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Selena Gomez gets called out for blackface, and WTF was she thinking!?

This bronzed look was too far. - by Bianca Mastroianni
  • 09 May 2018
Selena Gomez gets called out for blackface, and WTF was she thinking!?

There's a reason why there were celebrities dressed as the Pope/literal angels/virgin Mary's all over your feed yesterday: it was the Met Gala, and the theme was 'heavenly bodies'.

But somehow, Selena Gomez translated that too 'I'm gonna do blackface.'

While Selena usually nails a red carpet look, she really missed the mark yesterday after debuting skin that was about 500 times darker than it usually is.

We're all about a fake tan, but girl, this was too far.

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Aside from noticing her gorgeous curls or flowy Coach dress, fans were quick to call Selena out for being offensive.

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Selena's makeup artist Hung Vanngo did her makeup, so we can't blame it on it being a new artist that wasn't used to Selena's natural skin tone either.

In the past, Hung has done Selena's makeup and done it properly to her tone. For example:

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@selenagomez x @puma in Germany.

Personally, I believe they were going for a cherubic cupid look that fits in perfectly with the theme of yesterday.

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But as you can see from the painting above, there is literally no need for skin darkening.

What do you guys think?

Bianca Mastroianni
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