Former NBA Player Gilbert Arenas Once Again Receives Social Media Backlash for Calling Kenyan-Born Actress Lupita Nyong'o Ugly
Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas is once again under fire after saying Kenyan-born Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o is ugly because of her dark skin tone.
Lupita Nyong’o recently posted a photo of herself on Instagram while enjoying her vacation at a beach in Mexico. An Instagram user later tagged Gilbert Arenas the photo, possibly in response to remarks Arenas back in April that Lupita Nyong’o and model Ajuma nasenyana), also Kenyan, are too dark to be considered beautiful.
“When you say African features black then u have (#1 lupita n’yonga) and she’s cute when the lights are off second is (Ajuma nasenyana) sorry but ewww so the beautiful black women u try to boost up is technically light skinned or brown skinned…,” Arenas said at the time, adding that Lupita was only beautiful in the dark.
Arenas does not seem to have been tamed by the criticism he received in April after his comments, and this time said Lupita is only a 3 out of 10 in looks.
“Everybody saying her (skin) looks beautiful… how about her face tho? lights off,” said Arenas on Tuesday, in reference to Lupita.
“Y’all tag me like she got a face lift and she went from a 3 to a 10…nope she’s just a 3 in blue water with some blue blockers on…,” continued Arenas.
Here are some reactions on social media in response to Arenas' comments:
Please stop giving Gilbert Arenas' opinion on dark skin women some clout; he has some nerve with those gums.
— Ebony (@ChaynaShortcake) July 26, 2017
Finally someone speaking up for us (black women). #GilbertArenas is suffering from his own self hate. Dude go heal yourself! https://t.co/ir19OKllG9
— The St.James Project (@StJames_Project) July 26, 2017
Hm. Gilbert Arenas isn't exactly light-skinned himself. He ought to take a number and sit down and be quiet. Forever. #TeamLupita
— Rosiland Jordan (@RosJordanAJE) July 26, 2017
Gilbert Arenas looks like an entire toe. How he has the nerve to call anyone ugly... let alone Lupita... is simply beyond me.
— Erica Michelle (@Urr_kah) July 26, 2017
What has the beautiful and talented @Lupita_Nyongo done to you @GilbertArenas? Why don't you look at yourself in the mirror?!
— Tanya Crewe Giotti (@T_Giotti) July 26, 2017
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He may have a crash on her…
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He may have a crash on her but she will not pay him any attention,Lupita enjoy your success, you need peace not harassment from the likes of the former NBA
No comment! I refused to…
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No comment! I refused to give him the attention he is seeking.
Sam Igram, I think you are…
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Sam Igram, I think you are on to something.I also think that he has acrash on her( what is this nonsense about being only beautiful when light are off...?).I also think that he may have a pretty low IQ if his measure of beauty is solely on skin color.And that black is ugly. I also think that with his low IQ he is able to figure out that Lupita was accepted and graduated from Yale on merit,and as a bonafide student;and did not enter on"quarter system". Besides that "beauty" is not the only attribute that makes a women a lady,or beautiful.Iwould chance to say that if his mother had the complexion of Lupita, we would not have heard this negative self hate of dark skin people from him.But again you never know the bounderies of self hate.
Can some one tell him that he would flack the brown paper bag test with an F.
Is she Kenyan born,or…
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Is she Kenyan born,or Mexican born?
I'm not buying the hate, if…
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I'm not buying the hate, if you have been around social media 5 minutes of fame, this is what it is - do something so contorversial and then you instantly become a celebrity esp if your career in football is about to be over. No one is casting him for a reality show, why not creating one like our own Mwangi who married that HOA woman . In America you can be a millionaire and beyond by going against the norm, a shocking factor. As Kim Kardashian, - all she did was have sex like we all do but on camera and love her or hate , she laughing all the way to the bank. This dude is just doing the same. There are different ways of making a buck. Gotta love the marketing skills. He is doing what Jeff Koinange does in his show - scream away, waoh people with controversy and bang! Hii kelele ingine of being nice and sijui proper ... we are in a new world - political correctness does not matter- look who occupies Pennsylvania avenue.... that is the new world we live in
Ignorance and crapselfesteem…
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Ignorance and crapselfesteem piggybacking on popularity - what a needy shit!
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