Leona Winter (🇫🇷S3) Speaks up about blackface
Context : Pictures of Leona in blackface from years ago surfaced
Translation :
I receive many messages and I want to express myself following the publication of an extract from a show filmed 8 years ago. I was a candidate for the show The Switch, season 2, in Chile. During a test imposed by production, the instructions were to dress up and perform to a Jackson 5 song. We all complied. Production should never have asked us to do this test and I regret not having refused it at the risk of being disqualified from the competition. Blackface is a racist practice. This is unacceptable even in the context of a competition. I would like to apologize to all the people I may have offended or shocked.
Context : Pictures of Leona in blackface from years ago surfaced
Translation :
I receive many messages and I want to express myself following the publication of an extract from a show filmed 8 years ago. I was a candidate for the show The Switch, season 2, in Chile. During a test imposed by production, the instructions were to dress up and perform to a Jackson 5 song. We all complied. Production should never have asked us to do this test and I regret not having refused it at the risk of being disqualified from the competition. Blackface is a racist practice. This is unacceptable even in the context of a competition. I would like to apologize to all the people I may have offended or shocked.