Title: Amanda Seales Gets Her Negro Wake Up Call and Black Men ARE EXCITED AF!
Created On: March 21, 2024 at 07:22PM
From: The Celebrity Junk
Actress Amanda Seales believes she has been deliberately excluded from major events in Black Hollywood, and her complicated history with Floetry, Myron Rolle, Shaun King, Issa Rae’s publicist, and “Insecure” co-star Sarunas Jackson could share some insight into why,
On March 18, just days after the March 16 airing of the NAACP Image Awards on BET, the comedian, and founder of the “Smart, Funny, and Black” show took to Instagram to bemoan to her 2.2 million followers about how disheartened she is over not being invited to major cultural events. She attributes not being invited to the NAACP Image Awards, BET Awards, and the 7th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards to not being liked by the top dogs in the industry.
Speaking to her followers, Seales started the clip, “I just want to say something: If it wasn’t for you, I would think that I’m not doing s—t because the industry I’m in does not recognize me.”
“I don’t get invited to Essence Women in Hollywood. I’ve never been invited to the NAACP Image Awards (I’ve been nominated for an Image Award never been invited to the NAACP Image Awards). [I’ve] never been honored at Black Girls Rock. Like, I’ve hosted these events. You know what I’m saying? I literally hosted the BET Awards in 2020 in my house, and I was not invited to the BET Awards since,” she said before thanking her fans for their support.
“I just want to thank you all for always reminding me that I really am valuable,” the former social media influencer said. “Because the game and the industry that I’ve been in has never let me know.”
Her fans were swift to come out in support of her.
One person commented, “@bet ghosting you after you hosted and chilled at home for your first time (cuz, quarantine) That is very weird. They knew how to find you before. They lost your number?”