'OITNB' Writer Divorces Husband, Dating Star Samira Wiley
(CBS NEWS) – A writer for the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black" has filed for divorce from her husband of two years and is now dating one of the show's female stars.
Lauren Morelli says she realized she was gay while writing for "OITNB." She is now dating Samira Wiley, who plays Poussey on the hit Netflix show.
TMZ reports that she and husband Steve Basilone filed a joint petition for divorce and documents indicate the split is amicable.
In an essay published on Identities.Mic, Morelli tells how she began work on "Orange is the New Black" five months after her wedding. "I realized I was gay in fall 2012, one of my first days on the set," she wrote.
In writing the relationship between Piper (Taylor Schilling) and Alex (Laura Prepon), she added, "I'd found a mouthpiece for my own desires and a glimmer of what my future could look like."
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