Serena Williams reacts to skin bleaching accusations (VIDEO)

Serena Williams won’t let the trolls get away with THIS! Although she usually doesn’t address rumors and speculation, the tennis champion recently clapped back. Specifically, she denied the accusations about whether she bleached her skin or not. is spreading.

Serena Williams was accused of bleaching her skin to look whiter. pic.twitter.com/DRElLrbokM

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.@serenawilliams accused and criticized for skin bleaching! Serena Williams used to have dark skin. What happened? pic.twitter.com/Gj0wPZylpJ

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Serena Williams addresses skin bleaching comments

During a livestream recorded by Live Bitez, Serena seemed to have a harsh tone when reacting to the skin bleaching talk. The video excerpt begins with Williams sarcastically explaining how sunscreen works.

“For all the haters out there. I do not bleach my skin. There is something called sunlight, and in that sunlight you get many different colors,” Serena said.

In addition, Serena Williams also called the whitewashing comments “ridiculous”. She also seemed to blame the change in her skin tone on the editing of photos and select moments, such as when she applied makeup on stage during her daughter’s performance. .

“I’m a black woman, and I love who I am and how I look, but it’s not my thing. And if people do that then it’s their business and they have every opportunity and they should. I don’t judge, but you do. But that’s what the world is about and I stay in my lane, a non-judgmental person…but no, I actually don’t bleach my skin. So, can we solve that problem,” the tennis champion said.

Serena’s husband underwent surgery because of this

While innanet haunts Serena Williams’ skin, offline she may be tied to her husband’s recovery process. Alexis Ohanian recently had thyroid surgery after experiencing a cancer scare.

41 year old person was revealed on Thanksgiving that he had had half of his thyroid removed due to “suspicious nodules.” The nodules had grown in size over the past four years, and because Alexis’ family had a history of death from cancer, he didn’t want to take any chances. He didn’t mention Serena Williams in the post but did mention their daughter. Finally, he encouraged other dads to take care of their health!

“I won’t risk it; The surgery went well, and I’m extremely grateful this Thanksgiving because this morning I got a call to say that the half of my thyroid that was removed was actually filled with some very likely bumps. potential to become cancerous,” Alexis wrote. “The worst part is I couldn’t move for two weeks but the big guy is back next week and I took my girls to Disney World this week so life is great.”

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