Alfonso Ribeiro, known for his role as Carlton Banks on the 90's sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, said he doesn't feel accepted by the Black community because he married a white woman.
During the interview with Atlanta Black Star, the actor said he suspects it's because of his partner.
The interviewer highlighted an episode from the 90’s sitcom where Carlton was rejected from a fraternity because he wasn’t Black enough. The reporter asked the television host, if he experienced this type of treatment throughout his life.
“It still happens almost every day, unfortunately. I am in a mixed relationship," Ribiero responded. "And I get things and looks and comments constantly…you’re not at home in any home. I’m never going to be white and I’m never going to be fully supported in the Black house."
“I will support any person that wants to live in a world that they want to live in," he continued. "I’ll support a racist person to live in a world that they want to live in. They don’t have to be around me.”
Some took to Twitter to remind him of why he may not feel accepted by all members of the Black community.
Maybe this is why we didn’t care about your marriage or why you haven’t been invited to BET @alfonso_ribeiropic.twitter.com/6PlId77Zk0
— L E X (@iamlexstylz) August 1, 2021
Others told him that despite his beliefs, no one is concerned with him or his white wife.
As quite a few of us have commented, it's not that we don't "accept" Alfonso Ribeiro because he has a white wife. So does Jordan Peele and we arguably support him more than any other modern Black filmmaker.
If you "distance" yourself from us, we simply pay you little-to-no mind
— Linwood Storm (@ElectronicJack) July 28, 2021
Two things I never heard in my life, one, a black person ever mention Alfonso Ribeiro wife, two, Alfonso Ribeiro ever mention anything pertaining to black America. Black people are the welcoming people in this country, he has a guilty conscious or just paranoid about nothing. https://t.co/AuqjQGe4lM
— lib&smoke (@LibSmoke) July 30, 2021
If there’s one man everybody in the world knew would have a white wife, it’s Alfonso Ribeiro. We don’t care dawg https://t.co/ALFNwUPG47
— t m a c ???????? (@ThatKingxCold) July 30, 2021
I didn't know (or care) that Alfonso Ribeiro had a whife, but I'm not surprised. He gives very white wife energy.
— ✨Big Gayle✨ (@jmill26_) July 30, 2021
I swear on that German chocolate cake sitting in the refrigerator downstairs that I'm going to sneak and get a slice of after my wife falls asleep that I have never heard anyone in the Black community ever say anything about Alfonso Ribeiro or his wife, this cat is disillusion.
— jabba2711 (@jabba2711) July 30, 2021
Am I the only one that didn't know he was married or was not surprised she was SUPER white when I found out he was?
— red velvet (@RedVelvetAches) August 1, 2021
Although many people aren't concerned with Ribeiro or his marriage, the America’s Funniest Videos host strongly believes he's been scrutinized by the Black community.
But Ribeiro told the Atlantic Black Star that at this point in his life he can only try to be the best version of himself "and continue to love everybody equally, and let it fall where it falls."