after I had the baby because even though my mom died while I was pregnant, it was almost like, you’re pregnant so you can’t be stressed out too much because you don’t want to harm the baby. I gave birth to Nola and it was like I had to reprocess my mom’s death all of over again. It was definitely a struggle in the sense of I didn’t have my mom. How did you cope with grief during this time, even when you were with people, where you could still feel lonely and isolated? I’m probably nagging a little bit more, telling my husband to make sure he washes his hands, keep things clean - “Oh no, don’t give that to her it touched the floor!” But overall it’s been a blessing.īefore the pandemic, you suffered the loss of your mom. It’s been crazy in the sense that I’m probably a little bit more anal. We have this virus we’re still learning so much about every day just floating around outside. But I imagine that raising one in a pandemic is a lot more stressful…you never know what the next day brings. Congratulations! What has it been like raising a child born during this pandemic?Ĭharmaine Walker: I always wonder what it’s like to raise a child outside of a pandemic because I’ve never experienced that. MadameNoire: Your daughter Nola was born about a year ago. We talked with Walker about how motherhood changed the woman she wants to be in everyday life and on TV, dealing with simultaneous grief and joy during the pandemic, the snapback culture vultures on social media, and the good and bad of reality TV. As for Confessions, the three franchises will also come face to face, but in a reunion setting hosted by Marc Lamont Hill to fill fans in on what’s happened since they stopped filming. As Walker put it, they will “spill all the tea on each other, relationships, everything” with host Eva Marcille. Unlocked is a two-part series that puts together fan favorites from all three franchises to look over moments from the past 10 years, including some of the most controversial. Black Ink Crew: Secrets Unlocked, which premieres on March 15 and Black Ink Crew: Confessions on March 29. In the meantime though, for those missing out on all Black Ink shows and theatrics, VH1 has two specials coming for fans. So expect to see a different side of Walker when filming for Black Ink Crew: Chicago begins again soon. “Don’t get me wrong, viewers loved Black Ink in the past, but with the environment and if you just read the room right now, I feel that it’s really important for us to come through with some better stories with more layers involved versus going to fighting drama,” she says. The influence of her daughter, the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter Movement and more left Walker expecting more from her employers, and also from herself. Your priorities definitely shift and how you want to be represented shifts.” “Being able to sit inside for a year and really be able to reflect - you know when those cameras turn off, it takes a month or two to get out of that camera mode,” she tells MadameNoire.
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