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Uzo Aduba Dishes On Her Real Life ‘Dandelion’

Uzo Aduba aka "Crazy Eyes" may have made Piper her "dandelion" on Orange is the New Black, but find out who her dandelion is in real life!
Uzo Aduba Dishes On Her Real Life ‘Dandelion’
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By Toni Akindele · Updated October 27, 2020

Uzo Aduba is back today (June 17) in season four of Netflix original, Orange is the New Black. In an interview with LA Mag, the star dishes on past LA adventures, “Crazy Eyes,” and her real life “dandelion.”

When asked to pick between Taylor Swift or co-star Taylor Schilling as a hype woman, Aduba was torn. “They hype two different parts of my life!” she explains.

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“One hypes my acting, one hypes my music. Apples and oranges. They’re both my dandelion,” she said. “I can’t choose.”

Check out her full interview here. Who will be binge watching OITNB this weekend?

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