Queen Latifah insists she lives a normal life and spends most of the time caring for her mother Rita Owen, who has an incurable autoimmune disease. The chat show host insists she leads a simple life and spends a lot of time taking care of her mother Rita Owen - who was diagnosed with scleroderma, an incurable autoimmune disease that may cause scar tissue to build up on the lungs, last year - and taking her to see doctors.
She said ''There's nothing Hollywood about me when it comes to my family. I didn't hire people. I'm very involved with Mom's care. I talk to the doctors, I talk to the nurses, we discuss the findings, we discuss options.'' She added to People magazine ''I love that lady. We've gotten so close this year, with everything we've been going through. She takes care of me. And now I can take care of her. I'm really thankful I can be there.''
However, the 44-year-old actress hasn't always maintained a strong outlook on life as she previously admitted she was ''rocked to the core'' when her brother, Lancelot Jr., crashed a motorcycle, which she gave him, and died in 1992. She said ''I think I got to that place by not being happy with the other side -- hating your body and criticising yourself all the time. When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself.
