WELP: Kenya Barris Responds To Claims He’s ‘Obsessed-ish’ With Swirl-ish Storylines—‘It’s Crazy’

Kenya Barris is lastly setting the document straight on whether or not he has a “fetish” for centering mixed-race characters in his tasks after he was biracial-ish blasted.

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Earlier this month, movie critics lit into Barris after the trailer of his Netflix rom-com, You People hit the web.

The humorous comedy, which stars Jonah Hill and Lauren London, follows Hill’s awkward character Ezra Cohen as he tries to win over the mother and father of his Black girlfriend named Amina (London).

After information of the film made headlines, some angry Twitter users lit into Barris, noting how interracial relationships and bi-racial characters are all the time centered in his storylines.

A number of folks accused the famed movie author of getting a “fetish” and an unhealthy “obsession” with bi-racial folks.

Kenya Barris Responds To Biracial Backlash

Well, this week, throughout an interview on Sway In The Morning, Barris lastly addressed the criticism. When requested if he had a “fixation” with mixed-raced tales, the Black-ish and Grown-ish creator sarcastically stated:

“I do, I actually do.”

Barris, 48, continued:

“It’s loopy, it occurred as a result of I did a present about my household that I’m tremendous pleased with inBlack-ish. My spouse’s biracial, the children seem like my precise children. Then there’s a spin-off with Yara [Shahidi] who’s wonderful, which I’m tremendous pleased with that spin-off, there’s a spin-off in regards to the mum character’s life, which was primarily based round my children’ mum’s life and the issues she went by means of.”

Barris argued that he has created different tasks that characteristic distinctive storylines outdoors of common reveals like Black-ish and Grown-ish.

“If you go outdoors of that, folks don’t assume or bear in mind it’s Entergalactic, Shaft, Coming 2 America, The Game, Girlfriends, Girls Trip,” he stated, earlier than difficult his haters.

“I’ll go head-to-head, I’ll do a Verzuz. I’ll go in opposition to anyone for who’s Black, when it comes to who’s put out Black s**t,” he added.

Despite the backlash, You People has been garnering constructive opinions from followers on-line since its launch at this time.

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