Gabrielle Union Doesn’t Hold Back While Discussing Lupita Nyong’o’s Retouching Controversy
Like the no-nonsense characters she’s played on TV and film, Gabrielle Union has never been afraid to tell it like it is. Such was the case when the actress recently sat down with Byrdie Beauty and offered her take on a myriad of hot topics, including the controversy surrounding Lupita Nyong’o and Solange’s retouched magazine covers.
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“My thing is if you want them on your cover, you want them. Why would you change who they are"Â You obviously want them for all that they bring to the table, so show all of them. You don’t need to re-create the wheel?they’re amazing and beautiful on their own,” she said.
“Lupita was obviously very comfortable and felt very beautiful on that day. That’s how she wanted to be reflected and obviously what you shot, so to change her hair is to erase her.” MORE: ‘Grazia UK’ Apologizes for Retouching Lupita Nyong’o’s Natural Hair
Elaborating on the Eurocentric beauty standards perpetuated both in and outside the black community, Union also recalled times when her own skin and hair were altered for magazines or on set. Once, while playing the role of a “professional woman,” producers went as far as to persuade her out of wearing braids, for the sake of appealing to a more widely accepted version of what “polished” looks like.
“They were like, Sh...
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