Gabrielle Union Talks Black Celebrity Bloggers: They Rip Us To Shreds
Essence had a little chit-chat session with Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan and Gabrielle Union. Among other things they talked about gossip sites. Gabrielle Union is the one of that bunch who would most likely be seen on a gossip site. She had a lot to say.. here’s the exchange.
Gabrielle: Just last week somebody gave me a baby. This isn’t Perez Hilton or the White gossip people, these are women of color, specifically Black women who, for whatever reason, don’t like the company I keep.
Sanaa: She’s talking about the gossip sites.
Essence: The blogs.
Sanaa: That are run by Black women.
Gabrielle: And now because everyone is clamoring for celebrity tidbits, the bigger gossip sites and even mainstream entities are picking up on it. No fact-checking, no nothing. And in one week’s time, there were like five different dudes, a baby - I’m a homewrecker. In literally seven days. I can’t point the finger at the White media. They don’t care about us. Paparazzi are not staked out in front of any of our houses. They are not going through our garbage because they don’t care about us in that way. So when you hear crap about us, it is coming from our own community, which hurts.
Nia: We are some of the few Black actresses whose passions are rooted in our community.
Gabrielle: There is this idea that there is integrity in journalism; if it’s written it has to be true. But that’s not the case. When blogs or any of the magazines get it wrong, there’s no accountability. In the next breath, they’ll complain on the blogs that we don’t have enough Black stars. Well, you rip us to shreds every two seconds from our nose to the weave to the clothes to the shoes to the ashy ankles.
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thats true not only with guns, but we always tear each other down to build ourselves up, the white man said it a long time ago, just let em kill each other, prime example 50 cent and al sharpton. the white community don’t know whats going on until we rat on ourselves, thats f**ked up.
Gabrielle, didn’t you divorce your husband when he got cut from his football team? Do you think that you need to be talked about?
“In the next breath, they’ll complain on the blogs that we don’t have enough Black stars. Well, you rip us to shreds every two seconds from our nose to the weave to the clothes to the shoes to the ashy ankles.”
It’s unfortunate that this is sooo true… everything you read or hear is not necessarily true. Give the sistahs a break.
Please Gabrielle do something positive for the world or others and stop whining. I love your style n’ your movies but give me a break!!! White bloggers are waaaayyyy more harsh than anything concrete loop bossip afrobella or even media takeout would ever say!!! And Perez will never celebrate your triumphs or when you look good the same way the aforementioned black blogs would. When you’re in the media you’re going to be criticized and talk about and generally discussed.
I AGREE WITH PRADA, TO SAY THAT IT IS JUST BLACK WOMEN DOING THIS IS JUST WRONG. THIS IS HAPPENING ON WHITE SITES AS WELL. SOME OF IT IS ON YOU GABRIELLE, LIKE THE GENA SAID YOU LEFT YOUR HUSBAND WHEN THE MONEY LEFT. NOBODY HAS SAID MUCH ABOUT THAT WHEN IT SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT.
gabby i love keep up the good work.