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13449028, the episodes are only 30 minutes and Natasha Rothwell is actually...
Posted by ThaTruth, Tue Nov-30-21 06:10 PM
one of the writers for the show she probably has more say over her character than most of the other actors despite the #Kellyhive clamoring for more.

Also IRL in general friends tend to avoid their friends' recent exes/sex partners I can't see how a Kelly-Nathan thing would've worked if they had wanted to give her a boo they probably would've given more depth to the "Quantrell" character.

>the writers haven't really allowed Issa to actually be
>serious about any men so far in the show, incl Lawrence imho.
>We've also not seen her slow down/reflect/learn from her
>mistakes even once. They've allowed Molly to grow in that
>sense, and Lawrence, hell even Tiffany.
>
>But Issa just kind of reacts to the last thing that happened
>to her with a new/diff person. I'm not saying rebounding is a
>crime, we've all been there I'm sure (tbh I have a single gf
>that still dates this way lol), but it's just annoying to
>watch her patterns not be addressed after so many seasons.
>
>So with that context, do I think Issa is or has ever been
>super serious about Nathan? No tbh. He's a friend she's hooked
>up with a few times when she doesn't want to confront her bs
>with Lawrence. Maybe it's not even healthy? And I don't think
>it's beyond the realm of possibility that he could develop a
>deeper and healthier connection with somebody else in the time
>they've known each other.
>
>Would that person NEED to be Kelly? I guess not lol, you're
>right - it's a bit messy. But I also suggest it just bc I
>would've liked to see the writers give Kelly a little more
>depth like they did for other supporting characters (eg.
>Tiffany). For example, maybe his barbershop or therapist
>location or whatever could be on the same street as Kelly's
>office, and they bump into each other often and bond on
>occasion type thing.
>
>The Insecure writers are smart, I'm sure they could have made
>it all flow realistically lol