Niecy Nash-Betts is engaged on a brand new venture — one thing “very darkish,” and performing reverse an surprising co-star: Travis Kelce.
Nash-Betts was the primary to disclose Kelce’s involvement in Ryan Murphy’s forthcoming new project, Grotesquerie, again in Might, and she or he was more than pleased to share some reward when she spoke with ET’s Deidre Behar on the carpet at the 2024 BET Awards on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Nash-Betts — who was joined by wife Jessica Betts on the star-studded awards present on Sunday — defined of the information sequence, “I’ve by no means performed a task like this. It’s extremely darkish, I am so excited for individuals to see it.”
“There could also be just a few cameos,” Nash-Betts added. “I am not going to call names. However it’s a superb time.”
With regards to Kelce, nevertheless, Nash-Betts stated he is been holding his personal on set — particularly because it’s primarily his first dramatic performing position.
” what, I am pleasantly stunned,” Nash-Betts stated. “He is doing rather well.”
Nash-Betts stated she’s been working traces and doing what she will be able to to mentor Kelce, and described a typical rehearsal for them as, “Us sitting round consuming In-N-Out studying phrases off a bit of paper.”
As for whether or not or not she’s grilled him with a slew of questions on his well-known girlfriend, Taylor Swift, Nash-Betts performed coy, telling ET, “Effectively now I do not ask and inform! Let me simply say that.”
A source told ET in Might “Travis Kelce is sporting many hats today as he jumps into the performing world in his first TV sequence position… Particulars of Travis’s position are nonetheless underneath wraps, nevertheless, will probably be a guest-starring position, and his presence will likely be felt through the sequence.”
The supply added, “Travis is happy to train this ability set and present one other facet of himself off the sphere. Extra initiatives like this one are to come back.”
As for her time together with her spouse at this yr’s BET Awards, Nash-Betts revealed that they had been going to current through the present — and thus make historical past.
“Jess are the very first married identical intercourse couple to current on the BET Awards,” defined Nash-Betts, who tied the knot with the singer-songwriter in August 2020. “And aw, man, we have been on a excessive ever since we realized it.”
For the Emmy-winning actress, being together with her spouse and making historical past throughout such an iconic present is an actual deal with in itself.
“That is for the tradition and I would not wish to be anyplace else with anyone else,” Nash-Betts stated with a smile.
The 2024 BET Awards, hosted by Taraji P. Henson, aired live on the BET channel from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 30, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Try the complete winners list here.
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