Tyrese Gibson is calling out Hollywood over what he describes as “colourism.” Speaking with interviewer Leah A. Henry of “Leah’s Lemonade”, he recalled losing out on roles, often to a very specific actor. “Terrence Howard has no idea how many roles that I was about to book and they went with him because he’s the lighter-skinned Black man with the green eyes,” Gibson said.
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1. I’m the star,” he added. “I’m this blue-black, you know, all of the things that I was laughed about in the ‘hood.” However, he said that he’s also noticing “this shift that has happened.
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