Tracee Ellis Ross Talks Social Media Strategy: 'Don't Manipulate Anything'

Tracee Ellis Ross has potentially reached the pinnacle of her career with her role as Rainbow “Bow” Johnson on Black-ish. The role has given her a level of fame that she never had in the past. She’s used that platform to be able to carve out a persona that really embodies that “empowered woman” ideal that a lot of ladies are striving towards. Ellis Ross feels that the main reason why she’s able to give off these positive vibes is that she feels comfortable in her own skin. That’s something that fans can see through her social media pages. Tracee says the secret to her social media success is keeping it real!

Social Media Is Scary For The Black-ish Star, But She Handles It

One look at Ellis Ross’ IG page you can tell that she’s not just one of those celebs that keeps a social media presence because their agents force them to. Tracee is a huge fan of the throw back Thursdays. Posting a ton of pics of herself from her early 20s to childhood pics even from time to time. Even though she’s got a pretty healthy social media presence the whole idea still kind of scares her a bit. She literally told Harper’s Bazaar that social media is a little scary. She followed that up though by disclosing how she handle her accounts,

“For me, it is genuinely a sharing. I don’t manipulate things for the internet. I’ve always been this person. I used to drive my sister nuts because I was always doing my little photo shoots.”

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How We Got The Empowered Tracee Ellis Ross That We See Today

Keeping it real works for her on social media. However, Tracee does admit that her journey hasn’t always been as easy. She said in the interview that she currently feels the sexiest that she’s ever felt. Even as she is in her mid 40s. That self-confidence came about though after years and years of self-doubt. Ellis Ross shared her struggles with the magazine saying,

“It took me a long time to get to know myself, to accept myself, and even on some days to really like and love myself,” She would then go on to add “And then it took me a whole other load of years to have the courage to actually live in the world as that person. And it’s been trial and error, chewing on ground glass. It’s been a hard-earned journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.”

Ellis Ross On Having To Say Goodbye To Black-ish

Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, actually there’s one Rainbow that’s going to be leaving Tracee Ellis Ross’ life. Tracee also shared how emotional she’s gotten as the curtain closes on the last episodes of her hit comedy Black-ish. The ABC show is going to be calling it quits after 8 years. For Ellis Ross it’s not just about having to say goodbye to her character, but the family they’ve built on set. It’s certainly been an emotional affair for her. Tracee got really emotional driving off the set she said at the Emmys,

“I can tell you I drove off the lot the other day crying. …We’re a family. We’ve been working with this incredible group of people for eight years now.”