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Oprah looked so happy as she welcomed the stars of “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom” and “Fruitvale Station,” Idris Elba and Michael B. Jordan.  Two of the famous Hollywood heartthrobs talked about their roles on the film as well as other personal things.  Unfortunately, Idris Elba is already taken, but don’t be dismayed since Michael B. Jordan is still single and just experienced a breakup.

Idris Elba is expecting a baby; however he is also grieving for the loss of his father.  He said:

“My dad passed in the last three months. It’s interesting because this film is in honor of my old man. He had lung cancer and he had it for a short period of time and I had been living in LA up to last year, and last year my dad got sick so I moved back to England so that I could be closer to him. We got him in the best health care we could but it had advanced so quickly that we didn’t know it. Africans think cancer is something that does not happen to us. My mother was like, ‘Cancer? no way… African people don’t get cancer!’”

Lately, Idris has been busy with the promotion of the Mandela film and he has not grieved properly for the death of his father.  He revealed:

“I’m afraid I’ll probably fall apart to be honest. He was such a tough man. He would expect me to get on a bit. I’m human, I guess I should sit back.”

Oprah asked, “If you haven’t grieved have you at least made your peace with it?”  He said:

“Not exactly.[...]I call my mom’s house, the answering machine is still my dad. The thing about his lung cancer is that it took his voice away when he was going but the answering machine is his full voice. Two things happen: I’m super sad when I hear that and I’m also really happy that it’s still there. It’s the only bit of his voice that I have as a reminder. It reminds me.”

Isn’t it so sad?

Photo Credits: Necole Bitchie