Gilbert Arenas has opened up about his comments about Lupita Nyong’o and dark-skinned Black women during an exclusive interview on Vladtv. He also talked about what made him make “his less than a flattering statement about them on an Instagram page”.
In this clip, Gilbert Arenas address his controversial comments about dark-skinned black women and what prompted him to make his less than a flattering statement about them on an Instagram page that was promoting black beauty. The former NBA All-Star goes on to explain that the reason for his remarks stems from his defense of his bi-racial children and African American women who he felt were being overlooked.
If you don’t recall Gilbert’s statements here is what he said.
Back in 2017, the athlete has found himself under fire for his comments about dark-skinned women on Instagram in which he claimed that very few dark-skinned women are beautiful. He specifically addressed Nyong’o, pointing out that she was not “cute.”
In response to an Instagram post from ProBlkThought that read, “Dear Black Girl: You don’t have to be mixed to be beautiful,” Arenas went on a rant writing,
“How black are we talking??? Not to be funny can u name a beautiful black women on the outside … not brown skin … like tyrese black … top 50 most beautiful women off [sic] all time … the darkest women they have is (Keshia Knight Pulliam aka Rudy) (gab)) union) (taral hicks) (Serena Williams),” he wrote at the time.
He then added, “When u say African features black then u have (#1 lupita nyong’o) and she’s cute when the lights are off second is (Ajuma nasenyana) sorry but ewww so the black beautiful women u try to boost up is technically light skinned or brown skinned.”
“I fucked this up so I deserved the hatred that comes,” he later wrote when the backlash became too great.
But many questioned his sincerity because when a fan tagged him under a picture of the Black Panther actress, teasing, “hey looks it’s the black girl you said that looks better in the dar[k],” – Arenas responded by doubling down with, “Everybody saying her(skin) looks beautiful how about her face tho?? Lights off.”
It should be noted that Gilbert did apologize for the comments and called himself a coon for making those previous statements.
Flip to the next page to watch Arenas explain the motive behind his comments about dark-skinned women.
