Orange is the New Black writer leaves husband for lesbian partner
ORANGE聽is the New Black scriptwriter Lauren Morelli has made headlines聽this week after filing for divorce from her husband of two years Steve Basilone to date Samira Wiley, one of the show’s stars.
Morelli described her struggle with her own sexuality in an open letter on聽, where she said聽writing for the show helped her come to terms with her own self doubt.
“I was nervous about the first love scene I’d written for Alex and Piper. I’d loved writing it, loved watching a tenderness emerge in their relationship where passion always seemed to be the ruling principle, but by that time, I was so deep in my own self-doubt that I constantly felt like a fraud,” she wrote.
“I was sure it was bleeding into my writing. How could it not? I was married to a man, but I wasn’t straight.
Morelli continued: “I’d found a mouthpiece for my own desires and a glimmer of what my future could look like.”
The OITNB scriptwriter聽realised in 2012 that she was a lesbian on one of her first days on set. However, she struggled to accept her sexuality before that, saying that she even once Googled a “how do you know if you’re a lesbian?” quiz.
For Morelli’s full open letter,聽.
