Gilbert Arenas Once Again Comes for Lupita Nyong’o Over Her Dark Skin

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Between battling the mother of his children and just being an all-around asshole on social media, Gilbert Arenas is the definitive example of a self-hating Negro who shouldn’t be raising little black girls.

It seems as if Arenas has an issue with Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o. She posted a photo of herself vacationing in Mexico with her beautiful skin just glistening in the sun, but of course, Arenas had something negative to say about her.

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Earlier this year, Arenas took his first shot at Nyong’o over her skin tone, saying that no one wants a woman that dark.

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“Not to be funny, but can you name a beautiful black woman on the outside … not brown skinned … but Tyrese black. …When you have African features black then u have number#1 lupita n’yongo and she’s cute when the lights are off. Second you have (Ajuma Naseyana ) Sorry but ewwwww… so the black beautiful women you boost up is technically light skinned or brown skinned,” Arenas wrote on Instagram.

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After being dragged on social media and having people point out that his own daughters are dark-skinned, Arenas did post an “apology”: