Celebs

Tate Diggs Opens Up About Receiving Backlash From Black Women For Being Down With The Swirl

<p>Actor &num;TayeDiggs recently did an interview with &num;VanLathan for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Red Pill” where he explained that he is no longer attracted to white women&period; Diggs tells tell a story about when he was a teen and told his mother he was going to marry a black woman&comma; but then she told him that he&&num;8217&semi;d marry a white woman instead&period; This experience led him to date white women and even marry actress &num;IdinaMenzel&period; Eventually&comma; Diggs would be labeled as &&num;8220&semi;that black man who only dates white women&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When I was 13&comma; I was reading a magazine and there was a picture of a Black woman and I said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Oh she’s pretty&comma; I want to marry her&period;’ And my mom said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Oh honey&comma; you’re going to marry a White woman&period; It hurt my feelings but she was right&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Diggs confessed to Van Lathan&period; &&num;8220&semi;To this day&comma; whether I’m out at the club or whatever I still get&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I thought you only liked white girls&quest;’&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These days&comma; the actor says that being judged comes with the business he&&num;8217&semi;s in and that he decided not to be offended by other people&&num;8217&semi;s assumptions&excl; Interestingly&comma; Diggs says the resentment he felt from black women who felt some type of way about him dating white women has made him less attracted to them altogether&excl; In fact&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s currently dating a woman who is mixed with black and white&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>VL&colon; Why do you feel like you can’t mess with a White girl anymore&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TD&colon; Because I’ve had to deal with that for so long…it has changed what I think I like or what I’m attracted to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>VL&colon; So&comma; no more White girls&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TD&colon; I don’t know but it’s not where my eyes gravitate to naturally and a lot of people would say I should feel relieved but I don’t…I wasn’t raised to look at someone’s race or be attracted to one race more than another&period; I think any psychiatrist or therapist would say it’s probably textbook&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You guys can listen to the full podcast <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;soundcloud&period;com&sol;redpillpodcast&sol;001-hollywoodsoracist-w-taye-diggs">here<&sol;a>&period; What are your thoughts&comma; Roommates&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Talia O&period; &commat;theclosetratchet on IG<br &sol;>&NewLine;Source&colon; https&colon;&sol;&sol;soundcloud&period;com&sol;redpillpodcast&sol;001-hollywoodsoracist-w-taye-diggs<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"35664" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tate-diggs-says-not-really-white-women-anymore&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0ff7a3bbcb"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;border-width&colon; 0px&semi;border-radius&colon; 50px&semi;border-style&colon; solid&semi;background&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"emoji-8 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-10 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"10"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-4 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"4"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-5 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"5"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-2 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"2"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-7 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"7"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-12 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"12"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div> <&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-share-wrap wpra-share-buttons-bordered" style&equals;"">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of share buttons -->&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions container --> <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions wrap -->&Tab;&Tab;

TSR

x