Anthony Anderson Reveals Tracee Ellis Ross Didn’t Like Him for Years

“When it came time for my close-up, she would leave the stage,” he recalled. “Like, ‘The stage is Anthony’s!’ I thought Tracee was just showing me the utmost respect as an actor. I was like ‘Oh, my God, I’ve never been treated like this before! I was a guest star on her show, and she was just giving me her set!'”

However, in hindsight, Anderson acknowledged that Ross “didn’t want to be around me,” adding, “She really didn’t start liking me until we were midway through the first season of Black-ish, and so we laugh about it now.”