After social media users accused Kelly Rowland of bleaching her skin because of a recent post on Instagram, the Destiny's Child bandmate took to Instagram Story to shut down all the claims.
"I just landed in L.A. and I saw that a lot of people are like, 'Oh my god, she bleaches her skin!" the 37-year-old kicked off the video. "Now, I never answer questions like this because I think it’s so stupid… but I am not the one to bleach my skin, nor do I want to bleach my skin, nor do I have to bleach my skin...It’s not for me, so don’t go saying stupid stuff like that. You ever thought it could be the lighting…? Dude, I am still chocolate, forever chocolate, proud to be chocolate! Shout out to all my chocolate girls!" Scroll on below to see the photo in question.
Rowland previously spoke about the value of her skin tone, admitting that she had great women in her life help her overcome any potential insecurities about her skin. "I had great women in my life to help me overcome that," she admitted to CNikky.com. "I remember I went through a period where I didn't embrace my 'chocolatiness.' I don't know if that's a word, but I didn't embrace my chocolate lifestyle. Just being a chocolate, lovely brown-skin girl and being proud of that."
"I remember Tina Knowles, Bey’s mum and I, I remember being out in the sun and I was trying to shield myself from the sun and she said, 'Are you crazy?'" she continued. "She said, 'You are absolutely gorgeous,' and she just told me how beautiful I was and how rare chocolate is and how gorgeous the skin is, all of this stuff. And I was just like 'Yeah!' Like, a light went off."
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