Chadwick Boseman’s Wife Gives Her First Public Interview Since The Actor’s Death 

Simone described how she has preserved her husband’s legacy since his death and said that the last three years have been extremely difficult for her.

By Omotayo Olutekunbi

After a four-year fight with colon cancer, the Black Panther actor passed away in August 2020.

Chadwick’s four-year struggle with colon cancer was kept secret for a purpose, which has now been revealed by the late Black Panther actor’s wife, Simone Ledward Boseman.

During her first public interview following her husband’s death in August 2020, she discussed this with Whoopi Goldberg for Good Morning America.

“It was COVID when things were starting to spiral. And that meant that everybody was in their house, and there was no pressure for anybody to go outside. It seemed like, ‘Is this a crazy coincidence that we get to be inside, that we get to be here with family — together? And everybody in the world is also experiencing this togetherness in the midst of this awful, scary, unpredictable time?’ We kept that circle real — our circle was basically a dot.”

Simone described how she has preserved her husband’s legacy since his death and said that the last three years have been extremely difficult for her.

“It has been the most challenging two years I’ve ever had in my life. Some days I’m doing worse than I’m really willing to acknowledge and other days I’m doing better than I feel comfortable admitting. The grief really, it moves in”, she admitted.

They shared one other’s affection, even if it was only for a little time, and Simone went on to say that she feels really blessed to have been Chadwick’s companion.

“I can’t believe that I was so lucky, I can’t believe that I got to love this person. And I also got them to love me too.” ” Simone said teary-eyed

Simone has accepted multiple posthumous honors in Chadwick’s name after his death. For his performance as Leeve Green in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, he won a Golden Globe; for his voice work in What if?, he won an Emmy; and for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, he won a Critics’ Choice Award.