Laverne Cox speaks candidly about finding ‘love’ in 2020 and admits that it ‘just kind of happened’

Laverne Cox made a remote appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an episode airing Thursday, January 28.

And the 48-year-old actress opened up to the 62-year-old talk show host about finding love in 2020 and navigating the dating scene as a trans woman despite the pandemic.

‘[Found love in 2020] almost sounds like a punchline, but, yeah, Laverne is in love again and it feels amazing,’ gushed the Orange Is The New Black star during her interview.

Beaming in: Laverne Cox made a remote appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an episode airing Thursday, January 28

‘Love is an incredible thing. It’s literally this chemical thing that’s awesome and he is a really great guy and I didn’t expect it,’ admitted Cox, who did not name her current flame.

She continued: ‘I thought he was going to be this hot dude I was hanging out with and then it just kind of happened.’

While congratulating the star on finding love, Ellen asked Laverne ‘how long’ the relationship has been going on.

‘We have been hanging out for six months and we went really slowly. So, the world “love” sort of happened around November/December.

‘So, yeah, it’s been six months, I guess,’ Cox concluded.

Opening up: And the 48-year-old actress opened up to the 62-year-old talk show host about finding love in 2020 and navigating the dating scene as a trans woman despite the pandemic

Opening up: And the 48-year-old actress opened up to the 62-year-old talk show host about finding love in 2020 and navigating the dating scene as a trans woman despite the pandemic

‘That’s a nice Christmas present to have love,’ remarked DeGeneres, who added a sincere ‘Congratulations.’

Referring to Laverne’s podcast, Ellen noted one episode where there was a discussion about ‘men dating trans people [and] wanting to stay in the closet about it.’

‘So, I assume this guy [you are dating] is not like that,’ said Ellen, to which Laverne replied: ‘This guy [that I am dating] has never dated a trans woman before.’

‘My last two boyfriends had also never dated a trans woman before. And the interesting thing is that when you are famous, you want [your partner] to be really discreet,’ she explained.

Cox joked that for so long men who were seeing her romantically ‘would be like “don’t tell anybody,”‘ while now she is the one telling her suitors ‘not to tell anybody.’

Podcast queen: She went on to promote her upcoming podcast The Laverne Cox Show which will feature conversations such as trans visibility and celebrity guests.

Podcast queen: She went on to promote her upcoming podcast The Laverne Cox Show which will feature conversations such as trans visibility and celebrity guests.

Stunning: Laverne's candid appearance on Ellen comes after the star previously shared unseen bikini videos of herself to Instagram to celebrate the release of her new film Promising Young Woman with Carey Mulligan

 Stunning: Laverne’s candid appearance on Ellen comes after the star previously shared unseen bikini videos of herself to Instagram to celebrate the release of her new film Promising Young Woman with Carey Mulligan

‘But the issue over the years for me as a trans woman and other trans women is that the womanhood of trans women is often disavowed. A lot of people don’t see trans women as women.

‘So, the men that are attracted to women, people think they are gay. And if you are a straight man, you don’t want people to think you’re gay. 

‘So, a lot of the times they don’t want to disclose or want to let anyone know,’ she explained.

Laverne, after recalling a personal anecdote, said that the complexity of the situation is ‘really sad’ because ‘people don’t get it and they just don’t understand it.’

‘I wish we were in a different place, but we are just not here yet. We need a guy who is probably famous and articulate to be able to talk about this,’ she emphasized.

Baring it all: The proud Trans actress wrote, 'These kinds of videos have been private for a while but here ya go'

Baring it all: The proud Trans actress wrote, ‘These kinds of videos have been private for a while but here ya go’

Unfortunately, Cox noted that ‘very few guys are actually articulate’ about the situation and, instead, stay silent on the matter. 

She went on to promote her upcoming podcast The Laverne Cox Show which will feature conversations such as trans visibility and celebrity guests.

Laverne’s candid appearance on Ellen comes after the star previously shared unseen bikini videos of herself to Instagram to celebrate the release of her new film Promising Young Woman with Carey Mulligan. 

The LGBTQ+ advocate opted to bare her curves, despite sharing that usually these types of videos ‘have been private,’ as she stunned in a black two piece. 

Cox was unafraid to proudly display her figure as she told her followers, ‘here ya go.’

Work it: The black string bikini was adorned with gold rings on the bust and hips as she posed in her bedroom while wearing a pair of black heels

Work it: The black string bikini was adorned with gold rings on the bust and hips as she posed in her bedroom while wearing a pair of black heels

Standing in her bedroom, she showed off her incredible body in the stringy black bikini with gold rings on the hips and bust. 

She elongated her stature in a pair of black heels that could be seen in the mirror, as she posed makeup free. 

Her golden tresses down, she worked her facial angles in the smoldering video. 

The Orange Is the New Black star wrote, ‘These kinds of videos have been private for a while but here ya go.’

She continued to post the videos to her Instagram grid after storying them as she added, ‘I figured I’d share. @promisingyoungwoman is now on Demand. Right now! Watch it!,’ while adding her signature hashtag ‘#TransIsBeautiful.’

Goddess behavior: Fans were quick to comment that she was a Goddess and Ellis Ross wrote, 'gorgeous'

#TransIsBeautiful: The LGBTQ+ activist recently penned an op-e about her film Disclosure which focuses around Hollywood's depiction of the trans community

Goddess behavior: Fans were quick to comment that she was a Goddess and Ellis Ross wrote, ‘gorgeous’ 

The videos received many comments from fans calling her a goddess and good pal Tracee Ellis Ross simply wrote, ‘gorgeous.’

A multi-faceted actress who recently executive produced the Netflix documentary,  Disclosure, about Hollywood’s depiction of the trans community, Cox released an op-ed on Monday about the importance of making the film. 

Speaking about her tough upbringing in Alabama, she shared the bullying she endured and revealed she contemplated suicide at the age of 11 before she moved to New York City and met real trans people. 

‘The disparity between the trans people I knew and how we were portrayed on screen inspired me to look critically at images in the media. I longed for a film about trans representation.’

Disclosure: 'The disparity between the trans people I knew and how we were portrayed on screen inspired me to look critically at images in the media,' she shared in the Shondaland piece; pictured February 2020

Disclosure: ‘The disparity between the trans people I knew and how we were portrayed on screen inspired me to look critically at images in the media,’ she shared in the Shondaland piece; pictured February 2020

She signed on to the project in 2017 and made it a point to hire trans crewmembers to make a safe space for the all-trans cast who were interviewed, fostering an ‘environment of comfort and trust which inspired them to share very personal experiences.’ 

Continuing to spread her wings on other types of projects, the Emmy nominated actress recently landed a podcasting series through Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland Audio and iHeartRadio. 

With a current working title of The Laverne Cox Show, which is set to debut in February 2021, Cox will conduct guest interviews that ‘provoke thought and potentially new outlooks.’

‘I can’t wait for everyone to hear the incredibly interesting conversations I have had with my guests,’ she shared. 

Shondaland: Cox teamed up with Shondaland Audio and iHeartRadio to produce a podcast series set to debut in February 2021, where she will conduct interviews that 'provoke thought and potentially new outlooks'

Shondaland: Cox teamed up with Shondaland Audio and iHeartRadio to produce a podcast series set to debut in February 2021, where she will conduct interviews that ‘provoke thought and potentially new outlooks’