Tracee Ellis Ross has revealed in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres that filming the last season(8) of the comedy series ‘black-ish’ was “very emotional”. After shooting the series for eight years, the 49-year old actress found it hard to accept that the show was coming to an end which made her sentimental, reflecting on some personal concerns.

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The six time Emmy Award nominee said “The whole season, I knew was the end, so I was very present and sort of aware of endings, even the things that bothered me. But the last week I really said to myself, just let yourself feel whatever comes up, and I had a lot of tears. And it was also really wonderful to be able to take a moment. I was just talking to everybody and hearing their experience in the eight years and what about it was so special for them because we’ve been the same family for eight years, most of our crew is the same and everything is so very emotional.”

The actress stated that there is no hard or fast rule to dealing with the end of something that one has been involved with for a long time.

“There’s no ritual around ending a TV show, you know, and it’s a hard thing to end when it becomes your world and and your family and your life,” she said. “I spent more time with everyone than I did with my family.”

Ellen DeGeneres noted how motivating the show has been and Ross responded “I leave with a lot of joy and pride.

The last episode, of  the comedy Black-ish which has become a part of their lives will be aired on April 19. Black-ish features Anthony Anderson, Tracee Elli Ross, Yara Shahidi,Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown and Marsai Martin as an upper class black family.

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