Idina Menzel discussed the challenging period when her marriage to Taye Diggs was ending in 2013 around the same time her career took off with Disney's "Frozen." During a New York Comic Con panel, she quipped about the difficulties of hearing her hit song "Let It Go" everywhere while going through a breakup. Menzel emphasized how the film provided emotional support and joy during that complicated time.
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Idina Menzel recalled during a New York Comic Con panel on Thursday that her divorce from Taye Diggs in 2013 was "really hard," coinciding with the rise of her career thanks to the Disney hit "Frozen." She noted that her song "Let It Go" became ubiquitous, making things difficult for Diggs. Menzel said the time was complicated but being part of "Frozen" helped her emotionally as she navigated her divorce and co-parenting their son Walker, now 17. The couple met in the Broadway production of "Rent" in the mid-'90s, married in 2003, and have maintained an amicable relationship since their split for the sake of their child's well-being.
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Idina Menzel recalled the “really hard” time period where she and Taye Diggs’ marriage was ending, just as her career was on the rise.
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“We were separating and it was really hard,” Menzel shared of their 2013 divorce during a New York Comic Con panel on Thursday, per People.
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“And then ‘Frozen’ was coming up just as Taye — we were breaking up.”
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Menzel said the 2014 Disney hit made her inescapable because her song from the “Frozen” soundtrack “Let It Go” was everywhere.
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“The poor guy,” she quipped of Diggs.
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“It was ‘Let It Go.’
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He’s in a mall and he’s like, ‘F–k this!
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It’s everywhere, ‘Let It Go, Let It Go.’
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Like, ‘I can’t let it go!’”
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“It was very complicated, that whole time,” she added, admitting that being a part of “Frozen” “saved” her as she was going through the emotional turmoil of her divorce.
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“It was filling my heart with joy and love and forgiveness and all of that stuff,” Menzel shared. “And also being able to show my son this wonderful film.”
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Menzel and Diggs first met while starring together in the original Broadway production of Jonathan Larson’s “Rent” in the mid ’90s.
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They also co-
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They wed in 2003 and welcomed a son, Walker, now 17, in 2009.
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The former couple announced their breakup in December 2013.
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“Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs have jointly decided to separate at this time,” representatives for the couple told People magazine at the time.
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We ask that you respect their privacy during this time.”
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“Well, it’s been kind of a very, I guess, turbulent, dynamic couple of years,” she said in 2016.
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“While having the success of ‘Frozen’ and having my career sort of catapulted in a new place, I had the juxtaposition of my personal life being, kind of, going through a divorce and all of the sadness and guilt and regret that comes with all of that.”
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“So I had these sort of two dueling sides in my life and it just gave me a great place to go in the studio and work from.”
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In 2017, Menzel got married to her other “Rent” co-star, Aaron Lohr.
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As for Diggs, he was last romantically linked to star and singer Apryl Jones, who he dated from 2021 to 2023.
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Since their split, the exes have forged an amicable co-parenting relationship for their son.
“She has a career and she has her own relationships and she still makes sure that Walker is where he needs to be when he needs,” Diggs told People of Menzel in 2022.
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“He’s got the best coaches and the best teachers, and we’re at the best schools, and it’s all because of her.”
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Your voice matters.
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Discussions are moderated for civility.
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