Meagan Good on Divorce: “Learning to Live Again” and “Say No”

Meagan Good on Divorce: “Learning to Live Again” and “Say No”

Web Desk
May 13, 2022

Meagan Good is putting herself first after a year of personal and professional ups and downs.

“I’ve learned to not be as much of a people pleaser,” the 40-year-old told earlier this week at a Hollywood Confidential event honoring her career. “I’ve learned that not everybody’s going to get you or like you, and that’s okay. And knowing who your tribe is and being really thankful for that, and knowing sometimes they’re not your tribe — that’s okay too.”

She continued that she is focused on “loving and treating people with respect regardless, and never letting how people treat you change the integrity of who you want to be. I think in this season especially, I’m learning to live again in a different way.”

Since Good filed for divorce from DeVon Frankin, her husband of nine years, in December 2021, the actress is also making a point to practice a lot of gratitude.

“It’s been a lot of changes like going through a divorce and having a hit TV show where I’m playing the character of my dreams and having massive support from Amazon,” the Harlem star told

Good also joined the Director’s Guild of America and acted as executive producer on the upcoming dramedy La Carte from the ALLBLK streaming service.

“It’s like, ‘All right, Lord. I’m walking this out, figuring it out,'” she continued. “It’s just about being present and being really thankful and just taking everything in as it’s coming. I think that’s the biggest thing for me in the season [is] just being present and every single day and being really thankful for my quality of life and the people I get to do life with.”

Despite the fact that many people around Good see her thriving and changing, she attempts to stay grounded, as her mother taught her.

“My mother was always very clear about being humble, not believing your own hype, and having a distinct identity from being an actress,” she remarked.

Good is looking forward to starting a new chapter in her life, screenplay or no script.

“I’m excited about what’s next and I feel very hopeful,” Good says. “Life is not just short, it’s precious and so I am just being really intentional about being present.”

She notes, “Even right now, I don’t technically have place to live. I go stay with my mom, but technically I’m just floating and there’s something really cool about that because now when I start Harlem the next week, I’m just going to move to New York for those months without a base anywhere. I’ll see what happens after that.”

Season 1 of À La Carte is now streaming on ALLBLK.