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Locking down one of Hollywood's sexiest men may come with its perks, but it can also come with judgment. Sabrina Dhowre Elba has experienced both after going public with her relationship with Idris Elba in 2017. The couple met earlier that year in a Vancouver jazz bar and wed a couple of years later in Morocco.
Recently, the former Miss Vancouver stopped by the Awf The Record podcast and described all the public attention she received at that time as "super overwhelming."
"I was like, I've never seen a picture of the back of my head like that. I was like stop showing me all these different sides of myself. It's making me really sort of analyze and nitpick things," she said. "And I was like, oh gosh. And it was a huge, like, moment of, am I good? Can I even do this?"
As she was adjusting to the new fame, she also dealt with a lot of judgment from the Luther star's female fans. Sabrina admitted that she was taken aback by all of the negativity she received from her relationship with Idris.
"I was met with so much kind of judgment and criticism. I grew up in a very supportive community of friends and people, and I was just like, well, I didn't realize so many people are so angry that this guy got married." She continued, "And it felt a little bit like bullying at first. I mean, Idris at one point was like, just stop reading it."
She later added, "I remember thinking, wow, even my own people are picking me apart."
The S'ABLE co-founder credited her mom and her philanthropic work for helping her build her confidence and use her platform as a voice for those in need. Once she began focusing on herself and her happiness, she noticed Idris' fans began to accept her, and now she jokingly refers to them as her sister's wives.
"I do love the sister wives. Like I noticed it at one point that people would be like, 'Yes, I love you and our husband' (laughs). And I realized, like, oh my gosh, it's actually quite a large group of these people who are in my marriage," she said.
"But Idris also makes me feel like the most confident woman in the room that I can joke around like that and embrace that and have a sense of humor about it, because, yeah, he's an attractive man, and he's got a community of fans who are die hard and will you know, chase after him. But I can be a part of that with him and that to me is like so fun that his fans have accepted me."
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