Taye Diggs had some hilarious, but important, words for "certain white" gym members who refuse to clean up after themselves.
In a fun Instagram video, Diggs said he was disgusted when he saw that dirty towels covered the floor of the luxury gym he goes to.
“I have been blessed enough to afford to work out at a luxury gymnasium, but alas there is a problem. I don’t mean to make this about race, and I do believe we should all get along, but there are white people, certain white people, in my locker room that refuse to pick up their soiled towels," Diggs said while driving.
"They leave them strewn about, willy nilly…on the counters, on the floors and on the benches. Dare I say, the steam room where I enjoy frequenting. So I ask you white people, were you raised in a barn?” Diggs added.
The 49-year-old actor, best known for his work in Brown Sugar and The Best Man, made his comments in a British accent.
"Did you not have mothers and fathers that taught you to pick up after yourselves? Or are you in fact just lazy, spoiled, forgetful honkeys? Excuse my language. Pick up your damn towels! I don’t work for you, and the people who work for the gymnasium have enough to do. Pick up your damn towels, whities! Pick ‘em up!” he yelled.
Some people in the comments noted that despite his criticism of "whities," his ex-wife Idina Menzel is white and he has frequently dated white women in the past.
In 2018, he made controversial comments on Van Lathan's The Red Pill podcast, where he said he resented Black women for shaming his interracial relationship, as Blavity previously reported.
“When I was 13, I was reading a magazine and there was a picture of a Black woman and I said, ‘Oh, she’s pretty, I want to marry her.’ And my mom said, ‘Oh honey, you’re going to marry a white woman.’ It hurt my feelings but she was right,” Diggs said.
“Even though you understand the logic, I don’t know if I can mess with a white girl now. I feel like I’ve had to deal with that so long it's changed what I think I like, what I’m attracted to. It’s not where my eyes gravitate to naturally,” he continued.
After his comments, his Black was revoked and as always, Twitter roasted him for the comments.
Y’all shamed Taye Diggs into dating in his own race ???????????????????? https://t.co/a4H7Z1tOYR
— Akeem The Dream (@IcebergAk) February 27, 2018
We dont care
— jiggaman (@jiggyjayy2) February 27, 2018
— Just Jade (@Jadie_Padie) February 27, 2018
It's clear that some Black women aren't really here for Diggs' revelations, especially when it comes to race.
