Eiza Gonzalez apologises for wearing blackface on telenovela: ‘I was pressured against my will’
metro.co.ukActress Eiza Gonzalez has apologised for wearing blackface while appearing on a telenovela more than a decade ago, stating she was ‘pressured against [her] will’. The 30-year-old actress, who is said to be dating actor Timothee Chalamet, found herself at the centre of a race row when photos of her wearing blackface on the show Lola, Érase Una Vez in 2007, began circulating on social media.
Explaining how she came to wear blackface, Eiza said she was unable to speak up for herself as she was underage. In a statement released to Page Six, Eiza said: ‘I am deeply sorry and ashamed about having worn blackface makeup in images circulating. ‘As a 15-year-old child actor on my first job in a Mexican telenovela, I was pressured against my will, and.
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