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\n Related: <\/span>Idina Menzel, Ex Taye Diggs’ Rare Quotes About Raising Their Son Walker<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tIdina Menzel and Taye Diggs split in 2013, but they\u2019ve remained committed to amicably coparenting their son, Walker. The exes welcomed Walker in 2009, six years after tying the knot. The former couple met in 1995 while starring together in the original Broadway production of Rent, later reprising their roles in the 2005 film adaptation. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Diggs told Us<\/em> that Menzel, 54, does the \u201cheavy-lifting\u201d regarding parenting Walker.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHis mother does the heavy lifting,\u201d Diggs said. \u201cThe intensity of a mother-son relationship, I\u2019ll never know, but she takes, you know, she takes everything, I think, just a little harder. Whereas being a man and being a father, when he goes through his teenage, you know, silent sessions, I don\u2019t, I try not to take them as personally as I could, just because I know he\u2019s a teenager. I know he\u2019s a boy, and I know he has hormones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth of us realized that if we just both think of Walker first, then it kind of falls into place. And that\u2019s exactly what has happened thus far. And luckily, he\u2019s a good kid, so we don\u2019t have to worry about him trying to be, you know, him manipulating us or setting one parent against the other. You know, he\u2019s a good guy, so we just go off of what he gives us. And up to this point, it\u2019s been OK,\u201d Diggs continued.<\/p>\n
In his newest film, Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours,<\/em> which premiered on Lifetime on Saturday, November 1, Diggs plays Darius, a single father who finds his teenage daughter (Chlo\u00e9<\/strong> Flowers<\/strong>) in bed with her boyfriend, Chase, (Tyler<\/strong> Lofton<\/strong>) and immediately kicks him out. Chase\u2019s mother, played by Lesley<\/strong>\u2013Ann<\/strong> Brandt<\/strong>, returns to confront Diggs\u2019 character, only for the two to realize sparks are flying between them. They develop feelings for each other in private, but the real test of their relationship is telling their children.<\/p>\nThough Diggs has never been in a relationship that started this way before, he did open up to Us<\/em> about his \u201cawkward\u201d dating past.<\/a> Diggs also shared that he relies on his son Walker\u2019s opinion and the \u201cstraight up\u201d advice he gives.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis mother does the heavy lifting,\u201d Diggs said. \u201cThe intensity of a mother-son relationship, I\u2019ll never know, but she takes, you know, she takes everything, I think, just a little harder. Whereas being a man and being a father, when he goes through his teenage, you know, silent sessions, I don\u2019t, I try not to take them as personally as I could, just because I know he\u2019s a teenager. I know he\u2019s a boy, and I know he has hormones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth of us realized that if we just both think of Walker first, then it kind of falls into place. And that\u2019s exactly what has happened thus far. And luckily, he\u2019s a good kid, so we don\u2019t have to worry about him trying to be, you know, him manipulating us or setting one parent against the other. You know, he\u2019s a good guy, so we just go off of what he gives us. And up to this point, it\u2019s been OK,\u201d Diggs continued.<\/p>\n
In his newest film, Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours,<\/em> which premiered on Lifetime on Saturday, November 1, Diggs plays Darius, a single father who finds his teenage daughter (Chlo\u00e9<\/strong> Flowers<\/strong>) in bed with her boyfriend, Chase, (Tyler<\/strong> Lofton<\/strong>) and immediately kicks him out. Chase\u2019s mother, played by Lesley<\/strong>\u2013Ann<\/strong> Brandt<\/strong>, returns to confront Diggs\u2019 character, only for the two to realize sparks are flying between them. They develop feelings for each other in private, but the real test of their relationship is telling their children.<\/p>\n Though Diggs has never been in a relationship that started this way before, he did open up to Us<\/em> about his \u201cawkward\u201d dating past.<\/a> Diggs also shared that he relies on his son Walker\u2019s opinion and the \u201cstraight up\u201d advice he gives.<\/p>\n
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