Issa Rae can’t wait to stop wearing pink after the Barbie press tour ends. The 38-year-old actress confessed to hating the rosy hue at the film’s London premiere on Wednesday, July 12. “I, like, actually hate pink.
So much,” she told TV personality Amelia Dimoldenberg on the red carpet. “I know. I don’t want the records to stop in the film,” Rae continued. “But , you know , I’m in the pink spirit for this movie and after it’s done, I’ll burn it all . … I just, you know, I love it for Barbie.
It makes me so happy for Barbie, but for myself, I’m a bit darker.” At the event, Rae was on theme in a strapless fuchsia dress that featured a high slit and a protruding detail at the waist.
She paired the frock with a sparkly necklace and glittery sandal heels. Later on Wednesday, Rae — who has been working with stylist Wouri Vice on all of her looks leading up to the film’s release — added in some other colors with a pink and green feathered garment by PatBo for a different Barbie event in the U.K.
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