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The success of "Empire" means she can get a table in any restaurant she wants and the paparazzi pop out wherever she is. But guess where Taraji P. Henson still loves to shop?
Credit: Jennifer Brett
Credit: Jennifer Brett
Target.
"It's weird because I've been doing this for so long and it took a character like Cookie to expose me to the world in a way that I've never been exposed before," Henson told Extra's Tracey Edmonds.
The actress claimed a Golden Globe trophy for her portrayal of the straight-talking "Cookie" on the hit Fox show that returns to Fox March 30.
"I can get into any restaurant… last-minute,” she said, relishing the perks of fame.
But despite her celebrity status she's not too fancy to push a red shopping cart - herself.
“I love to shop at Target," she said. "I love to do my own shopping."
She tends to have company now when she takes a spin down the aisle and says outings have "become difficult… with the paparazzi. It’s like, Where were y’all, like, 10 years ago?"
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