Ebro Darden has apologized for his comments towards Tinashe after a 2013 interview resurfaced online where he called her “light skinned with a ghetto name” and claimed it was a joke.
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During the interview, Ebro asked the R&B singer about the origins of her full name. Peter Rosenberg tells Ebro: “Well her name is Tinashe” and Ebro asks, “What’s her last name?” Tinashe says in response, “Kachingwe” to which Ebro says, “Can we just point out how she’s light skin with a ghetto name?” Rosenberg corrects him and says her name isn’t ghetto and it’s an African name. Additionally, Tinashe tells the morning show hosts that her name is Zimbabwean, meaning “We have God.”
Fans of the singer and other social media users reacted to the clip and criticized Ebro for being ignorant regarding the origins of her name. Ebro issued an apology on Twitter and tweeted: “Yea this was a terrible joke, we were using the name skit for people to learn her origins… love Tinashe thats my homey still”
Yea this was a terrible joke, we were using the name skit for people to learn her origins… love Tinashe thats my homey still https://t.co/cSWKrAtLo4
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 26, 2021
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However, Twitter users didn’t take the apology very lightly.
Okay but rewatching ALL of your interviews with her: the misogyny, disrespect, literal s*xual harrasment making everything about s*x, xenophobia cloaked in comedy, and more is simply not okay. She’s more than owed an apology for it ALL.
Please do better n learn from it.
— 3:33 (@soulxglitch) November 26, 2021
Some of these ghetto names be African was a joke? 😐
— Chris (@CherChezLaChris) November 26, 2021
This was ignorant. “Sometimes African names are ghetto”. No. Those names are just African. Educate yourself on name origins. Also because she’s light skinned she can’t have an ethnic name? Bruh better yet….Shut the fuck up.
— Blake Sandoval (@illuminaBRI) November 26, 2021
SOURCE: UPROXX