Alyssa Milano hits back over alleged blackface photo

Posted on by Jakiyah Haywood

Alyssa Milano is denying blackface accusations.

What We Know:

  • On Tuesday, Milano responded to an article alleging that she was “facing backlash” over a purported “blackface scandal”.
  • The actress tweeted a photo of the headline from the conservative site LifeZette along with her response. “Hey, a**holes,” she tweeted. “The below picture is me parodying Jersey Shore and Snookie’s tan. Snookie’s tan (she is a sweetheart by the way) is worthy of parodying as is Trump’s ‘tan’.”

  • Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is known for being a star on the hit series Jersey Shore. She is also very well known for her tans.
  • According to CNN, the issue of blackface has become a big one in Hollywood during the recent global reexamining of race and racial injustice. Past episodes of several shows that featured a character in blackface recently have been pulled from streaming services, and late night host Jimmy Kimmel apologized after old clips of him performing in blackface surfaced.
  • Milano has been open about her opposition regarding president Donald Trump. She alleges that this was a smear campaign because of her politics.

  • “The right wing trolls are using a still from this funny or die video where a parodied Snookie from Jersey Shore,” she tweeted Saturday along with the 2013 video from the parody. “If you see the screen grab that they are using maybe you can shut them down with a link to the entire video.”

All the cast members of Jersey Shore, and now Jersey Shore Family Vacation, are big on tanning. The “T” in their “GTL” catch-phrase stands for “tan”. The “G” stands for “gym” and the “L” stands for laundry.

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