Get the latest gossip

Serena Williams Hits Back at 'Ridiculous' Skin Bleaching Speculation

Serena Williams clapped back at speculation that she had her skin color lightened in a new Instagram Live video, calling out ‘haters’ for the ‘ridiculous’ claims

Matthew Stockman/Getty ImagesThe 23-time tennis grand slam champion, 43, clapped back at recent social media speculation over whether she had lightened her skin. Williams sparked chatter last week after sharing a video of herself at a school event for her and husband Alexis Ohanian ’s daughter, Olympia, 7. “After tracking some suspicious nodules on my thyroid for the last 4 years, I recently got half of it surgically removed,” Ohanian captioned an Instagram post on Thursday, November 28.

Get the Android app