Boris Kodjoe put his foot in his mouth

[evanovitch]

A pretty low-key actor without a reputation of stirring the pot, Boris Kodjoe, caused quite a disturbance in Twitterverse when he challenged obese Black women to get their acts together.

With his over 77,000 followers, who are probably mostly women, Kodjoe wrote:

“Like a baby. <span style="font-weight: bold">Had nightmares though about 300 pound women in thongs gnawing on chicken wings while grinding on me. Scary</span>.”

So you could imagine the bedlam that erupted shortly after his post. His fans criticized him relentlessly, despite his attempt to do damage control.

“I love ‘thickness’. And I love a woman who loves herself. And loving yourself is being healthy,” he explained, envoking his wife’s Twitter handle in the argument. “You all know @nicolearip and I are all about health. And we as a community have to be more conscious of our health. The numbers are shocking.”

But he couldn’t be more right about the issue. According to the statistics, Black women are ridiculously overweight compared to others in America. According to the actor’s statistics from the U.S. Department for Minority Health, four out of five women are considered obese.

[blugiant]

Re: Boris Kodjoe put his foot in his mouth

mii wandar iff imm a sellout

noo wandar dem cancel imm show

[evanovitch]

Re: Boris Kodjoe put his foot in his mouth

him mussi did a flash bak to wen him did all up eena Monique face wen him had a show fi chat bout...den ,har, a fat black ooman weight neva bodda him ...

dont him half german....muss be di german half a ha di nightmare

[SandiF]

Re: Boris Kodjoe put his foot in his mouth

I do not see where he specifically said black women. How did it what he said became a challenge to obese black women?

Perhaps I'm missing something.....


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A pretty low-key actor without a reputation of stirring the pot, Boris Kodjoe, caused quite a disturbance in Twitterverse when he challenged obese Black women to get their acts together.

With his over 77,000 followers, who are probably mostly women, Kodjoe wrote:

“Like a baby. <span style="font-weight: bold">Had nightmares though about 300 pound women in thongs gnawing on chicken wings while grinding on me. Scary</span>.”

So you could imagine the bedlam that erupted shortly after his post. His fans criticized him relentlessly, despite his attempt to do damage control.

“I love ‘thickness’. And I love a woman who loves herself. And loving yourself is being healthy,” he explained, envoking his wife’s Twitter handle in the argument. “You all know @nicolearip and I are all about health. And we as a community have to be more conscious of our health. The numbers are shocking.”

But he couldn’t be more right about the issue. According to the statistics, Black women are ridiculously overweight compared to others in America. According to the actor’s statistics from the U.S. Department for Minority Health, four out of five women are considered obese. </div></div>

[Wahalla]

Re: Boris Kodjoe put his foot in his mouth

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body">mii wandar iff imm a sellout

noo wandar dem cancel imm show </div></div>

Mi ah wanda if dere is any african sumadi u nuh cansida ah sell out....

[Suesumba]

Re: Boris Kodjoe put his foot in his mouth

well either the black women are outraged because they see themselves in his comments or only black women who happen to be fat eat chicken and wear only thongs.