The jury (bad belle people, perhaps) is still out on the matter but according to the defendants, Nollywood’s Chidinma and Chidebere, popularly called ‘The Aneke Twins’, they are not bleaching their skin.
Ina recent interview with Punch, the twins debunked the notion that they are artificially lightening their skin. The controversy reportedly started when they released new pictures online.
The public reaction was to accuse them of lightening their skin due to their fairer than usual disposition. Ofcourse this has been the norm of accusations for Nigerian and Ghanaian actresses for quite some time. The norm being the penchant for public scrutiny at their fairer than usual visages after some time out of the spotlight.
Chidiebere said, “I can’t bleach. There was a white background where we took the pictures. Apparently, they reflected on the pictures and sort of lightened our skin. Black is a beautiful colour,” she said.
Her twin, Chidinma said, “I have been using the same cream for the past eight years and it is not a bleaching cream. We hardly walk in the sun. Perhaps that is why our skin glows. I don’t bleach and my sister doesn’t bleach either.”