10 Things We Learned from Lee Daniels on The Breakfast Club

10. Suicidal Thoughts

ThoughtsLee Daniels and Jordan Cooper admit that they thought of suicide as children and it will be the basis for Cooper’s next play being that it’s a relative subject for him. “It just seemed a lot easier to not be a burden to anybody especially myself and especially being Black and queer. It’s like “Oh, this is not what God wants. Oh, this is not what your family wants. You’re not welcomed on this earth.”