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Actress Garcelle Beauvais is covering this week’s edition of Jet magazine. The 44 year old star of the TNT dramedy “Franklin & Bash,” talks candidly about losing her mother, becoming a single mom and picking up the pieces after discovering her husband had been having an affair for five of the nine years they were married.

Excerpts below…

On her feelings when she discover her husband cheating:

I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. Not because I am special, but because I have such high regard for people, especially the people in my ife. When I love, I love deeply. When I trust, I trust deeply. I wasn’t this wife that was in complete denial. I think he presented himself a certain way that allowed me to have full faith in him.

On moving forward and future outlook:

I’m an optimistic person by nature…I cannot believe that this has happened to me and there isn’t something better coming my way. Life takes you where you need to go. There’s gotta be hope otherwise there’s no reason to get up the next morning.

To read more of Garcelle’s interview you can pick up this issue of Jet on newsstands now.

Garcelle’s new show can be seen on TNT Wednesday night’s at 9pm EST.