The 19-year-old model takes to Twitter to call out fans who like editing her skin color, asking them to 'stop lightening my skin to make me look more white.'
- Mar 8, 2018
AceShowbiz - Paris Jackson is not a fan of overly photoshopped photos. The 19-year-old model has taken to Twitter to call out fans who have been retouching images of her, especially those who like to change her skin color.
"I appreciate everything y'all make for me, I enjoy every single edit I see, but please stop lightening my skin to make me look more white," she told her 1.36 million followers. "And please stop darkening my skin to make me look more mixed. I am what I am. I'm aware of what I look like and I finally happy with it.."
i appreciate everything y’all make for me, i enjoy every single edit i see. but please stop lightening my skin to make me look more white. and please stop darkening my skin to make me look more mixed. i am what i am. i’m aware of what i look like and i finally happy with it..
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) 7 Maret 2018
Last year, the daughter of Michael Jackson opened up about her skin color in an interview with Rolling Stone. She noted that although many people considered her to be "white," she considered herself black.
"I consider myself black," she said, adding that her dad "would look me in the eyes and he'd point his finger at me and he'd be like, 'You're black. Be proud of your roots.' And I'd be like, 'OK, he's my dad, why would he lie to me?' So I just believe what he told me. 'Cause, to my knowledge, he's never lied to me."
"Most people that don't know me call me white," she further stated. "I've got light skin and, especially since I've had my hair blond, I look like I was born in Finland or something." She also pointed out that there are other mixed-race people who look like her. For instance, "Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller, who has a black dad and a white mom.
Her skin tone issue aside, Paris is currently busy promoting her first movie "Gringo". She plays a sexy bad girl Penny who convinces guitar store employee Miles (Harry Treadaway) to head to Mexico for a dangerous job. The film is set to arrive in U.S. theaters on March 9.
