5 Celebrities Who've Been Victims of Bodyshaming for their Skin (Photos)

The conversation of body shaming and bleaching is happening today following an actress calling out Mide Martins, another actress, for body shaming her and bullying her into bleaching her skin. But she's not the only victim of this.

Today we'll be counting down 5 Nigerian celebrities who've also been victims of body shaming because of their skin. Here they are.

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1. Habibat Jinad

This week, Nigerian actress Habibat Jinad sparked conversation on social media after she made some revelations about bleaching and body-shaming being a thing in Nollywood. During an interview, she spoke about how her self-esteem was completely bashed when her senior colleague, Mide Martins, allegedly insulted her because of her skin, and compared her to a monkey while on set. She said:

HABIBAT JINAD: Mide Martins calling me a monkey got me. Before then, when you're on set, they'll be like you're too dark. So when she now said that I now said let me change and that's what led me to buy bleaching cream.

2. Tiwa Savage

When Tiwa Savage uploaded this picture of herself in 2015, the amount of lashings she got not only for the outfit but also for her skin and complexion were out of the world. People insulted the color of her feet, her legs, the way it "didn't match her face". So much was said about the picture so much so that Tiwa had to respond to all the comments with a photo of bleaching cream and the caption "Ore na to begin dey bleach o"

You have to love Tiwa's sense of humor! 😂

3. Sean Tizzle

Another Nigerian musician who got shamed a lot for his skin is singer, Sean Tizzle. In fact, during an interview with The Net NG in 2016, Sean Tizzle walked out of the interview when the interviewer asked him if he lightens his skin. In response, Sean Tizzle said: "I don’t know why would bring this question out" before putting up the F U sign and walking off the set. Online and offline, Sean Tizzle got dragged for his skin. It was non-stop.

4. Seyi Shay

Sometimes, a person who has been skin-shamed is the same person who does the skin-shaming. That was the case when Tiwa Savage, a woman who herself has been the victim of skin-shaming got into a fight with Seyi Shay at a beauty salon and skin-shamed her. Tiwa said of Seyi Shay "Look at you. You look half-dead. Look at your skin. You know what? For a clear skin you need to mind your business. That's what will clear up your fucking ugly skin".

5. Jaywon

The final singer on today's list is the singer Jaywon who uploaded a picture of himself wearing a camo shirt and green shorts unto his social media and immediately began getting dragged for the color of his legs. Jaywon was heavily skin shamed with people saying "Your leg doesn’t even rhyme with your face .. your leg looking like roasted plantain .. say no to skin bleaching".

In response, Jaywon said: "Even person wey no Dey rub cream dem say e Dey bleach…. your papa just fail cuz is obvious you no get home training abeg carry your negative life comot for my page."

Skin-shaming is a horrible thing to do. Even if you have questions about a person's skin or a comment about it, please try and give it to the person if you know them with love and respect. There's no need to ever insult or shame another person because of their skin. If you yourself no go like am, no do am to another person. Please, let's stop skin and body shaming.

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