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Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Paris Jackson Is Black and Proud

Plus, words from Jay Z, Chrisette Michele, KeKe Palmer and more.
  1. Paris Jackson says she’s a Black woman

    (Photo: Rolling Stone, Feb 2017)

    Photo: Rolling Stone

    (Photo: Rolling Stone, Feb 2017)

    "I consider myself Black. [Dad] would look me in the eyes and he’d point his finger at me and he’d be like, ‘You’re Black. Be proud of your roots.’ And I’d be like, ‘OK, he’s my dad, why would he lie to me?’ So I just believe what he told me. ‘Cause, to my knowledge, he’s never lied to me. Most people that don’t know me call me white. I’ve got light skin and, especially since I’ve had my hair blond, I look like I was born in Finland or something."

  2. Here's what Jay Z said when asked about Donald Trump

    "We're not gonna answer that."

  3. KeKe Palmer explains why she accused Trey Songz of intimidation

    "You know, I feel like, as a female, often I’m put in situations where sometimes males will use their masculinity, their sexuality, to taunt you. It would be like you going to a party where the biggest jock is there and the whole time he’s like, you know, ‘You can get screwed. You can get this, you can get that. You ain’t no little girl no more.’"

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  5. Chrisette Michele says she’s being dragged in the media because she’s Black

    (Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images)

    Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images

    (Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images)

    “How come Meryl Streep is being lauded for standing up, but anytime a Black woman who is not a politician says anything about politics, she's 'slayed through the media' or whatever the terminology is?”

  6. Rickey Smiley blames production on his son’s anti-Black women comment

    "Last week, my son just coincidentally [texted] me and said, 'Dad, I made a mistake.' He said he's getting [blown] up on social media because of his statement about not being attracted to Black women. Sometimes, people will get into a situation with a certain agenda. If our target audience is Black women, why would we have that air? I was pissed."

  7. Safaree on wanting Nicki Minaj back

    “You know what? I don’t know... Not in the light of bringing it back to what it was. But just on the work tip, I think the culture needs that.”

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  9. Porsha Williams addresses the threesome talk involving her, Kandi and Todd

    “I have no want to be with Todd whatsoever. There was a night when we were in the club and I was super drunk with beer goggles and there was a kiss. There was fun in the club, but there was nothing where anybody went home with anyone.”

  10. Viola Davis says 'The Help' wasn’t authentically from the maids’ perspective as the producers said

    “I don’t feel like it was from our perspective, that’s the problem I had with it. I had it from the very beginning. The anger, the vitriol, and the hatred that they would have towards these white women if they were asked, if they were put in a situation where they were isolated, would have been vocalized. You didn’t see none of that!”

  11. Madonna speaks on Trump

    “Yes, I’m angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House. But I know this won’t change anything.”

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  13. Joseline Hernandez says she’s not leaving Love & Hip-Hop:

    “I was the first one and I’m going to be the last one, and I love it.”

  14. Sheryl Lee Ralph on Jennifer Holliday considering performing at Trump inauguration

    “Not all money is good money, that’s me… But, sometimes, people need a check.”

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