She also had some words for Stacey Dash too. “And they’re absolutely mortified that someone like me - an independent-thinking black woman - dares call their bluff. By: Amanda Anderson-Niles Gabrielle Union has been extremely busy promoting her latest film (she stars in Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation), and she has been discussing the industry’s diversity issues in her latest press junkets. The former “Clueless” star said people need to make up their minds between segregation and integration, “and if we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the (NAACP) Image Awards, where you’re only rewarded if you’re black.”ĭash then wrote on her website that BET lies to American blacks by telling them the rest of America is racist. Union has a TV series on BET called “Being Mary Jane.”ĭash’s comments stemmed from a “Fox & Friends” interview last week when she was asked about the lack of black nominees for Academy Awards. In 2016, Stacey Dash said on Fox News there should be no Black History. “The more that we focus on inclusion and a true representation of this country, I think that crazy lady will have less to say,” Union said of Dash. However, another clip has blown up on social media of Gabrielle Union throwing some classy shade at the Clueless actress. Union said the BET Awards remain necessary because of the lack of diversity in mainstream awards. When asked about Dash’s comments at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of “The Birth of a Nation” on Monday, Union first replied, “Who’s that? Who’s Stacey Dash? Is she like related to Dame Dash? Was she on Roc-A-Fella (Records)?“ The more that we focus on inclusion and a true representation of this country, I think that crazy lady will have less to say.PARK CITY, Utah: Actress Gabrielle Union is taking aim at Stacey Dash after the Fox News contributor last week questioned the BET channel’s existence. Until there is no longer a need for that, I celebrate the ALMAs, the same way I celebrate the Country Music Awards, and the same way I celebrate the BET Awards and the Image Awards, which we’ll all be at in a couple of weeks. Gabrielle Union is a baaad woman - she just fired back at Stacey Dash and took down Ronda Rousey as collateral damage in her feud with Dash. “If you don’t see yourself reflected in mainstream awards, you tend to create your own. Film, Hip Hop Entertainment Hip Hop TV, Film and Video Games, TV. “Who’s that? Who’s Stacey Dash? Is she like related to Dame Dash? Was she on Roc-A-Fella? I heard of a crazy lady once, but I don’t know what her name is” she said. Gabrielle Union is Asked About Stacey Dash, Appears to Have No Idea Who She Is. While at the premiere for The Birth of a Nation, the Nat Turner story, the movie's co-star and BET's "Being Mary Jane" star was asked about the former "Clueless" star's take on what she sees as a double standard in race relations. The actress, who previously co-starred on BET's "The Game," was promptly roasted and educated by everyone. KAY ANGRUM The Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) Actress Gabrielle Union is taking aim at Stacey Dash after the Fox News contributor last week questioned the BET channel’s existence. Just like there shouldn’t be a Black History Month. If it were the other way around, we would be up in arms. If we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards, and the Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black. published JanuIndisputable Best Reaction winner Gabrielle Union has slid into the multi-car pileup that is the fallout from Stacey Dash's troll-y sound bite about abolishing Black. "We have to make up our minds either we want to have segregation or integration. We all recall Stacey Dash's foolish recent remarks saying BET and Black History Month should be abolished. Now, Gabby Union is over at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City reading Stacey Dash her rights in a similar fashion. Remember that vintage interview where Mariah Carey was asked about Jennifer Lopez and she answered, "I don't know who that is." We cackle every time we think of it. Janu/ 8:50 AM / AP PARK CITY, Utah - Actress Gabrielle Union is taking aim at Stacey Dash after the Fox News contributor last week questioned the BET channel's existence. Unapologetically political: Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union in Bring It On. Put on your sunglasses and watch Gabby respond at the Sundance Film Festival to Stacey Dash's ludicrous BET & Black History Month comments. Stacey Dash shares crying video after finding out DMX died a year ago. So while at the Sundance Film Festival, she was asked. Gabrielle Union hit the red carpet at Sundance, while promoting her role in the record-breaking film Birth Of A Nation, and shared her opinion on the OscarsSoWhite controversy and Stacey. Gabrielle Union just pulled a Mariah Carey with the shade-filled "Who's That?" response about a person whose name she doesn't even want to mention. Video:gabrielle Union Shades Stacey Dash Into Nonexistence by BigData(f): 3:46pm On Jan 27, 2016.
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