We all know and love Wayne Brady for his prolific work as a comedian, musician, and actor, including his role on Whose Line Is It Anyway , but we also love him for not being afraid to speak up about racial injustices in the world .
In a new interview with Access Hollywood , Wayne opened up about an emotional time in his life involving his daughter.
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Wayne began the story by explaining that his daughter, Maile, was younger at the time.
“A couple years ago — she must have been 14 or 15. We live in Malibu. Her mom lives in Malibu. I wasn’t home. She set the alarm off in my house,” Wayne began, and then explained that he quickly began to panic while on the phone with his daughter.
Wayne explained that Maile input the security code incorrectly.
“I freaked out because I was giving her the code and for whatever reason she put it in wrong and it wouldn’t accept and then the alarm company [said] we are sending armed response right now,” Wayne explained.
Wayne explained that he was afraid for his daughter’s safety.
“I was so worried that my daughter could not explain in the heat of the moment, ‘Yes, it’s my house,'” Wayne explained, and then went on to say that he instructed his daughter to leave the house before the armed response team arrived.
“I told her, ‘Get out of the house and run around the corner and down the street and go to your mom’s house!’
“I locked myself out and tripped my own alarm and an armed response team came and I had to prove that it was my house,” Brady said, adding “that should be the same with anyone, but the fear that these people would hurt me outside of my own house … it’s not unprecedented.”
“I knew I could handle that because I was a man, but I was fearful for my little girl, and I placed all that fear on her,” Wayne added.
“We had to have a talk and we had to really talk about this, so now fast forward — she’s 17. She’s the head of her school’s Black student union, she’s a little activist and she knows her history,” Wayne explained.
Wayne added that overall he’s grateful for the experience.
“It’s a conversation I’m glad I had because every young black person that we send out in the world, including her boyfriend, I worry about her boyfriend when he drives — we need to arm [them] with knowledge because it’s just necessary,” Wayne concluded.
We’re glad everything worked out for Wayne and Maile!
