Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua oati te tumuaki o te Whare Wānanga o Southern California ki te whakahaere i tana ake rangahau ki ngā kerēme o te tama a te whetū Empire a Taraji P. Henson i 'whakapāhotia ā-iwi' i te kura. I kii te kaiwhakahaere o te Haumarutanga Hapori o te kura, a John Thomas, i 'raru' ia i nga purongo i aukatihia e nga pirihimana te tama a te kaiwhakaari a Marcel i te kura mo te pupuri i ona ringa i roto i ona pute. Ka puta mai i muri i te whakapuakitanga a Henson kua whakatau ia ki te tuku i te 20-tau-tau ki te Whare Wananga o Howard i mua. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. E mea ana a Taraji P. Henson i whakawāteatia tana tama a Marcel e te pirihimana i te Whare Wānanga o California ki te Tonga. Ko te whaea me te tama i whakaahuatia i runga ake nei i te whakaaturanga kiriata i Hollywood i te Paenga-whāwhā whakamutunga. Ko te whetu Empire Henson, 44, e kii ana i mutu tana tama i te Whare Wananga o California (whakaahua konae) mo te pupuri i ona ringa i roto i ona pute. I roto i tētahi uiuinga ki te maheni Uptown, i kī ia i whakawāteatia tōna tama i ētahi atu wāhi i California i mua, ā, i mahi 'i ngā mea katoa i kīia e ngā pirihimana kia mahia e ia, tae atu ki te tuku i a rātau ki te rapu ā-ture i tana waka. 'He hē nā te mea kāore i hoatu e rātau ki a ia te tīkiti mō te mea i whakatārewatia ai ia,' i mea ia. 'Kātahi ka haere ia ki te Whare Wānanga o California ki te Tonga, te kura e haere ana ahau ki te whakawhiti atu ki a ia, i te wa i aukatihia ai ia e te pirihimana no te mea i mau ona ringa ki ona pute.' Whai muri i tana ako i te whakapae a USC, i whakaatu a John Thomas kua wheako ia i te whakahe i te iwi i a ia e taiohi ana. I roto i tētahi tauākī, ka mea ia: 'I tino raruraru ahau ki te pānui i ngā pūrongo rongo e pā ana ki tētahi ākonga ā-waha i whakaarotia i roto i te whare wānanga, i te taha rānei o te whare wānanga, nā tōna iwi. 'E akiaki ana mātou i te pūrongo mō ngā whakapae o te whakahē, ā, e tūmanako ana ahau ki te whai wāhitanga ki te kōrero ki te taitama me tōna whaea. Kua whakapuakina e Henson kua whakatau ia ki te tuku i tana tama 20 tau te pakeke a Marcel ki te whare wānanga o mua. 'Kei te hiahia au ki te tirotiro i tēnei take, kia pai ake ai te mārama ko wai i whai wāhi, he aha hoki i tupu. I te mea ko ahau tonu te tangata i kite i te whakahāwea ā-iwi i a au e taiohi ana, e hiahia ana ahau ki te ako atu e pā ana ki tēnei take, ā...
I whakapuakina e Taraji P. Henson ko tana tama i 'whakaputaina' e nga pirihimana. E kī ana i hopukina e te pirihimana tana tama a Marcel i te Whare Wānanga o California ki te Tonga. E mea ana te tumuaki o te USC Public Safety kua pā ki a ia anō te whakahāwea ā-iwi. Kua oati a John Thomas ki te whakahaere i tana ake rangahau mo te take.