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It's no different among celebs, who have been crossing racial lines for decades, from Sammy Davis Jr. These couples show that love has no boundaries; they just love each other, and it is a truly beautiful thing to behold. We want to see more of these types of relationships being shown in the media and pop culture, because as we learn time and time again: We found pictures of our favorite celebrity couples who are in interracial marriages or relationships. These duos showed that their love is not just beautiful, but also completely normal.
Take a look through these photos of some of our favorite interracial couples, who prove that love wins. He's from Kentucky, of European descent, and she's Lebanese.
She's a human rights lawyer and he's been part of efforts to bring attention to Darfur and other places where people are suffering. When they chose each other, it was clear that they had something more important than race in common. Adopted by Lionel Richie and his then-wife, Nicole Richie is actually the daughter of a Mexican musician and brother of drummer Sheila E.
She and Joel Madden have been married since Twitter can be a virtual cooler full of haterade, especially when it comes to race. Just ask singer FKA Twigs, who has been called everything from "monkey" to "black b" on the social media site for daring to — wait for it — date white actor and fellow Brit Robert Pattinson. She herself is of white, Jamaican, and Spanish descent.
Plenty of celebrities have received negative comments for being in interracial relationships, and Kim Kardashian, whose father was Armenian and whose mother is white, is no different. Luckily, she'd learned to brush off haters, thanks to her dad's early advice about interracial relationships. She simply told the teen, "You shouldn't use racial slurs," and kept walking.
His wife, model Chrissy Teigen, is Thai and Norweigan.
The bubbly couple has inspired Black-ish creator Kenya Barris to develop an upcoming sitcom based on their marriage. Offscreen, the Honduran-American actress also in an interracial marriage, to fellow actor Ryan Piers Williams, who is white. Her parents broke racial and cultural barriers when they married in the s: Most people probably wouldn't raise an eyebrow to learn that Rudolph has a white partner, director Paul Thomas Anderson and four kids!
The couple posted a picture of their daughter with her ears pierced few months ago. Shonda really wanted to put a Black man in the mix. But the couple split in after several years of dating. Matthew went above and beyond to help his wife get an American citizenship. So when my kids say something, instead of me being so reactive, I think about how I can be better. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Twigs opened up about the racist reaction she received to her relationship with Pattinson.
Appearances — or, rather — assumptions can be deceiving. Beyonce and Jay-Z are always referred to as being a black couple, and so they are, proudly. But Beyonce's ancestry is actually varied. She heads one of the most diverse casts on television, and offscreen, Ellen Pompeo is married to Chris Ivery, a black record producer, and the couple share a daughter.
She's been criticized, however, as being naive for making statements about not seeing the need for NAACP Image awards , and saying she rejected a push for Isaiah Washington to play her love interest on Grey's Anatomy because it was "too close to home. I even dated black men after my last divorce, but this is just where I found love.
No one knows for sure who Bynes was Tweeting about, but rumor has it that the object of her affection was rapper Kid Cudi. Actor Hill Harper feels so strongly about black love, he wrote a book about it. Rowland is happily married to her love, Tim Weatherspoon. By continuing to use this site, you agree to our updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
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Jill Scott In an honest interview about interracial dating, Jill Scott admitted to wincing a little bit when her friend told her he was marrying a White woman. Michelle missing some good things about the men back home? John Mayer John Mayer once caught a lot of flack for saying that even though he thought about dating outside of his race, his penis has a strict No Blacks Allowed policy. Dennis Rodman Dennis Rodman said his experiences have influenced his dating habits: She said it just never worked out: Hill Harper Actor Hill Harper feels so strongly about black love, he wrote a book about it.
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