Jessica Alba is the cover of Glamour’s latest issue. During the edition, she spoke about her family, business, and how it has been for her to be a Latina in Hollywood. Alba, of Mexican descent, told the publication that her wedding with Cash Warren was spontaneous and before a doctor’s appointment.
The pair married in 2008 when Jessica was nine months pregnant with their daughter, Honor . “We eloped, and I think I was nine months pregnant!” she tells the outlet. “It wasn’t planned. It was literally, ‘Honey, do you have anything to do this morning?’ And he was like, ‘No.’ So I said, ‘Should we go to the courthouse and get married?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah.’ And then I said, ‘Can we get waffles afterward because I have a doctor’s appointment? Will you come to my doctor’s appointment?’ And that’s how it happened!”
© GettyImagesAfter 18 years of loving each other unconditionally, Alba and Warren celebrated their anniversary in 2022. The actress and founder of Honest Beauty took to social media to share an adorable tribute to the love of her life. “18 years of life, 14 years of marriage -through thick and thin, we’ve always found our way back to each other,” she wrote. “Can’t think of anyone I would want to share this life with. Love you, my babe @cash_warren.”
Jessica also shared her experience in Hollywood as a Latina. According to the star, due to the lack of diversity or representation for women of color, she was often labeled “exotic” and had difficulty securing leading roles.
© GettyImages“It’s a business initiative for people now that they realize how much money they can make. It’s something they care about, which is fine. How they get there really doesn’t matter. You’re like, ‘Great. Now you realize there’s a whole group of folks that you just frankly left out of the conversation because you just didn’t even see them. They were there the whole time.’ And I guess it’s the people in charge,” she says.
“However they get there, it really genuinely doesn’t matter. I just think more for the younger people who are coming up, who are going to be our future leaders, it’s important for them to see the world on screen, or in stories, in the dreams that we create as entertainers; it reflects the world that they’re in,” the actress adds.
“Even if you look at the Marvel movies – that’s the biggest driver of fantasy and what’s happening right now in entertainment because it’s sort of the family thing – it’s still quite Caucasian,” she says. “I would say I was one of the few back in the day... And it was before Marvel was sold to Disney... but it’s still quite… more of the same,” she said, referring to when she starred in the Fantastic Four Marvel franchise.
