Gilbert Arenas Gets Slammed On Twitter After Dissing Lupita Nyong’o — Again

Gilbert Arenas has two dark-skinned daughters and one light-skinned daughter. (Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)

In case Gilbert Arenas wasn’t clear about what he thinks of Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o’s looks before, he recently reiterated his thoughts.

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Commenting on a Saturday, July 22, photo of Nyong’o splashing in the waters of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, the former NBA point guard bashed the “12 Years a Slave” actress.

“How about her face, though? Lights off,” he wrote.

Arenas also clapped back at women who slammed him for criticizing Nyong’o’s appearance, adding “I’ll still beat … just with the lights off but she is glowing, though.”

The backlash against Arenas was fierce as Twitter users weighed in.

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This isn’t the first time Arenas has dissed Nyong’o. In April, he went on an Instagram rant bashing dark-skinned women.

“She’s cute when the lights are off ” he said before ranting against Kenyan model Ajuma Nasenyana, with, “Sorry, but ewww.”

Regardless of Arena’s hangups about Nyong’o, she had many people who gushed over her dark skin.

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