Love Has No Color: Black Women Who Found Love With White Men

Gabourey Sidibe, Jodie Turner-Smith and more.

Unconditionally - Even though it's 2020, interracial couples still tend to anger some folks. In the entertainment industry, some stars get major backlash for who they love. From Jodie Turner-Smith to Gabourey Sidibe, take a look at the Black women who show love has no color.(Photo from left: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Tyler Perry Studios and Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Unconditionally - Even though it's 2020, interracial couples still tend to anger some folks. In the entertainment industry, some stars get major backlash for who they love. From Jodie Turner-Smith to Gabourey Sidibe, take a look at the Black women who show love has no color.(Photo from left: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Tyler Perry Studios and Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson - Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson are newly maried and expecting a baby. However, when news broke that Smith's boo was not a man of color, she was attacked by trolls on social media. Fortunately, the Queen and Slim is taking it in stride and clearly shining. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson - Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson are newly maried and expecting a baby. However, when news broke that Smith's boo was not a man of color, she was attacked by trolls on social media. Fortunately, the Queen and Slim is taking it in stride and clearly shining. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Gabourey Sidibe and Brandon Frankel - The two have been showing their love all over Instagram. The Oscar nominee recently wrote on her IG, “You make me happier than I’ve ever been. I’m so glad we found each other and I’m gonna point and yell 'DOG!' for you, when I see one in public forever.”They have reportedly been dating since May of 2019. Instagram

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Gabourey Sidibe and Brandon Frankel - The two have been showing their love all over Instagram. The Oscar nominee recently wrote on her IG, “You make me happier than I’ve ever been. I’m so glad we found each other and I’m gonna point and yell 'DOG!' for you, when I see one in public forever.”They have reportedly been dating since May of 2019. Instagram

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Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian - Serena Williams dusted off the haters and proudly married Alexis Ohanian in November of 2017. Although they got some hate online, who cares when you have a love like this?(Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage) 

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Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian - Serena Williams dusted off the haters and proudly married Alexis Ohanian in November of 2017. Although they got some hate online, who cares when you have a love like this?(Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage) 

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry - The internet was in shock to learn that British royal Prince Harry was dating Suits actress Meghan Markle, a Black woman with a mixed race background. Since announcing their relationship in 2016, the couple has fared their fair share of criticism from racists, but Prince Harry wasted no time defending his lady. On November 27, 2017, they announced their engagement!(Photo: Chris Jackson/Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry - The internet was in shock to learn that British royal Prince Harry was dating Suits actress Meghan Markle, a Black woman with a mixed race background. Since announcing their relationship in 2016, the couple has fared their fair share of criticism from racists, but Prince Harry wasted no time defending his lady. On November 27, 2017, they announced their engagement!(Photo: Chris Jackson/Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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Eve and Maximillion Cooper - The Ruff Ryders signee is as Philly as it gets, so when she married her now-husband Maximillion Cooper in 2014, many members of her fanbase were up in arms. The couple met at a race car track and hit it off instantly.(Photo: Danny Martindale/Getty Images)

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Eve and Maximillion Cooper - The Ruff Ryders signee is as Philly as it gets, so when she married her now-husband Maximillion Cooper in 2014, many members of her fanbase were up in arms. The couple met at a race car track and hit it off instantly.(Photo: Danny Martindale/Getty Images)

Tina Turner and Erwin Bach - Imagine having to condone the hate for more than two decades. This is the case for the queen of rock and roll, Tina Turner, as she married her boyfriend of 27 years, Erwin Bach, in 2013. We have a feeling the Buddhist legend was not bothered by the hate too much as she chose to marry the love of her life at 73 years young. More power to her.(Photo: Jacopo Raule/Getty Images for Giorgio Armani)

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Tina Turner and Erwin Bach - Imagine having to condone the hate for more than two decades. This is the case for the queen of rock and roll, Tina Turner, as she married her boyfriend of 27 years, Erwin Bach, in 2013. We have a feeling the Buddhist legend was not bothered by the hate too much as she chose to marry the love of her life at 73 years young. More power to her.(Photo: Jacopo Raule/Getty Images for Giorgio Armani)

Diana Ross and Arne Naess Jr. - The singing icon and the Norwegian businessman married during a trip to the Bahamas in 1985 and were married for 14 years, during which time they had two sons, Nicklas and Louis.(Photo: KNUT FALCH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Diana Ross and Arne Naess Jr. - The singing icon and the Norwegian businessman married during a trip to the Bahamas in 1985 and were married for 14 years, during which time they had two sons, Nicklas and Louis.(Photo: KNUT FALCH/AFP/Getty Images)

Whoopi Goldberg - The View co-host has been down with the swirl for some time, having not one, but two interracial marriages. In 1986, she married cinematographer David Claessen, but they divorced a couple years later. In 1994, she briefly married actor Lyle Trachtenberg before divorcing a year after tying the knot.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Whoopi Goldberg - The View co-host has been down with the swirl for some time, having not one, but two interracial marriages. In 1986, she married cinematographer David Claessen, but they divorced a couple years later. In 1994, she briefly married actor Lyle Trachtenberg before divorcing a year after tying the knot.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Mellody Hobson and George Lucas - Both Hobson and Lucas reached incredible success in their own right. They met in 2006 at a business conference and dated for many years before announcing their engagement in 2013. They married that year and have since celebrated the birth of their daughter, Everest Hobson Lucas.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Mellody Hobson and George Lucas - Both Hobson and Lucas reached incredible success in their own right. They met in 2006 at a business conference and dated for many years before announcing their engagement in 2013. They married that year and have since celebrated the birth of their daughter, Everest Hobson Lucas.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Chaz Ebert and Roger Ebert - The iconic film critic married Chaz at age 50, writing of his wife, "She fills my horizon, she is the great fact of my life, she has my love, she saved me from the fate of living out my life alone, which is where I seemed to be heading.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Chaz Ebert and Roger Ebert - The iconic film critic married Chaz at age 50, writing of his wife, "She fills my horizon, she is the great fact of my life, she has my love, she saved me from the fate of living out my life alone, which is where I seemed to be heading.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Tamera Mowry and Adam Housley - The two TV personalities married in 2011 and have since had two beautiful children together. Both have received social media backlash for their interracial marriage but Housley has fiercely defended his wife and his marriage saying, "The fact that, in this day and age, we get attacked for our interracial relationship is beyond sad... it is pathetic. Yes I am white. Yes she is half black. Marrying a white man does not erase her color, and marrying a woman who is half black does not mean I am blinded. The problem isn't pigmentation... the problem is backwards, bigoted thought from people who should know better."(Photo: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

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Tamera Mowry and Adam Housley - The two TV personalities married in 2011 and have since had two beautiful children together. Both have received social media backlash for their interracial marriage but Housley has fiercely defended his wife and his marriage saying, "The fact that, in this day and age, we get attacked for our interracial relationship is beyond sad... it is pathetic. Yes I am white. Yes she is half black. Marrying a white man does not erase her color, and marrying a woman who is half black does not mean I am blinded. The problem isn't pigmentation... the problem is backwards, bigoted thought from people who should know better."(Photo: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

Thandie Newton and Ol Parker - The actress and writer have been married since 1998 and have three children together. Newton even starred in one of her husband’s films, It Was an Accident, in 2000.(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Thandie Newton and Ol Parker - The actress and writer have been married since 1998 and have three children together. Newton even starred in one of her husband’s films, It Was an Accident, in 2000.(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Iman and David Bowie - Perhaps one of the most stylish and elegant couples in recent memory. The two married in 1992 and spent over two loving decades together, during which they had a daughter. When Bowie tragically passed in early 2016, Iman wrote in a tribute, “The struggle is real, but so is God.”(Photo: John Li/Getty Images)

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Iman and David Bowie - Perhaps one of the most stylish and elegant couples in recent memory. The two married in 1992 and spent over two loving decades together, during which they had a daughter. When Bowie tragically passed in early 2016, Iman wrote in a tribute, “The struggle is real, but so is God.”(Photo: John Li/Getty Images)

Grace Hightower and Robert DeNiro - The two actors have been together since 1987 and married since 1997. The two were the topic of celebrity gossip tabloids when DeNiro filed for divorce in 1999 but they were able to reconcile and, by 2004, their divorce was dropped and the couple renewed their vows. They are together to this day.(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for GLAAD)

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Grace Hightower and Robert DeNiro - The two actors have been together since 1987 and married since 1997. The two were the topic of celebrity gossip tabloids when DeNiro filed for divorce in 1999 but they were able to reconcile and, by 2004, their divorce was dropped and the couple renewed their vows. They are together to this day.(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for GLAAD)

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Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez - The two began dating in 2010 and were together for five years. They married in 2013, soon after giving birth to their son, Maceo. Sadly, they divorced only two years later.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez - The two began dating in 2010 and were together for five years. They married in 2013, soon after giving birth to their son, Maceo. Sadly, they divorced only two years later.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Alfre Woodard and Roderick Spencer - The actress and writer have been married since 1983 and have two adopted children together, Mavis and Duncan.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Alfre Woodard and Roderick Spencer - The actress and writer have been married since 1983 and have two adopted children together, Mavis and Duncan.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Vanessa Williams and Jim Skrip - The actress married Skrip in 2015 and they have already celebrated their wedding twice! Less than one year after they said their vows, the couple walked down the aisle all over again in a Catholic church. “Yesterday we took one last walk down the aisle – this time in my little church,” Williams wrote on Instagram. “Officially wedded catholic.”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Vanessa Williams and Jim Skrip - The actress married Skrip in 2015 and they have already celebrated their wedding twice! Less than one year after they said their vows, the couple walked down the aisle all over again in a Catholic church. “Yesterday we took one last walk down the aisle – this time in my little church,” Williams wrote on Instagram. “Officially wedded catholic.”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

Tyra Banks and Erik Asla - The couple have been dating for over two years and have already welcomed the supermodel’s first child, York Banks-Asia, who was born in January 2016. Sadly, they reportedly split in October of 2017.(Photo: All Access Photo / Splash News)

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Tyra Banks and Erik Asla - The couple have been dating for over two years and have already welcomed the supermodel’s first child, York Banks-Asia, who was born in January 2016. Sadly, they reportedly split in October of 2017.(Photo: All Access Photo / Splash News)

FKA Twigs and Robert Pattinson - The couple was a tabloid favorite after they began dating in 2014 and announced their engagement in 2015. While the two have huge fan bases of their own, they have managed to keep their love on the down-low. The couple reportedly broke up in October of 2017.(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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FKA Twigs and Robert Pattinson - The couple was a tabloid favorite after they began dating in 2014 and announced their engagement in 2015. While the two have huge fan bases of their own, they have managed to keep their love on the down-low. The couple reportedly broke up in October of 2017.(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)