Laverne Cox is finally sharing details about her very controversial past relationship with a pro-Trump, former NYPD police officer. Although she is speaking out, what she has to say still may not be enough to excuse her truly head-scratching decision.
If you’ll remember, the news first became public about the “Transcendent” memoir author and her MAGA ex in July 2025, while she was out promoting her one-woman show, “Gurrl, How Did I Get Here?”
“My ex-boyfriend, when we met five years ago, at the height of the pandemic, he was 26, and I was 48. He was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed MAGA Republican voter who is a New York City police officer,” she said at the time in a video to Instagram.
Given Cox’s progressive ideologies and the fact that she’s a proud trans woman, many of her fans and followers were rightfully shocked at her admission and were swift to express their feelings online.
Now, Cox is reflecting on that moment and explaining what exactly led her to call it quits. Speaking about the relationship and the backlash she received at the time during the June 8 episode of “The View,” she revealed that while her unidentified ex “treated” her “better” than her past partners, his true colors were eventually revealed over time.
“People show you who they are eventually,” she said, before explaining that she never planned to develop deep feelings for him. By the time she realized where he stood politically, Cox said she was already in too deep.
“We didn’t plan to fall in love, but we did. Later, his political affiliation became obvious, but I’d already had feelings for him and wanted to see him as a human being, beyond that,” she said.
And while she kept a positive outlook about the relationship for as long as she could, Cox said, ultimately, “his politics and his unexamined life became clear.” As time went on, his views became more problematic as they contrasted sharply with Cox’s true values.
“I love him, but I love myself more, and staying in this relationship, I betrayed myself — not just my political values, because, in theory, I’d like to believe we can have relationships across political differences. But there was a value difference,” she explained.
She later added in part: “Fascism is not consistent with my values. I am an anti-fascist. I never adopted any of my ex’s politics.”
