*Retired tennis champion Serena Williams has clapped back at the accusation that she bleaches her skin to look like a white woman.
As we reported earlier, fans expressed concern on social media about her mental health after a video surfaced showing Williams, 43, in “white face” and sporting blonde hair extensions that make her look like a caucasian. Critics accused her white husband, Alexis Ohanian, 41, of influencing her altered and unnatural appearance.
A 15-second clip (see below) is circulating on X/Twitter showing the couple at their daughter’s “Nutcracker” recital in Florida. Some believe Williams and her hubby appear high on drugs. The disturbing footage even prompted a response from actor Isaiah Washington who wrote, “The Bluest Eye Syndrome. She will be white in 3 year’s like Michael Jackson.”
Another X user added, “That’s drugs for sure.”
Watch the X/Twitter clip below.
Nah what is going on with Serena? This is crazy man pic.twitter.com/HUiWzDgsqR
— Woodz 🇺🇸 (@Nibiru1000) November 26, 2024
In response to the backlash over her appearance in the video, Williams wants the “haters” to know she does not use skin-lightening products.
“For you haters out there. I do not bleach my skin. There is a thing called sunlight, and in that sunlight, you get different colors,” Williams told her 17 million Instagram followers during an Instagram Live on Monday (Dec. 2).
The mother of two said that she was wearing “stage makeup” in the video which ignited the skin bleaching speculation.
“Yes, I’m calling you out on this because it is ridiculous that everyone’s like, ‘Oh, she bleaches skin.’ I’m a dark Black woman, and I love who I am, and I love how I look,” Williams said.
“That’s just not my thing, and if people do it, that’s their thing and they have every opportunity and they should … I don’t judge, but you guys do,” she continued. “That’s what this world is about and I stay in my lane, the non-judgy one and I keep it. But, no, actually, I don’t bleach my skin. So, can we just kinda clear that up?”
Meanwhile, Williams’ husband suffered a recent health scare. Last week Ohanian revealed that he had surgery on his thyroid to prevent cancer.
“After tracking some suspicious nodules on my thyroid for the last 4 years, I recently got half of it surgically removed,” Ohanian captioned an Instagram post. “The nodules were getting bigger & the latest biopsy revealed they’d very likely turn cancerous.”
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