Meagan Good plays a woman working through divorce in her latest movie. She says she’s bringing her own experiences to the screen. The 42-year-old actor visited TODAY with Hoda & Jenna July 9 to discuss her role in Tyler Perry’s “Divorce in the Black.
” She said she channeled feelings from her 2021 divorce from DeVon Franklin to help people “feel seen” and “give them empowerment.” “I was happy to just delve into this role because of (Ava’s) journey. Once she accepted what was happening and she realized there was nothing that she could do about it, then she had to get excited about the second act of her life,” Good said of her role.
“And I understand that feeling very, very intimately.” Elaborating on the topic of divorce, she said, “I want women and men to feel, ‘Yeah, I can do this.’ It seems like something ended, but something beautiful is beginning.
” Good and Franklin, a producer, were married in 2012 and filed for divorce in 2021 . She told Hoda and Jenna she was “married for a decade to a wonderful person,” and said they’re “still friends.” “To me it’s a success when you’ve learned a lot, when you’ve given a lot, when you take a lot with you, when you’re a better person for it,” she said.
“You could say, ‘This sucks, this is not fair.’ Or you could say, ‘You know what, we got to do this and we’ve grown so much and we gave each other so much.’” Romantically linked to actor Jonathan Majors since 2023, Good.