Niecy Nash-Betts Explains Why She’s Still Holding a ‘Grudge Against’ Colman Domingo After He Officiated Her Wedding

Niecy Nash-Betts is still holding this grudge against longtime friend Colman Domingo.

Niecy, 55, wed her woman Jessica Betts successful 2020, pinch Domingo, besides 55, serving arsenic nan officiant. During nan Tuesday, June 24, section of Today With Jenna & Friends, nan character reflected connected her wedding time – and nan vibrant yellowish ensemble Domingo wore to officiate.

“I joined nan top emotion of my life successful my backyard pinch 24 people, and conjecture who my officiant was?” Betts asked Jenna Bush Hager. “None different than nan Colman Domingo.” 

A photograph of nan couple’s friendly summertime backyard ceremonial was past featured onscreen pinch nan Sing Sing prima opinionated down them astatine nan altar.

“There’s Colman!” she pointed out. “Now, I person a grudge against him, because I don’t cognize what he’s wearing. And I ne'er forgave him for that. I’m like, it’s a wedding!”

Hager, 43, past requested that the Today team zoom successful to nan photograph truthful that she could get a due look astatine Domingo’s outfit, which was comprised of an absurd achromatic and yellowish suit, a checkered top, and achromatic sneakers.

“He conscionable looked for illustration a beautiful bumblebee, but I said not for… you’re my officiant!” Betts said. “You don’t sewage achromatic slacks laying around? It conscionable made maine truthful upset.”

Domingo is known for his daring manner choices, and he precocious served arsenic a co-chair astatine nan 2025 Met Gala, for which nan taxable was Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.

Before her matrimony to woman Jessica, Niecy was antecedently joined to Don Nash from 1994 to 2007 and Jay Tucker from 2011 to 2020. She revealed on Today that her now-wife is her “soulmate."

“See nan first 2 times I was married, I was joined to men and now I’m joined to a woman,” Betts explained. “And I don’t deliberation it’s astir nan gender that makes it special. It’s just… I met my soulmate, you cognize what I mean? I met my soulmate. I wasn’t surviving a sexually repressed life wherever I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I really want to beryllium joined to a woman!’ No. I conscionable met nan astir beautiful soul.”

Niecy past reflected connected her domiciled successful nan LGBTQ+ community. “I was adjacent. I was an ally, but now I’m a card-carrying member,” Betts said.

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The Grotesquerie prima past joked, “And here’s nan problem pinch it: I didn’t get a package. I didn’t get a manual. I didn’t get a toaster, a gift. My friends — I person friends successful nan community! I thought location was gonna beryllium a parade extracurricular of my house. I sewage nothing, guys! Nothing! But now I’m successful each nan Pride parades.”

Nash and Domingo co-starred successful nan 2014 humanities play movie Selma, which told nan communicative of nan 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting authorities marches successful Alabama that were led by Martin Luther King Jr. John Lewis, and much civilian authorities leaders.