coronavirus pandemic and the continued fight against systemic racism and discrimination, Newell admits it was hard in the beginning to find the energy to march on. «At first it was really hard to wake up in the morning — and I would wake up in a terrible mood.
I'm now at a place where I'm super happy that I can feel a brewing change in the air,» Newell tells ET. «I'm not saying there's change swarming through the air, but a lot of people are waking up to a lot of things that have been going on for a very long time.