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Celebrities flock to comedienne Chelsea Handler's late night talk show 'Chelsea Lately' to promote their latest projects and crack a few jokes. But sometimes the jokes hit a little too close to home. The leading lady of the upcoming film 'Jumping the Broom' Paula Patton sat down with Handler and talked about her career and family including husband Robin Thicke. But when the subject of her blonde haired blue eyed son Julian came up, it seemed like Handler hit a nerve.
"He's blond, he has blue eyes. It's crazy. Everybody's like, did you have anything to do with this? They think we like adopted a Russian child...and everyday I'm like he's gonna get blacker, no look," Patton said.
She was all smiles chatting with Handler, but it's a bit sad that she's mistaken for her son's nanny, as Handler was quick to point out.
What's so comical and cute about someone confusing a famous actress with the help? Patton isn't the only mother to have experienced this case of mistaken identity. Several publications like 'Essence,' 'The New York Times' and NPR have reported on the issue.
Patton went on to explain that "blackness takes time" and "a tan is coming in, the hair's curlier, I'm telling you."
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By: M. Alexander on 5/07/2011 8:35AM
If Paula feels ashamed that her son has more prevalent White features, then maybe she ought to rethink who his daddy (Robin Thicke) is !
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By: M. Alexander on 5/07/2011 8:35AM
I personally do not care who one dates or what their ethnicity is but I've always felt it's better if we stick to our own ! Paula Patton is biracial so the fact that her son displays overtly White features shouldn't shock her since his dad is White !
I think Paula is one of those people who although she knows she's biracial, she struggles with her identity specifically her Black identity !
You can't be Black when it benefits you then turn White when that also benefits you ! Paula needs to find a place of comfort and come to terms with her ethnicity !
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By: Marsha on 5/07/2011 10:53PM
I don't think Paula is struggling at all with her identity. She was very clear with Chelsea that she is and/or identifies herself as black. She has never shied away from that. I read an interview that she did in Ebony magazine where she clearly stated that at a young age her mother who is white sat her down and explained to her that she is black because her father who was from Mississippi is also black. Because she would look in the mirror and see a litte black girl her mother thought it necessary for her to embrace her blackness & made sure to introduce her to black culture/heritage. She said her mother didn't want her to be hurt and thought it would be much easier for her if she identified herself as black since the world would see & treat her that way.
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By: Redheels on 5/07/2011 8:57AM
Hoping and wishing ISN'T reality Paula, WE all make CHOICES. It's an INDIVIDUAL thing.
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By: jocelyn on 5/08/2011 5:48AM
I know how she feels, that was me with my son. My friend was holding my son and they all thought he was hers, until my white friend let them all know he was my child. The looks I got. Like they could not get they me have a bi-racial child he could come out looking white. My son is happy when he gets dark when we go on vacation. He wants to look like me and his grandfather. He has long curly hair, yeah it it is a bit of a mess, but it is him. White folks love it, mess and all. Blacks on the other hand cannot understand why I as a sister cannot control it. I have tried, but my son likes the wild child look. We have cut it off 3 times and it still comes back to what it is. I am proud of him, I am not ashamed of him. Funny thing is on white folks love it, Spanish and Black think i am crazy. Oh well, I guess I am crazy.
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By: Renee' on 5/08/2011 2:50PM
As long as the child is healthy, happy, and has loving parents and family the skin tone should not matter. Many of you are angry because the child appears white. WHO CARES. Or is it that she married a White man? Many Black men marry outside our culture. No one's business but theirs.
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By: ch on 5/09/2011 12:39AM
This is total crap.She needs to get over herself and her self-centered life.She's had all the unfair advantages of near-white and her son will have more.Is she bothered by the fact that he highlights her blackness? I hope not.
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By: Clinesha18 on 5/09/2011 9:23AM
Food for thought, hmmmm.
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By: sue on 5/09/2011 4:10PM
Wow at these negative comments,
Can ya'll at least watch the segment before you take the writer's word? I saw joking not "struggling". I'm quite sure she has no problem with her son's color or her own. Ms. Benitez should really get a grip before she makes the comments that she does in this so-called article. I'm starting to notice the writer's articles tend to stretch the truth a bit. I think she needs to go to journalism school cause its obvious to me BV got her straight off the streets. BV, you better get people with better sense or you will get sued.
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By: deb on 5/09/2011 4:39PM
Paula has said in past interviews that she considers herself as a black woman. Her husband considers a black woman also.
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